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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.

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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

Live Poll & Explanation Here

Key Takeaways

3 High Impact Trends

  1. Increasing Automation
    Automation of tasks extending across different departments and enterprises – working with other companies and systems (14 minutes in)

    • Intro @ 14:32
    • Top 3 Use Cases @ 14:54
    • 3 Challenges with Automated Record Keeping @ 17:00
    • Blockchain Solution for Automated Record Keeping @ 19:56
  2. Reducing Contact
    Fully digital interactions mediated by improved integration of key IT systems (28 minutes in)

    • Intro @ 27:54
    • Top 3 Use Cases @ 28:30
    • 3 Challenges with Contactless Identity Management @ 29:49
    • Blockchain Solutions for Contactless Identity Management @ 32:10
  3. Enhancing Supply Chain Resilience
    Adjusting unprepared supply chains to demand shocks and a changing regulatory climate (43 minutes in)

    • Intro @ 42:50
    • Top 3 Use Cases @ 14:54
    • 4 Challenges with Provenance & Asset Tracking @ 42:35
    • Blockchain Solution for Provenance & Asset Tracking @ 47:58