impactMarket has just been selected to join the 5-week Spring Draper University pre-accelerator program in Silicon Valley.
Founded in 2012 by legendary venture capitalist Tim Draper, Draper University is focused on inspiring people and accelerating ideas, bringing together young entrepreneurs, startup founders, executives and investors all under one roof.
Our CEO, Marco Barbosa, will be heading to Silicon Valley in April to learn from top-tier venture capitalists and entrepreneurs like Jeff Hoffman, Galia Benartzi (Bancor) or Thomas France (Ledger). Past editions included speakers and mentors like Elon Musk (SpaceX & Tesla), Nate Blecharczyk (Airbnb), Tony Hsieh (Zappos) and Justin Kan (Twitch). This spring edition will focus on Blockchain technology, Space and Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and Longevity & Immortality (Healthcare), and is sponsored by blockchain unicorn Qtum, Tezos Commons Foundation, and Ledger.
Draper University has over 780 alumni who have launched their own startups, raised more than $220M in venture funding, and have sold their companies for multiple millions.
impactMarket was born from the charitable giving platform eSolidar in partnership with key players and is set to disrupt the philanthropic sector with an innovative decentralized financial infrastructure for social impact that aims to solve some of the most pressing problems on charitable giving, impact management and access to finance.
With this philanthropic infrastructure, funders can manage and measure their giving, engage with changemakers and support impact-driven projects/causes, in a transparent, borderless and autonomous way.
Users will be able to exchange and verify virtually any asset of data, track transactions from end to end, and use smart contracts to manage and enforce transactions, governance, and processes. Not having intermediaries enables processes to be faster and cost-effective, extends financial inclusion to the unbanked, and also serves as a public repository of data for crowdsourced impact measurement.
eSolidar has been supported by 260+ investors and advisors and is currently running an equity round to scale sales and boost impactMarket’s development.
To join us or get more information, visit impactMarket.com or contact us at hello@impactmarket.com