7. Teams behind Cardano

Input Output Hong Kong is a for-profit company that supports Cardano. Signing a multi-year contract with blockchain company Emurgo , the company aims to promote better financial inclusion and Hoskinson has spoken widely about Cardano’s uses cases in Africa and ambitions for helping lift the world’s poor . 

The Cardano Foundation is an independent Swiss-based non-profit that aims to “standardise, protect and promote” Cardano’s technology through building partnerships with other companies as well as aiming to help shape legislation that affect the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry.