First global marketplace
for Physically Settled Diamonds
on Blockchain Technology
We combine proven trading technologies with emerging blockchain technology to connect buyers and sellers to trade investment grade diamonds as a new asset class.
About Assetonchain Technology LTD
Assetonchain Technology Ltd is a Fintech company incubated by the Hong Kong Science and Technology Park. Our mission is to unleash the asset value through digitization that is trusted and deployed rapidly without boundaries. The company offers a leading edge in connecting physical asset owners with global investors at lower cost, with extra trust and flexibility, through asset digitization using blockchain and IoT technologies.
About EverCarat
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Bronze Award for the Hong Kong ICT Awards 2019 – FinTech Award (Emerging Solution)
ET Net FinTech Awards 2018 - Outstanding Blockchain Diamonds Trading Platform
EverCarat Solution
Liquidity
EverCarat provides the exchange platform that unites buyers and sellers to trade physical diamonds conveniently and economically round the year. Individuals can choose to buy, sell and hold their diamonds or opt for secured worldwide delivery.
Protection
GIA certified diamonds will be re-authenticated by GIA a second time with fresh sealing by GIA; professionally and independently audited and securely transported to and stored at world-class vaulting facility by our custodian.
Standardization
Only diamonds of investment grade, meticulously handpicked by authorized suppliers, including Sightholders of De Beers, with laser inscription and valid GIA certificate (displaying its Cut, Colour, Clarity and Carat weight) will be listed on EverCarat.
Technology
EverCarat has applied robust exchange technology on proven architecture providing a fully electronic trading infrastructure that enables anyone to buy and sell diamonds as easy as gold. The digital thumbprint enabled by recognized blockchain technology tracks through supply chain and transactions.
Transparency
Buyers and sellers can trade confidently with complete price transparency with ready access to ongoing price through real-time bid and ask as well as market data available to all trading users.
Our Team
We are a team of visionary entrepreneurs and professionals with extensive and exceptional credentials in financial service, exchange, trading and mobile technology
Catar Liu
CEo & Co-Founder
Catar has spent over 18 years in the Financial Technology sector, specializing in business development of WealthTech. Before founding Assetonchain, he was previously the Director, Head of Business Development at Front Office Technology (FOT), and successfully established FOT as one of the leading integrated technology provider in Hong Kong financial industry. He also worked for Thomson Reuters responsible for the business development in Hong Kong Securities and Futures institutional clients.
Derek Wong
DIrector & Co-Founder
Derek is a pioneer in mobile internet ecosystem. He launched one of the first mobile stock quote apps in HK in 2001 when he was a founder of an internet startup. Later on, he continued his journey in mobile internet with various senior positions in Motorola, Nokia and Samsung. He focused on building up the mobile ecosystem for Greater China, operating various mobile internet services including maps, music, games and app stores which serve more than 20 millions users.
Vincent Lai
Principal Consultant &
Co-Founder
Vincent is a technology veteran with over 25 years of experience in Financial Technology. He started as a software engineer in Reuters working on projects spanning across transaction services, market data, multi-language financial terminal and data delivery system. Previously he was the Head of Business Operations, EFP Asia at Thomson Reuters.
Kenneth Tsui
Principal Consultant &
co-Founder
Kenneth was formerly the Managing Director, North Asia at Thomson Reuters, overseeing its operations in Greater China and Korea. He led the team who built the interbank electronic trading platform for China Foreign Exchange Trading System (CFETS), a subsidiary of People’s Bank of China (PBOC). He was also the former non-executive chairman of AFE Solutions, a Hong Kong based integrated information and trading solution provider. He is also the Vice-chairman at the Education sub-committee of Treasury Markets Association.
Doris Chow
CTo & General manager
Doris has over 20 years of experience in the field of Information technology. She has worked in eBroker Systems Ltd as a project manager for 8 years, during the role of project manager, she leaded the cross-region technical teams developed WealthTech solutions for HK Wealth Management financial institutions. Wealth of technical experience from hands on database design, system design, to cross-region project and programme management on product development and deployment.
Our Milestone
2017 Q4
- Founding team comprised of former senior executives from Thomson Reuters and Samsung China
- Applied and received the Cyberport Creative Micro Fund (CCMF) Grant
2018 Q1
- AOC officially became a qualified incubatee of the HKSTP’s ‘Incu-Tech’ programme
2018 Q2
- Started operating at Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks
- Trading Platform initial development and testing completed
- Signed off agreement with Malca-Amit as Third Party Custodian Service provider for secured storage and logistic solutions
2018 Q3
- Successfully closed first-round fundraising with external institutional investors including tech-based start-ups accelerator Particle X with funding from the China retail enterprise, Belle International’s founder Tang’s Family, and diamond industry consortium
- Evercarat exchange platform brand launch event
- Product seminars to channel partners to introduce platform
2018 Q4
- Joint Press Conference and Platform Launch Event with Hong Kong Science and Technology Park
- Launch of Evercarat trading platform
- Media interviews to introduce the platform to the public
2019 Q1
Won the ET Net FinTech Awards 2018 – Outstanding Blockchain Diamonds Trading Platform
Won the Bronze Award for the Hong Kong ICT Awards 2019 – FinTech Award (Emerging Solution)