Blockchain Companies

Delivered March 9th, 2018. Contributors: Pamela E., Sian N., Justin B., Catherine M., Daniela P. and

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Blockchain Companies - Rows 109-118

Not all the companies included in rows 109-118 of the attached spreadsheet are blockchain companies and as such, not all of them will hold ICOs. All are involved with blockchain technology in one way or another, however. In fact, after exhaustive searching, through icorating, cryptocompare, and icobench, we were able to determine that only two companies, Wolk and Wanchain, have held ICOs and only Wolk has received an ICO rating. The names, headquarters, number of employees, and short descriptions for the requested blockchain companies have been provided below and entered into the attached spreadsheet. 

Findings SWEETBRIDGE 
ICO Date: N/A
ICO Rating: N/A
Headquarters: Phoenix, AZ 
Number of Employees: 51-200 
Description: Sweetbridge is not a blockchain company, rather it is a company that provides a blockchain framework for other companies. This framework provides a "fair and flexible value exchange" through which companies and industries are able to improve their performance as employees "collaborate, adapt, and realize shared values" that contribute to a better global economy overall.

 TOTLE 
ICO Date: N/A
ICO Rating: N/A
Headquarters: Birmingham, MI 
Number of Employees: 11-50 
Description: Totle is a tool whose purpose is to "support and enhance" crypto investors with the execution and management of their long-term crypto investment strategies in a way that is simple, easily accessible, and hassle-free. Blockchain, bitcoin, etherium, and smart contracts are among their areas of specialization.

 LEDGER 
ICO Date: N/A
ICO Rating: N/A
Headquarters: Paris, France 
Number of Employees: 51-200 
Description: Ledger is leading provider of "security and infrastructure solutions for cryptocurrencies and blockchain applications" that is developing a wide range of products and services designed to safeguard the cryptocurrency assets of both individuals and companies. The line of hardware wallets is currently available in 165 countries. The company states in its About section on LinkedIn that is has headquarters located in Paris, France, Vierzon, France, and San Francisco, CA. Ledger also states that they have a team of 82 professionals who develop their products and services.  

 UNOCOIN 
ICO Date: N/A
ICO Rating: N/A
Headquarters: Tumkur, Karnataka, India
Number of Employees: 51-200 
Description: With over one million customers, a built-in exchange that enables customers to exchange bitcoin for Indian Rupees, and a stated mission of "Bringing bitcoin to the billions", Unocoin is India's "most popular bitcoin wallet".  Unicoin initially charges customers a 1% fee every time they buy or sell bitcoins. Users are upgraded to a "Gold Membership" at which time the percentage charged per transaction drops to 0.7% if they maintain a"significant transaction volume" for at least 60 days.

 VANBEX 
ICO Date: N/A
ICO Rating: N/A
Headquarters: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Number of Employees: 11-50 
Description: Vanbex provides a variety of services to blockchain companies including blockchain and smart contract technology, consulting and strategy development, investment marketing and ICO fundraising, and communications and marketing services. Services provided are personalized as Vanbex tailors their approach to each client's individual needs. Vanbex is "Where blockchain and business begin.

 VERY 
ICO Date: N/A
ICO Rating: N/A
Headquarters: Chattanooga, TN
Number of Employees: 11-50
Description: Very is a product development firm that uses their "deep experience in machine learning, IoT, and blockchain" to develop and build platforms that are scalable and production-ready. Since its formation in 2011, Very has launched more than 250 products.

VOLT CUSTODIAN
Exhaustive searching through icorating, cryptocompare, and icobench did not result in the location of a company exactly named Volt Custodian. Continued searching for a company with that name did not lead to anything. An IT company named Volt Information Sciences was found and has been used as it provides some services similar to those provided by other companies listed in the request. 
ICO Date: N/A
ICO Rating: N/A
Headquarters: New York, NY 
Number of Employees: 501-1,000 
Description: Volt Information Sciences, Inc. is a global provider of staffing and managed services, technology and outsourcing solutions and services, and information technology infrastructure support services. Services provided by the company's information technology infrastructure support services team include "storage, network, and desktop IT hardware maintenance, data center monitoring, network monitoring, and operations support".

