Three cities in the USA: Los Angeles (1-3 May), San Francisco (6-8 May) and New York (9-10 May) are chosen to host the next Blockchain Economic Forum by LATOKEN. It is already the 5th BEF, previously it has been held in Davos (2019), San Francisco (2018), Singapore (2018) and New York (2017).
Internationally well-recognized people, multi-billion dollar VC funds, top fintech founders and CEOs visit Blockchain Economic Forum regularly to discuss the transition of capital markets and payment systems to the blockchain. Vicente Fox (former President of Mexico), Rosen Plevneliev (former President of Bulgaria), Eva Kalli (member of European Parliament), Tim Draper ($5bln crypto investor), Nouriel Roubini (NYU professor), Joe Oliver (former Minister of Finance of Canada), Laura Tyson (Director of the US President’s National Economic Council), Gary Gensler (CFTC Chairman under President Obama) and many others used to be speakers on BEF.
This time LATOKEN BEF USA 2019 adds the discussions on Initial Exchange Offerings, secondary markets for Startups, Private Equity, and VC funds.
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There is already a plenty of Venture and Crypto funds who confirmed their participation. Among them: Liza Landsman – Venture Partner at New Enterprise Associates (14.7 bln AUM), Jack Warning – Fenox Venture Capital ($610 AUM), Kevin Valentine – Reflective Venture Partners ($100 AUM), Michael Kraslow – Amex Ventures and many others.
Here are some of the discussions that emerge at BEF and any participant can join them. Take a look at the highlights of the previous BEF
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Evening part of the event includes networking receptions and investors dinner where selected startups discuss their projects with investors and do fundraising.