The Game Souk

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The Game Souk episodes

  • Gamefam’s CEO & Founder on the Future of Roblox & Fortnite and Building it!

    In this episode of Bits of Signum, Angela and Eliza are joined by Joe Ferencz, CEO of Gamefam. During their conversation they discuss how the most successful developers on Roblox have operated, how the Roblox currently mirrors the early days of YouTube, why active media like gaming is beginning to dominate time spent metrics, the evolution of transmedia, and much more.

    Joe Ferencz is currently the CEO of Gamefam, the leading metaverse game developer that creates connected experiences with gaming communities and well-known brands. Across 30+ live games on Roblox, Fortnite and Minecraft, Gamefam records over 29 million daily game sessions and 215 million hours of engagement each month. Prior to running Gamefam, Joe spent time working in strategy and business development for companies such as Mattel, Nintendo, Disney, Sony, and more.

    Learn more about Gamefam.

    Follow Joe: LinkedIn 

    Chapters:

    Background on Joe and GameFam (00:00)

    Roblox Developer Community (04:04)

    Building Credibility as an Operator on Roblox Platform (07:46)

    Early Days of YouTube vs Early Days of Roblox (10:57)

    Opportunities on UEFN and Elsewhere (14:54)

    Passive vs Active Media and Roblox Dominating Time Spent (16:44)

    Roblox’s Time Advantage (24:15)

    Originals vs Branded Experiences (28:31)

    Evolution of Transmedia (32:59)

    Fitting Brands to Where They Can Win (36:43)

    Roblox Subgenre Slang (39:48)

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    Signum Growth operates at the intersection of mass market culture and new economies that are bubbling up in new digital communities. Areas of expertise include video gaming, entertainment, digital payments, blockchain protocols, AI and social media. The firm believes that emerging technologies will continue to be born in games and that ‘gaming’ will reach an increasingly broader swath of people, until it is simply known as entertainment. The firm focuses on creators and developers who are moving to the front of the line, where they will garner a greater slice of value creation. Signum Growth comprises Signum Growth Capital, a FINRA-registered broker dealer founded in 2018, licensed in M&A, capital raising, and public markets, and Signum Growth Advisors, the firm’s investment business. 

    Learn more about Signum Growth Capital here.

    Follow Angela: LinkedIn | Twitter 

    Follow Keshav Holani, Signum Growth Gaming Analyst: LinkedIn | Twitter 

    Learn more about Visible Realms here.

    Follow Eliza: LinkedIn | Twitter

    42 min
  • Pete Hawley is Banking on UEFN

    In this episode of Bits of Signum, Angela and Eliza are joined by Pete Hawley, Founder & CEO of Joa, a new UGC studio building on Epic Games’ UEFN. Pete’s team built their first game, Bank Heist, in his most recent role as the Chief Product Officer at 100 Thieves. We discuss his career in game development, how UGC is changing the gaming landscape, his studio’s latest hit, Bank Heist, UEFN, the Gen Z and Alpha audiences, and much more.

    Pete Hawley is currently the Founder & CEO of Joa. Prior, Pete was at 100 Thieves, where he oversaw the creation and launch of the smash hit Bank Heist. Prior to 100 Thieves, Pete held positions at companies such as Mythical Games, Telltale Games, and Zynga, building a proven track record of launching and growing successful mobile and video game franchises across multiple genres and platforms.

    Play Bank Heist on Fortnite with Island Code: 3339-4063-3278

    Follow Pete: LinkedIn | Twitter 

    Chapter Notes:

    (00:00) Pete’s Background and Career in Gaming

    (08:30) Building Bank Heist on UEFN

    (15:50) Challenges of Building UGC Content

    (24:00) New Beliefs to Adopt for the Gen Z and Alpha Audience

    (27:15) Shortening Attention Spans and Vying For Time

    (34:00) The Power of Unreal Engine 5

    (37:40) Bringing Women into Gaming on UEFN

    (45:05) Epic’s Long-term Plan

    (53:05) Pete’s Industry Prediction

    (58:30) AI Systems and Building Games

    (01:06:20) Goodbyes

    Signum Growth operates at the intersection of mass market culture and new economies that are bubbling up in new digital communities. Areas of expertise include video gaming, entertainment, digital payments, blockchain protocols, AI and social media. The firm believes that emerging technologies will continue to be born in games and that ‘gaming’ will reach an increasingly broader swath of people, until it is simply known as entertainment. The firm focuses on creators and developers who are moving to the front of the line, where they will garner a greater slice of value creation. Signum Growth comprises Signum Growth Capital, a FINRA-registered broker dealer founded in 2018, licensed in M&A, capital raising, and public markets, and Signum Growth Advisors, the firm’s investment business. 