 WANCHAIN 
ICO Date: January 10, 2017 - January 11, 2017
ICO Rating: N/A
Headquarters: Singapore, Singapore 
Number of Employees: 11-50 
Description: With "inter-chain transactions and privacy protection", Wanchain is a unique public blockchain. Wanchain has developed their own protocol for inter-chain transactions. This protocol, based on account and threshold signature, enables the company's ability to support multi-assets trading. Wanchain is also a "distributed financial infrastructure" through which blockchain networks can be connected to exchange value. 

 WOLK 
ICO Date: August 29, 2017 
ICO Rating: 3 
Headquarters: San Mateo, CA 
Number of Employees: 11-50  
Description: Wolk Inc. is a" blockchain-based advertising data exchange, powered by the WOLK token". Wolk is working towards creating a "decentralized data exchange through which buyers can buy data sellers have made available for sale that is tied to mobile deviceids, hashed emails and/or hashed phone numbers" in an "automated manner" via the Wolk API. The protocol developed by Wolk, "defines how data buyers and suppliers use decentralized virtual currencies (WOLK token) with APIs (Wolk API) to transact using decentralized backend storage".

 XENA EXCHANGE 
ICO Date: N/A
ICO Rating: N/A
Headquarters: Gibraltar, GX11 
Number of Employees: 11-50 
Description: The cryptocurrency exchange, Xena Exchange, was built by financial markets professionals from financial institutions such as JP Morgan, Deutsche Bank, RBS, and more. The exchange was built by financial institutions for financial institutions, active traders and asset managers and features a variety of functions designed to eliminate the gap between traditional stock exchanges and blockchain markets. 

ConclusionTo wrap it up, not all the companies included in rows 109-118 of the attached spreadsheet are blockchain companies and as such, not all of them will hold ICOs. In fact, after exhaustive searching, through icorating, cryptocompare, and icobench, we were able to determine that only Wanchain and Wolk have held ICOs and only Wolk has received an ICO rating. The requested information for the requested blockchain companies have been provided below and entered into the attached spreadsheet. 

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Blockchain Companies - Rows 119-128

The companies listed in rows 119 to 128 of the attached spreadsheet have been researched and all publicly available information has been provided in columns D to H. For all entries of N/A, further information is provided in the methodology and summary sections below.

METHODOLOGYA majority of the companies are not Blockchain companies and are either technology developers or platforms, so N/A has been entered into columns D and E and further information has been provided in the summary below. Furthermore, after an extensive search, there was no publicly available data pertaining to the company Common (in row 122), most likely due to the indistinguishable company name and it's absence from both the ICORating and CryptoCompare websites. 

With regard to employee numbers, a range has been provided according to LinkedIn data, as prescribed in the spreadsheet to be the primary source. If an exact employee number has been stated in the company description, this figure has been entered. LinkedIn employee profile numbers have not been used as we have deemed them to be unreliable as there is a high possibility that not all employees currently have an active LinkedIn account and profile.

Please note, rows 127 and 128 name the same companies listed in rows 124 and 125, and are therefore duplicate entries. Consequently, "As above" has been entered into the appropriate cells on the attached spreadsheet.
SUMMARY119. Zencash 
ICO Date: 09.03.2017 
ICO Rating: N/A
Headquarters: Delaware City, Delaware	
Employees: 2-10 
Zencash identifies as a useful and secure privacy coin making use of compensated secure nodes. The currency is transferred via an end-to-end encrypted system, integrating revolutionary technology. Zencash distinguishes itself from competitors through the combination of competitive governance, communication and transactions. No company information is listed on either ICORating and CryptoCompare and after further research, there was no publicly available data indicating an ICO rating.

120. Tradeshift 
ICO Date: N/A	
ICO Rating: N/A	
Headquarters: San Francisco, CA 
Employees: 501-1,000	
Tradeshift aims to further digitize global commerce by joining the Hyperledger Board to advance Blockchain technology use across industries. The company's global platform allows buyers and suppliers to connect and collaborate on all processes. Tradeshift makes use of a range of technologies including AP automation and working capital optimization. As the company is a platform, it does not have an ICO date or rating.

