How cryptocurrency can help startups get investment capital | Ashwini Anburajan

We're living in a golden era of innovation, says entrepreneur Ashwini Anburajan — but venture capital hasn't evolved to keep up, and startups aren't getting the funding they need to grow. In this quick talk, she shares the story of how her company became part of an entirely new way to raise capital, using the powers of cooperation and cryptocurrency.

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35 Comments on How cryptocurrency can help startups get investment capital | Ashwini Anburajan

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  2. So basically … gamble the same way you do with the stock market or lottery tickets … gotcha. You can pretty it up all you want but it amounts to gambling pure and simple gambling.

  3. Please don’t share this about dubious ICOs. What has she accomplished? The website on her Twitter is “under construction” and the 22X token really isn’t to be found anywhere except investment websites. As far as I can see it can’t be traded anywhere.

    • +John Williamson Nah man, it is that simple. He is saying that she was given a voice not because he talks content was relevant, or even true, but because she was a black female talking about bitcoin. Which is probably true.

    • +Xeno Phon Thanks for clarifying, I had no idea! (sarcasm) and again, I’m not saying that isn’t the case but there are much better, stronger and more solid arguments. That aren’t based on an assumption. Maybe whoever chose the speakers is her friend or specifically likes her project. Could be a number of other reasons why she was picked and it’s not good enough to just write her off because she might’ve been given special treatment for race or gender. I’d much rather attack the idea of promoting ICO culture instead of belittle the talk purely off race and gender.

  4. This is exactly the problem why 90% of ICOS are just rubish and the whole idea of ICOS has been missunderstood, it was not meant to be a form to raise a capital from ordinary people to fund your startup dream, without knowing anything about blockchain. Token is not something the people can buy so this startups can raise the capital to fund their dreams without any future plans for token or without any token usecase at all. Lol, this woman just explained why 90% of ICOS sucks.

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