BitAccess makes Bitcoin ATM (BTM) machines. The company also makes software optimizing Blockchain technology for Fintech businesses.

BitAccess customers rely on Bitaccess software and services to power their core infrastructure, compliance, security and support services.

We filmed the company in its infancy, just a few months after they were founded by four co-founders Haseeb Awan, Moe Adham, Vignesh Sundaresan and Ryan Wallace.

All outside of Adham have since left the company. Also appearing in this Ie-Knowledge Hub Case study are Justin Kan, Partner at Y Combinator and founder of justin.tv/Twich, former Y Combinator President Sam Altman, former partner at 500 Startups Sean Percival, founder of Decentral Anthony Di Iorio, and former President of Invest Ottawa, Bruce Lazenby.

The case was filmed in 2014 in Los Altos and Mountain View California, USA, at Y Combinator’s and 500 startup’s offices as well as at BitAccess’s rental home office at the time. Other film locations include Invest Ottawa’s offices in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and Decentral’s offices in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Course Content:

BitAccess, bitcoin, alternative digital currency, decentralized, electronic cash system, network, digital crypto currency, P2P networking, digital signatures, cryptography, currency, money, through mining, algorithms, economy, public address, private key, Canada, Ottawa, Invest Ottawa, startup, incubator, ATM, Bitcoin ATM (BTM), Buying, selling, Y-Combinator (YC), Silicon Valley, Business Model, software, Franchising Model, Banking System, BTM Market.

Case Study Participants: 

Haseeb Awan, BitAccess

Moe Adham, BitAccess

Vignesh Sundaresan, BitAccess

Ryan Wallace, BitAccess

Sam Atlman, Y Combinator

Justin Kan, Y Combinator

Sean Percival, 500 Startups

Anthony Di Iorio, Decentral

Bruce Lazenby, Invest Ottawa

Executive Producers

Dr Hamid Etemad, McGill University

Hamed Motaghi, Université du Québec en Outaouais

Producer

Thierry Harris, Cartouche Media

Creative Director

Melissa Gendron, Cartouche Media