Digital Asset Studios

Digital Asset Studios (DAS) is a tech start-up studio with a preference for Web3 and AI. 

(1) DAS provides focused and tailored incubation and acceleration for dynamic tech start-ups worldwide, that have not yet raised a Seed round of $3m and above, so that founders and teams can focus on the product / tech, while we focus on the commercialization and business side of things. 

This includes the following dynamics: 
- Global Structuring (UK, US, Islands, UAE, Panama, Singapore); 
- Financial Engineering (Modeling, Tokenomics, Valuations, Monetization); 
- Fundraising support & strategy (Grants, Angel, Pre-Seed & Seed);
- Human Resources & Recruitment; and 
- Certain Legal Elements (SAFE, SAFT, Warrants, ESOP, etc).

(2) DAS operates a collaborative tech co-working space in Cape Town, on the best street in town (Bree Street). DAS portfolio companies, OpsFi clients and invited Nomads are welcome to utilize the space by arrangement.

Co-Founder & CEO

OpsFi

OpsFi (Operations.Finance Limited) provides institutional grade web3 & blockchain financial services & commercial advisory.

We are your Web3 Financial Engineering Advisor, Crypto Accountant, and Strategic CFO.

We focus on innovative Web3 organizations, including Infrastructure, DeFi, DePin, RWAs, Gaming,  developer tooling, DAOs, NFTs, etc. 

We specialise in the Startup, Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A/B cycles.

Offerings include:

Bookkeeping, Accounting & CFO Reporting:

- Crypto & Fiat Bookkeeping / Accounting;
- Cash Burn/Runway Analysis, including various forecasting scenarios; and
- Investment-Grade Financial Reporting and Insights, etc.

Web3 Financial advisory and transaction services:

- Monetization Engineering, 
- Financial Modelling, 
- Due diligence,
- Tokenomics frameworks, architecture & modelling,
- Existing tokenomics and business model audits / reviews,
- Token Launch and Project Go-To-Market Strategies,
- White Papers & Pitch Decks.

Visit our website - www.opsfi.xyz for (i) a full suite of our services or (ii) to schedule a free discovery call

Growth Lending

The focus on alternative asset classes are early stage start-ups, blockchain technologies, web3 and artificial intelligence.

Responsibilities include:
- Collaborate with the executive team to adopt alternative asset strategies;
- Conduct comprehensive market research to identify alternative asset growth opportunities and potential challenges;
- Monitor alternative asset market trends, competitive landscape, and regulatory changes to inform strategic decision-making;
- Develop and implement alternative asset go-to-market strategies;
- Engage with and nurture relationships with potential clients, partners, and key stakeholders; and
- Manage and train the alternative asset team.

Alternative Asset Manager

Stealth Startup

Co-Founder

Pl3dge

Building in stealth. Launching dynamic blockchain, multi-ecosystem Life Cover solutions for High-Net-Worth Individuals, digital nomads, web3 organizations and web3 investors.

Thuma Mina Teaching

Thuma Mina Teaching (TMT) is a non-profit Public Benefit Organisation (PBO) and Non-Profit Organisation (NPO) enabling career and life opportunities through accessible learning in South Africa.

TMT is enriching teaching and learning through high quality captivating video-lessons and materials (currently South African Schooling curriculum for grades 8-9), posted freely to students on YouTube and other social media platforms.

TMT also licenses its content to online and physical schools to use in their learning management system.

I joined TMT's cause and incredible organisation as I believe in the founding team, as well as this is truly the right solution to South Africa's educational crisis, and thereafter Africa and the rest of the world.

Watch this space, the educational revolution is upon us.

Reach out if you are interested in collaborating or contributing, (i.e. tax breaks available).

Non Executive Director

bitgrit Inc.

Non-Executive Advisor

BOOST&Co

BOOST&Co is a private equity, Venture Capital / Debt Fund manager that creates growth capital solutions for some of Europe’s most promising SMEs. We like working with innovative fast-growing SMEs, led by talented management teams.

Our financing solutions are growth loans and venture debt facilities that are tailor-made to help businesses expand, without incurring a high dilution to the existing ownership.

I work directly with our Principles to deploy our funds' capital, including:

- Analysing business plans/models and financial models of European SME's (broad range of industries);
- Compiling investment reports/memos;
- Presenting to the Credit/Investment Committee;
- Coaching the investment analysts; and
- Managing the full end to end funding process (i.e. KYC, FDD, legals, etc).

Investment Manager

Deloitte South Africa

Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) | Transaction Services | Corporate Finance

Manager

Deloitte

I was on a short term assignment with the Deloitte office in Boston where I worked in the financial services team.

