More about Filament. Venture backed and also has a hardware offering powered by a software stack.
I think Filament is a potential partner as it uses IBM ADEPT as its "blockchain", itself based on bitcoin/ethereum.
Here is a good article I haven't seen posted here that refers to it and also has several good biz dev/PR-awareness targets in it:
https://newsroom.cisco.com/feature-content?type=webcontent&articleId=1756804- Alex Tapscott, coauthor with his father, Don Tapscott, of the "Blockchain Revolution" forthcoming book
- Filament (Reno, NV)
http://filament.com/- LO3 Lawrence Orsini, founder
http://lo3energy.com/- Transactive Grid an open energy platform that will enable real-time smart metering of local energy generation which is a joint venture of LO3 and Consensus Systems (which seems to be a dev shop)
How is IOTA approaching biz dev? I don't believe in decentralized biz dev, so someone needs to manage and prioritize outreach (target lists, status, goals, offers, manage technical resources, etc). Decentralized lead gen is fine, but then someone needs to followup with the latest materials and support, etc. Be glad to help initially organize or do more as effort expands.
I can see that IOTA is mature story and not on exchange yet? any plans?
Yes, I'm in touch with 6 different big exchanges and working out a big 'marketing campaign' with them to boost the launch event further.
Just one question please with all the publicity and momentum Lisk and waves are having at the moment and knowing Lisk will be released by the end of this month and Wave the following month, don't you think you should launch IOTA before they do if not IOTA will be hidden in the shadows of WAVE and LISK, its just an opinion, I know I can be wrong
From what I understand by googling competitors of IOTA are Filament, 21 Inc and IBM ADEPT project.
Lisk and wave are just cryptocoins, and as Crypti investor (which codebase inherented by Lisk) I know that this thing doesn't show natural traction (dapps in dappstore).
P.S.
I donate my proceeds from the deal to foundation.