    Learn more about Signum Growth Capital here.

    Follow Angela: LinkedIn | Twitter 

    Learn more about Visible Realms here.

    Follow Eliza: LinkedIn 

    1 hr 8 min
  • Worldbuilding with Blockade Labs

    Explore the creative power of generative AI with Marguerite Decourcelle, CEO at Blockade Labs. Angela, Evan, and Marguerite cover Blockade Labs' Skybox AI, a tool for generating panoramic, game-engine-ready worlds, as well as the landscape of AI tooling and its growing influence across creative spaces.

    Marguerite Decourcelle (aka coin_artist)

    Marguerite has committed her career to the democratization of creativity. Over 10+ years, she has cast a vision of a more egalitarian creative world which enable the everyperson to unlock their unique creative gifts.
    Currently Founder & CEO of Blockade Labs, Marguerite leads a talented group of purpose driven technologists and futurists aiming at allowing creatives to summon AI generated digital environments without the encumbrances of cost and speed. Their award winning technology is the future of digital environment development.

    Blockade Labs

    Blockade Labs is a leading AI Generative Environment Engine for creatives. A team of 15+ from around the world, Blockade has attracted the best and brightest to build a more egalitarian future for creatives.
    Blockade Labs aims to on-board millions creatives across the globe by enabling them to create digital environments with a few words and one click.

    Check out their tool Skybox AI here (and at 10:18 in the episode!)

    Signum Growth

    Signum Growth is a registered broker-dealer member of FINRA, headquartered in New York. The firm provides M&A advisory services and engages in placements of both private and public company securities.  Focused on mass market applications underpinned by Bitcoin & other blockchain protocols, video gaming, tokenized digital art, and social networks, Signum Growth strives to be at the forefront of the emerging technologies and digital economies in the metaverse. Please reach out to us at [email protected].

    Signum Growth's Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/SignumGrowth⁠⁠⁠

    Angela's Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/daltonan⁠⁠⁠⁠

    Signum Growth's Newsletter: ⁠⁠Bits of Signum⁠⁠ 

    41 min
  • gmoney

    Angie, Evan, and surprise co-host DJ are joined by gmoney -- futurist, disruptor and the CEO & Founder of clothing company 9dcc and community Admit One. The conversations explore gmoney's first impressions of crypto and NFTs, his identity both online and IRL, and his experience building brands and communities in this new technological frontier.

    gmoney

    gmoney (@gmoneyNFT) is a renowned NFT cultural thought leader and educator – best known for anonymously sporting his iconic orange beanie, CryptoPunk, and establishing his metaverse community Admit One. gmoney sold Visa and Galaxy Digital the CryptoPunks they purchased for their collections, and he is the founder of 9dcc, the first crypto-native fashion luxury house to exist on the blockchain. gmoney was recognized by nftnow’s 2022 ‘NFT100,’ the Vogue Business Disruptors 100, and featured on Fortune as one of the 50 most important people in NFTs, thanks to his work educating people on why the largest global corporations – like adidas, Meta, Nike, Visa, or Pepsi – are rushing into crypto, and how blockchain and metaverse strategy will be critical for future success and monetization. gmoney has become an iconic symbol of success with consciousness in the blockchain arena who has cemented his reputation through multi-faceted business endeavors, investments, partnerships, collaborations, and transparent communication across various social channels, all while working to prominently uplift the voices of women, POC, and other minorities in the space. 

    9dcc

    Built for innovators, change-makers, and disruptors. 9dcc subscribes to the familiar ideals of historic luxury fashion houses and simultaneously reinterprets the codes of luxury and sophistication. The name reflects the web3 spirit at the heart of the brand - the cryptic letter and number set represents the last four digits of the Ethereum wallet of the House from which all product expressions of the brand will be born. While innovative from a tech perspective, under the creative direction of gmoney, the new label will subscribe to the architecture and ideals of iconic fashion houses: Uncompromising choices in designs, materials and craftsmanship, illustrative storytelling, and selective distribution that speaks directly to the luxury market. 9dcc simultaneously reinterprets centuries-old traditions of house codes and offers a fresh take on fashion for a digital-first consumer, whose views on fashion and design align with gmoney's own vision of timeless style. The brand promises to constantly innovate and develop past the binary and analog. Dancing between the digital vs physical realms through singular, surprising products and events, 9dcc will evoke an exciting and elevated experience. Let's reimagine the world of style.

