Business Solutions (B2B & B2C)
Campaign Brief
For years blockchain has held a promise that has not been properly filled. Spot solutions for e.g. traceability, supply chain management, identification and payments have been implemented but large scale benefits of this promising technology are yet to be seen. Based on years of rigorous research and development, Cardano is one of the most serious contenders to fulfill this promise.
Recent and upcoming technological developments in Cardano—smart contracts, Yoroi dApp connector, larger block size (higher throughput), sidechains and state channels, to name a few—are gearing Cardano to be ready for large scale adoption in 2022.
Large corporations, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), platform businesses and highly networked startups have very different types of needs. Their industries may vary from finance and high-tech to agriculture and construction and from simple services to knowledge-intensive business. Yet, at the end of the day, they all need modern tools to keep fulfilling their mission, to remain relevant in global competition and to offer their employees the best tools to do what they were hired to do. Any company wants to engage their partners and employees, serve their customers better, improve their processes, cut costs, increase revenues and expand to new business areas.
By removing the middle man and automating processes, smart contract blockchain solutions can drive all of the above. Cardano can at least partly answer to these needs.
In this challenge, proposed solutions can be tools, services, products, process improvements, data management solutions (CRM, ERP, MES, DMP etc), decentralized cloud solutions, privacy and security related offerings or even metaverse-related solutions.
In your proposal, it would be good to outline the extent, limits and scope of the solution readiness-level of the solution, and whether it is e.g.:
- A Feasibility Study / Proof of Concept / Minimum Viable Product that could be built on Cardano.
- An existing business-ready product or service that could be converted to run on Cardano.
- A business-oriented training or consultancy service.
- An existing blockchain solution brought into the Cardano ecosystem to serve business needs.
- A prototype or demo in operational environment
- A creation of model of a system or subsystem
- A process improvement
When submitting proposals, please include the long-term vision, strategy and roadmap as well as short-term deliverables attainable in the next 6-9 months. Visualization and video materials are more than welcome to explain often complex business solutions.
Why is it important?
Companies are finally discovering the power of blockchain technologies and Cardano is ready to onboard exciting B2B and B2C solutions.
What does success look like?
Innovative products and services that increase efficiency, transparency, and stakeholder engagement as well as expand business to new areas.
Key Metrics to measure
-
of Cardano dApps supporting business solutions
-
of existing companies proposing Cardano-based solutions
-
of partnerships / joint ventures created between companies
- $ additional funding from other sources for the funded proposals
- $ projected cost savings
- $ projected revenue increase
- % growth in mainnet / testnet activity due to business solutions
Web3 Commerce and Finance dApp
Solution: A web3 marketplace and exchange to buy, sell, and trade physical goods, with built-in tools and Defi protocols designed for business needs.
Unified Transport Payment Gateway
Solution: To develop a decentralized Payment Gateway using DLT and DApps on Cardano employing smart contracts for payment transactions across parties.
Traceable Reward currency (FLORAS)
Solution: Build a reward platform under a shared wallet & currency (FLORAS) where companies reward members, trace funds spent, and get carbon credits.
SUAN Early carbon removal market
Solution: This is an early carbon removal, blockchain-enabled marketplace that allows for trading and leveraging early stage climate-smart assets.
Spring water solutions for Africa
Solution: The solution is 'SAY YES' spring water with a high mineral content that hydrates & replenishes a child & workers
SPO Dashboard for Delegators
Solution: There's a lack of accessible and trusted tools, resources, and data to provide insights on live SP performance for stake pool delegators
Soil Carbon Sequestration Audit
Solution: We will use a real business use case as a feasibility study to inform how the Cardano blockchain can facilitate proof of soil carbon capture
Smart Contracts: Royalty Payments
Solution: Provide smart contract service incl. automated royalty calcs & dispersements on a cost-effective basis for PBEs & organisations globally
Rondevoo
Solution: Rondevoo: A stock market for creators (who raise capital via tokens) & investors (who earn dividends and redeem tokens for perks).
Research Guild: Business Report
Solution: The Research Guild will deliver a report to investigate opportunities and links between Cardano-based solutions and business needs (C2B).
Rental Marketplace on Cardano
Solution: Using Cardano, we can create a safe rental marketplace with new monetization mechanisms, DeFi tools, secure crypto payments, & NFT receipts.
Real world smart contract use case
Solution: We will use real business use cases as a feasibility study to inform how smart contracts can be used to create business solutions.
Realworld business process use case
Solution: We will use a real business use case as a feasibility study to inform how Cardano blockchain can facilitate the removal of intermediaries.
R&D for mental health credentials
Solution: Create a “min. patient file” (MPF) as a verifiable credential (VC) in PRISM. Patients share MPF with providers, who update & issue it back.
Proof of provenance whitepaper
Solution: We will use a set of real business use cases as a feasibility study to inform how the Cardano blockchain can facilitate proof of provenance.
Profila launches DeMar (Part 1)
Solution: Profila pioneers 'Decentralized Marketing' (DeMar - part 1), via a 3rd party cookie replacement that delivers anonymity & control to people.
Product Tracing on Cardano
Solution: Build a Web3 interface to bring blockchain-based traceability to small producers needing it the most, abating costs and increasing adoption.
PeakChain Fleet Management Platform
Solution: To build connected car platforms and DApps on Cardano. First Step towards establishing Cardano as a standard for the automobile industry.
Open by default stock market
Solution: We provide funds to companies every time the shares are transacted without charging commissions to investors, removing intermediaries.
NITI: a new design for exchanges
Solution: We propose NITI: Tokenization of traders portfolios, which empowers new-comers to buy traders tokens, providing great data and a simple UI.
NFT Vinyls paying musicians forever
Solution: NFT QR code linked records of existing and new music made so that each time a release is resold, the original artist gets a percent
NFT Speakeazy Hospitality Growth
Solution: Our NFTs have IRL value and we have developed a way for businesses, and patrons to seek education through our craft cocktail recipe NFTs.
NFTPass: NFT Ticketing Solution
Solution: A simple NFT solution that can authenticate tickets without transaction costs or waiting for blocks
MinConnect
Solution: This platform allows small producers to sell their products by connecting them directly to national and international buyers.