Medici Ventures

Mexico

Overstock’s Medici Land Governance Inks Deal for Local Land Registry in Mexico

Medici Land Governance has signed a memorandum of understanding with a local government in Mexico to create a digital land records system.

Markets  ·  4 February 2019
Tzero

Overstock Blockchain Fund Shuffles Management Ahead of tZERO Launch

Overstock has promoted Joel Weight to chief operating officer of Medici Ventures, the company's blockchain venture fund.

Markets  ·  22 January 2019
Tzero

Overstock’s Patrick Byrne Says tZERO Will Launch Next Week

The tZERO security token trading platfrom will go live next week, says Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne.

Business  ·  18 January 2019
Exchanges

Overstock Makes Key Executive Change at Blockchain Subsidiaries

Medici Ventures, the blockchain investment arm of Overstock, is reassigning a top executive to focus on revenue generation at its most prominent portfolio company, tZERO.

Business  ·  4 January 2019
Security Tokens

Overstock’s Medici Acquires Digital Tokens Representing Startup Equity Shares

Overstock's Medici Ventures has successfully transferred 3.6 million tokenized shares from Chainstone Labs using Ravencoin's blockchain.

Business  ·  18 December 2018
Investments

Overstock’s Medici Invests $2.5 Million in Grain Tech Firm’s Blockchain Pivot

Medici Ventures has bought a $2.5 million equity stake in GrainChain, a software firm launching its own blockchain and stablecoin.

Business  ·  4 December 2018
Investments

Overstock’s Medici Ventures Invests in Wine-Tracking Blockchain Startup

Medici Ventures, the blockchain accelerator arm of Overstock.com, has made a seven-figure investment in wine-tracking startup VinX.

Business  ·  4 October 2018
News

Zambia, Overstock’s Medici Ink Deal on Blockchain Land Registry Pilot

American retail giant Overstock.com's blockchain subsidiary is partnering with the Zambian government to build a blockchain land title registry.

Business  ·  1 August 2018
Payments

Overstock Venture Arm Invests $3 Million in Blockchain Payments Startup

Bitt, a Barbados-based blockchain payment startup, has received a $3 million investment from Overstock's Medici Ventures.

Business  ·  8 March 2018
Funding Rounds

Overstock Leads $2 Million Funding for Blockchain Voting Startup

Medici Ventures, a subsidiary of online retail giant Overstock.com, has led the seed funding round of mobile voting platform Voatz.

Markets  ·  8 January 2018
News

Overstock’s Blockchain Business Posts $3.3 Million Loss

Overstock has released new details about the Q2 financial performance of Medici Ventures, its blockchain-focused subsidiary.

Business  ·  7 August 2017
Venture Capital

‘Mistake’ Corrected: Overstock Invests in Blockchain Startup Symbiont

Overstock's investment arm has backed Symbiont following the successful passage of the Delaware blockchain amendments.

Business  ·  19 July 2017
Investments

How Initial Coin Offerings Sidestepped Traditional Disruption Models

Medici Ventures' Steve Hopkins dissects developments in blockchain, arguing that the tech's use for fundraising sets the stage for massive disruption.

Markets  ·  15 July 2017
Regulation

Banking and Blockchain: Why We Need an AML/KYC Safe Harbor

Compliance rules may be boosting blockchain innovation, but legal uncertainty is excluding some developing nations from the global banking system.

Policy & regulation  ·  18 June 2017
Investments

Overstock Caps Series A for Bitcoin Startup Ripio With $400k Funding

Overstock subsidiary Medici Ventures has added the South American bitcoin payments startup to its stable of blockchain-focused investments.

Business  ·  26 April 2017