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FinLab EOS VC对FinTech Agora Innovation GmbH注入了其数百万的投资。这家位于法兰克福的区块链初创公司将扩大其市场和销售活动，希望能更好地进入欧洲和亚洲市场。接入EOS区块链让该公司领先市场的IVE.ONE软件更有发展潜力。
法兰克福，德国，2020年2月18日讯—法兰克福的Agora Innovation今天宣布获得FinLab EOS VC七位数的Pre-A轮融资，FinLab EOS VC是Block.one和FinLab AG共同支持的风投基金，前者是区块链协议EOSIO的发布方，后者是欧洲金融服务科技（FinTech）和区块链领域最初和最大的投资方。FinLab EOS VC这笔七位数的投资体现了该区块链初创企业的技术潜力巨大。
Agora Innovation利用IVE.ONE软件带来了受监管的发行和投资平台，实现市场成熟，这样就能实现全球都能在法律框架中，利用区块链进行数字证券交易。除了以太坊协议ERC20以外，IVE.ONE还可以在EOSIO区块链上使用，这就确保了其产品最大的规模化。
“我们去年获得了HTGF的种子轮投资，因此我们能够对IVE.ONE进行市场准备，也为区块链上的数字资产开发了更好的生态，”Agora的联合创始人和CEO Phong Dao说，“这一轮融资中，我们有机会扩大市场和销售活动，也在这些领域扩大我们的领域。”
“2020年，Agora Innovation会主要关注亚洲市场，同时，我们也希望能够在欧洲继续扩展。现在我们和HTGF的合作伙伴关系明确了我们的解决方案的方法，我们也很高兴能够赢得第二个重要的合作伙伴，FinLab EOS VC。”Dao表示，“我们的下一个客户已经准备2020年第二个季度要在我们平台开始代币销售。”
“利用IVE.ONE，Agora Innovation在一个单一的平台上结合了一个独立和自动化的监管框架。通过该方式，Agora为基于区块链的证券的市场可行性作出了重要贡献，毕竟这种证券相对发行传统的金融工具在效率上有明显的优势。”FinLab EOS VC Fund的常务董事Stefan Schütze表示。
技术层面上，Agora Innovation还和FinLab EOS VC共同发展。“接入EOS区块链后，我们希望能够获得更大的灵活性、也能减少对单一区块链协议的依赖。EOSIO在不断更新，EOS越来越可能成为以太坊区块链的劲敌，也让我们的IVE.ONE能够涵盖更多用例，同时确保我们的解决方案的规模化。”联合创始人和首席产品官Evgeny Matershev解释道。
利用IVE.ONE,Agora Innovation能够实现基于区块链的保险和投资进入监管证券的行列中。验证后的数字身份可以被联系到区块链钱包地址，利用所谓的“规则引擎”，它们还会和不同的国家政策要求联系起来。这个解决方案实现了企业和个人数据的自动化验证，这样就保护了市场参与者不会受到洗钱或制裁的影响，同时也保证交易基于区块链技术的证券时能够合法合规。
关于 Agora Innovation:
Agora Innovation GmbH是关注区块链、DLT和数字资产的金融科技公司，公司在2017年由Phong Dao, Evgeny Matershev 和 Robert Malec共同创立。公司的产品IVE.ONE是一个全球性的、针对区块链上合法合规的数字证券的投资和保险平台，其目标是为每个人带来更好的数字资产。平台包含了不同国家关于区块链的政策要求，保护企业不会受到洗钱和制裁的影响。所有数字证券领域的参与者，不管是发行方、投资方、股票交易所或其它，都可以因此严格遵循地方和全球政策，并对自己的资产享有完全控制。
媒体:
Agora Innovation GmbH
phong@agora-innovation.com
电话: +49 177 64 28 26 2
关于 EOS VC:
Block.one的EOS VC部门给开发者和创业者提供成立利用EOSIO的企业所需要的资金，其方式是依靠风投伙伴资金。该部门投资于大量各类利用EOSIO软件的区块链公司，从而实现EOSIO生态的可持续使用。
EOS VC项目致力于通过各种活动把世界范围内各个不同领域的个体联系起来。这样的使命和愿景之下，EOS VC和区块链开发者社区保持紧密联系。
关于 FinLab AG:
上市公司FinLab AG WKN 121806 / ISIN DE0001218063 / 股票代码：A7A)是金融服务科技（FinTech）和区块链领域最初也是最大的投资人。这个背景下，FinLab关注的是为初创企业提供风投。FinLab的目标是长期参与其投资的企业，并为它们提供不断的支持。因此，FinLab在其投资公司的不同发展阶段会提供网络和技术支持。此外，FinLab也是资产管理公司，其管理的资产范围高达上亿美元。
媒体联系:
FinLab AG:
investor-relations@finlab.de
Phone: +49 69 719 12 80 0
关于 High-Tech Gründerfonds:
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF)是一个种子轮投资商，它主要为潜力大的技术初创企业进行投资。HTGF有三个基金还有全球的合作伙伴网络，总投资量高达9亿欧元，2005年以来，它已经扶持了约600个初创企业。团队的专业性、创业精神和激情让这支由资深投资经理和初创企业专家组成的而团队能够引导新兴公司的发展。HTGF关注的是数字企业模型、工业科技、生命科学、化学和相关行业中的高科技初创企业。到目前为止，外部投资人已经在超过1500后续投资轮为HTGV的投资组合注入了超过24亿欧元。HTGV也成功在100多家公司出售利润。政府和社会资本合作的投资方包括联邦经济与能源部、KfW Capital, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft及其它32家公司。
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FinLab EOS VC invests a seven-digit Euro amount into the FinTech Agora Innovation GmbH. The Frankfurt-based blockchain start-up will extend its marketing and sales activities and aims to enter the European and Asian markets. The access to the EOS blockchain enlarges the company’s possibilities for its market leading IVE.ONE software.
