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SWARM’s Governance Upgrade: Decentralized, Self-Organized, and Ready for Action
Talks about Blockchain, Governance and Security Token
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Philipp Pieper
Founder of Swarm
Berlin, Berlin
Overview
Philipp Pieper is the Co-Founder of Swarm, a venture capital firm specializing in investing in start-ups and growth companies. With a background in entrepreneurship and digital media, he has successfully co-founded multiple companies and serves as a mentor and advisor to various start-ups and growth companies.
Pieper's career highlights include founding Proximic and serving as its CEO, as well as co-founding Swarm Network and Loop Media, Inc. His current role as Co-Founder at Swarm showcases his expertise in venture capital, entrepreneurship, and strategic partnerships within the start-up ecosystem.
Work Experience
Co-Founder
2019 - Current
A platform that sets the gold standard for blockchain-based finance. Trade real world assets (RWAs) on chain today. 100% asset-backed.
Co-Founder
2017
Swarm Protocol: Open Infrastructure for Digital Securities
Co-Founder
2016
Loop Media (LPTV:USOTC US) is the first media company focused on fully integrated 360-degree engagement of music videos and other premium short-form content by consumers and businesses. Today, users and businesses in 37 different countries can enjoy the world’s largest music video library, viral videos, lifestyle content, sports highlights, and digital signage. Whether on-the-go with our mobile app products, at-home with our OTT service and TV apps, or our enterprise business solution for venues both big and small – Loop TV has a solution to delight and entertain.
Mentor
2015
Singularity University (SU) is a benefit corporation headquartered at NASA Research Park in Silicon Valley. SU provides educational programs, innovative partnerships and a startup accelerator to help individuals, businesses, institutions, investors, NGOs and governments understand cutting-edge technologies and how to apply exponentially growing technologies—artificial intelligence & robotics, biotechnology, nanotechnology & digital fabrication, networks & computing systems and medicine & neuroscience—to address humanity’s grand challenges: education, energy, environment, food, global health, poverty, security, space and water.
Singularity Group is an educational organization that provides research development and executive programs.
Mentor
2015
StartX is a non-profit organization whose mission is to accelerate the development of Stanford's top entrepreneurs through experiential education.
Owner
2015
Lighthouse is an early stage digital investment and product prototyping firm focused on digital media technology, especially at the intersection of data + mobile + digital video/TV
Advisor and Angel Investor
2013
I advise and invest in early stage companies going through the startup life cycle and help growth start-ups and larger companies develop specific business opportunities. I help them with: Ideation, Founding, Prototyping, Problem Definition, Product Strategy, Pitch Tuning, Fund-raising, Business Development, Scaling and building Highly Trusted Brands. My expertise is derived from five-teen years of founding start-ups, accelerating them, and supporting them. Sometimes I'll take on an interim role in an organization.
Founder and CEO
2006 - 2013
Private data services company providing data solutions to digital media buyers and sellers
Co-Founder
2001 - 2006
Private search technology company for corporate search and mail filtering
Growth Markets - Chief of Staff
2003 - 2006
Education
Business Administration
1998 - 1998