Interactive Session – Blockchain for Modern Private Equity
What is blockchain’s role in the private equity world?
How has COVID-19 accelerated key trends impacting this role?
BlockApps and Bloccelerate aka Bloc(kApps|celerate) teamed up for a webinar (with Q&A), providing Private Equity companies with an overview on how blockchain will impact the operations, security, and revenue streams of their portfolio companies.
Highlights
Top Blockchain Use Cases (Gartner 2020)
BOLD items are Accelerated by COVID-19
- Payment/Settlement
- Provenance
- Asset Tracking
- Identity Mgmt / KYC
- Shared Record Keeping
- Trade Finance
- Other
- Trading
- Claims
- Loyalty and Reward
- Internal Record Keeping
- Smart Cities/IoT
- Voting
Key Takeaways
3 High Impact Trends
- Increasing Automation
Automation of tasks extending across different departments and enterprises – working with other companies and systems (14 minutes in) - Reducing Contact
Fully digital interactions mediated by improved integration of key IT systems (28 minutes in) - Enhancing Supply Chain Resilience
Adjusting unprepared supply chains to demand shocks and a changing regulatory climate (43 minutes in)