Episode 85: Introducing the Block.IS Initiative

July 5, 2021 Matteo Rizzi Breaking Banks Europe 00:35:02 Comments Off on Episode 85: Introducing the Block.IS Initiative

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Breaking Banks Europe meets Block.IS! The mission of our show is to highlight European Fintech at large with a special taste for specific projects along the way – one of which, is the Block.IS. A European Commission project that set sail to find, nurture and boost solutions and clusters across the continent in the search for blockchain solutions that can impact the European economy. Hence, we are introducing you to this project in this episode hosted by Matteo Rizzi (FTS Group), accompanied by Vytautas Černiauskas (CIVITTA), António Damasceno (F6S), Babis Ipektsidis (Intrasoft International), and Danijel Pavlica (InoSens) – 5 of the structural orchestrators behind the initiative. Join this BBE mini-series in the coming weeks, on your favorite podcast platform!

More about Block.IS:
Block.IS is an EU-funded acceleration programme that aims to build an open and collaborative cross-border, cross-sectoral innovation ecosystem that fosters the use of blockchain technology in three vital sectors for the European economy: agrifood, logistics and finance. The programme supports SMEs and startups from the ICT sector all the way from ideation to commercialisation offering them tailored business and technical support as well as direct funding. Block.IS aims to provide competitive and market-oriented European SMEs access to knowledge, technology, capital, and markets with the aim to place new products/services in the market targeting blockchain technology.
Website: blockis.eu
Contact: https://blockis.eu/contact/

Connect with the guests:
Vytautas Černiauskas (CIVITTA): https://www.linkedin.com/in/vytvyt/
António Damasceno (F6S): https://www.linkedin.com/in/antoniodamasceno/
Babis Ipektsidis (Intrasoft International): https://www.linkedin.com/in/babisipektsidis/
Danijel Pavlica (InoSens): https://www.linkedin.com/in/dpavlica/

Author, Co-Founder of FTS Group, BBE Executive Producer
About the Author
Matteo Rizzi is an unconventional entrepreneur with two decades of experience in Financial Services, constantly referred amongst the top executives in the industry. He spent 13 years at SWIFT - where he co-founded Innotribe, the innovation arm of the cooperative, launching the first global startup challenge. Since 2013, he has had a FinTech Investor and/or Venture Partner role with global VCs and CVCs (20+ deals, 5 exits). In 2015, he co-founded FinTechStage (now FTSGroup.eu) - a platform for Investors and Innovators to boost FinTech innovation globally. In 2019, Matteo founded Timepledge.org a global initiative to foster financial inclusion and entrepreneurship. The same year he launched Breaking Banks Europe (as the Executive Producer). In 2023, he was appointed Senior Advisor for Elevandi (MAS). He is the author of "The FinTech Revolution" and "Talents & Rebels" and is fluent in 5 languages. X:https://twitter.com/matteorizzi Website: https://matteorizzi.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matteorizziofficial Linkedln:https://www.linkedin.com/in/matteorizzi/ Provoke: https://provoke.fm/author/matteo/
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