Currently, we are conducting the first ever Equity Token Offering on Neufund. After a first successful test round the first ETOs will start in 2019 on our platform. We’ve got four more exciting companies lined up in our ETO pipeline. Ranging from two blockchain startups, to an e-mobility company and a cleantech pioneer, they are planning to conduct either their Seed and Series A rounds on Neufund. Take a look to find out who else will be ETOing in 2019 or head to platform.neufund.org!
Curf Tech
CURF Technology brings electric mobility on the water. Aiming to become the Tesla on water the German-based pioneer has launched its e-jetboard, probably being the most powerful electric jetboard worldwide to serve yacht owners and water sports lovers.
Calling it a “Tesla on water” is not an overstatement — the power of their propulsion technology can be compared to the one of a small electric car.
“We are mastering the complex balance between motor, controller, propulsion and battery system. Therefore we are already shipping out boards. With the incredible innovation power of our team we will continue to stay ahead of the competition.” — Carsten Höltig, Co-founder CURF Technology GmbH
The e-jetboards are constructed in a way that it allows a highly scalable production. They are industrializing the production of electric watercrafts. With that CURF makes e-jetboards widely affordable and available.
CURF has already secured seed investments from two renowned family offices. The Neufund ETO is considered to be the Series A funding round.
“I am fascinated by the acceleration and speed of CURF e-jetboards. Every ride is for me like a fountain of youth. You can leverage the CURF propulsion technology for other products such as e-canoes and e-tender boats. The founders have convinced me with their combination of long-standing product know-how and international management experience. “ — Frank Köhler, Family office Dercks-Köhler
With the Neufund ETO they are looking at developing the next generation of electric watercrafts as well as accelerating the market entry in the large US watercraft market.
To learn more about CURF Tech follow them on Facebook or Instagram.
Air Profile
Air Profile’s ground-breaking wind assessment service ushers in tremendous potential for the wind industry over the coming decades by turning the unpredictable resource of wind into a safe business. The company, which has so far focused mainly on R&D, is about to launch its first product on the market: a unique remote wind sensing system. But rather than remain satisfied with simply selling their innovation, the experienced team behind successful serial-entrepreneur Dr. Till Jeske is striving for more: to become a global sensor tech company offering several devices and services.
Private capital from the founders and national grants were secured to bring this advanced technology to maturity. For the upcoming market entry, Air Profile is conducting its Equity Token Offering on Neufund.
“Our wind data are used to not only optimize the design of a wind farm, but its financing. The USP: this measuring method is also capable of providing reliable data in complex terrain previously deemed as high risk. This represents a major step in the field of wind measurement. Today, Air Profile is the only company capable of assessing two-thirds of all potentially high-yield wind sites. We need investment to scale our productivity and to secure this unique market opportunity.” — Co-Founder Dr. Till Jeske
Based in central Germany, the company appeared on the industry’s radar no later than on its official world premiere at the Wind Energy Fair 2018 in Hamburg. Since then, an initial contract has been signed with innogy SE, one of Europe’s major renewable energy suppliers. Working with the support of the world-renowned research organisation for wind energy, the Fraunhofer IEE Institute, the passionate team led by Daniel Neuber and Benjamin Pfitzner consists of physicists, optical, electrical and mechanical engineers, computer scientists and a strong business department. Air Profile is ready to scale within Europe and to license its technology to international partners worldwide.
For the founders, it’s not their first, but it is their most promising start-up. Having successfully built companies developing wind energy projects throughout Europe, Dr. Till Jeske has been directly confronted with the problem of highly uncertain wind data: “Every wind project in the world is only as good as the wind characteristics of each location. I wanted to change the way wind data is detected. I want to accelerate the energy transition for the coming generations. And I want highly profitable wind farms. The industry desperately needs Air Profile. That is why I have invested so much money and effort into developing a truly technical revolution.”
The company will be revealing more information about its upcoming Equity Token Offering over the coming weeks.
Air Profile will conduct their seed round on Neufund. To learn more about the project take a look at their website and follow them on LinkedIn.
Agora.Trade
Agora.Trade sets a new security and usability standard for cryptocurrency exchanges.
“ Agora Trade is about giving users back the control over their assets — that’s what a decentralized exchange is in essence. Our goal is to be the cross-chain, non-custodial cryptocurrency exchange with the most unique visitors per day and the highest daily volume.” — Reto Trinkler, Chairman and Founder
Its founder, Reto Trinkler, is one of Forbes’ 30 under 30.
Next to Agora.Trade, Reto Trinkler founded Trinkler Software AG. Agora.Trade was Co-Founded with Andrea Castiglione (27), an experienced entrepreneur with a quantitative background in applied mathematics at Politecnico di Torino, where he studied Computational and Applied Mathematics.
Trinkler and Castiglione decided to base the exchange in Valletta, the capital of Malta. The progressive legislation of the country makes it possible for the exchange to be fully licensed and compliant.
“Agora Trade looks to provide a new type of exchange that puts a series of powerful tools into the hands of blockchain projects. Aiming to build liquidity and ultimately a healthy ecosystem around the projects’ digital assets. Cross chain, non-custodial trading will allow projects to explore trading relationships that don’t require intermediate steps. Combined with free ‘make’ orders, projects can make use of the tools necessary to build a strong pool of liquidity around their community. Agora Trade will be open-sourced and deployed to IPFS.” — writes Wieke Beenen
Currently, users can trade Bitcoin, Ether and NIM (the native cryptocurrency of the Nimiq blockchain). Agora.Trade plans to add a combination of large and established tokens and up-and-coming, small coins with a active community next.
On Neufund, Agora.Trade will be conducting their series A. Follow them on Twitter for updates.
Ngrave
One of the notoriously unsolved problems with investing in blockchain is by far security. In 2018 alone, an estimated $2.5 billion will be stolen by malicious hackers. That’s $7 million per day. Needless to say: if you have cryptocurrency positions, you are at risk. The tech company Ngrave made it their mission to render the world of blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies a safer place, by offering a next generation, ultra-secure blockchain wallet solution for the safe-keeping of your cryptocurrency investments.
In the mid to long-term, Ngrave aspires to be a thought leader and crucial actor in security for everything related to blockchain and crypto. To that end, the company is working closely together with world-class partners including IMEC — world renowned for nanoelectronics & digital technologies — and one of the top research groups worldwide in computer security and cryptography.
“IMEC recently enrolled Ngrave in its tech acceleration programme imec.istart as it sees a clear and promising contribution of Ngrave’s solution to greatly enhance security in the cryptocurrency era.” — Kris Mertens, Venture Acceleration Manager IMEC.istart
Ngrave does not only strive for ultimate security though. The team is also constantly working in close collaboration with the end user in order to build the best customer experience possible. Product launch is foreseen for the second half of the year, yet crypto enthusiasts will soon be able to pre-order in preparation for the next bull run.
“Ngrave pulls the crypto wallet to a whole new level by offering a solution that is not only ultra-secure but also focusing strongly on customer experience. It really is the best of both worlds, built in close collaboration with the end user.” — Ruben Merre, CEO & Co-founder at Ngrave
Ngrave will conduct their seed round on Neufund. For updates follow them on Twitter, Linkedin and Facebook. You can also subscribe as an early adopter on their website.
Who else?
We’ve previously announced the planned Founders Bank Project ETO and the planned ETOs of Brille24, Uniti, mySWOOOP, Next Big Thing, Emflux Motors and BlockState.
Head to platform.neufund.org for a full overview of all companies and get registered to be the first to learn about new investment opportunities.
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