Frankfurt, Germany, February 18th, 2020 – Frankfurt’s Agora Innovation announced today a seven-digit pre-series A investment from FinLab EOS VC, a venture capital fund backed by Block.one, the publisher of the blockchain protocol EOSIO, and FinLab AG, one of the first and largest investors focused on the Financial Services Technologies (“FinTech”) and blockchain sector in Europe. The seven-digit financing of FinLab EOS VC underlines the potential of the blockchain start-up’s technology.
With IVE.ONE, Agora Innovation brings a regulated issuing and investment platform to market maturity, which enables global trading of digitized securities within the legal framework on the blockchain. In addition to the Ethereum protocol ERC20, IVE.ONE can also be set up on the EOSIO blockchain, ensuring the highest scalability for their product.
“With the seed investment of HTGF one year ago, we were able to bring our product IVE.ONE to market readiness and developed a better ecosystem for digital assets on the blockchain,” Agora Co- Founder and CEO Phong Dao said. “With the current financing round, we now have the opportunity to expand our marketing and sales activities and to grow our team in these areas,” Dao added.
“In 2020, Agora Innovation will focus more on the Asian market with our goal to expand into Europe as well. The ongoing partnership with HTGF confirms the approach of our solution and we are pleased to have won a second key partner in FinLab EOS VC,” Dao said. “Our next customer is already scheduled to start a token sale on our platform in the second quarter of 2020.”
“With IVE.ONE, Agora Innovation created a product that incorporates a complete and automated regulatory framework on one single platform. The company’s solution offers the highest usability and functionality for investors and issuers. With this approach, Agora makes a key contribution to the market viability of blockchain-based securities that have a significant efficiency advantage compared to the issuance of traditional financial instruments,” says Stefan Schütze, Managing Director of FinLab EOS VC Fund.
Agora Innovation is also taking the next technological step with the FinLab EOS VC investment. “With access to the EOS blockchain, we hope to achieve greater flexibility and less dependence on just one blockchain protocol. Following ongoing updates to EOSIO, EOS is becoming a serious competitor to the Ethereum blockchain and is enabling us to cover even more use cases with our product IVE.ONE while ensuring the scalability of our solution,” explained Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer Evgeny Matershev.
With IVE.ONE, Agora Innovation enables the blockchain-based issuance and investments into regulated securities. Verified digital identities can be linked to blockchain wallet addresses and they also become aligned with the varying national regulatory requirements using the so-called “Rule Engine”. This solution allows the automated verification of corporate and personal data which protects market participants from money-laundering and the risk of sanctions, while ensuring regulatory compliant trading of securities based on blockchain technology.
About Agora Innovation:
Agora Innovation GmbH is a financial technology company focusing on blockchain, DLT and digital assets, founded in 2017 by Phong Dao, Evgeny Matershev and Robert Malec. The product IVE.ONE, with the goal of providing better digital assets for everyone, is a global investment and issuance platform for legally compliant digital securities on the blockchain. The platform combines various national regulatory requirements with the blockchain to protect companies from money laundering and sanction risks. All market participants in the field of digital securities, such as issuers, investors, stock exchanges and others, can this way strictly comply with local and global regulations and have full control over their assets.
Press:
Agora Innovation GmbH
phong@agora-innovation.com
Phone: +49 177 64 28 26 2
About EOS VC:
Block.one’s EOS VC program offers developers and entrepreneurs the funding they need to create community-driven businesses leveraging EOSIO. It provides support through venture capital partnership funds that primarily aim to achieve sustained utilization of the EOSIO ecosystem by investing in a concentrated and diversified portfolio of blockchain-focused companies building on the EOSIO software.
The EOS VC initiative is dedicated to fostering a global network of individuals from a number of disciplines through our engagement events. As part of the mission and vision, EOS VC engages with the blockchain developer community on a regular basis.
About FinLab AG:
Stock market listed company FinLab AG (WKN 121806 / ISIN DE0001218063 / ticker symbol: A7A) is one of the first and largest investors focused on the Financial Services Technologies (“FinTech”) and blockchain sector in Europe. FinLab’s focus in this context is providing venture capital for start-ups. FinLab’s aim is long-term participation and ongoing support of its investments. FinLab in this regard supports its investments in their respective development phase with their network and know-how. In addition, FinLab acts as an asset manager and manages assets in the three-digit million-dollar range.
Press contact:
FinLab AG:
investor-relations@finlab.de
Phone: +49 69 719 12 80 0
About High-Tech Gründerfonds:
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) is a seed investor that finances high-potential, tech-driven start-ups. With around EUR 900 million in total investment volume across three funds and an international network of partners, HTGF has already helped forge almost 600 start-ups since 2005. Driven by their expertise, entrepreneurial spirit and passion, its team of experienced investment managers and startup experts help guide the development of young companies. HTGF’s focus is on high-tech start- ups in the fields of digital business models, industrial technology, life sciences, chemistry and related business areas. To date, external investors have injected over EUR 2.4 billion into the HTGF portfolio via more than 1,500 follow-on financing rounds. HTGF has also successfully sold interests in more than 100 companies.
Investors in the public-private partnership include the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy, KfW Capital, the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and 32 companies.
Contact:
High-Tech Gründerfonds Management GmbH:
Dr. Ulrich Schmitt
u.schmitt@htgf.de
Phone: +49 – (0)228 – 82300 – 147
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