Companies Killing it — Startups that will Change the World in 2018

Chris Herd
8 min readJan 11, 2018

Revolut — Solving the problem of modern banking by removing the boundaries between nations through instantaneous transfer of capital, whether that is for payment for goods, conversion of currency or transfer to other individuals.. Exchange rates are at the ‘bank to bank’ exchange rate meaning negligible commission and more money for consumers. security controls on where your money can be spent according to geographic location can be set through the app and purchases show up instantaneously. Soon to have Crypto compatibility which opens up an entirely new market if they are able to remove the current fee based model for purchasing and selling.

My vision of the future of banking

Kry — Healthcare sucks. Whenever you need help doctors seem to be unavailable and by the time you get an appointment the issue has either worsened or disappeared. Kry is disrupting the existing model by enabling an on demand connection with healthcare professionals. It eradicates the wasted time between appointments as patients are routed to doctors when they are available immediately. Incredibly, the service already accounts for more than 1% of all of Sweden's GP visits.

H2ops — We are currently living in the age of peak craft beer. What do these people drink through the week? Not a traditional investment…

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Chris Herd

CEO / Founder / Coach @FirstbaseHQ Empowering people to work in their lives not live at work ✌️✌