Startups

BMW, Intel Partner With Government-Backed Blockchain Accelerator

BMW Group Asia, Intel and Nielsen are now corporate partners of the Singapore government-supported blockchain accelerator Tribe.

BlockApps is working with Bayer Crop Science, the agtech giant formerly known as Monsanto, on custom blockchain solutions.

Hedge fund and predictions market startup Numerai just closed an $11 million round led by Paradigm and Placeholder.

A former prime minister of Denmark and secretary-general of NATO has joined blockchain identity startup Concordium as a strategic advisor.

Blockchain analytics firms say money laundering accusations against ShapeShift don’t match up.

Governance startup Commonwealth, which offers a new twist on token airdrops, has raised $2 million from a group of notable investors.

Casa has just rolled out radio wave-screening “Faraday bags” as the ultimate cypherpunk accessory for bitcoin hardware wallets.

Flipside Crypto aims to make its Fundamental Crypto Asset Score as widespread as price-to-earnings ratios for stocks.

Australia’s government has committed AU$100,000 to support blockchain firms joining Austrade’s mission to CoinDesk Consensus in May.

Crypto investment app startup Donut has raised $1.8 million in a seed funding round as the firm prepares to take its beta product live.