Man is a political, social, and technological animal
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Bettina Warburg
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
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Watch her speak @ the 2016 TED Summit
Speaking Topics
The Looming Blockchain Revolution Women in Entrepreneurship: Lessons on
the job
The New Social Contract : A Look Forward
Future Trends: Looking 10 years ahead at
Governance as a Platform AI, Blockchain, IoT, and More
The Future of Philanthropy: What’s next? Foresight in a Decentralized Economy
The Conscious Supply Chain The Future of Healthcare
Bettina Warburg is Co-Founder of Animal Ventures, a venture studio and consultancy focused on
building startups, educating executives, and designing comprehensive strategies to help large
companies, governments, and SMEs take advantage some of the most advanced technology
companies coming to market. Animal Ventures focuses on tech companies operating in verticals
such as Blockchain, Digital Platforms, Artificial and Augmented Intelligence, and Internet of Things.
Bettina is a thought-leader in the emerging blockchain space and leads the blockchain practice at
Animal Ventures, including research, development, and commercialization across the ecosystem
of blockchain innovation.
Bettina is passionate about the convergence of technology and politics and the impact it will have TED Global
on our future. She is the Executive Producer of a new tech show called Tech on Politics,
interviewing some of the greatest minds in technology, media, venture capital, and government
about the convergence of technology and politics. Prior to Animal Ventures, Bettina received her
MSc from Oxford University and BS from Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, and
developed a keen interest in global governance and cultural diplomacy. As a Public Foresight
Strategist at the Institute for the Future, a Silicon Valley think tank, Bettina brought a futures lens to
a variety of strategic initiatives with top corporations, foundations, education institutions, and city
governments.
Skoll World Forum
In 2016, Bettina was invited by TED Global to be one the first speakers ever to unpack the topic of
blockchain to a global audience. She has given talks and curated conferences such as Skoll World
Forum, Salzburg Global Seminar, City Innovate Summit, Personal Democracy Forum, and numerous
universities around the world. Bettina’s work has been cited in publications such as The Atlantic,
Center for Public Impact, ICMA.org, and the San Francisco Chronicle.
Email: [email protected]
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I loved being part of the one-two I thought Bettina’s TED talk about “Bettina is a communicator of "Bettina Warburg is an
punch with Bettina Warburg at the blockchain was one of the most big ideas. Not only does she entrepreneur of the intellect. She
TED Summit about the blockchain insightful and clear explanations of help distill complicated ideas is a big thinker, and has a
revolution. Her deep and gorgeous this new technology that I've seen. into bite-sized nuggets that remarkable capacity to
talk is now published too! The tech is abstract and exotic, but others can more easily communicate ideas, inspire
she makes it concrete and familiar. understand, but her foresight action, and architect change. I
Don Tapscott - Author, The Most who see it, will get it. challenges people to look trust not only her insights, but her
Blockchain Revolution., Wikinomics, ahead and make new decisions ability to get things done that
and Growing Up Digital Kevin Kelly, Founding Executive with purpose.” matter to the world. To me, this is
Editor of Wired magazine, Author of the essence of leadership."
The Inevitable, What Technology Karen Edwards, founding head
Wants, and Out of Control: The New of marketing for Yahoo and Tamsin Smith, Slipstream Strategy
Biology of Machines, Social Systems Common Sense Media founder, former president of
and the Economic World (RED), cultural commentator and
published poet
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