Nicolas Cary

Nicholas Cary is an American businessman, best known as the co-founder of Blockchain.com[1] and a philanthropist.[2][3]

In 2014, as CEO of Blockchain, Cary led the biggest round of venture capital financing in the digital currency sector at that time, closing $30.5m from investors such as Lightspeed Venture Partners and Richard Branson.[4]

In 2015, Cary was named "European Digital Leader of the Year" by ICT Spring.[5]

In 2017, as President of Blockchain, Cary helped raise another $40m from investors including Google Ventures.[6][7] Cary believes that blockchain technology can improve society through global, transparent digital payments and IoT applications.[8]

Cary made the first Bitcoin donation to a university in the US, his alma mater the University of Puget Sound.[9] Cary is also a co-founder of skysthelimit.org, the digital platform of Youth Business USA, a 501(c)3 nonprofit.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Team > Blockchain". www.blockchain.com. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
  2. ↑ "Founders Pledge". Founders Pledge. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
  3. ↑ NClarkson (2017-05-02). "How AI and tech are disrupting non-profits". Virgin. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
  4. ↑ Ember, Sydney (2014-10-06). "Blockchain Is Latest Bitcoin Start-Up to Lure Big Investment". dealbook.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
  5. ↑ "Nicolas Cary and the future of Bitcoin - ICT Spring Europe - We explore converging disruptions". ICT Spring Europe - We explore converging disruptions (in French). 2015-07-27. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
  6. ↑ Kharpal, Arjun (2017-06-22). "Bitcoin wallet start-up Blockchain raises $40 million from Google". Retrieved 2017-08-25.
  7. ↑ "How One Scrappy Startup Survived the Early Bitcoin Wars". Wired. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
  8. ↑ Egerton-Read, Sebastian. "IoT and the development of a circular economy | TechCrunch". Retrieved 2017-08-25.
  9. ↑ "Alumnus Entrepreneur Makes $10,000 Bitcoin Gift · Campus News · University of Puget Sound". www.pugetsound.edu. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
  10. ↑ "Meet Us". SKY'S THE LIMIT. Retrieved 2017-08-25.


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