    Admit One

    Admit One is your entry into the gmoney ecosystem. The journey begins here. See the full manifesto on g.money.

    Signum Growth

    Signum Growth is a registered broker-dealer member of FINRA, headquartered in New York. The firm provides M&A advisory services and engages in placements of both private and public company securities.  Focused on mass market applications underpinned by Bitcoin & other blockchain protocols, video gaming, tokenized digital art, and social networks, Signum Growth strives to be at the forefront of the emerging technologies and digital economies in the metaverse. Please reach out to us at [email protected].

    Signum Growth's Twitter: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/SignumGrowth⁠⁠

    Angela's Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/daltonan⁠⁠⁠

    Signum's Newsletter: ⁠Bits of Signum⁠ 

    52 min
  • Creating New Media Blueprints with UEFN

    This episode of Bits of Signum brings in Jason Chen, the former Executive VP of Digital at BRON Studios, an expert in movie production and visual effects. Jason describes how BRON is building out their Gossamer franchise using Epic Games' Unreal Engine and Fortnite creative platform, UEFN, as well as how Unreal Engine is changing the film/TV industry as a whole.

    About Jason Chen

    Jason Chen is a highly experienced industry veteran with a remarkable 15-year career in visual effects. His journey began at the age of 17 on the groundbreaking film Avatar, where he worked for Weta Digital and Lightstorm Entertainment, honing his skills in virtual production and live action integration. Throughout his career, Jason has collaborated with legendary creatives such as James Cameron, Peter Jackson, Stephen Spielberg, JJ Abrams, and Marvel Studios, contributing his technical expertise to projects like Jojo Rabbit, Real Steel, Star Wars: Episode VII, Bumblebee, and Thor: Ragnarok. His most recent role was executive producer and leading figure at BRON Digital, pioneering real-time digital workflows and remote virtual production animation techniques. With a passion for innovation and technology, Jason continues to shape the future of creative endeavors in the digital entertainment space.

    ⁠About BRON

    BRON Media Corp. (“BRON”) is the parent to two main operating hubs – BRON Studios and BRON Digital. Co-founded in 2010 by Aaron L. Gilbert and Brenda Gilbert, BRON is the prolific and award-winning studio behind some of the most high-profile films of the last decade, in both the independent and studio worlds. BRON has produced or executive produced more than 125 productions, and BRON companies have received hundreds of honors including 38 Academy Awards nominations (6 wins), 39 BAFTA Awards nominations, and more than 250 Film Festival Award nominations. BRON is well known for many culture-shifting and history-making productions over the years and the Company’s focus is on live-action and animated film and television production, leaning in heavily with interactive gaming, music, and culture.

    BRON Studios' creative team develops and produces live-action scripted and nonscripted film and series television content for global release including a direct-to-consumer model. BRON works with some of the industry’s top creators, filmmakers, and on-screen talent, leveraging its relationships across the film, television, music, and fashion space to build community-led content offerings. BRON has been a financial backer, back-office studio, and co-producing partner to some of the most notable start-up production companies, such as Kid Cudi’s Mad Solar, the team behind HBO’s EUPHORIA and HBO’s THE IDOL (starring the Weeknd), Apple’s BLACK BIRD and Focus’ TAR, Apple’s THE MORNING SHOW, and A24’s X.

    BRON Digital is a state-of-the-art virtual production company that uses Epic Games’ Unreal Engine at its core. We provide a comprehensive breakdown and development of IPs – matching them with the appropriate virtual production tools (motion capture, digital facial performance, and real-time shot production, etc.) to provide a seamless journey for creatives into the digital future across a variety of mediums and platforms.

    ⁠Signum Growth⁠

    Signum Growth is a registered broker-dealer member of FINRA, headquartered in New York. The firm provides M&A advisory services and engages in placements of both private and public company securities.  Focused on mass market applications underpinned by Bitcoin & other blockchain protocols, video gaming, tokenized digital art, and social networks, Signum Growth strives to be at the forefront of the emerging technologies and digital economies in the metaverse. Please reach out to us at [email protected].

    Signum Growth's Twitter: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/SignumGrowth⁠⁠

    Angela's Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/daltonan⁠⁠⁠

    Signum's Newsletter: ⁠Bits of Signum⁠ 

    49 min
  • Com2uS' Kyu Lee: Transforming Content & Gaming with Web3

    Angela and Evan speak with Kyu Lee, mobile game revolutionary and President of Com2uS USA. Topics include why Com2uS believes digital ownership is inevitable, the gaming & content platforms Com2uS is developing, and Kyu's own takes on where entertainment industry is heading.

