HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AERGO (https://www.aergo.io/), the non-profit organization dedicated to building a non-proprietary cloud services platform providing the building blocks of ‘distributed trust’, where industrial-scale software applications and business collaborations are not stifled with intervention of intermediaries, is happy to announce that its partnered commercial services arm Blocko (https://www.blocko.io/) has been awarded the Investor's Choice 2018 Award. Blocko is the strategic partner of AERGO building and including the platform in its service offering.
Blocko is now officially recognized as a leader in the South Korean technology space after winning the Investor's Choice 2018 Award for being one of the five most innovative global startups of the year. The award was presented to Blocko on November 28 in Seoul at the Investor’s Choice 2018 Event, where the celebrated startups were selected for their demonstrated high level of innovation. The event hosted a collection of globally influential seasoned entrepreneurs, business leaders, and accredited investors.
“We couldn’t be more excited to see Blocko receive the acknowledgment and recognition it deserves as one of South Korea’s most impressive, innovative startups of the year,” explains Phil Zamani, Chairman and CEO of AERGO. “Exceeding all expectations within the blockchain enterprise space, we look forward to continue providing users and clients alike with the technology they have come to trust.”
AERGO recently closed a $30 million venture funding round led by Sequoia Capital, Dekrypt, and TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington’s cryptofund Arrington XRP. AERGO’s public beta is set to launch by the end of 2018, when Blocko’s enterprise customers will have the ability to extend the capabilities of their blockchain infrastructure.
About Blocko:
Blocko is a commercial blockchain
infrastructure provider offering fintech, public services, and
enterprise companies the ability to design, deploy, and manage digital
services on a secure distributed network. The company builds and
supports the AERGO platform, an advanced blockchain solution that takes
Blocko’s existing products a step further through its boundless,
interoperable-scale and its backward compatibility with the existing
status quo of IT.
