Global Tech Icon Steve Wozniak Becomes the Co-founder of EQUI Global

LONDON, Oct. 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Apple Computer co-founder Steve Wozniak today announced that he has become the co-founder of EQUI Global, the venture capital tech innovator.

Steve Wozniak has joined forces with EQUI founder Doug Barrowman and EQUI co-founder Baroness Michelle Mone OBE.

EQUI Global presents a unique opportunity to disrupt the venture capital industry - one that is considered to be extremely traditional.  

It is a technology focused venture capital fund which combines the conventional principles of investing with a blockchain 'back end' that allows value to be realised and then traded in the open market through the EquiToken.

As co-founder of EQUI Global Steve Wozniak will head up technology investments and help find the tech stars of tomorrow. Woz will then bring them to the table and the board of serial entrepreneurs will mentor and coach them with world class expertise and guidance.

The EQUI fund is both open-ended and liquid, allowing investors the opportunity to sell their EquiTokens on external cryptocurrency exchanges at a time of their choosing.

While being aimed at sophisticated investors, the new, powerful investment movement that's being created allows people to become involved in a 'non-institutional' way. 

The key thing is that investors can buy into the Fund and then trade out through the liquidity created by the EquiToken because the token infrastructure is built using the Ethereum platform. 

It's a potential game-changer in the venture capital industry and a model that many others are expected to follow.

Up to 80 per cent of investment by EQUI will be in technology companies with the balance of 20 per cent being in non-tech assets, such as real estate and investment collectibles such as art and vintage cars.

Steve Wozniak, co-founder of EQUI Global said, "I get ideas pitched to me every single day in fact dozens and I always say no. Since I co-founded Apple with Steve Jobs, this is about the second time in twenty years that I actually said yes, I want to be a part of this. It has to be something I really believe in and I really believe in EQUI."

Steve Wozniak continued, "There are so many great ideas because I sit down and think, 'what could I think of doing?' And it's usually based upon 'what do we have today in our life and how could we modify it, make it a little better or radically change it?' and I don't come up with many answers. But then I run it at other people and almost everybody has one answer for one thing that I think 'woah, I never would have thought of that' so it's out there in the technology field. Not only that, technology really enhances every other business there is. Construction businesses are totally enhanced. Even things like restaurants are totally enhanced by the technology we create. It takes people who have ideas, but not just ideas, not ideas in their head, not ideas that are spoken, not ideas just on paper, they actually do work and create things. I know that we have something very special with EQUI. I've since enjoyed giving my feedback to the technical side of the initiative and will very much be an actively involved proud co-founder."