121. 8Base 
ICO Date: N/A
ICO Rating: N/A
Headquarters: Miami, FL 
Employees: 11-50	
8Base is an application development platform aimed at increasing the deployment of software solutions using cloud-based technology and advanced tools. As part of their product offerings, 8Base create hybrid applications incorporating traditional and Blockchain technology, based on decentralized networks. As the company is a platform, it does not have an ICO date or rating.

122. Common
As previously mentioned, after an extensive search, no information was found to be publicly available pertaining to the company Common. This may be due to the fact that the company name is very common in nature and is indistinguishable amongst general websites and articles. Furthermore, Common was not listed on either the ICORating or CryptoCompare websites.

123. Agavon 
ICO Date: N/A
ICO Rating: N/A
Headquarters: Zug, Switzerland 
Employees: 2 
The consultancy firm, Agavon, assists companies with the early-stage development of distributed ledger technologies (DLT) including Blockchain. The company's aim is to advise companies as to whether DLT is appropriate for their business needs and to make suggestions for alternative measures. Agavon partners with other organizations in order to implement other recommended solutions. As the company is a consultancy firm, it does not have an ICO date or rating. Please note, LinkedIn identifies the company as having 0 to 1 employees, yet there are two LinkedIn company profiles listed. The company's official website does not provide any further information, therefore, we have noted two company employees.

124. Altoros 
ICO Date: N/A
ICO Rating: N/A
Headquarters: Sunnyvale, CA	
Employees: 300+ 
Altoros is a consultancy firm helping global organizations develop end-to-end solutions, technology building blocks, methodologies and with training. The company focuses on transforming AI, customer analytics, cloud-based apps and Blockchain technology into products that are sustainable and provide clients with a competitive advantage. As the company is a consultancy firm, it does not have an ICO date or rating.

125. Amihan 
ICO Date: N/A
ICO Rating: N/A
Headquarters: Manila, Philippines 
Employees: 51-200 
The strategic consulting company, Amihan, aims to assist with the design and implementation of digital transformations throughout Southeast Asia. The firm helps with building digital road maps, making use of ideal technology, with a focus on analytics, big data, technical operations and marketing technology. As the company is a consultancy firm, it does not have an ICO date or rating.

126. Alphapoint 
ICO Date: N/A
ICO Rating: N/A
Headquarters: New York, NY 
Employees: 51-200 
Alphapoint is a member of the Hyperledger Board and is committed to driving distributed ledger and Blockchain technology forward. The company has developed a permissioned Blockchain solution called Alphapoint Distributed Ledger Platform which allows the deployment and development of financial solutions. As the company is a platform developer, it does not have an ICO date or rating.

127. Altoros
Altoros is a duplicate of the company listed in row 124.

128. Amihan
Amihan is a duplicate of the company listed in row 125.
ConclusionIn closing, we have research the ten companies listed in rows 119 to 128 and all publicly available information has been entered into columns D to H of the attached spreadsheet. 

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Blockchain Companies - Rows 129-138

Rows 129 to 138, columns D to H of the attached spreadsheet have been completed. Only ArcBlock, Bitse (Qtum), Bloq (Metronome), and Centra have conducted Initial Coin Offerings. Below, I will present the results of the research.

ANZ
A search on ICORating and CryptoCompare and a general press search did not reveal any blockchain companies called ANZ. The search has led me to an article on Australian bank ANZ (and Westpac) partnering IBM and Scentre Group to use blockchain for bank guarantees on commercial property leasing. On its LinkedIn profile, Melbourne, Australia-based ANZ stated that it employs more than 50,000 people (46,010 employees listed on LinkedIn). ANZ is one of the five largest listed companies in Australia and number one bank in New Zealand.

ARCBLOCK
 Seattle, Washington-based ArcBlock’s ICO closed on February 2, 2018. It has received a stable rating on ICORating. The company has nine employees listed on LinkedIn. ArcBlock claimed to be “the world’s first blockchain ecosystem for building and deploying decentralized applications.” It planned to become an open, foundational service of the new programmable society by 2022.