Senior

I completed my three years of audit articles at the Deloitte & Touche office based in Cape Town.

I was made an auditor in charge (AIC) from June 2016 (half way through my 3 years of articles).

Responsibilities include: 
- Managing teams as the auditor in charge (AIC). 
- Performing detailed risk assessment procedures on audit clients
- Identifying significant risks and creating responsive procedures.
- Identifying and testing internal controls (Design, implementation and operating effectiveness)
- Obtaining a detailed understanding of the client's business, industry & processes.
- Coordinating client deliverables from various departments within the Firm.
- Managing deadlines.
- Drafting reports to management, those charged with governance and audit committees
- Detail testing of client’s financial statements
- Providing guidance and coaching to audit teams

My client portfolio over my articles has been primarily financial services, with offshore hedge funds, offshore investment trusts, a private equity investment company, a medical aid fund, a provident fund and a stock broker. I have also been on short stints with general clients, including retail, manufacturing and agriculture (export).

Proficient in working with Microsoft Office, applications such as Outlook, Word and Excel on a daily basis.

Experience with various accounting systems including SAP, Geneva, Pastel, Sage and VIP.

Audit Senior

My motto: Analyze the past, be dynamic in the present and be strategic in planning for the future

I am driven to improve financial inclusion on a global scale. I believe that Blockchain technologies and the Web3 Ethos has the best ability to achieve global financial inclusion and significantly improve all of our standards of living. 

It is inevitable that blockchain technologies and Web3 will have major mainstream use cases in the medium term future.

Therefore I co-founded Operations.Finance to help founders and web3 teams fundraise, and most importantly build profitable and sustainable web3 organizations, which in turn develops foundations to build on top of, and accelerates the mainstream adoption.

We have the brightest minds entering this space to solve some of our biggest global challenges and we cannot afford to let them down with sub optimal support in the financial services realm. We need to help them thrive in this pioneering ecosystem!

Greg Tomaselli CA (SA)

Cardware Wallet

Website: https://www.cardwarewallet.com/

Cardware Wallet, Africa’s first hardware wallet, is 100% air-gapped, operating entirely offline to protect private keys from online threats. Designed for security and ease of use, it features an EAL6+ secure element chip, native multisig functionality, and supports both Bitcoin and EVM-compatible assets. With a tamper-proof design and read/write protection, it delivers robust, flexible asset management without unnecessary complexity. Perfect for both beginners and seasoned investors, Cardware Wallet ensures your digital wealth remains secure, all while offering a simple, user-friendly experience.

Dark Fusion Technology

Dark Fusion is a product suite consisting of a smart contract modeling language we call Simple Contract Modeling Language (SCL), designed to function on the Bitcoin protocol via the Lightning Network. Using SCL we have developed the SCL token standard, enabling developers to quickly deploy tokens on the Bitcoin network, Wallet to easily manage these tokens, DEX enabling users to trade these tokens and Explorer to easily view and track transactions...all on the Bitcoin protocol.

Dark Fusion is the first significant breakthrough in dApp and token development on the Bitcoin network.

Head of Marketing

GeeGee

GeeGee is a Swiss fintech company developing a social economy for gamers. 
We are creating technology which gamifies money, and monetizes gaming.

We are creating a real economy, centred around gamers,  by gamers, for gamers. GeeGee’s focus is on the monetization of gaming and the gamification of money. The platform will be a web-based subscription service that connects and monetizes all users’ and content across all social media and content hosting platforms. We aim to offer an alternative solution to the current industry models.

The platform consists of 4 components:

The Gee-Fense App - The initial onboarding security app to comply with relevant banking KYC/AML legal requirements. 

The GeeGee Interface  - The software platform that has multiple features for gaming and content monetization.

The Gee-Wallet - The placeholder for Gee-Bucks currency. A wallet connected to the user interface and GeeGee user IBAN (App), Fiat being the master reflected in the wallet as Gee-Bucks. CHF 1 : 100 Gee-Bucks

Gee-Bucks Gaming Currency - The Platform Currency. As Gee-Bucks is a reflection of the Fiat master currency of the IBAN it can be used exactly the same way as fiat, as it is fiat. Having a permanent peg of 1 CHF : 100 Gee-Bucks allows for the value to remain the same as reasonably possible. The Swiss Franc has been chosen for this reason.

Digital Gaming Corporation

Retention Specialist (Betway USA) 

Current position: Digital Brand Marketer for Betway USA.

I've joined the Digital Gaming Corp team to work as a Digital Brand Marketer and focus on the growth of Betway's products in the USA territory. This includes working closely and collaborating with State Manager(s) to conceptualise, execute and manage marketing campaigns for the brand/product aligned with the major sporting & increase product growth by selecting weekly matches from each major US sports leagues e.g. NFL, NBA, MLB and developing them into a weekly competition.

