Vision

Our planet is the most precious and amazing place. Years of industrialisation and neglect have put it in danger. Vast amounts of carbon dioxide are released daily and trapped by the Earth’s atmosphere preventing it from being released into space. Global warming, rising temperatures are causing an ever-escalating ecological crisis. Anomalous weather conditions, droughts, melting glaciers and rising sea levels are putting our planet at risk. Land and sea are being choked by the products of industry. We believe that everybody has a key role to play and that everybody can make a difference. More than that, we believe everyone has an obligation to do something to stop the rot. We want to make our contribution to preserving this beautiful world for future generations. Hemp is a plant which has been badly misunderstood and under-utilised, even prohibited. It is incredibly versatile and one of the most productive sources of fibre, oil, fuel and protein on our planet, with an amazingly positive impact on the environment. Our dream is to replace products which are causing such damage to our environment with the environmentally-friendly, carbon-positive alternative potential of Hemp and thus contribute in a small way to reversing the ecological crisis.

Secret Trees

Secret Trees is an environmentally-conscious agricultural company and next-generation technology services provider. Founded in 2018, Secret Trees aims to contribute to a sustainable global agro-economy through the industrial and commercial development of the growing demand for the agricultural crop Hemp. Our strategic goal is to become a leader in the production of industrial hemp in Eastern Europe within five years. Secret Trees embraces both financial and technological innovations in the pursuit of our objectives. We use Blockchain technology and token economics to attract investors and raise funds to allow greater engagement between investors and producers for growth in production, future product diversification and to facilitate more effective supply chains.  The goal of Secret Trees is to maximize the benefits of industrial hemp to produce eco-friendly products, through the use of innovative technology.

Problem

Carbon dioxide traps heat in the atmosphere and prevents it from being released into space. The resultant global warming causes enormous adverse effects, including anomalous weather conditions, droughts and rises in sea levels due to the melting of glaciers. Today, we have industries that give us process and products that have led to this unprecedented ecological crisis and worldwide destruction of the biological heritage that we should bequeath to our children, grandchildren, and future generations. Hemp is a plant grown for its straw, its seeds and for the oil produced by pressing the seeds. Hemp fibre is the strongest known natural fibre, which has been used extensively over the centuries for ropes, canvas and clothing, paper, plastic goods and string. It is an excellent material for insulation and its seeds and the oil they produce have extensive uses in food and medicine, reputed to be the best-balanced source of essential fatty acids. During the last century the popularity of hemp receded, partly due to industrial developments in petroleum-based synthetic fibres, partly because of bans on production linked for example to it being grown for its recreational use as marijuana. The many uses of industrial hemp are increasingly recognised, but although there are still many restrictions, the opportunities are great.

Solution

Secret Trees recognises the ecological challenges and equally the enormous potential of hemp to contribute to their resolution. Our objective is to create an ecosystem where the production of hemp and the materials and products it offers can benefit producers and consumers alike and provide a positive environmental impact. We will also become an integral player in the ecosystem by building the means to take and convert raw product into its many potential uses. The amazing possibilities of Blockchain technology bring a further dimension to achieving these objectives. Secret Trees will create a platform to provide an innovative solution to facilitate the interaction between producers, investors and consumers. This will incorporate hemp risk management through financial instruments such as derivatives (future, options) to bring effective and beneficial management to the production to product lifecycle, something which to date has been beyond the reach or the majority of hemp producers.

pre-SEED TOKEN SALE TOKEN

Start

November 30, 2018 (18:00AM GMT)

Number of tokens for pre-seed sale

50,000 STCT

End

December 31, 2018 (18:00AM GMT)

Tokens exchange rate

1 USD – 1 convertible note - token to 50%

Acceptable currencies

XLM

Minimal transaction amount

0.2 ETH/ 0.008 BTC/ 1 LTC

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Our Roadmap RoadMap

Q4 2017

Business Plan Development

Q2 2018

Whitepaper Development

Q3 2018

Team establishment Resource acquisition Token economic development

Q4 2018

WEB v1 Launch White Paper release pre-seed/seed launch

Q1 2019

Main funding launch Legal framework Partnership cultivations

Q2 2019

Factory legal acquiring Factory Construction

Q3 2019

Community Growth Partnership establishments Security testing

May 2019

Legal Agreement

Q4 2019

New partnership cultivation Community growth

Q1 2020

Client Dashboard Launch Utility token sales launch

Q2 2020

Derivatives introduction New partnership cultivation

Q3 2020

Secret Trees Platform Launch

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Ilvers Sermols

CEO & Founder

Ilvers Sermols

CEO & founder

Ilvers previously worked as a customer service specialist in Private Lending for ExpressCredit LLC. Knowledge of the credit sector have provided a great deal of experience in Financial Services. The birth of a child gave Ilvers a new vision to focus on the need for environmental change. His experience was enriched working with one of Latvia's leading pre-wood processing factories, "PATA" AS, in which he grew his awareness, knowledge and capacity to search for new resources which do less harm to the environment. This inspired Ilvers towards the economic and ecological potential of industrial hemp, which resulted in the founding of Secret Trees. Ilvers' vision is to combine the emerging blockchain technology with asset tokenization to maximize the increasing value and potential of industrial hemp. Ilvers’ professional experience includes: Project development, human resourcing, Cryptographic architecture, design and sales execution.

