{"id":12061,"date":"2021-04-01T12:00:28","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T10:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bm-t.de\/?p=12061"},"modified":"2021-04-01T16:36:08","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T14:36:08","slug":"successful-exit-bm-t-sells-its-shares-in-evan-gmbh-to-the-us-technology-company-blockchains-inc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bm-t.de\/en\/2021\/successful-exit-bm-t-sells-its-shares-in-evan-gmbh-to-the-us-technology-company-blockchains-inc\/","title":{"rendered":"Successful exit: bm\u2011t sells its shares in evan GmbH to the US-technology company Blockchains, Inc."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Blockchains, Inc., a Nevada-based blockchain tech\u00adnol\u00adogy com\u00adpany, today announced the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of evan GmbH. The trans\u00adac\u00adtion entails the com\u00adplete sale of bm\u2011t\u2019s shares. bm\u2011t sup\u00adported evan\u00b4s growth since its early stage invest\u00adment in&nbsp;2019.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>evan GmbH, a bm\u2011t Investee-Part\u00adner with offices in Dres\u00adden, Eise\u00adnach and Stuttgart, has been acquired by Blockchains, Inc. The US tech\u00adnol\u00adogy com\u00adpany con\u00adcep\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adizes, devel\u00adops, and incu\u00adbates blockchain-pow\u00adered ideas. The com\u00adpany owns more than 67,000&nbsp;acres in north\u00adern Nevada that it intends to use as a real-world sand\u00adbox for show\u00adcas\u00ading blockchain and other inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive tech\u00adnolo\u00adgies. Blockchains is now inte\u00adgrat\u00ading evan GmbH, a com\u00adpany that spe\u00adcial\u00adizes in devel\u00adop\u00ading blockchain-based solu\u00adtions for greater data sov\u00ader\u00adeignty in the dig\u00adi\u00adtal economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDevel\u00adop\u00ading a trust infra\u00adstruc\u00adture based on dig\u00adi\u00adtal iden\u00adtity is key for coop\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion on the blockchain. Enabling par\u00adties to trans\u00adfer trust from the real world to the dig\u00adi\u00adtal world is what led us to Blockchains,\u201d said Thomas M\u00fcller, evan\u2019s co-founder and CEO. \u201cDig\u00adi\u00adtal iden\u00adtity is in Blockchains\u2019 DNA. We are very excited to be join\u00ading the Blockchains fam\u00adily and work\u00ading with like-minded inno\u00adva\u00adtors and vision\u00adary devel\u00adop\u00aders to empower indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adals and businesses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, the founders of evan GmbH set out to jump-start the move\u00adment to Web 3.0 by devel\u00adop\u00ading decen\u00adtral\u00adized iden\u00adti\u00adfiers for busi\u00adnesses to inter\u00adact directly with each other with\u00adout an inter\u00adme\u00addi\u00adary, by lever\u00adag\u00ading automa\u00adtion and a trust and trace-based method\u00adol\u00adogy. Evan\u2019s core tech\u00adnolo\u00adgies have sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant impli\u00adca\u00adtions for Blockchains\u2019 suite of solu\u00adtions cur\u00adrently in devel\u00adop\u00adment. The com\u00adpa\u00adnies plan to inte\u00adgrate evan\u2019s solu\u00adtion stack with Blockchains\u2019 dig\u00adi\u00adtal plat\u00adform to empower indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adals by allow\u00ading them to con\u00adtrol their per\u00adsonal infor\u00adma\u00adtion and assets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe value that evan brings to Blockchains is not only in the tremen\u00addously tal\u00adented peo\u00adple who built a tech\u00adnol\u00adogy port\u00adfo\u00adlio based on a much-needed trust infra\u00adstruc\u00adture but also a deep under\u00adstand\u00ading for devel\u00adop\u00ading decen\u00adtral\u00adized solu\u00adtions with global inter\u00adop\u00ader\u00adabil\u00adity stan\u00addards in mind,\u201d said Lee Weiss, exec\u00adu\u00adtive vice pres\u00adi\u00addent, Blockchains. \u201cWhether for com\u00adpa\u00adnies to be able to work together and with us in our blockchain-based smart city in Nevada, or for us to be able to part\u00adner with a wide scale of enablers for our dig\u00adi\u00adtal ecosys\u00adtem, inter\u00adop\u00ader\u00adabil\u00adity is key.\u201d Together, evan and Blockchains are writ\u00ading a new chap\u00adter in the evo\u00adlu\u00adtion of the web by break\u00ading depen\u00adden\u00adcies on cen\u00adtral plat\u00adform providers and giv\u00ading indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adals back their auton\u00adomy in the dig\u00adi\u00adtal&nbsp;space.