    About Kyu Lee

    Kyu Lee is President of Com2uS USA Inc. Com2uS, a public company on the KOSDAQ Market, is one of the few mobile game publishers that still excels since pioneering the space in 1998. With over a billion game downloads and experience in publishing hundreds of titles including successful top grossing titles like Summoners War and MLB 9 Innings, Com2uS has been one of the most active and innovative mobile game companies in the world. Kyu, an industry veteran who has been with Com2uS since the beginning, has played a key role in the company’s global expansion, establishing its US office (2006), Europe office and SEA offices. With its new journey into the entertainment and blockchain business, Com2uS continues to lead the digital paradigm as a comprehensive content and platform company. Kyu has graduated Seoul National University with a B.S. in Physics.

    About Com2uS

    Established in 1998 as the first mobile game company in South Korea, Com2uS is making a new leap as a global comprehensive content and platform company incorporating blockchain and metaverse. Com2uS has proven its competitiveness in the global game industry through its beloved IP’s ranging in various genres, including Summoners War: Sky Arena, Baseball Superstars, MLB 9 Innings, and Ace Fishing: Wild Catch. Its flagship title, Summoners War: Sky Arena, has generated over 100 million downloads and global sales of $2.5 billion and ranked as the #1 grossing game in 86 countries. Com2uS continues to set a global digital paradigm by establishing a blockchain mainnet, XPLA, various Web 3.0 games based on a blockchain game platform, C2X, and an all-encompassing metaverse platform, ‘Com2Verse.’

    About XPLA

    XPLA is the content-driven, universal gaming and entertainment blockchain. It is the next generation of Web3 mainnet, developed with gamers at the core of its design. Based on the idea of “Explore and Play”, XPLA is the newest innovation in the Web3 gaming space, using COSMOS SDK for optimization and features development support from Delight and ZenaAD. This new infrastructure serves as the bridge between Web2 and Web3 services, and will feature games, art, music and Dapps based on community-driven feedback from users. XPLA places heavy emphasis on User Experience and accessibility to craft the standard in game centric Web3 services, opening up limitless possibilities for blockchain gaming.

    Signum Growth

    Signum Growth is a registered broker-dealer member of FINRA, headquartered in New York. The firm provides M&A advisory services and engages in placements of both private and public company securities.  Focused on mass market applications underpinned by Bitcoin & other blockchain protocols, video gaming, tokenized digital art, and social networks, Signum Growth strives to be at the forefront of the emerging technologies and digital economies in the metaverse. Please reach out to us at [email protected].

    Signum Growth's Twitter: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/SignumGrowth⁠⁠

    Angela's Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/daltonan⁠⁠⁠

    Signum Growth's Newsletter: ⁠Bits of Signum⁠ 

    38 min
  • Plai Labs: Setting the Stage for Social Media 3.0

    Angela and Evan speak with Aber Whitcomb, Co-Founder of MySpace, Jam City, and now PLAI Labs - a next-generation social platform built with Web3 and AI. The three discuss Aber’s experiences in the early days of social media, how the gaming landscape has evolved since mobile gaming first took off, and how PLAI Labs is leveraging new technologies to elevate gaming and online social experiences.

    Aber Whitcomb

    Aber Whitcomb is the CTO and Co-Founder of Jam City, Inc (formerly SGN Games). As CTO of Jam City Inc, a multi-platform game developer and distributor, Aber Whitcomb oversaw the cross-platform technology strategy and played a key role in developing and operating Jam City titles on a global scale. Whitcomb is a recognized expert in large scale computing, networking and storage and frequently speaks on these topics at industry events. He has been profiled in publications such as VentureBeat, The New York Times, and SoCalTech. Prior to Jam City, Whitcomb's role was CTO and co-founder of MySpace where he was responsible for the engineering and technical operations groups. InfoWorld named Whitcomb as one of the "Top 25 CTOs of 2009." Whitcomb is a co-founder of Core Scientific, a blockchain and artificial intelligence hosting, transaction processing and application development company that has raised $100 million in funding. Whitcomb is also a co-founder of i/o Ventures, an early stage startup program that focuses heavily on mentorship. Currently, Aber Whitcomb is Co-Founder and CTO of PLAI Labs. He graduated from the University of Washington and was born and raised in Bellingham, WA.

