Mike Schwartz is Founder at 55 Foundry. 55 Foundry invests in and builds the next generation Internet of Value (IoV) to deliver new global growth opportunities based upon greater: • Decentralization (security) • Automation (scalability) • Inter-connectivity (accessibility) This is achieved via the creation of new commercial models, economies and ecosystems brought to life in the form of: • New Industry Protocols - e.g. digital assets, digital media, financial services, health, supply chain, industrial goods, energy • New Utility Protocols - e.g. payments, identity, personal data enclaves, arbitration • A new Internet Computer Protocol (ICP) - e.g. DFINITY Increasingly, these evolving protocols are being deployed as open source, transparent, and inspectable – in a more robust and tamperproof manner. This results in more trusted and inclusive commerce for business, government and society. Many of these systems will help us all more effectively tackle today’s pressing issues relating to governance, climate change, participation, and inter-organizational collaboration and cooperation. 55 Foundry partners only with bona fide global industry leaders to co-found, and co-invest in, the creation of this next generation Internet of Value, capturing significant tranches of the trillions of dollars of value forecast to migrate to core elements of the IoV over the next decade. 55 Foundry rapidly accelerates its path to market with its industry leading partners via three platforms: 1. Commercial – including a proprietary method underpinning new commercial model-generation and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)-reduction 2. Technology – including tools to seamlessly build, deploy and manage hybrid centralized-decentralized systems; and next generation payment utilities that significant reduce fraud and cost 3. Investment – funding vehicles specifically mandated to target direct investment into IoV-focused ventures