About this episode
Joris Delanoue discusses how Fairmint is revolutionizing equity distribution through blockchain technology.
What if equity could move as fast as code? Most founders spend thousands on lawyers, cap table management, and outdated infrastructure just to raise money and distribute equity. Joris Delanoue thinks that's ridiculous. As co-founder and CEO of Fairmint, he's building the rails to move private equity onto the blockchain, turning cap tables into smart contracts and making ownership as easy to transfer as sending an email. In this episode of Rising Tide Startups, Joris shares his journey from being a serial entrepreneur in France to a blockchain pioneer in Silicon Valley. After selling multiple companies and experiencing the pain of locked-up investments and cap tables that were impossible to manage, he moved to the US with one goal: to fix capitalism. What started as an idea for a startup exchange using SPVs evolved into Fairmint, a platform that's already moved over $1 billion in equity onto the blockchain. Joris breaks down why blockchain is the superior technology for securities, how Fairmint is deintermediating traditional finance without sacrificing compliance, and why privacy features like zero-knowledge proofs are unlocking trillions of dollars in institutional capital. He…
People in this episode
Host: Rising Tide
Guest: Joris Delanoue
Topics covered
- blockchain
- equity
- entrepreneurship
- finance
- smart contracts
- capitalism
Keywords
- blockchain
- equity
- smart contracts
- entrepreneurship
- capitalism
- finance
- Fairmint
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Fairmint
Places: France, Silicon Valley, US
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