Digital Brand Marketer (Betway USA)

SpiltMilk 

SpiltMilk was founded in 2015 as the original Techno festival in Cape Town. It was born from a small idea which then grew up and evolved through a rebellious adolescence into a timeless and powerful expression of dance music culture in South Africa. This is mirrored by the evolution of the music curated by our festival over the years.

Notable International Artists Booked:

- Alex Stein (BRA)
- Kevin De Vries (GER)
- Layton Giordani (USA)
- Drumcomplex (GER)

Marketing Manager

MyCityBynight

MyCityByNight is an all-inclusive platform that has become synonymous with staying relevant and up to date with South African news, nightlife, travel & leisure, cannabis-culture, entertainment, gaming and eSports.

Over the past 10 years, MyCityByNight has become one of South Africa’s leading lifestyle and entertainment publications. Starting out with a big dream, a marketing background and a passion for parties, Ricky Hendricks (Ricky ByNight) and Craig Stack (Kreg) embarked on a project that would soon become the number one portal for South African nightlife and festival culture.

The platform has grown over the years to go on and operate as both an agency and digital publication. MCBN works closely with clients, providing a platform for their brand along with expert consultation on creative and communication strategies to help reach desired audiences and marketing goals.

www.mycitybynight.co.za
Instagram | @mycitybynight
Twitter | @mycitybynight 

Contact: craig@mycitybynight.co.za | leah@mycitybynight.co.za

Founder

Revix 

I completed a 3-month position as acting Marketing Manager for Cryptocurrency-trading platform Revix, which allows users to invest in token offerings backed by real-world assets which have launched in South Africa on the back of raising ZAR11 million (US$794,000) from JSE-listed firm Sabvest

More about Revix:
Revix is a digital asset management platform which provides the tools for investors to intelligently manage their own diversified portfolio of digital assets. Using proprietary Bundling Technology and Smart Portfolio Management software, Revix makes it safe and simple to invest over the long term in a diversified reputable basket of cryptocurrencies. Revix is incorporated in the UK and has ambitions to expand into several regions over the coming months.
 
For more information visit: www.revix.com

Revix Marketing Manager

CoinFabric

CoinFabric is a Blockchain Research & Development agency, and ICO/STO kickstarter, with a wide variety of consulting, advisory, technology and marketing services aimed at empowering all stakeholders of the Blockchain Economy; ICOs / STOs, Developers, Incubators/Accelerators, Organizations, Governments & Institutions.

Our team of industry leaders & advisors have helped many companies achieve their tokenized fundraising goals, & long-term goals of building scalable & successful Blockchain companies - as well as helped to shape the mindset of other stakeholders to understand the value and impact that Blockchain and Cryptocurrency has.

Some of our offering includes:
Research & Development
Analysis & Auditing
Consulting & Advisory
ICO/STO & Crowdsale Strategy
Tokenomics
Smart Contract Development (ERC20)
Security & Code Audits of Smart Contracts
Fundraising & Token Distribution
Know Your Customer (KYC)
Capital Conversions
Investor Outreach for Presale, PreICO & Crowdsale
Multi-Sig Wallets
Path to International Exchanges
Community Building
Investor, Advisor & Influencer Outreach

Collaborations & Partnerships:
Refereum, Hosho, Mainnet, CryptoCamp, Team Blockchain, Blockchain SA, ICOEngine, Blocktek 

Some ICOs that our team & partners have worked with:
BRAVO, Basic Token, BEEP, Odin, Dragon INC., Neufund, RedPen, Viberate, Pareto Network, BrickBlock, RocketICO, RateI.CO, Andra Capital, and more...

PROJECTS:
PreICO.io, Spearhead, CoinBeat

ICO & Blockchain Advisors get in touch.

Media Specialist

Soda Social Media

ABOUT SODA: 

We are the listeners, the speakers, do’ers and seekers. Our philosophy of immersed social means that we don’t just participate, we absorb and initiate. We are alive and rising to the top. 

Soda is the active ingredient that brings any flavour to life. We are not the product, the service or the event, we are the effervescence. We are the difference between a business and a brand. We are your recipe for success.