B9 LAB
An examination of London, United Kingdom-based B9 Lab’s corporate website, ICORating, and CryptoCompare revealed that the company had not conducted any ICO. The company has ten employees listed on its corporate website (9 employees listed on LinkedIn). B9lab provides education, advice, and research on blockchain technology and decentralized applications. Their clients include global institutions and independent developers around the world.

BITMARK
A cryptocurrency named “Bitmark” is listed on CryptoCompare, but neither its information nor rating is listed on other databases such as ICORating and ICOBench. A Bitcoin Exchange Guide article has noted that “there’s a cryptocurrency named “Bitmark” you can currently purchase on a small number of exchanges…However, that currency does not appear to be related to Bitmark [a blockchain startup] in any way.” Therefore, I have focused on providing information on Taipei, Taiwan-based blockchain startup Bitmark instead of the Bitmark cryptocurrency. 

The company has raised $1.7 million in seed funding but has not released a whitepaper. Thus it has not conducted an ICO. The company has 17 employees listed on LinkedIn. Bitmark has described itself as “a blockchain startup defining a property for the digital environment by enabling issuance of property titles for digital assets.”

BITSE (QTUM)
A search for “Bitse” on ICORating and CryptoCompare did not reveal any results. A press search revealed that Bitse exists, but the links of its global and Chinese websites are broken. A further search also revealed that Qtum is connected to Bitse. According to Smith + Crown, Qtum was “incubated out of Bitse and has its full support for developers to work full-time on Qtum.” Therefore, I have focused on providing information on Qtum. 

 Singapore-based Qtum’s ICO was closed on March 19, 2017. Its rating is not listed on ICORating and CryptoCompare. ICOBench has provided a 4.1 expert rating. The company does not have a LinkedIn account but has listed 18 employees on its corporate website. Qtum’s goal is "to build decentralized applications that are executable on mobile devices and compatible with major existing blockchain ecosystems". It planned to do that by “combining a modified Bitcoin Core infrastructure with an intercompatible version of the Ethereum Virtual Machine.”

BLOCKO 
An examination of Gyeonggi-do, South Korea-based Blocko’s corporate website, ICORating, and CryptoCompare revealed that the company had not conducted any ICO. The company has listed 17 employees on LinkedIn. Blocko provides customers with digital identity, signatures, and other blockchain-based services and applications. Their product, Coinstack, allows users to share data with third parties in a safe and efficient manner. 

BLOQ (METRONOME)
On October 24, 2017, Chicago, Illinois-based Bloq announced that it would be launching Metronome, the first cross-blockchain cryptocurrency in the world. Metronome started its ICO on February 4, 2018, and is expected to close only on March 21, 2018. Thus, it has not received any rating. The company has listed 15 employees on Metronome’s corporate website. As Metronome is capable of being exported and imported across chains, it will allow users to “select the chain that suits their requirements for management and security, or even upgrade the MTN contract if needed.”

CALASTONE 
An examination of London, United Kingdom-based Calastone’s corporate website, ICORating, and CryptoCompare revealed that the company had not conducted any ICO. The company has listed 142 employees on LinkedIn. Calastone’s global funds transaction network connects over 300 financial service organizations across 34 global markets. It planned to migrate its networks to a private and permission-based blockchain infrastructure by 2019.

CENTRA 
 Miami Beach, Florida-based Centra’s ICO closed on October 2, 2017. Its rating is not listed on ICORating and CryptoCompare. ICOBench has provided a 2.4 expert rating. The company has listed 13 employees on LinkedIn. The Centra Card allows users to connect the bridge between commerce and cryptocurrencies. The Currency Conversion Engine Module provides customers with the ability to “convert their blockchain assets to market value fiat to a obtain near-perfect exchange rates.”

