Episode 45 - Functionland

Great Things with Great Tech Podcast

Anthony Spiteri

Tech News, News

5 • 4 Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

In this episode i'm talking to Kayvan Sadeghi (CEO and Co-Founder) and Ehsan Shariati (CTO and Co-Founder) from Functionland. Functionland is a Web3 startup that has attracted investments of USD 1.1M+ via a heavily oversubscribed early funding round, They are about to launch its first product which is a plug-and-play blockchain device that promises to free users from a range of online subscription services, including photo storage, file sync, secure password backups and more. Both Kayvan and Eshan talk about how this offering creates virtually limitless storage opportunities thanks to its “blockchain-attached storage” solution but unlike most Blockchain projects, there is an open-source physical platform element for storage, computing, and interconnecting with other devices.

Functionland was founded in 2020 and is headquartered out of Toronto, Canada.

☑️ Technology and Technology Partners Mentioned: #Blockchain, Web3, Web2.0, Storage, Raspberry Pie, Opensource

☑️ Raw Talking Points:

Islands of storage pay with cash
Blockchain Attached Storage
Web3 alternative to cloud subscriptions
Backend and FileCoin/storage ... Web2/Web3 components
replacing HTTP with P2P
The BOX!
Designer made, modular and upgradable (TOWERS)
Module, PNP, dApp
OpenSource dApp development
Built on rPi
FULA Network protocol token? -
Mining token to pay for services open source monetizeation
The BOX is mining FULA? Sustainable?
Shared Storage and Computer
Onboard developers and opensource apps monetize web3 technologies
Filecoin hackathon
Competitive landscape?
Crowdfunding on Indegogo
Communities and growth hacking
Security? Data etc
Seed Funding 1.1 Million

☑️ Web:

OFFICIAL WEBSITE: http://fx.land/
WHITPAPER: https://fx.land/FulaWP.pdf
IndeiGoGo: https://igg.me/at/functionland/x/28885449#
DISCORD: https://discord.gg/k9UybUBdBB

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Transcript

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0:00.0	All right. You guys ready?
0:10.0	Okay. Let's go.
0:15.3	Hello and welcome to episode 45 of Great Things with Great Tech, the podcast, highlighting
0:20.2	companies doing great
0:21.2	things with great technology. My name's Anthony Sputeri, and in this episode, we're talking
0:26.0	to a Web3 startup that has attracted investments of over $1.1 million via a heavily
0:32.4	oversubscribed early funding round, a company that is about to launch its first product, Box, yes, a box.
0:40.3	Box is a plug-in-play blockchain device that promises to free users from a range of online
0:45.3	subscription services, including photo storage, file sync, secure passwords, backups and more.
0:52.3	Box offers virtually limitless storage opportunities thanks to its blockchain attached
0:57.6	storage solution.
0:59.4	That company is Function Land.
1:01.1	I'm talking to two people today.
1:02.7	This is different for great things with great tech, by the way.
1:05.1	I've just got to put it out there.
1:06.5	So this is going to be a challenge.
1:07.8	It's like new for me, but we're going to get it done.
1:10.0	Two people.
1:10.7	I'm talking to the co-founders of Function Land, Ashan Serrati and Kavan Sandung.
1:17.4	So welcome to the show, guys.
1:21.0	Thank you so much for how much.
1:23.0	Yeah, and I realize I butchered your last name, Kvan as well.
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