As the VC capital continues to flow to Web 3.0 and Metaverse startups, many questions remain to be answered: How will the next era of digital communications look like? How much time till we see actual Web 3.0 projects materialize? How will individual users’ data be protected? Will users have actual ownership and control over their data? What will decentralized decision-making models look like in practice? These and many other questions were addressed in the panel discussion, where Prifina’s CEO Markus Lampinen also explained Prifina’s current focus and vision at the event, which took place on October 18, 2022, at Microsoft Reactor.

On October 18–21, 2022, some of the most innovative minds of the world flocked to San Francisco to attend Techcrunch Disrupt 2022 — the biggest annual event of the year for founders, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists. In this post, we review some of the highlights of TC Disrupt and share some insights into how Prifina’s user-held data model is empowering the new wave of innovations in the data space.

Liberty. Equality. Data. Podcast #11 with Heather Meeker — In this episode, we are joined by Heather Meeker, an experienced technology lawyer and open source expert, as well as Founding Portfolio Partner at OSS Capital, an early-stage venture capital fund specializing in commercial open source development. Heather has a wealth of experience as a developer (“computer programmer” as she calls it), working on open source license strategies for some of the most recognized companies over the decades.

Liberty. Equality. Data. Podcast #10 with Dr. Jaan Altosaar — In this episode, we talk with health data and machine learning expert Dr. Jaan Altosaar, a Postdoctoral Officer of Research at Columbia University Irving Medical Center focused on machine learning methods for health and science. Jaan has a background working with health data from Princeton, DeepMind and Google Brain. We discuss the complexities of the current medical data systems, how to gather data yourself and what are the implications getting your own personal data, and how you can utilize your data for your benefit, such as genome sequencing. …

On May 25, 2022, Prifina partnered with Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP to organize an in-person event in San Francisco to talk with industry leaders and pioneers about the current trends in data, recent legislative initiatives in the EU and beyond, and how emerging technologies could be used to create value from user-generated data. — On May 25, 2022, the Prifina team gathered a group of leading experts in data technology and privacy laws to discuss the emerging institutions and technologies that will shape the new data ecosystem. We were very privileged to host these rockstar panelists and discuss the hottest topics on data:

Join us for an in-person event on May 25, 2022 to celebrate 4th birthday of GDPR and explore the latest developments in regulatory and technology domains. — Here is the registration link. About the Event May 25, 2022, will mark four years since the GDPR came into effect and took the data market by storm. Now we stand on the verge of the next wave, between decentralized technology and the even more ambitious EU Data Act.