Tokenizing Real Estate Assets and User Autonomy with Claus Skaaning of DigiShares

In this episode, Jay and Mike Demetriou speak with Claus Skaaning, CEO & Co-Founder of DigiShares, a platform that enables users to tokenize their assets and get more control and flexibility over the process. Claus shares how tokenization of assets works, the global exchange he is building and DigiShares’ partnership with Polymesh. He believes most wallets will be KYCd in the future, and that over regulating blockchain is not beneficial. Claus is a serial entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of DigiShares - your gateway into the tokenization ecosystem.

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Claus Skaaning’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clausskaaning/?originalSubdomain=dk 

About Guest

With a Ph.D. in computer science, Claus has worked as a researcher and technical lead for Hewlett-Packard, before founding his first company, Dezide, a software company with a focus on Artificial Intelligence for diagnostics and troubleshooting. After heading Dezide as CEO for 12 years, Claus has both started and taken part in several successful ventures and also worked as an advisor and mentor for many research-based startups. In 2018 he co-founded and has since been the CEO of DigiShares, a FinTech tokenization software company with subsidiaries in both Europe and the US, specializing in the issuance and ongoing management of tokenized securities. He is a believer in the vision behind blockchain technology and works to increase the democratization, disintermediation, and self-sovereignty of assets. 

 

Whilst having a career as a serial entrepreneur, Claus has also devoted much time to helping and guiding student startups and developing and managing incubators, while being employed in the Aalborg University Innovation incubator, an incubator that helps around 80-100 startup companies every year. Claus is an experienced public speaker, writer, and published author, and has contributed chapters, knowledge, and insights to several books and publications on blockchain technology and the tokenization of assets. Claus has also taught several masterclasses on the tokenization of real assets, real estate, use cases for tokenization software, and the tokenization ecosystem.

 

 

You’ll learn about:

• The DigiShares team and new developments they are currently working on
• How DigiShares digitization and tokenization work
• Why some countries see tokenized assets as crypto and over-regulate
• Tokenizing assets: the future of the private equity segment of the market 

 

Timestamps

[0:45 - 2:40] Jay’s intro

[2:40 - 3:44] Mike’s intro

[3:44 - 7:51] Claus’ background

[7:51 - 9:52] Progress in AI 

[9:52 - 12:34] What is DigiShares

[12:34 - 17:37] How does digitization and tokenization work

[17:37 - 23:30] Bridging Web2 to Web3

[23:30 - 26:48] On licensing

[26:48 - 29:31] How does litigation work with tokenized assets

[29:31 - 34:27] Other tokenized projects

[34:27 - 37:05] What will help adoption

[37:05 - 40:44] On global free trade and future

[40:44 - 43:48] Partnering with Polymesh

[43:48 - 46:00] Maintaining privacy while being transparent 

[46:00 - 48:15] The DigiShares team

[48:15 - 50:18] The DigiShares exchange

[50:18 - 52:21] How to be successful in web3

[52:21 - 52:55] Contact DigiShares

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