On April 1, Middle East Investors Meetup, held by Priority Token (ptoken.io), took place in Sheraton Grand Hotel Dubai, in the heart of the blooming business district. The meetup brought together internationally high-ranked projects and more than 50 senior-level individuals representing various institutional investors as well as private investors.
The event was started off by Victor Larionov, CEO of Priority Token, who welcomed and expressed his deep gratitude to all the attendees. Everybody was excited when he introduced the projects, which were selected by Priority Token experts for participating in the meetup:
World Wi-Fi (worldwifi.io) – World Wi-Fi is a global project built through the collective efforts of the community. The network will be based on privately owned routers (most of which are residential). Their owners may offer free Internet access and earn cryptocurrency through Internet advertising.
SKYFchain (skyfchain.io) – The 400kg Industrial grade cargo drones SKYF is the world’s first industrial grade heavy cargo drone. SKYFchain Operating Platform is the first B2R (business-to-robots) blockchain based operating platform applicable globally in all sectors of a developing cargo robotics industry. SKYF partners with clients in oil&gas, agriculture and logistics to make SKYFchain reliable and easy to integrate into today’s supply-chain.
GigTricks (gigtricks.io) – GigTricks is the world’s first 360-degree blockchain based integrated freelance and on-demand integrated ecosystem. GigTricks products i.e. GigTricks Marketplace, GigTricks Pro, GigTricks Social, GigTricks Learning and GigTricks Point of Sale leverage which benefits all ecosystem participants to its maximum level.
EVENfound (evenfound.org) – Fast and secure decentralized exchange platform EVEN — decentralized blockchain platform, based on its own unique algorithms. The platform will be an open source product and scalable to the external partners. The first product to be launched by EVEN product team on the platform will be a decentralized cryptocurrency exchange, which solves the problems of the cryptocurrencie’s exchange market.
BeEasy (beeasy.io) – Income from cryptocurrency and digital assets management in one place BeEasy – blockchain ecosystem designed for users with different level of qualification to get income from cryptocurrencies with mining and investing, and simple use of cryptocurrency to pay for goods and services, charity donations and withdraw to fiat money in all-in-one interface.
Moreover, Priority Token Middle East Investors Meetup was enriched with an intense panel discussion “How Investors select ICO projects” with international reputable speakers in the field and local blockchain influencers, who expressed their thoughts on the key aspects influencing investors’ decision to back up projects. Among the panelists:
Andrew Rippon, who kindly agreed to become the chairman and the panel coordinator. Andrew is an Independent Enterprise Blockchain Consultant (one of the very few in the region), Co-Founder of Fiduxa, a blockchain startup disrupting educational certification and recruitment.
Utpal Nath – President, Dubai Chapter for Government Blockchain Association, Chief-Strategiest & Partner – unBlock Advisors
Ali Kassab – Serial Entrepreneur, Investor, Tech Enthusiast
Dr. Alexey Mikheev – Blockchain Trainer & Crypto Investor
Pedro Pereira – Digital Transformation Leader Innovation Office – SAP EMEA Sout
Hans Henrik Christensen – Entrepreneur, Board member, Investor, Mentor Director of Dubai Technology Entrepreneur Centre, a department of Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority
Arseniy Poyarkov – Founder & President – DigRate
Eventually, pitches of the projects followed by Q&A as well as an informal networking session provided a unique opportunity for the meetup attendees to hear from the teams about their projects and paved the way for the future deals.
The event was supported by Spade Group FZC.
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