Beem is a versatile Australian digital wallet owned by Digital Wallet Pty Ltd and now part of Australian Payments Plus, a member of the Hedera Governing Council and the collective that also includes BPAY Group, eftpos and NPP Australia.

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It enables Australians to pay, request, transfer and split money instantly by using familiar contact names instead of BSB and account numbers. The app also supports BPAY for bill payments and offers features such as rewards and cashback through Beem Rewards and Cashrewards, loyalty and gift card storage, animated stickers and group expense management.

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Eftpos acquired Beem in 2020 to expand into digital wallet services and leverage its payments infrastructure for faster growth. Since then it has been downloaded more than 1.4 million times and has facilitated over US 1 billion in transactions. Australian Payments Plus operates a Hedera network node in Australia and has trialled the Hedera Consensus Service and an Australian dollar based stablecoin to enable secure and low cost micropayments, providing a potential foundation for future Beem innovations.

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InvestaX is a Singapore-based, licensed security token platform Its mission is to provide a comprehensive, end-to-end solution for the issuance, trading, and custody of security tokens, bridging the gap between traditional finance and the world of decentralized assets.

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The company offers a full suite of services for the digital asset lifecycle including tokenization. The InvestaX platform also features a primary issuance service for launching new security token offerings (STOs), as well as a secondary trading marketplace for providing liquidity to these assets. A core component of their offering is their institutional-grade custody solution, which ensures the secure storage of digital assets.

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While InvestaX is a multi-chain platform, it has a direct integration with the Hedera network. The company utilizes Hedera's high-throughput and low-cost infrastructure to provide its clients with a fast, secure, and efficient platform for tokenizing and managing their assets. Through this integration, InvestaX offers a scalable and enterprise-grade solution for the digital asset market, enabling accessibility and liquidity for a wide range of real-world assets.

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Arkose Energy Corp. was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Texas, It is focused on real world mining operations and utilises digital data mining solutions to fulfill its environmental commitments. One of its key focuses is on reducing flare gas and mitigating emissions by converting its oil and gas production into electricity to power its own data centers for cryptocurrency mining.

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The company offers a range of services to the energy sector, including engineering, construction management, and fabrication of modular skids for various applications like test separators and gas scrubbers. It also defines itself as a data mining company, leveraging its energy production to power digital asset mining operations. This vertical integration is intended to create a more efficient and environmentally conscious approach to both energy production and cryptocurrency mining.

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Arkose Energy utilises the Hedera network to bring transparency and verifiability to its operations. Data from its energy production and digital mining activities is processed through the Hedera Consensus Service. This creates an immutable and auditable log, allowing stakeholders to verify the company's emissions reduction efforts and the provenance of its energy usage for mining.

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Inara World is a publishing platform that is working to create a new, tokenized economy for ebooks. Its focus is on solving the revenue and engagement challenges that authors face in the traditional publishing market.

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The core of Inara's service is its "Streaming Ebooks" platform. This innovative model allows readers to pay for what they read, one page at a time, through a system of micropayments. This eliminates the need for readers to purchase an entire book upfront or to subscribe to a service. For authors, the platform provides a direct and transparent revenue stream, where they are paid for every page that is read.

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The entire Inara World platform is built on the Hedera network. This integration is fundamental to the platform's ability to process a high volume of micropayments in a fast, secure, and cost-effective manner. By using Hedera, Inara provides a seamless and scalable solution for its tokenized ebook economy, creating a more equitable and engaging experience for both authors and readers.

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