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2024-03-04

Headquarters

NYC

Employee Count

2 FTEs; 4 PT

Year Founded

2021

Amount raised

$125K

Business model

Enterprise contracts (government and large companies) & SaaS for businesses

Early traction

Successfully onboarded a government in Latin America, engaged in pilot programs with a state-wide police force and a banking regulator, and partnered with a prominent business

Investors

HNWIs + Founder’s personal funds

Setting the Scene
  • Banks and financial institutions are increasingly realizing the potential of embracing digital currencies as a new revenue stream. 

  • To accept these transactions, banks face stringent legal and regulatory responsibilities to ensure their platforms aren’t misused for illicit activities. 

  • Yet, many institutions lack the sophisticated tools and knowledge needed to evaluate the safety of cryptocurrency transactions. 

    • Plus, high costs and complexities of existing compliance solutions present significant barriers. 

  • This week’s company equips compliance teams with essential tools for safe crypto asset interaction and regulatory adherence.

In a Sentence

Blockpliance is a platform that arms institutions against illicit blockchain transactions.

  • Platform: By leveraging AI, the product makes it easy for non-crypto native teams to get real-time risk assessment with better accuracy, at lower cost, and with improved efficiency.

  • Institutions: Compliance is crucial for banks, card issuers, crypto exchanges or institutions, and public sector entities.

  • Illicit Transactions: Blockpliance’s algorithm detects for money laundering, human trafficking, terrorist financing, ransomware, scams and other criminal activity.

Bulleted Version

In the same way an office’s online firewall filters through employees’ emails to detect and alert HR of inappropriate messages, Blockpliance similarly analyzes the movement of digital money to inform compliance officers of suspicious activity.
Due Diligence
What We Like
  • Market Opportunity: Global financial crime compliance can cost organizations hundreds of billions with the market expected to grow as more institutions adopt complex blockchain-based systems.

    • With Bitcoin near an all-time high, 40% of American adults now own crypto, suggesting that digital currency is here to stay. 

  • Financial Crime: The fight against financial crime is intensifying, with cryptocurrency’s potential to aid human trafficking, terrorist financing, ransomware, scams and other criminal activity.

    • Blockpliance offers a crucial solution to bolster the advantages of decentralized currencies while controlling their risks.

  • Cost Effective: Leveraging AI, Blockpliance provides a more affordable solution compared to traditional compliance methods, reducing the need for extensive manual oversight and thus, lowering operational costs for organizations.

Potential Risks
  • Volatility: Blockpliance hinges on the belief that digital currencies will continue to grow and be integrated into the broader financial system despite the asset’s volatility .

  • Regulatory: As governments and financial bodies worldwide adjust their policies to keep up with the fast pace of digital currency adoption, Blockpliance must continuously adapt its algorithms and methodologies to remain compliant.

  • Rising costs: While AI provides Blockpliance with a competitive edge, the soaring popularity and development costs of advanced AI technologies, especially Large Language Models, could escalate operational expenses.

Founder Profile
GF
Guillermo Fernandes, CEO
 Previously co-founded Opendemic.org, ran banking operations for a multi-family office, and involved with Bitcoin since 2012.

DP
Donald Patterson, CTO
Previously taught AI/ML at Westmont College and has been a Bitcoin programer since 2011.

Comps

WhyBlockpliance

With the potential to revolutionize cryptocurrency transactions by blocking unsafe asset interactions, Blockpliance is set up for success.

*Nothing in this content constitutes investment or legal advice. Conduct independent diligence and consult professional advisers before making investment decisions.*

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