LF

Laurent Feral-Pierssens

Founding Partner at True Global Ventures

Canada

Overview

Work Experience

  • Founder & CEO

    2020 - Current

    BlockZero is a co-creation studio dedicated to building Modern Technology Infrastructure: blockchain, digital assets, bitcoin, artificial intelligence. BlockZero teams up with founders and executives to build emerging technology compagnies, create ground-break products and introduce innovative services to market. #fintech #digitalassets #bitcoin #web3 #defi #metaverse #digitalidentity #blockchain #DeFi #AI

  • Founding Partner

    2021

    True Global Ventures 4 Plus (TGV) has invested in 3 unicorns, namely Animoca Brands, The Sandbox, Forge. TGV GPs are investing their own money between 20%-40% of the Total Fund AUM. The fund is investing in equity across 3 verticals in Web3: Entertainment, Financial Services, Infrastructure & Data Analytics/AI. TGV is licensed under Monetary Authorities of Singapore. Animoca Brands: Unicom global market leader leveraging gamification & blockchain to develop and publish a portfolio of games The Sandbox: Global market leader in gaming metaverse empowering artists, creators, players to play, build, own, monetise virtual experiences on blockchain Forge Global (NYSE: FRGE): Global market leader in secondary private market shares transactions, with over 12 B USD transaction volume, in > 500 companies Chromaway: Creator of relational blockchain protocol Chromia ($CHR), powering Metaverse game My Neighbor Alice (SALICE), incubator behind Mines of Dalarnia ($DAR) Coinhouse: Leading French regulated digital assets platform for individuals, companies & institutions Chronicled: Industry-led, blockchain-powered network in life sciences & pharmaceuticals, providing administration & building solutions on MediLedger Network to facilitate trust & enable automation GCEX: Regulated digital brokerage & end-to-end trading platform bringing Tier 1 liquidity for Institutional clients bridging gap between traditional finance & digital assets SATO Technologies Corp (TSXV: SATO): Bitcoin mining company based in Quebec utilising 100% renewable energy Enjinstarter: Leading Launchpad for GameFi & Metaverse Blockchain Ecosystems Iomob: Decentralized protocol for creation of Internet of Mobility, world's first interoperable Mobility Marketplace Network Dedoco: Next-generation digital Document Management as-a-Service built on blockchain technology, providing increased data privacy & document security

  • Chief Operating Officer

    2021 - 2022

    Bitt is a global financial technology company that provides digital currency solutions to central banks, financial institutions and ecosystem participants worldwide. Bitt has partnered with the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) to issue and operate the world’s first Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) monetary union instrument called DCash which is now legal tender across the eight nations of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU). Bitt offers a complete financial technology solution for financial and private institutions, monetary authorities, and governments to integrate with digital monetary instruments: CBDCs, stablecoins and digital currencies.

  • Strategic Advisor

    2020 - 2020

  • Leader, Blockchain & Digital Assets

    2019 - 2020

    Canada Blockchain & Digital Assets Lead Global Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Lead

  • Co-founder and Partner

    2018 - 2019

    Inception Block Ventures is a Canadian venture capital firm dedicated to the Blockchain industry.

  • Executive Director, Blockchain Advisory

    2018 - 2019

  • Executive Director, Management Consulting

    2016 - 2018

  • Founder & CEO, Silentale Cloud

    2015 - 2016

    Silentale is the provider of Silentale Cloud, a Customer Data Science Middleware for the retail and media industries. Silentale Cloud extends marketing tools by encapsulating the most common data science use cases into an easy to use cloud-based service. Silentale streamlines customer data processing and the marketing tools already in place for enterprise to activate more customers more efficiently using the power of big data.

  • Founder & CEO, Silentale Consulting

    2008 - 2014

    Silentale’s business strategy expertise, data mining capabilities and proprietary software enable its Retail and Media clients to identify, integrate, measure and optimize data analytics initiatives.

  • Founder and President

    2002 - 2008

    Multichannel marketing company providing an email marketing platform. Acquired by Likuid Communications in 2008.

  • Founder and Chief Operating Officer

    2005 - 2007

    Banking and Healthcare information systems.

  • Lecturer

    2003 - 2006

    Lecturing master level Information Systems class at McGill Center for Continuing Education, Diploma in Information Technology program. Introducing Information Systems as they are integrated in our everyday business environment and focusing on the challenges to understand the very principles behind the use and implementation of such systems.

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