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December 19, 2018

What can blockchain investors do that VCs can't?

Neufund's Zoe Adamovitz and Funderbeam’s Kaidi Ruusalepp explain what their blockchain-powered investment platforms bring to the European startup scene.


Kitty Knowles

6 min read

Neufund founder and CEO Zoe Adamovitz.

In the world of European startups, VCs are a familiar force. But there’s a lot that’s broken in VC funding, like a lack of diversity among VCs and startup founders (women make up just 13% of decision-makers across UK investment firms and just 17% of VC-backed founders) and there are stakeholders who'll put profit before product, and vast swathes of talent that is overlooked because of location, business stage, or modest growth plans. A number of voices now argue that blockchain investors can do more for European startups than traditional VCs. 

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India's Emflux Motors plan to launch a Neufund STO in 2019.
India's Emflux Motors plan to launch a Neufund STO in 2019.
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Funderbeam CEO and founder Kaidi Ruusalepp
Funderbeam CEO and founder Kaidi Ruusalepp
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