CLAUSE
An examination of New York City, New York-based Clause’s corporate website, ICORating, and CryptoCompare revealed that the company had not conducted any ICO. The company has listed eight employees on LinkedIn. Clause has described itself as “a revolutionary new platform that enables commercial contracts to ‘come alive’ and autonomously manage themselves.” It has recently created the Accord Project to develop “blockchain and distributed ledgers in legal contracting.”

CONCLUSION
In conclusion, rows 129 to 138, columns D to H of the attached spreadsheet have been completed. Only ArcBlock, Bitse (Qtum), Bloq (Metronome), and Centra have conducted Initial Coin Offerings.

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Blockchain Companies - Rows 139-148

OverviewAfter exhaustive searching, we have determined that none of the companies has held an ICO and there is no evidence suggesting ICOs have been previously held by any of the companies. The company's headquarters, the number of employees and a short description of each have been given in the spreadsheet available here.

FindingsWe searched in Icobench, CryptoCompare, LinkedIn and the company's websites to get the required information. All the companies are connected to the blockchain industry in one way or another. We searched the ICO website for each of the companies and none of them came up concluding that none of them has held an ICO. 

For Elementrem, information on their headquarters and number of employees is not publicly available as the information could not be found on their website or any other website, and they also do not have a LinkedIn page. Below is a brief report of our findings.

CloudsoftHeadquarters: Edinburgh, Midlothian
Number of employees: 37 
Description: Cloudsoft is "a cloud consulting company that leverages its special skills in applications, automation, and Amazon Web Services to deliver a great customer experience and solid business outcomes". 
  
Cognition Foundry Headquarters: Cranham 
Number of employees: 4 
Description: Cognition Foundry's mission is to democratize IT and to make IT systems accessible to startups.

CoinplugHeadquarters: Korea 
Number of employees: 19 
Description: Coinplug provides platforms for Bitcoin exchange, for example, electronic wallet service, Bitcoin exchange marketplace, and online POS (Point-of-Sales) service.

CollectorHeadquarters: New York
Number of employees: 9
Description: CollectorIQ is a "SaaS start-up which focuses on the intersection of the collectibles and financial services markets." Their vision is "to transform information transparency in the $6 trillion collectibles market."

Cuscal Headquarters: Sydney, NSW
Number of employees: 425
Description: Cuscal is a payment solutions provider. They provide services like fraud prevention, mobile payments, direct entry and EFT switching. They partner with companies to offer customizable payment processing solutions.

EBPI Headquarters: Den Haag, Zuid-Holland
Number of employees: 225 
Description: EBPI is an ICT service provider providing services to the government and business community. They set up, manage and improve "the exchange of high-quality message traffic." 

Elementrem Headquarters: Information not publicly available
Number of employees: Information not publicly available
Description: Elementrum provides a key technology that decentralizes applications that are built around smart contracts. They have the value of both Crypto Currency and Crypto Fuel of smart contracts. 

Lilly Headquarters: Information not publicly available
Number of employees: Information not publicly available
Description: Elementrum provides a key technology that decentralizes applications that are built around smart contracts. They have the value of both Crypto Currency and Crypto Fuel of smart contracts. 

ForgerockHeadquarters: Indianapolis, Indiana
Number of employees: 40,366 
Description: Lilly is a global healthcare provider that creates high-quality medicines helping people to live healthier, longer, and more active lives.

GuardtimeHeadquarters: Tallinn 
Number of employees: 105 
Description: Guardtime is a company that provides a blockchain platform. They establish the problems being faced by the customers and then come up with solutions which they take to the market.

ConclusionAfter an exhaustive research, we determined that none of the companies in rows 139-148 has had an ICO. Information on the number of employees, where the company is headquartered and a short description of each is summarized in a spreadsheet here. The headquarters of Elementrem and number of employees is not publicly available.

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Blockchain Companies - Rows 149-158

 After exhaustive searching, we have determined that of the companies listed in rows 149-158, only Medicalchain has held an ICO. The other companies do not have ICOs or Pre-ICOs scheduled and no evidence suggests ICOs have been previously held by any of the companies. The names, headquarters, number of employees, and short descriptions for the requested blockchain companies have been provided below and entered into the attached spreadsheet.