<\/p>\n<p>Since Jan\u00adu\u00adary 2019, bm\u2011t has actively sup\u00adported the com\u00adpa\u00adny\u2019s devel\u00adop\u00adment together with co-investors TGFS Tech\u00adnolo\u00adgiegr\u00fcn\u00adder\u00adfonds Sach\u00adsen, LINDIG Invest GmbH and a busi\u00adness angel. evan had grown sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcantly within a very short time and was named \u201cCool Ven\u00addor in Blockchain Busi\u00adness in 2020\u201d by Gart\u00adner last year. Sebas\u00adt\u00adian Kned\u00adlik, Senior Invest\u00adment Man\u00adager at bm\u2011t: \u201cWe are delighted about the suc\u00adcess\u00adful exit! We thank the entire evan team for the great dynam\u00adics in build\u00ading the com\u00adpany and the good coop\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion and wish them much suc\u00adcess for the future growth as a mem\u00adber of the Blockchains family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>About bm\u2011t beteili\u00adgungs\u00adman\u00adage\u00adment th\u00fcrin\u00adgen gmbh (bm|t)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>bm|t is the first address for invest\u00adments in Thuringia, Ger\u00admany. bm|t cur\u00adrently man\u00adages ten funds with a total vol\u00adume of over EUR 440 mil\u00adlion and invests in inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive com\u00adpa\u00adnies in nearly all sec\u00adtors and in all phases of com\u00adpany development.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bm\u2011t.com\">www.bm\u2011t.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>About evan&nbsp;GmbH<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Founded 2018 by the IT experts Thomas M\u00fcller (CEO) und Thomas Herbst (CTO), the soft\u00adware com\u00adpany offers solu\u00adtions that enable com\u00adpa\u00adnies to col\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adrate effi\u00adciently, sus\u00adtain\u00adably, and securely with their part\u00adners in the dig\u00adi\u00adtal space. At the \u2019company\u2019s loca\u00adtions in Dres\u00adden, Eise\u00adnach, and Stuttgart, the evan team is shap\u00ading the future of the dig\u00adi\u00adtal mar\u00adket econ\u00adomy based on decen\u00adtral\u00adized tech\u00adnolo\u00adgies \u2014 thus ensur\u00ading more trans\u00adparency and trust in dig\u00adi\u00adtal busi\u00adness rela\u00adtion\u00adships. Evan\u2019s cus\u00adtomers come from a vari\u00adety of indus\u00adtries, includ\u00ading tex\u00adtiles, mobil\u00adity, FMCG, con\u00adstruc\u00adtion machin\u00adery rental, logis\u00adtics, and healthcare.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.evan.network\">www.evan.network<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Blockchains, Inc.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Blockchains con\u00adcep\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adizes, devel\u00adops, and incu\u00adbates blockchain-pow\u00adered ideas. The com\u00adpany owns more than 67,000&nbsp;acres in north\u00adern Nevada that it intends to use as a real-world sand\u00adbox for show\u00adcas\u00ading blockchain and other inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive tech\u00adnolo\u00adgies. Blockchains is com\u00admit\u00adted to pro\u00adtect\u00ading and empow\u00ader\u00ading indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adals through the devel\u00adop\u00adment of appli\u00adca\u00adtions and ecosys\u00adtems set to change the way peo\u00adple inter\u00adact with tech\u00adnol\u00adogy, infra\u00adstruc\u00adture, and each other. Blockchains\u2019 soft\u00adware solu\u00adtions presently in devel\u00adop\u00adment focus on prepar\u00ading the world for the next phase of the internet\u2019s evo\u00adlu\u00adtion, with an empha\u00adsis on dig\u00adi\u00adtal iden\u00adtity man\u00adage\u00adment, dig\u00adi\u00adtal asset man\u00adage\u00adment, and blockchain con\u00adnec\u00adtiv\u00adity for IoT devices.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blockchains.com\">www.blockchains.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blockchains, Inc., a Nevada-based blockchain tech\u00adnol\u00adogy com\u00adpany, today announced the acqui\u00adsi\u00adtion of evan GmbH. The trans\u00adac\u00adtion entails the com\u00adplete sale of bm\u2011t\u2019s shares. bm\u2011t sup\u00adported evan\u00b4s growth since its early stage invest\u00adment in&nbsp;2019.&nbsp; evan GmbH, a bm\u2011t Investee-Part\u00adner with offices in Dres\u00adden, Eise\u00adnach and Stuttgart, has been acquired by Blockchains, Inc. 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