--- title: "Hedera Council Grows Partner Network with New Strategic and Community Partners" id: "23359" type: "post" slug: "hedera-council-grows-partner-network-with-new-strategic-and-community-partners" published_at: "2026-09-04T12:50:00+00:00" modified_at: "2026-09-04T12:51:54+00:00" url: "https://hedera.com/blog/hedera-council-grows-partner-network-with-new-strategic-and-community-partners/" markdown_url: "https://hedera.com/blog/hedera-council-grows-partner-network-with-new-strategic-and-community-partners.md" excerpt: "WISeKey joins as a Strategic Partner, bringing deep expertise in cybersecurity, digital identity, and IoT, alongside new Community Partner SpaceDev, a Latin American software company expanding Hedera’s reach and adoption across the region." taxonomy_category: - "Uncategorized" taxonomy_post_tag: - "featured" --- [Skip to content](#content) blog # Hedera Council Grows Partner Network with New Strategic and Community Partners September 4, 2026 ![Hedera Team](/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/HH-logo-Black.jpg) Hedera Hedera provides secure, scalable infrastructure for real-world decentralized applications in finance, AI, and sustainability, governed by global enterprises. The growth of [Hedera Council](https://hederacouncil.org/) ’s network of [Strategic and Community Partners](https://hedera.com/blog/hedera-council-expands-global-engagement-with-new-partnership-program/) continues, with the addition of two new partnerships. This partnership program leverages the skills, networks and resources of industry leaders to drive real-world adoption of Hedera. Hedera Council’s latest collaborations expand Hedera’s capabilities for secure, decentralized infrastructure for real-world use cases, while enhancing Hedera’s technical offerings. Hedera’s latest Strategic Partner is [WISeKey](https://www.wisekey.com/) , a global expert in cybersecurity, digital identity and IoT solutions. As Hedera’s fourth Strategic Partner, WISeKey joins the Global Blockchain Business Council, Halborn and the Institutes RiskStream Collaborative. **Accelerating Authentication and Digital ID on Hedera** Based in Switzerland, WISeKey is strongly embedded in Web3 infrastructure, offering secure authentication and identification solutions for IoT, blockchain and AI. SEALCOIN AG, one of WISeKey’s established subsidiaries, focuses on the development of the SEALCOIN platform, which enables the autonomous exchange of verified, high value data secured by post-quantum cryptography. *“Becoming a Strategic Partner of the Hedera Council reinforces WISeKey’s commitment to building trusted infrastructure for an increasingly connected and autonomous world,”* said Carlos Moreira, Founder and CEO of WISeKey Group. *“By combining WISeKey’s expertise in digital identity, cybersecurity, PQC-secure semiconductors and space-based IoT with Hedera’s enterprise-grade distributed ledger technology, we can accelerate the deployment of trusted digital ecosystems where devices, machines and organizations can identify, authenticate and transact securely at global scale. This partnership is an important step in turning decentralized technologies into real-world infrastructure for the digital economy.”* This strategic partnership builds on an existing use case in the Hedera ecosystem. Earlier this year, the Hashgraph Group launched the QAIT Q-Day Security Assessment Platform on the SEALCOIN Quantum Marketplace. The platform was designed to help enterprises, governments and critical infrastructure operators evaluate, monitor and mitigate cybersecurity risks associated with the emergence of quantum computing. Jonathan Llamas, Chief Product and Strategy Officer at SEALCOIN AG, added: *“SEALCOIN was created around a simple premise: billions of connected devices and autonomous machines will increasingly need to transact with each other without sacrificing identity, security or trust. Hedera has been an active contributor to this vision, with a dedicated team of experts from its ecosystem working alongside us in the development of the SEALCOIN platform. By combining trusted device identity with Hedera’s scalable distributed infrastructure, we are building the foundations for machines to authenticate, exchange value and transact autonomously at global scale. This Strategic Partnership is a natural continuation of that collaboration and an important step toward making trusted machine-to-machine commerce a reality.”* **Expanding Reach in Latin America** Hedera Council also proudly welcomes its eighth community partner, [SpaceDev](https://spacedev.io/) . The Council’s Community Partners bring strong ecosystem alignment and active participation, while driving adoption and awareness. SpaceDev is a Latin American software company, which has previously leveraged Hedera for its Blockchain for Energy (B4E) platform. This turned carbon-capture initiatives into auditable on-chain assets, replacing manual, error-prone workflows with a standardized, automated pipeline. As the Council’s newest Community Partner, SpaceDev brings its expertise in delivering digital products that offer secure, real-world solutions. Previously, SpaceDev has created software for platforms including Tether, WalletConnect, Rarible and UFCStrike, among many others. Currently ranked No. 2 among Clutch’s top blockchain companies, SpaceDev combines global reach with strong regional roots. Beyond its client work, the company supports the growth of Uruguay and Latin America’s blockchain landscape through educational programs, community events, and social initiatives that broaden access to technology. Juan Manuel Sobral, CTO and co-founder of SpaceDev and President of the Blockchain Chamber of Uruguay, said: *“Joining the Hedera Council Community Partner Program feels like a natural milestone in a story SpaceDev has been writing for years. We grew from Uruguay with the conviction that world-class technology can be created in Latin America, and that technical excellence becomes even more meaningful when it’s shared through education, community, and new opportunities. This recognition belongs to the talented people behind SpaceDev, as well as the clients and partners who have trusted us to bring ambitious ideas to life.”* ***To learn more about the Hedera Council partnership program, visit*** [hederacouncil.org](http://hederacouncil.org) ***.*** [Back to Blog](/blog) discover See more articles [View All](/blog) ![Image](https://hedera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/V1-1024x576.png) August 31, 2026 ### x402 bounty on Hedera winners announced Meet the five winners of the x402 bounty on Hedera. Each received $1,000 for open source pay-per-request builds running on Hedera testnet. 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