Tech For Good

The story of a natural diamond is a tale as rich and ancient as any known to mankind. Now, thanks to Tracr, how that story is told is changing forever. Tracr is a start-up incubated inside De Beers Group with a single aim: Build technology capable of tracing every natural diamond in the world. In doing so, they hope to tell the positive social and environmental story behind every natural diamond and make the whole industry truly accountable. After several years of development, their blockchain-based solution is now in the wild and set to transform an ancient industry forever. Read now / https://lnkd.in/eK98vzQd Featuring insights from Wesley Tucker, Caroline Glassberg-Powell, Hilary Allen, Vinod Nair, and Mahiar Borhanjoo. In partnership with Accenture and UNI Diamonds. #DiamondIndustry #Blockchain #DeBeers #LuxuryIndustry #TechForGood

In the rapidly evolving digital age, innovation is not just a buzzword—it's a business imperative. Izaro Arbelaiz writes for Tech For Good / https://lnkd.in/gt3AHdYA #techforgood #innovation #ethics #digitaltransformation

"[Working with Accenture] is like having a big brother" Tracr CEO Wesley Tucker on the partnership that's helping them digitalise the story of every diamond on the planet. Watch in full / https://lnkd.in/eK98vzQd #TechForGood #Diamonds #Blockchain #DiamondIndustry

Tracr is on a mission to put every diamond in the world on its blockchain platform, authenticating every stone's history and impact. UNI Diamonds is a new breed of online, data-driven marketplace for the diamond trade. Together they are forging a bright, digital future for one of the world's oldest and most traditional industries. Read now / https://lnkd.in/eK98vzQd Featuring Mahiar Borhanjoo, Wesley Tucker, and Caroline Glassberg-Powell #diamonds #diamondindustry #blockchain #techforgood

This is the story of how one company set out to digitalise every diamond on the planet // https://lnkd.in/eK98vzQd In partnership with Accenture and UNI Diamonds #diamonds #diamondindustry #techforgood #blockchain

De Beers Group, via its subsidiary Tracr, has been on a seven-year journey to immortalise every diamond in the world in digital form with blockchain technology. It’s an enormous undertaking given the sheer volume of data necessary for the task: to capture it at the source and throughout a diamond’s production process, and then to secure it in an immutable way that is faultlessly trustworthy by the rest of the diamond industry and, of course, its customers. In order to achieve its aims, Tracr needed to access the world’s very best #blockchain expertise in order to tackle the enormous challenge of scaling the technology to meet its lofty goals. Enter Accenture. Featuring Wesley Tucker, Caroline Glassberg-Powell, Hilary Allen, and Vinod Nair Read the story / https://lnkd.in/eK98vzQd #techforgood #diamondindustry

In 2017, De Beers Group saw an opportunity to leverage one new technology to fundamentally change how it presented diamonds to the global marketplace. The project De Beers envisioned to explore the idea was called Tracr. Read the full story / https://lnkd.in/eK98vzQd Featuring Tracr CEO Wesley Tucker In partnership with Accenture and UNI Diamonds #diamonds #diamondindustry #blockchain #techforgood #Socialgood

"If we can make games in this way, why can’t we do it for blind or visually impaired people?" Novis Games’ grand idea began as a university project to invent smartphone games that could be played in the open with just sound and vibration. Now, it's being supported by Microsoft's Entrepreneurship for Positive Impact programme. We caught up with Co-founder and CEO Arianna Ortelli to learn more about the company and its grand vision to bring the technology to games companies around the world. Watch / https://lnkd.in/e2szSP9W #techforgood #visualimpairment #startup #gaming

A marriage of AI and support from Microsoft's Entrepreneurship for Positive Impact programme has helped Novis Games bring gaming to the visually impaired. This is their story / https://lnkd.in/e2szSP9W Featuring Novis Games CEO and co-founder, Arianna Ortelli. #techforgood #AI #Gaming #Visuallyimpaired Microsoft

"This sounds like you're making the lives of developers a lot easier!" Last year was incredibly busy and challenging for us, with many significant events, new partners, and people joining our team. If you missed anything, you can now catch up on our progress in the latest episode of the Tech For Good podcast: https://lnkd.in/dTa_abia. Listen to our story in this 30-minute episode with the amazing Romily Broad, featuring content developed in partnership with our outstanding Microsoft's Entrepreneurship for Positive Impact program. Thank you all for the exceptional opportunity to share our voice!