    Aber’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aberwhitcomb/ 

    PLAI Labs

    PLAI Labs is building the next generation of social platforms. The team is applying their proven track records in Social Media, Game Mechanics, and Advanced Technology to build products that are used by 100s of millions of people around the world. Their first experience is a game called Champions Ascension, a growing and transformative web3 universe that redefines entertainment, games, storytelling, and real world experiences through revolutionary blockchain technology; a go-to destination to play, mint, socialize and create new content for years to come.

    Signum Growth

    Signum Growth Capital is a registered broker-dealer member of FINRA, headquartered in New York. The firm provides M&A advisory services and engages in placements of both private and public company securities.  Focused on mass market applications underpinned by Bitcoin & other blockchain protocols, video gaming, tokenized digital art, and social networks, Signum Growth Capital strives to be at the forefront of the emerging technologies and digital economies in the metaverse. Please reach out to us at [email protected]

    Signum Growth's Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/SignumGrowth⁠⁠⁠

    Angela's Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/daltonan⁠⁠⁠⁠

    Signum Growth's Newsletter: ⁠⁠Bits of Signum⁠⁠ 

    45 min
  • New Game Models Born Out of Web3 with Hugo McDonaugh of MyNFT / GBM and Jesse Johnson of Aavegotchi

    Angela and Evan are joined by Hugo McDonaugh, Founder & CEO of MyNFT and GBM, and Jesse Johnson, Founder & COO of Pixelcraft Studios, creator of Aavegotchi. The four talk about the origins of GBM and Aavegotchi's synergy, the prospects of multi-chain and what it means for NFTs, as well as the importance of providing creators with toolkits that let them align with their community. 

    Hugo McDonaugh 

    Born and raised in the UK, Hugo is a Web3 entrepreneur and a co-founder and CEO of Perpetual Altruism Ltd, the company behind the Cryptograph, GBM and myNFT platforms. He has been a keen follower and proponent of blockchain technology since first discovering Bitcoin in 2013, but it was after discovering Ethereum in 2014 that Hugo really started to get more interested in the blockchain space and since then he has dipped his toes into many different verticals across the cryptosphere. He advises a wide variety of other startups in the space and he is also an avid NFT collector. He also has a background in the impact investment industry and since 2015 he has been an active angel investor across a wide variety of different impact investment and Web3 ventures.

    MyNFT is a multichain NFT marketplace that offers low platform fees, fiat onramps, and a variety of purchasing tools supported by GBM. GBM is an auction mechanism that brings in more liquidity and thus higher accuracy and auction prices by giving all bidders a percentage of the final auction pool. With GBM, everyone is a winner, even if they lose the auction! 

    Jesse Johnson

    Jesse Johnson is a product centric founder who has had a leadership role developing some of the most well-known NFT platforms to date including the very first NFT minting platform, Mintable, which is now available on both Ethereum and Zilliqa blockchains. He is also the creator of the Value-Staked NFTs concept as the creator of Bullionix.io which was the first to offer 3D, high resolution digital collectibles staked with gold stable coins. Prior to his work with Ethereum dApps, Jesse was heavily involved on the digital assets exchange side of the industry serving as the head of international development for ZB Group and prior to that served in China for Lenovo Mobile Unit as a Motorola product improvement and mergers specialist.

    Pixelcraft Studios is a dev house leading the way towards full ownership  of digital assets for gamers. The team is currently building Aavegotchi, an open-source, community-owned NFT gaming protocol. 

    Signum Growth

    Signum Growth Capital is a registered broker-dealer member of FINRA, headquartered in New York. The firm provides M&A advisory services and engages in placements of both private and public company securities.  Focused on mass market applications underpinned by Bitcoin & other blockchain protocols, video gaming, tokenized digital art, and social networks, Signum Growth Capital strives to be at the forefront of the emerging technologies and digital economies in the metaverse.  Please reach out to us at [email protected]

    Signum Growth's Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/SignumGrowth⁠

    Angela's Twitter: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/daltonan⁠⁠

    Signum's Newsletter: Bits of Signum 

    56 min
  • Art for Art(ist)’s Sake - Arthur and Kathleen Breitman on Tezos’ Grassroots Growth

    Art for Art(ist)’s Sake with Arthur & Kathleen Breitman

    Angela and Evan speak with Arthur and Kathleen Breitman, co-founders of the Tezos blockchain, on the organic growth of the proof-of-stake network and the importance of decentralization. This episode explores how and why artist communities have flourished on Tezos, illustrated by the saga of NFT platform Hic-Et-Nunc, which underwent a successful community takeover. It also explores Tezos as a whole, from its core goals to its branding partnerships. Stick around to the end to hear bonus content with Kathleen on the Tezos Permanent Collection and its curator, Misan Harriman!