FindingsAfter exhaustive searching through icorating, cryptocompare, and icobench, we have determined that only one of the companies listed in rows 149-158 of the attached spreadsheet has held an ICO. That company is Medicalchain and its date and rating were found on icobench. There is no publicly available data suggesting that any of the other companies have held or are planning to hold an ICO. 

Location, Number of Employees and Description HASHED HEALTH 
Location: Nashville, TN 
Number of Employees: 11-50 
Description: Hashed Health is a "collaborative healthcare innovation company" that provides a "technology and vendor-neutral forum" for leading healthcare companies to research, design, engineer, and advance distributed ledger and other solutions for the healthcare industry". The company is a member of the Hyperledger Blockchain Project consortium.

 HYPERCHAIN 
Location: Hangzhou, China 
Number of Employees: 51-200 
Description: Hyperchain is a distributed ledger technology and enterprise blockchain company which uses "industry-leading container cloud technology, core algorithms, and management components" when designing "enterprise-level blockchain product platforms" and related solutions.

 INSPUR 
Location: Beijing, Shanghai, China   (US Main Office: Fremont, CA)
Number of Employees: 5,000-10,000 
Description: Inspur Worldwide Services Ltd. (ISW), a part of Inspur Group, is a leading IT outsourcing services provider in China. The company's mission to help reduce costs and improve efficiencies related to its product outsourcing services. In 2017, Inspur entered into a strategic partnership with Hangzhou-Yunphant, a blockchain startup located in Hangzhou, China. The purpose of the partnership is to both develop ways to integrate blockchain with media data and to explore and develop ways blockchain technology can be applied to healthcare. 

 INTELLECTEU 
Location: New York, NY 
Number of Employees: 51-200 
IntellectEU is an international tech company that provides both professional services and financial integration products. The company works with the development of Hyperledger, Ethereum, R3’s Corda, Chain in the Blockchain/DLT development sphere. It is a founding member of Linux Foundations Hyperledger, an IBM partner for Blockchain implementations, and a SWIFT integration partner.  IntellectEU has provided applications for companies including Quantum, Google Enterprise, Salesforce and more. 

 KOSCOM 
Location: Seoul, South Korea 
Number of Employees: 501-1000 
Description: Koscom's mission is to create constant innovation. The company provides financial investment institutions, companies, and other financial organizations a wide range of services including information processing, system integration, the sale or leasing of software the company develops and produces, e-commerce services and more. 

 LEDGERDOMAIN 
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada 
Number of Employees: 2-10 
Description: Founded in 2016, LedgerDomain has developed their "patent-pending enterprise-grade" Communal Trust Platform which uses embedded smart contracts to empower faster, more secure transactions that are also more personalized. LedgerDomain's platform technology is standardized on Hyperledger and the company is also a member of the HyperLedger Blockchain Project consortium. 

 LIBRA 
Location: New York, NY 
Number of Employees: 11-50 
Description: Libra is a "Blockchain/Crypto-focused" software company that builds "Accounting, Audit & Tax Software for the Blockchain & Crypto Industry". Libra’s products and solutions Include Libra Enterprise Platform, Libra Crypto Office, and Libra Blockchain Audit Tools. 

 LOYYAL 
Location: San Francisco, CA 
Number of Employees: 2-10 
Description: Loyyal used and continues to use blockchain and smart contract technology to build and maintain its universal loyalty and rewards platform. In addition to specializing in loyalty and rewards, blockchain technology, and smart contracts, loyyal also specializes in distributed networks, relationship network optimization, and "behavior incentification". 

 LYKKE 
Location: Zug, Switzerland 
Number of Employees: 51-200 
Description: Lykke is focused on creating and building a single global marketplace using transparent blockchain technology. The marketplace will be open to all financial instruments as well as to anyone with an internet connection with the goal of providing reliable and easily accessible financial services. Lykke is the only company to mention that the foundation software they used to create the marketplace will be developed in open source.

