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Fintech & Blockchain Observations
- 5 Years Out
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Crypto market cap: NASDAQ market cap:
Crypto vs. Internet industry
The crypto “bubble” vs. the dot-com bubble?

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The Internet (v1.0) industry over 15 years since the bubble…
Crypto in 15 years?
Could the sector also produce the top 5
most valuable companies in the world?
Crypto vs. Internet industry

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Some say that the next decade
is where financial services gets not disrupted, but
re-invented by blockchain?

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So where to invest?
“Organisations with an underlying product or service that
offered real-world value, ultimately stood the test of time”
Consider: Apple
stock prices since
AFTER the Dot
Com bubble
(fluctuations
highlighted
between the red
lines)

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Blockchain Use Cases and Real World Trends
Social
Impact
Now 5 Years
Payment Rails
Tokenisation of
New Assets
Smarter Supply
Chain Provenance
Non-traditional
Asset Exchanges
Water, Carbon,
Patents, IP, etc

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Australia – a pioneering country in the blockchain world

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Future of debt capital markets
• BOND-i - Blockchain Operated New
Debt Instrument
• $110M, two-year bond.
• Issuance, allocation, settlement,
registration and custodianship on
two-node Ethereum blockchain.
Moving live bonds onto the blockchain – a world-first in Australia

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Tokenisation of illiquid US property funds

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Entire new tradable asset classes – on blockchain

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Australia – a pioneering country in the blockchain world

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• IOT + blockchain apps to track fresh produce
through-out the entire supply-chain
• Immutably tracks GPS location, temperature and
humidity
• First commercial trial with Sydney Fish Market,
second with BeefLedger™
• Large pharma, coffee and even soft drink
manufacturers are about to commence trials
Insurance re-invented, with Smart Supply Chain

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Across USA, Australasia, Greater China:
Sapien Ventures team across APAC

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Some of our blockchain portfolio companies
Fintech and marketplaces companies

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Uniquely positioned to provide analysis, deal-
flow and connect with relevant blockchain
innovations with corporations across APAC
Sapien Ventures
Call upon us take advantage of Australia’s:
• highly favorable crypto regulatory environment
• many world-first corporate blockchain adoptions
• emerging pool of blockchain talents

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Sydney | Silicon Valley | Melbourne | Shanghai
Victor Jiang
Founder & MD, Sapien Ventures
President, Keiretsu Forum Australasia
Board member at over 10 tech companies
M: +61 435-004-656
E: Victor@sapienventures.vc
Thankyou!