Product & Opportunity Check
Strategic assessment of products, technologies, and ideas in the context of market, ecosystem, and feasibility – with a focus on real opportunities rather than theoretical fit.
The right tech partners for complex challenges in AI, blockchain, and deep tech
I connect companies, startups, and protocols and tech platforms with the right technologies, partners, and ecosystems – and translate ideas into realistic, actionable projects with clear architecture and suitable partners.
How I Think & Work
- AI & Automation: When it reduces complexity and creates measurable efficiency gains – not for the sake of automation itself.
- Blockchain & Verifiable Infrastructure: When transparency, provenance, or decentralized trust mechanisms solve a problem that traditional systems cannot address efficiently.
- Licensing, Access & Usage Rights: When clear rights frameworks enable new business models or solve access and ownership conflicts.
- Ecosystem & Partner Design: When the right combination of technologies, organizations, and roles creates value that no single party could achieve alone.
Typical Occasions for Collaboration
- You're checking whether an AI, blockchain, or deep tech approach makes sense for your project
- You're looking for the right partners for a pilot or market entry
- You want clarity before time and budget go in the wrong direction
- You need someone who thinks market, technology, and ecosystem together
Services
Partner & Solution Architecture
I define which roles, technologies, and organizations need to work together so that an idea becomes a viable project or pilot.
Ecosystem Access & Matchmaking
Targeted access to relevant startups, corporates, institutions, and programs – with a clear focus on meaningful go-to-market, partnerships, and impact.
Who I Work With
Corporates
You're evaluating new technologies like AI, blockchain, or other deep tech approaches and need a clear assessment of whether and how real projects can emerge from them.
Startups
You're building technology-driven products and need honest feedback, access to relevant partners, and support with positioning and connectivity.
Public Sector
You're evaluating new technologies or want to translate them into concrete programs. I provide this support pro bono through BerChain — out of conviction and love for Berlin.
References & Impact Areas
Corporates & Enterprises
I support companies in recognizing blockchain, AI, and deep tech potential and translating it into clear use cases — including appropriate partner and architecture impulses that work in Germany.
Creatives, Artists & Founders
For years, I have been supporting creators, musicians, and countless startup founders — often pro bono — with honest product feedback, strategic assessment, and access to the Berlin community.
Government & Public Sector
My engagement for the city of Berlin is on a voluntary basis through BerChain: I support administration, politics, and public actors in meaningfully connecting community, industry, and city structure.
My work regularly moves at the intersection of startups, established companies, and public actors – from early idea sketches to real pilots.
What I Care About
- Using technology only when it solves a concrete problem – not because it's currently trending.
- Prioritizing realistic feasibility over theoretical potential.
- Clear architecture and role distribution before resources are invested.
- Honest feedback, even if it means a project should not be pursued further.
- Value creation that is measurable and sustainable for all parties involved.
- Systemic thinking instead of isolated solutions that later cannot be integrated.
About
I am Daud Zulfacar – Network Architect and Ecosystem Connector for AI, blockchain, and deep tech in Berlin.
I have been working in IT and software-adjacent industries since the late 1990s. Much of my work has taken place in the B2B environment – with a focus on software, platforms, and technology-driven business models.
I was a founding employee at a software management company and later supported several startups and deep tech projects as a builder, co-founder, or close sparring partner – including license.rocks (multiple award winner) and Blessed.
Additionally, I have participated in startup scholarships, accelerator and innovation programs, and bring extensive experience from hackathons, prototyping formats, and interdisciplinary projects.
At BerChain, I am a Founding Member and have been President since early 2025. My engagement there is on a voluntary basis and focuses on connecting community, industry, and the city.
My approach: I think in systems. I connect technologies, actors, and opportunities so that concrete, viable projects emerge – not just concepts.
Contact
Free 30-minute conversation
In a short intro call, we clarify:
– where your topic actually stands right now
– whether there is a realistic setup for market, partners, and implementation
– whether a next step makes sense – or not