    Arthur Breitman is an early architect of the Tezos protocol. Prior to becoming involved in Tezos full time, he worked at X and Waymo on self-driving cars. In his earlier career, he worked as a quantitative analyst at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. Arthur graduated from the École Polytechnique and holds a MS in financial mathematics from the Courant Institute at NYU.

    Kathleen Breitman is the co-founder and one of the early architects of the Tezos blockchain, which leverages a proof of stake mechanism to provide high security and low energy usage compared to Bitcoin and Ethereum. She has also worked at Accenture, Bridgewater Associates, and the Wall Street Journal.

    Tezos

    Tezos is an energy-efficient blockchain where developers, artists, entrepreneurs, brands, and others from around the world build and engage with a network of decentralized applications. Tezos' modular architecture allows for seamless, community-determined upgrades that deploy new advancements to fuel the next round of innovation. See for yourself what makes Tezos stand out as part of humanity’s digital future.

    Signum Growth  

    Signum Growth Capital is a registered broker-dealer member of FINRA, headquartered in New York. The firm provides M&A advisory services and engages in placements of both private and public company securities.  Focused on mass market applications underpinned by Bitcoin & other blockchain protocols, video gaming, tokenized digital art, and social networks, Signum Growth Capital strives to be at the forefront of the emerging technologies and digital economies in the metaverse.  Please reach out to us at [email protected]

    Signum Growth's Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/SignumGrowth⁠⁠⁠

    Angela's Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/daltonan⁠⁠⁠⁠

    Signum Growth's Newsletter: ⁠⁠Bits of Signum⁠⁠ 

    52 min
  • Phygitals Through the Lenses of SmartSeal & EndState

    Angela and Evan are joined by SmartSeal CEO, Mark Shekleton, and EndState CEO, Bennet Collen, to learn how companies are creating new avenues of communication between customers and creators with tokenized physical assets. Mark and Bennet walk us through the experience of using a product NFC technology,  why legitimate corporations want to explore phygital pairings, and Endstate makes an exciting announcement.


    Bennett Collen, Endstate Co-founder/CEO

    Former Founder/CEO of Cognate, which pioneered the use of smart contracts/NFTs to represent trademark rights and was acquired by GoDaddy in 2018. Adjunct Professor teaching Business Applications of Blockchain and Cryptocurrency at Boston College’s MBA program.

    Endstate is ushering the world towards the future of product ownership. Starting with sneakers, Endstate combines NFTs with proprietary technology to definitively link physical products to digital assets.


    Mark Shekleton, Chief Executive Officer

    Mark has a degree in mathematics and a background in software engineering, cryptography, and electronics. His innovative solutions, broad technical expertise, and software experience are instrumental in the development of Smart Seal’s system. Mark is a USAF veteran.

    SmartSeal provides digital identities for physical assets through encrypted Near Field Communication (NFC) tags. The tags are cryptographically coupled, one-to-one, with Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). This enables anyone with a smartphone to instantly verify the ownership, authenticity, and provenance of any physical asset with our embedded NFC tags. We are building an application that allows creators to tokenize their work and gives collectors the power to authenticate and transfer ownership of their assets without the need for a middleman. We are enabling NFT marketplaces to sell tokenized physical assets, expanding their offerings into physical collectibles, memorabilia, and art.


    Signum Growth

    Signum Growth Capital is a registered broker-dealer member of FINRA, headquartered in New York. The firm provides M&A advisory services and engages in placements of both private and public company securities.

    Focused on mass market applications underpinned by Bitcoin & other blockchain protocols, video gaming, tokenized digital art, and social networks, Signum Growth Capital strives to be at the forefront of the emerging technologies and digital economies in the metaverse.

    Please reach out to us at [email protected]


    Signum Growth's Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/SignumGrowth⁠⁠⁠

    Angela's Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/daltonan⁠⁠⁠⁠

    Signum Growth's Newsletter: ⁠⁠Bits of Signum⁠⁠ 

    55 min

About The Game Souk

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Welcome to Game Souk, a weekly live discussion hosted by Angie Dalton and the team at AD8 Dot Pop, where we dive into the world of UGC gaming and everything surrounding it – from platform strategy and…