 MEDICALCHAIN 
ICO Date: February 1, 2018 
ICO Rating: 4.4 
Location: London, United Kingdom 
Number of Employees: 11-50 
Description: Medicalchain uses blockchain technology to create a securely stored platform for storing health records and data.  The company's "user-focused" solution enables patients to give their medical providers, health insurers, and other healthcare professionals access to their personal health data upon request. Anytime a patient's data and records are accessed, the interaction is recorded on a distributed ledger. Medicalchain is the only company included in this request that has held an ICO and has an ICO rating as listed above. 

ConclusionAfter exhaustive searching, we have determined that of the companies listed in rows 149-158, only Medicalchain has held an ICO. Information on ICOs that have been or will be held by the other companies is not publicly available. The names, headquarters, number of employees, and short descriptions for the requested blockchain companies have been entered into the attached spreadsheet.

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Blockchain Companies - Rows 159-168

Rows 159 to 168, columns D to H of the attached spreadsheet have been completed. Only MetaX (adChain) has launched an Initial Coin Offering. NEX has announced that it plans to launch its ICO in April 2018. Below, I present the results of the research.
METAX (ADCHAIN)
 Santa Monica, California-based MetaX has partnered ConsenSys to create adChain. AdChain’s ICO closed on June 24, 2017. Its rating is not listed on ICORating and CryptoCompare. CoinCheckup has provided a 2.1/5 algorithmic score/rating. The company has 34 employees listed on LinkedIn. MetaX focused on building “blockchain-based protocols and decentralized applications for the digital advertising industry.” AdChain is an open protocol on the public Ethereum blockchain that allows users to build decentralized applications for the digital advertising ecosystem.
MIRACL
An examination of London, United Kingdom-based Miracl’s corporate website, ICORating, and CryptoCompare revealed that the company had not conducted any ICO. The company has 45 employees listed on LinkedIn. Miracl uses “elliptic curve cryptography to ensure trusted business transactions between people, applications, and things.” Its MIRACL Trust multi-factor authentication utilizes a zero knowledge proof system.
MONAX
An examination of New York City, New York-based Monax’s corporate website, ICORating, and CryptoCompare revealed that the company had not conducted any ICO. The company has ten employees listed on LinkedIn. The Monax platform is an “open platform for developers and DevOps to build, ship, and run blockchain-based applications for business ecosystems.” Its products include the Eris developer toolkit.
MONETAGO
An examination of New York City, New York-based MonetaGo’s corporate website, ICORating, and CryptoCompare revealed that the company had not conducted any ICO. The company has 19 employees listed on LinkedIn. MonetaGo launched as a global exchange in 2014. Today, the company works with “financial institutions and central banks around the world to provide private permissioned blockchain solutions.”
NEX
 Zug, Switzerland-based NEX is expected to launch its ICO in April 2018. The company has 14 employees listed on its corporate website (seven employees listed on LinkedIn). NEX is a platform for “complex decentralized cryptographic trade and payment service creation.” The company plans to launch its payment service in the second quarter of 2018.
NEXIST
A search on ICORating and CryptoCompare and a general press search did not reveal any blockchain companies called NEXIST. Melbourne, Australia-based NEXIST is a website design company. An examination of its corporate website does not reveal any evidence that it uses blockchain technology. The company has listed two employees on LinkedIn.
PAXOS
An examination of New York City, New York-based Paxos’ corporate website, ICORating, and CryptoCompare revealed that the company had not conducted any ICO. The company has 61 employees listed on LinkedIn. Paxos provides blockchain solutions for global financial institutions. Its Bankchain service offers “instantaneous settlement and greater automation, offering market participants reduced counterparty risk, lower capital requirements and increased operational efficiencies.”
RED HAT
An examination of Raleigh, North Carolina-based Red Hat’s corporate website, ICORating, and CryptoCompare revealed that the company had not conducted any ICO. The company has 10,131 employees listed on LinkedIn. Red Hat provides open source solutions. Its Blockchain-as-a-Service solution includes “Ethereum-based features and tools that are designed specifically for enterprise businesses to build proofs-of-concepts (POCs) quickly and cost-effectivel
REVELRY
An examination of New Orleans, Louisiana-based Revelry’s corporate website, ICORating, and CryptoCompare revealed that the company had not conducted any ICO. The company has 29 employees listed on LinkedIn. Revelry focused on working with Corporate Innovation teams to “test ideas quickly, implement solutions, and make Digital Transformation exciting instead of risky.” It is a member of Hyperledger, an open source project created to develop cross-industry blockchain technologies.
SCANTRUST
An examination of Lausanne, Switzerland-based ScanTrust’s corporate website, ICORating, and CryptoCompare revealed that the company had not conducted any ICO. The company has 29 employees listed on LinkedIn. ScanTrust offers a “secure cloud-based IoT platform for production authentication and supply chain visibility solutions.” The company is developing ways to implement blockchain technology to help brands protect and track their products.
CONCLUSION
In conclusion, rows 159 to 168, columns D to H of the attached spreadsheet have been completed. Only MetaX (adChain) has launched an ICO and NEX has announced that it plans to launch its ICO in April 2018. The eight other companies have not conducted ICOs or announced plans to launch one.

