EMURGO Global
EMURGO Global is a technology-driven company focusing on providing global blockchain solutions to enterprises, developers, and governments looking to incorporate emerging technology into their verticals or personal careers. EMURGO was founded in Japan and grew to become a worldwide presence in countries like Singapore, the US, Indonesia, and India.
From our inception in 2017 as a commercial venture arm of the Cardano project to EMURGO’s position today as a global technology leader, EMURGO has delivered best-in-class blockchain-based solutions for enterprises and individuals. We invest in startups, create enterprise-grade applications, develop educational curriculum, and offer advisory services to deliver more each day for individuals and enterprises.
Our premium portfolio of iconic brands, including Cardano, Travalla, Ergo, and more, is driving strong growth for us today. But, we are relentless, and never content with the status quo.
EMURGO is increasing its commitment to the Cardano ecosystem with the launch of a new $100 million Cardano ecosystem investment vehicle to accelerate the building of DeFi, NFT, and blockchain education tools on Cardano. For the launch of EMURGO Ventures, it announced its first seed investment into Milkomeda - a dcSpark sidechain project bridging Cardano and other Layer 1 blockchain protocols that will utilize wrapped ADA (wADA) as an asset.
EMURGO Academy - An Educational Venture of EMURGO
EMURGO Academy was founded in 2019 as an initiative to support EMURGO's mission of further building the community and driving awareness around innovative technologies. The aim is to bridge the big gap between academics and industry skills as well as probing new ways to implement innovative technologies for business benefits. Established as an educational venture, EMURGO Academy focuses on incubation, training, and evangelizing Cardano Blockchain technology.
At EMURGO Academy, we are committed to imparting world-class education accentuating learning from a fundamental level. Our close relationships with industry experts and our expertise in Cardano blockchain R&D help us curate business and technical programs for entrepreneurs, students, developers, business heads, CXOs, and individuals of all experience.
What Makes Us Different?
Hand-curated internationally aligned curriculum and courses for a blended learning approach
Synchronized Learning Platform (SLP), with features like collaborative learning, discussion forum, recorded lectures, evaluation, and screening
Post-training support and guidance to ensure learners stay updated with the latest version/release
Live projects to implement the skills learning during training programs to provide the experience of an actual working environment
Digital Certification for participants to gain a competitive edge in the job market and to help kick-start their entrepreneurial journey
Programs designed by CTOs, CXOs, and product heads to build talent at all levels
Our Success Story
Signup with Cypress
Commencement of Classes for 1st Corporate Batch
Tie-Up With AIC
First Community Event Organized
Satalite Center Launched at Hyderabad
Tie-Up With Hyperledger
MoU Signed With Kumaraguru College of Technology
1st Grand Masterclass Commenced
MoU Signed for Ignitive Labs with PSG College of Technology
1st Consulting Business Sign Up
Classes for 1st International Batch for WorkPro Begins
Classes for 1st Online LIVE Batch Begins
1st Graduation Day (Full Stack Batch)
1st Set of Digital Badges created & issued to learners
MoU Signed For Ignitive Labs With VR Siddhartha, Vijaywada
MoU Signed for Ignitive Labs With Karunya University , Coimbatore
MoU Signed for Ignitive Labs With Sri Krishna College Coimbatore
New Office Set Up & Launch
Launch of LMS for Learners (LIVE)
1st MoU signed for Ignitive Labs with REVA University, Bangalore
2nd Faculty Development Program at MS Ramaiah College, Bangalore
1st Faculty Development Program at KCT FDP (1st FDP for IL), Coimbatore
Commencement of Classes for 1st Batch of WorkPro
Our Team
EMURGO is helping individuals to direct their path on the right way in the digital revolution. This requires a constant brainstorming, diligence and the zeal to sync with the many ideas which comes on the way before locking in the best one.
Team EMURGO is all about innovation, efforts and hard work combined, marching towards a futuristic goal.
E Venkatesan
Chief Executive Officer
E Venkatesan
Chief Executive Officer
EV has more than 2 decades of experience in consulting businesses in education, skill development and ed-tech. Prior to joining EMURGO Academy he has led an Ed-Tech Startup as a founding member. He is an alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad and has been associated with names like NIIT Limited & HCL. He is known for his people and leadership skills and his ability to create new revenue streams for organizations.
Narender Balachandran
Chief Business Officer
Narender Balachandran
Chief Business Officer
Narender brings with him a fairly vast experience of 2 decades in the education industry. He is an alumnus of SASTRA and has held key leadership positions at organizations like TalentSprint. He has worked for organizations like HCL, NIIT and Princeton Review. An entrepreneur by mindset Narender’s portfolio at EMURGO includes Sales, Marketing, HR and Overall Business operations.
Bharat Mallapur
Chief Technology Officer
Bharat Mallapur
Chief Technology Officer
Bharat has worked extensively in the field of Blockchain. He co-founded a start-up in the IIOT space using blockchain as the underlying trust/audit layer. He has worked for organizations like Analog Devices, Media Tek, SONY & has over 17 years of experience in programming and IT industry. His portfolio includes Program Designing, Development, Capacity Building of Faculties and Program Development for Blockchain and other emerging technology.
Meenakshi R.
Chief Delivery Officer
Meenakshi R.
Chief Delivery Officer
Meenakshi has 2 decades of experience in successfully designing & delivering talent building solutions. She is an IIM alumnus & has held key leadership roles at TalentSprint and has co-developed SWEBoK a certification program for India along with IEEE Computer Society & has worked for organizations like SSI & HCL. Her portfolio includes Operations and Delivery for all programs, SME Identification, New Content Partnerships and Partner On-boarding.
Ravi Shankar
Advisor & Director
Ravi Shankar
Advisor & Director
Ravi has over 3 decades of experience in HR & IT spaces. He has worked as Chief HR Officer & Chief Peoples Officer for organizations like HCL Talent Care & MindTree. He is a visiting faculty & executive coach at Indian School of Business, Hyderabad & specializes in Human Capital Management, Business Coaching & Executive Coaching. He is a pioneer in the space of corporate social, digitizing HR by using AI, BOTS, Voice, Gamifications and Analytics.
Siddharth S
Advisor & Director
Siddharth S
Advisor & Director
Siddhartha is the founder & CEO of Intain Inc & has 2 decades of experience in Technology, Financial Services, Capital Markets, Investment Management, Global Delivery, M&A. He was the CEO for Managing Custody & Fund Admin Operations for Deutsche Bank & State Street. He has been working with AI & Blockchain Distributed Ledger Tech. to build financial systems with enhance intelligence, automation and trust.
Ken Kodama
Founder & Chief Executive Officer EMURGO
Ken Kodama
Founder & Chief Executive Officer EMURGO
In 2014, while Kodama was working in the financial industry, he saw great potential in Bitcoin and began promoting the cryptocurrency. He embarked building the Cardano project with Charles Hoskinson, and mainly worked on its business development and promotion, founding EMURGO as CEO in 2017. He has a wide range of relationships with both domestic and international entrepreneurs and blockchain experts
Shunsuke Murasaki
Chief Executive Officer EMURGO Indonesia
Shunsuke Murasaki
Chief Executive Officer EMURGO Indonesia
Murasaki worked at multiple firms, with 7 years of experience in Asian markets specializing in B2B overseas sales. Currently working on business development at EMURGO in the Southeast Asian sector. A rhythm master who plays the African instrument, Asarato, and a spear-fisher who is madly in love with fish.
