LA Blockchain Lab Launches

Staff

7 years ago

The LA Blockchain Lab, a partnership with the UCLA Blockchain Lab, the USC Center for Cyber-Physical Systems, and The Internet of Things, is creating a community of blockchain advocates on a mission to increase awareness, advance progress, and foster the development of blockchain technology. Set to launch in early 2018, the LA Blockchain Accelerator — in partnership with the UCLA and US Venture Funds and local venture capital firms — is a place to incubate the concepts innovated at the Lab and provide hands-on mentorship, skills development, and partnership opportunities to propel startups from ideation to success.

In addition, the Lab promotes community and economic development through job placement and networking opportunities by offering blockchain training for high school students, with a specific focus on low-income neighborhoods. Through UCLA Extension, the Lab will provide blockchain certification programs for deprived women throughout the developing world.

Lab members include, but are not limited to, UCLA, USC, World Economic Forum, DApperNetwork, BNY Mellon, Deloitte, E&Y, Bloq, Charles River Ventures, Chamber of Digital Commerce, Global Business Blockchain Consortium, and World Bank.

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