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Blockchain Companies - Rows 169-178

Rows 169-178 of the attached spreadsheet includes information on 10 companies related to the blockchain industry. Among the listed companies, only Patientory is a blockchain company with an ICO date of May 31st 2017 and an ICO rating of 3.1.  Nonetheless, information for headquarters location, employee numbers, and description are provided for all listed companies. 

Information for all the companies listed on rows 169-178 of the attached spreadsheet was gathered from their web pages and LinkedIn profiles. Patientory's ICO date and ratings were gained from ICObench.com.  While SmartLinks and Colored Coins did not have LinkedIn profiles we were able to determine some information from their websites. All the other companies had headquarters and company size listed on their websites and LinkedIn profiles.

BlockChain Companies, Rows 169-178Requested information for the 10 companies is detailed on the attached spreadsheet. An overview of the presented information is as follows:

 Schroders: a 4,600 employee asset management company, based in London, UK and operating in 29 countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia and the Middle East. Schroders manages £447.0 billion (€503.6 billion/$604.7 billion) of assets for clients across the world.

 SecureKey: an identity and authentication provider based in Toronto, Canada with 85 employees. Their main services enable consumers to access online services and applications privately, sharing personal information only with trusted providers with explicit consent. 

 Sedna: is an IT consulting group based in Edison, NJ with 55 employees that offers business consulting, application engineering, professional services, business process outsourcing, onsite, offsite and/or offshore solutions to enhance client operational efficiencies. 

 OneChain Capital: is a Chicago, IL trading firm that provides liquidity for cryptocurrencies. The company only has 3 employees. 

 SHAREit Technologies: a development company based in Beijing, China, offering applications for Android, iOS, Windows, Mac OS X, and Windows Phone platforms allowing users to wireless transfer personal content including blockchain. The company has 43 employees.

 SmartLink Lab: is a 2 person company in the US, that offers Smart Contract technology to support securitization and structured finance for companies using blockchain technologies and private networks. The technology reportedly improves efficiencies, compliance and settlement speed in the securitization marketplace.

 Patientory: is a blockchain company from Zug, Switzerland with 2 employees, that offers an electronic medical record storage computing platform. Healthcare providers can secure private health information, rent computing power, servers and data centers and make their unused resources available through a unique private infrastructure on the Ethereum blockchain. From the platform smart contracts can be executed in relation to the patient care continuum cycle.

 TradeIX: a London, UK based IT services company with 37 employees that offers the most connected and secure platform infrastructure for corporates, banks, asset managers, B2B netowrks and value added service providers. The company offers products, services and developer tools representing the "internet of trade". 

 Colored Coins: is a project that creates a blockchain agnostic framework for digitial currencies - like Bitcoin - to develop and synthesize best practices for traditional finance. 

 Infrachain: is a non-profit organization supported by the Luxembourg government and 6 employees that bridges the gap between blockchain technologies and regulatory and legal requirements. 
ConclusionInformation for 10 companies related to the blockchain industry has been included in rows 169-178 of the attached spreadsheet.