Smart Capital Meets
Strategic Innovation
Advanced Blockchain AG identifies the greatest challenges faced by the decentralized blockchain and Web3 economy and invests in, innovates, and incubates solutions to solve them.
VISION
Architecting the interconnected blockchain economy
Advanced Blockchain identifies, builds, connects and grows the decentralized blockchain economy.
We are Pioneer Blockchain Industry Leaders
In order to pioneer the mass adoption of blockchain and Web3, we have rethought the venture capital model. Strategic investments, innovation, and incubations lay at the core of what we are doing at Advanced Blockchain AG, to advance global Web3 growth.
As Investors
we make early strategic investments to accelerate the potential of promising founders. We identify high-potential markets and ecosystems within the space with the objective to participate in profitable opportunities at an attractive entry point.
As Builders
our method involves deploying talent towards crafting and successfully running high-potential, revenue-generating businesses within problem-centric markets and ecosystems.
As Researchers
we provide holistic business resources to like-minded founders, both internally and externally, to accelerate their time to market and help them make an impactful difference in the space.
Decentralized Finance
Advanced Blockchain perpetuates an extensive interest in the burgeoning Decentralized Finance (DeFi) space. Permissionless crypto assets need parallel decentralized financial services to maintain blockchain’s core ethos of decentralization.
Interoperability & the Cross-Chain Future
A myriad of chains will thrive in a blockchain-enabled future, each with unique optimizations and value propositions. As a result, Advanced Blockchain focuses on supporting and building the infrastructure, applications, and protocols with ambitions of thriving across multiple ecosystems.
We believe Infrastructure should facilitate an interconnected, composable, decentralized economy and understand that this is paramount for wide-scale user adoption. Otherwise, Web3 will not reach its full potential. This is why many of our investments and incubations are positioned within the realm of interoperable ecosystems like Polkadot and Cosmos.
Team
Advanced Blockchain AG was established by a group of professionals with backgrounds in finance, technology, economics, mathematics, marketing, and more, and extensive experience in the industry – the team’s vision is aligned on building the future of the decentralized blockchain and Web3 economy.
Simon Telian
CEO
Simon Telian
Simon Telian started his career at Dresdner Bank and subsequently worked for Commerzbank as an Executive Assistant. After holding various positions at Rocket Internet, Würth Group (IBB AG) and Asia Venture Group, he founded his own company in South Africa which he later successfully exited. He holds a M.Sc. degree in Corporate Management & Economics.
Prior to taking the helm as CEO of Advanced Blockchain AG, Simon held several management positions, including Chief Investment Officer of Advanced Blockchain AG and CEO of nakamo.to. Needless to say, Simon played a key role in building the 8-digit investment portfolio of Advanced Blockchain AG.
Dave Kaplan
General Counsel
Dave Kaplan
Dave Kaplan is a seasoned attorney and responsible for ensuring law and compliance at Advanced Blockchain AG. Dave earned a B.Sc. degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Michigan and a J.D. degree from Rutgers Law University. Dave is also a registered patent attorney with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Dave spent the first decade of his legal career at Kenyon & Kenyon, a prestigious law firm in New York that is now part of Hunton Andrews Kurth, where he represented clients such as Sony, Volkswagen, Lenovo, Olympus, Toyota, and GE Healthcare in matters involving a wide range of technologies.
Sebastian Markowsky
Venture Partner
Sebastian Markowsky
Sebastian Markowsky is an experienced investment banker and skilled dealmaker in the fintech industry, and has a proven track record advising top blockchain and software companies on securing global deals. In the past, Markowsky has worked for several notable venture capital firms and banks, including GP Bullhound, Blockchain Valley Ventures, and Deutsche Bank. He currently serves as Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) and Executive Vice President at the American firm Coinsource - the world leader in banking-grade Bitcoin ATMs compliance software solutions. He is advising AB on accelerating the development of new business areas as well as investor communication.
Olav Sorenson
Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Olav Sorenson
Olav Sorenson (Ph.D.) is a renowned researcher in the fields of business and entrepreneurship. Olav has extensive knowledge of crowdfunding, startups, and venture capital strategies. Olav is a part of the Dean’s Management Council and Senior Administration at the UCLA Anderson School of Management, where he serves as Joseph Jacobs Chair in Entrepreneurial Studies; Professor of Strategy; Faculty Research Director, Price Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation. He was awarded the 2018 Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research for his work.
Marek Kotewicz
Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Marek Kotewicz
Marek Kotewicz has been actively involved in the blockchain space since 2014. He was a software engineer for the Ethereum Foundation and worked on the first Ethereum implementation. Towards the end of 2015, he joined Parity Technologies to further shape the Ethereum ecosystem. Since then, he has helped build several projects, including Parity Ethereum, Parity Bitcoin, and Polkadot.
Florian Reike
Advisor and Co-Founder
Florian Reike
Florian Reike is a German entrepreneur and early stage investor, he cofounded ABAG in 2017 and was responsible amongst other topics for Strategy, Fundraising and Business Development. Currently he serves in an advisory role assisting the company in finding investment opportunities and acquiring more revenue streams.
Mark Weerts
Member of the Supervisory Board
Mark Weerts
Mark Weerts has been the Managing Director of a successful German fashion company – ACTC GMBH – since 2018. In his role as Managing Director with a focus on marketing, product management and sales, Mark understands current market dynamics and formulates strategies to transform the company in a forward-looking way.
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Michael Geike
Advisor
Michael Geike
Michael Geike is the former CEO of Advanced Blockchain AG and is currently serving as an Advisor at the company. Michael has over six years of experience as the Vice President of Exotics & Hybrids Trading at JP Morgan. He also worked at Zalando, where he built teams of data scientists and AI specialists focused on optimizing payment algorithms.
He founded various companies in this field, including one of the first companies in Europe, which in 2013 focused exclusively on cryptocurrencies and mining. Michael played an instrumental role in establishing the foundations of Advanced Blockchain AG and will remain strongly associated with the company.
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