What I do:

- Establish Soda in the market
- Create long lasting relationships with clients
- Proposes potential business deals by contacting potential clients, discovering and exploring opportunities.
- Screen potential business deals by analysing market strategies, deal requirements, potential, and financials, evaluating options and resolving internal priorities.
- Develops negotiating strategies and positions by studying integration of new venture with company strategies and operations, examining risks and potentials, estimating clients’ needs and goals.
- Close new business deals by coordinating requirements, developing and negotiating contracts, integrating contract requirements with business operations.
- Proactively identify new and different business opportunities to provide increased sales.
- Planning and preparing presentations.
- Pro-actively respond to the changing needs of clients.
- Work closely with direct Manager to ensure all sales opportunities are maximised through marketing initiatives.
- Assist in the development of budgets and ensure that all expenses are managed.
- Work closely with direct Manager to develop promote new client ventures to increase revenue.
- Ensure on time and accurate sales reporting is achieved and provided to the direct Manager in line with expectations.
- Forecast sales targets and ensure that they are met.

Elements of the New Business Director role

New Business Development
Client Retention
Management and Research
Education
Company Growth
Department Growth

Website: sodasocial.media

New Business Director

MADE Agency, Cape Town

MADE IS A CREATIVE AGENCY FOR THE POST-ADVERTISING ERA!

We’re here to create things people enjoy. The days of interruptive advertising are over. We may disrupt but not interrupt, because today people have choices. The internet is a democracy and we’re here to win votes.

Managing social media communities all day comes with its perks. We see trends unfolding before our eyes. We’re plugged into the very nerve centre of society. And we get to know our clients customers better everyday. So while old-fashioned brands take months to launch big expensive campaigns, then sit back and hold thumbs. Our clients enjoy daily interactions with their customers, armed with the insight to spend carefully and drive attention when and where they need it.

What I do:

- Run, manage and ensure growth across all social platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Wordpress, LinkedIn etc)
- Oversee Campaign manager (Reporting, optimisiation & dedicated campaign management) for all digital campaigns at Made.
- Work closely with the strategy team in creating pitches, new leads and content development within the agency.
- Create visually bespoke Facebook, Twitter, Instagram & Youtube pages
- Continuous competitor analyse: be aware of market changes and developments
- Forecast growth within the division and plan strategically and carefully where we want the business to grow.
- Manage relationships with bloggers, influencers, publishers and all relevant social partners and ensure we're always top of mind.
- Monitor and comment on trends in social media trends and application, acting as company spokesperson within the Social Media industry.
- Curate online communities

More information on who we are and what we do, have a look at our website: http://www.made.co.za/about

Co-Founder & Social Media Director

Account Director & Social Media Manager at Virtual Architects.

Virtual Architects is a full service digital agency. We are an energetic, youthful team of web architects, digital strategists and eMarketing specialists who have set out to take on empowering the South African online presence by adding real value through bespoke digital experiences. 

Innovation, problem solving and idea creation are just some of the roles we love to take on for our clients. From simple websites to broad based systems and full scale eMarketing solutions, we will consult, manage, develop and optimise your projects leaving you with peace of mind that your online business is in the right hands. 

We thrive on challenging, not only ourselves but also the boundaries of online development and eMarketing trends in order to remain at the forefront of digital innovation. Our team prides itself in being extremely insightful and exceeding expectations is our legacy.

What I do?

- Run, manage and ensure growth across all social platforms (Facebook, Twitter, Wordpress, LinkedIn etc)
- Campaign manager (Reporting, optimisiation & dedicated campaign management) for all digital campaigns at Virtual Architects.
- Research, formulate and implement digital strategies
- Create visually bespoke Facebook & Twitter pages
- Monitor the competition and be aware of market changes and developments
- Coordinate the planning, through clearly developed content schedules of social media campaigns, driving acquisition and at the same time growth.
- Manage relationships with blogs, publishers and all relevant social partners.
- Monitor and comment on trends in social media trends and application, acting as company spokesperson within the Social Media industry.
- Curate online communities

Recommendation from Denvor Daniels: 

"I've known Craig for many years and he's an overall great guy with a passion for all things digital. I'd highly recommend him to any client looking for digital innovation and unique thinking. "

With a career spanning over 17 years, Craig has consistently driven transformative change across industries, starting with building a successful entertainment platform that thrived for more than a decade. His talent for spotting strategic opportunities extended into brand development, leading high-profile campaigns for global brands.

Craig’s true passion lies in Bitcoin and its ecosystem. He is deeply committed to Layer 1 and Layer 2 solutions like Lightning, and is focused on advancing decentralization both locally and globally. His work is driven by the belief that Bitcoin is the future of financial systems. Craig is dedicated to fostering strong ecosystems, building communities, and driving network effects that lead to growth and loyalty within the Bitcoin space. His mission is to empower decentralized systems and push the boundaries of what’s possible with Bitcoin technology.

Craig continues to shape the future of blockchain with a commitment to driving impactful change and redefining the industry.

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