VF2018: Why tokenize your real world assets (Bernd Petak, Investment Partner, Northmark Ventures)
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Northmark Ventures is a high value-add investor in technology-driven companies. Northmark builds deep, high-value-add relationships by working with you now on what matters most…building your product to satisfy your customers. In addition to bringing decades of business experience, Northmark uses its own 20-person technical team for the benefit of your product now, while you hire or expand your own expert team over time. Northmark’s team is senior with a decade of experience together, specializing in “hard” technologies such as blockchain, financial, trading and money-handling applications, embedded hardware, artificial intelligence and machine learning. For more information, visit the company's website at www.northmarkventures.com.
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VF2018: Why tokenize your real world assets (Bernd Petak, Investment Partner, Northmark Ventures)
- 1. Why Tokenize Your Real-World Assets Bernd Petak Investment Partner
- 2. Topics • Introduction - What is Tokenization • Potential Tokenization Benefits • Potential Risks of Tokenization • Summary
- 3. Introduction - What is Tokenization Northmark Ventures is a venture investor and technology builder. We develop technology solutions for others. We do not issue tokens nor hold financial service provider licenses
- 4. Introduction - What is Tokenization One of the strangest and most fundamental inventions of humankind is the concept of OWNERSHIP
- 5. Introduction - What is Tokenization
- 6. Introduction - What is Tokenization
- 7. Introduction - What is Tokenization
- 8. Introduction - What is Tokenization Have we really innovated much in 4000 years?
- 9. Introduction - What is Tokenization Blockchain technology makes it possible to record asset ownership on a decentralized database with some potential benefits and new risks
- 10. Tokenization can potentially: • Increase Granularity - investment minimums smaller, secondary transactions any size • Increase Liquidity - trading is easier and less expensive • Increase Trading Velocity - easier/cheaper trading means more trading Potential Tokenization Benefits
- 11. Tokenization can potentially: • Increase Investor Market Size - tokens more easily be bought and sold internationally • Increase Transparency - regulatory compliance and audit can be easier • Reduce Centralization - investment tokens exist independently organizations that issued them Potential Tokenization Benefits
- 12. Potential Benefit #1 Economics 101 tells us that all these characteristics place upward pressure on asset unit values Potential Tokenization Benefits
- 13. Tokenization can also potentially: • Manage More Investors - On-boarding, management and regulatory burden reduced • Make Ownership Records Persistent - Database can be decentralized • Increase Regulatory Compliance - Make it possible and practical to follow the rules Potential Tokenization Benefits
- 14. Potential Benefit #2 The administration and management of asset securitization issues is potentially easier despite smaller projects and more investors Potential Tokenization Benefits
- 15. These benefits do not come for free. There are potential risks: • New Technology - The tech supporting tokenization is new • Regulatory Uncertainty - Regulators are trying to figure this out • Provider Risk - Some providers in this space are inexperienced and learning • Investor Adoption - Will investors be comfortable managing their own tokens? Potential Tokenization Risks
- 16. Tokenization has the potential to: • Lift Asset Values • Help with Issue Administration while: • Introducing Potential New Risks Summary
- 17. So Why Tokenize Your Real World Assets? To distribute ownership of your asset while potentially increasing its aggregate value and make the process easier to administer Summary
- 18. Bernd Petak - Investment Partner Northmark Ventures bernd@northmarkventures.com 604-617-4128