Munich \u2014 DLA Piper advi\u00adsed FinLab EOS VC Fund on an invest\u00adment in a Euro 2 million finan\u00adcing round for the Portu\u00adguese block\u00adchain-based open inno\u00adva\u00adtion plat\u00adform TAIKAI. Exis\u00adting inves\u00adtor Bright Pixel and new inves\u00adtor Portu\u00adgal Ventures also parti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adted in the finan\u00adcing round, which is expec\u00adted to drive TAIKAI\u2019s inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal expan\u00adsion in Europe and Brazil, as well as the deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment of recrui\u00adting solu\u00adti\u00adons for enter\u00adpri\u00adses and startups.<\/p>\n
TAIKAI was foun\u00added in 2018 as an open inno\u00adva\u00adtion plat\u00adform to create a talent market\u00adplace where compa\u00adnies and new talents can connect, present their indi\u00advi\u00addual projects and problems, and find crowd\u00adsour\u00adcing-based solu\u00adti\u00adons. Hacka\u00adthons are used as a tool to find, test, and vali\u00addate new ideas, products, and talent around the world. In recent years, TAIKAI has grown rapidly to become a global open inno\u00adva\u00adtion plat\u00adform with a commu\u00adnity of more than 50,000 innovators.<\/p>\n
The FinLab EOS VC fund, mana\u00adged by C3 Manage\u00adment GmbH, is a part\u00adner\u00adship between Block.one and FinLab, a global inves\u00adtor in finan\u00adcial services tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies and block\u00adchain. Based in Frank\u00adfurt, C3 Manage\u00adment GmbH is an asset manage\u00adment company focu\u00adsed on mana\u00adging venture funds that invest in block\u00adchain tech\u00adno\u00adlogy compa\u00adnies world\u00adwide. The EOS VC fund focu\u00adses on early and growth-stage tech\u00adno\u00adlogy compa\u00adnies and usually takes a mino\u00adrity stake.<\/p>\n
Advi\u00adsor FinLab EOS VC Fund: DLA Piper <\/strong> Munich \u2014 DLA Piper advi\u00adsed FinLab EOS VC Fund on an invest\u00adment in a Euro 2 million finan\u00adcing round for the Portu\u00adguese block\u00adchain-based open inno\u00adva\u00adtion plat\u00adform TAIKAI. Exis\u00adting inves\u00adtor Bright Pixel and new inves\u00adtor Portu\u00adgal Ventures also parti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adted in the finan\u00adcing round, which is expec\u00adted to drive TAIKAI\u2019s inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal expan\u00adsion in Europe and Brazil, as [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38084,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[886,1364,1366,1368,1369,1372,1373],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-en","category-featured-en","category-news-en","category-lawyers-tax-consultants-auditors","category-investors","category-consultant","category-venture-capital-en"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nLead Part\u00adner Simon Vogel (Corporate\/Private Equity, Munich). Also invol\u00adved from DLA Piper\u2019s Lisbon office were part\u00adner Jo\u00e3o Costa Quinta (IPT) and senior asso\u00adcia\u00adtes Ana Isabel Vieira (corpo\u00adrate) and Daniela Rosa (employ\u00adment).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"