Vinny Lingham

The Bitcoin Foundation co-ordinates the efforts of the members in the Bitcoin community, helping to create awareness of the benefits of Bitcoin, how to use it and its related technology requirements, for technologists, regulators, the media and everyone globally.

The Silicon Cape Initiative is a non-profit initiative. THE VISION The Silicon Cape vision is of an ecosystem in the Western Cape of South Africa, that serves to attract and bring together local and foreign investors, the brightest technical talent, and the most promising entrepreneurs, to foster the creation and growth of world-class IP start-up companies in an environment that competes with other similar hubs around the world against the backdrop of one of the most beautiful settings and pleasant places to live, work and play on the globe. THE CONCEPT The concept of the Silicon Cape is not owned or controlled by any single entity. It is a living community and an organic, ever-developing concept in the hearts and minds of every participant, which endeavours to catalyse the local IP entrepreneurial community. As a community member, come and be a part of the genesis of turning the Silicon Cape into reality. THE INITIATIVE The initiative aims to start a conversation and create a global brand - to plant a seed and foster the concept of the Silicon Cape in people’s minds and on their lips around the world as the emerging Silicon Valley of Africa, and to create an environment and a perception of the area as a world-class location and destination that is not only capable of delivering but already is. This will in turn create real benefits for the Cape and it’s residents and stakeholders, and assist in attracting further foreign direct investment into South Africa.

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Multicoin Capital is a thesis-driven investment firm. We make long-term, high-conviction investments in category-defining crypto companies and protocols across public and private markets on behalf of sophisticated families, foundations, endowments, and institutional investors. To learn more about Multicoin Capital, please visit our website at https://multicoin.capital. You can also see a list of our public venture investments at https://multicoin.capital/portfolio/.

Civic is a tokenized identity solution for the verifiable web, empowering people to privately manage their identities across chains with an on-chain representation of their reusable identity.

The Bitcoin Foundation co-ordinates the efforts of the members in the Bitcoin community, helping to create awareness of the benefits of Bitcoin, how to use it and its related technology requirements, for technologists, regulators, the media and everyone globally.

Newtown Partners is the family office of successful startup entrepreneurs Llew Claasen and Vinny Lingham. The firm invests across various alternative and traditional asset classes, primarily early-stage venture capital, to back startups spearheading emerging technologies and disruptive business models. Since 2019, the team has worked with the global logistics group, Imperial (a DP World company) to enable their corporate venture capital program. Newtown Partners operates out of offices in San Diego, U.S. and Cape Town, South Africa.