Daniel Blanco

CTO

Daniel Blanco

CTO

Daniel is a graduate in Computer Engineering with a strong professional career in software development, team management and information security. Daniel is an ambitious problem solver, with a passion for online businesses and has a lot experience of creating logical and innovative solutions to complex problems. As someone who takes responsibility for his own personal development, Daniel continually evaluates and upgrades his skill set so that he stays at the cutting edge of the field. Daniel is natural problem solver, who has proven himself by successfully completing projects for IT consultancies, software houses, web design agencies and IT departments around the world. In the recent years Daniel has worked in numerous projects and companies around the world, with multicultural teams and always works with a keen and efficient focus on the fulfillment of the client’s individual goals. Daniel has now focused his development on information security and, as a leading advisor in the field, has established relationships with businesses and customers, interpreted and applied standards, policies, best practices and analyzed threats and vulnerabilities. He is also currently working on designing system security strategy and architecture. He has led teams and promoted use of security requirements for System Development Life Cycle across multiple IT projects. Daniel is a hard-working and adaptable all-rounder who is an asset to any team..

Aaron Taylor

COO

Aaron Taylor

COO

Aaron is a graduate in Law, specializing in UK Business Law, and a Master in Wealth Management. During his studies he worked in various retail stores where he developed a keen customer focus and a passion for delivering outstanding customer service. As part of his legal studies, he worked with Irwin Mitchell, preparing and giving legal advice. Aaron has a deep interest in innovation, especially Distributed Ledger Technology and cryptocurrencies. For his Master’s dissertation, Aaron researched and wrote “Assessing the relationship between Interest in Bitcoin and its Price Movements over the 2017 Peak”, soon to be published in the Journal of British Blockchain Association. Focusing on excellence in customer service Aaron brings a creative and logical approach to providing out-of-the-box thinking to complex problems and constructing holistic business solutions. He is driven by a desire to contribute to the maintenance and rejuvenation of the environment and is passionate about disruptive technology, challenging and optimizing existing methods.

Artis Vilbrants

Farmer Association of Latvia Cooperative member

Artis Vilbrants

Farmer Association of Latvia Cooperative member

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Rob Begley

CIO

Rob Begley

CIO

Borys Bodnar

CFO

Borys Bodnar

CFO

Borys is a graduate in International Relations with a long professional career in strategic and regulatory consulting, risk and change management, with experience in Financial Services, international taxation, corporate strategy and operational excellence. Borys has advised individuals, owner-managed small and medium businesses, professional practices and charities in all aspects of tax, compliance, risk management and strategic planning. During the last 18 years, Borys has taken a lead role in banking and financial services with companies such as BNY Mellon, Deloitte Financial Services and Commerzbank, implementing and managing cross-border compliance, international regulatory and strategic change. In 2012 he moved to Geneva to work with HSBC Private Bank, implementing changes in operational regulations, client tax transparency as well as taking a lead role in strategic projects and as global manager of tax risk for the Private Bank. Borys focuses on helping to define and execute corporate strategy and manage risk. He brings pragmatism, order and structure to complex subjects and changing environments, to provide solutions-based guidance and certainty. He believes strongly in the environment, innovation and challenging the status quo to make the world a better place, through a structured and common-sense approach, focussed on delivering valuable outcomes.

What's hemp

Despite its ancient history and one of the earliest plants to be cultivated Hemp fell out of favour in many Western countries during the twentieth century. This was owing to its association with its relation marijuana. Thankfully common sense prevailed and after many legislative updates in recent years around the world it has come back into mainstream industrial agricultural and back into the public consciousness. Hemp has rightly earned the reputation as a sustainable crop due to the fact it requires less water, pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizer than most crops commonly produced on an industrial scale. Hemp has, by most estimates, over 25,000 known uses ranging from basic essentials like paper, fuel and textiles, right through to the production of Cannabidiol (CBD oil) which is a naturally occurring medicinal compound of cannabis that has been used to help alleviate pain, reduce anxiety, and treat acne. There are plenty more medicinal tests currently ongoing to help reduce symptoms related to cancer and the side effects related to cancer treatment, like nausea, vomiting and pain. Hemp’s environmentally friendly credentials knows no bounds either. Three key reasons for this is carbon reduction, soil enhancing properties and the fact that hemp can be processed into a plastic substitute. It is possible to make alternative building materials with the stalks, such as hempcrete, which removes more carbon from the atmosphere than the carbon emissions required to produce it. Also, instead of depleting the soil of vital nutrients like other crops, hemp revitalizes the soil it grows in, by aerating the soil and through the deposit of carbon dioxide in to it. This makes hemp ideal for crop rotation, and the crop that follows in the soil hemp grew in will develop better than if hemp had not been used. The scourge of the environmental world plastic pollution is destroying our planet by the minute. Hemp can be a non-toxic plastic replacement! Where it takes between 500-1,000 years for plastic to degrade, hemp plastic in the right environment hemp plastic takes around 3-6 months to decompose. Most plastics today contain endocrine disruptors which can lead to hormonal imbalance in the human body which potentially can stimulate the development of tumours and other defects. Hemp doesn’t contain harmful endocrine disruptors and doesn’t emit toxins into the air during production. Not bad for an eco-friendly crop once considered a nuisance.