🎙 #35 | $47,000* Pitch by Ga^3in VC х Kraken x Boosty Labs
Welcome to the 35th AI + Web3 Pitch Competition & VC networking by Ga^3in Ventures at Art Basel in Miami!
Ga^3in Ventures - early stage AI + Web3 VC that grew out of DukeGEN & Duke Alumni ecosystems, founders of Duke Web3 Conference. 16,000 community members, 100+ events hosted, 6 portco’s.
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Sponsors:
Transak is the payments infrastructure for stablecoins and crypto. With its Virtual Account APIs and compliance-ready rails, Transak enables apps to onboard users, facilitate cross-border payments, and support multi-party payment flows, natively within their platforms.
Kraken is one of the world’s longest-standing and most secure crypto platforms. With a mission “to accelerate the global adoption of crypto so that everyone can achieve financial freedom & inclusion,” they deliver institutional-grade tools and deep liquidity across 200+ digital assets.
Boosty Labs is a global venture studio and software-development company founded in 2017, with over 150 highly skilled engineers and strategists delivering 250+ projects for clients including Ledger, ConsenSys, NEAR Protocol, and WalletConnect.
Agenda:
10:00 - 10:15 guests gathering
10:15 - 11:30 pitch competition
11:30 - 11:45 winner announcement
🏆 Only one startup will take the entire $47,000* prize in services! Brought to you by our amazing sponsors:
Aethir — $10,000
QuillAudits ➡️ Web3 Security 🥷🛡️ ➡️ — $15,000
CRMchat.ai by Hints — $6,000
DD.xyz by Webacy — $5,000
Boosty Labs — $5,000
China Shop production - $3,000
Super Funding AI — $2,988
💪Ga^3in Ventures💪 — $12
Startups, submit your pitch here (rules in attachment below).
VC & investors, if you want to judge - submit a form.
MC:
Sergey Khusnetdinov - managing partner at Ga^3in Ventures, professor at SKEMA
Judges:
Frank Badalamenti - Partner at PwC
Jonté Harrell - Managing Partner of Ossian Capital
Alexander Salnikov - Co-Founder of Rarible
Andy Werner - VP, Partnerships & Strategy at Transak
Daniel A. Casanas - Head of Investments at Stellar Development Foundation
Erick Schneider - Global Head of Payment Partnerships Kraken
Pitch rules, selection process:
Pitch Competition Rules (1).pdf
Space is limited, so apply early! We can't wait to see the innovative Web3 ideas coming out of our global community.
Sponsors reach out: [email protected]
Past Judges:
Aaliyah Barker - Program Manager at Draper University
Abhishek Saxena - Investment Lead at Polygon Ventures
Abhinav Pathak - Investment Partner at Woodstock Fund
Adam Mastrelli - Founder at 57 Maiden
Adam Wasserman - VP of Investments at IOG
Aly Madhavji - Managing Partner at Blockchain Founders Fund
Anastasia Drinevskaya - CMO at Match Chain
Andrew Gonzalez - Investment Analyst at M31 Capital
Andrew Hillyer - Director, Digital Assets at PwC
Anna Li - Director of Economics and Research at Republic Crypto
Arisa Chelsea Ueno - Investment / Sourcing Lead in Web3 at Draper University
Belinda Pham - Co-Founder & COO of The Sandbox
Brandon Rodríguez - VP of Marketing at Paystand
Chris Joannou - VP - Ecosystem Growth at Draper University
Chris Li - Co-Founder at OAK Networks
Christian Narvaez - Founder at Rayo Capital
Colton Conley - Blockchain investor at Arrington Capital
Connor O’Shea - General Partner at Blue Matter Capital
Daniel Jean - DeFi Strategy and Ops at kpk, venture partner at Taisu Ventures
Daniil Gaidamakin - COO at Jets.Capital
Dariia Vasylieva - Founder, CEO FD CAPITAL
David Yao - Principal at LBank Labs
Elena Obukhova - Founder at crypto & web3 community Supermoon
Elliana Jin - Head of Investments and a Principal at TBV (TB Ventures)
Elliot Chun - Partner at Architect Partners LLC
Emily Lu - Angel Investor & PE professional, backer at CESS
Frank Badalamenti - Partner at PwC
Gerald Gallagher - General Counsel at Sei Labs
Giselle Liang - Senior Investment Manager from OKX Ventures
Hinza Asif - President of Asia Web3 Alliance Japan
Jenny Xu - Senior Operations Manager - Ventures at HTX
Jerry Li - Business Development at Solana Foundation
Jillian Jaffe - Partnerships & Investments at LayerZero
Joseph Argiro - Founder, CEO at Iron Key Capital
Julian Broadus - US Ambassador at WAM
Kaimin Hu - Director at Taisu Ventures
KJ Jia - Founder & Partner at OnePiece Labs
Laura K. Inamedinova - Principal at Gate Ventures
Leah Callon-Butler - Director of Emfarsis
Ludovic Copéré - Senior Investment Director at Sony Innovation Fund
Mansoor Madhavji - Partner at Blockchain Founders Fund
Marat Mukhamedyarov - Managing Partner at Good News Ventures
Mark Lee Ford - Co-Founder and Chairman of The Moneo Company
Markus Bruderer - Partner at Antler
Martina Beg - Marketing Manager at Galxe
Max Lapin - US CFO at Revolut
Michael (Jelly) Jelen - Managing Partner at PB&J
Mike Fraietta - Founder at EmpireDAO
Nataly Connor - Head of Special Projects and Marketing Strategy at Cointelegraph
Nathan Gurr - Principal at P2 Ventures (Polygon Ventures)
Nitin Gaur - Founder of LedgerLink.ai
Petrix Barbosa - CEO of Matchain
Campbell Harvey - Professor of Finance at Duke University
Jimmie Lenz - Executive Director - Master of Engineering in Financial Technology at Duke University Pratt School of Engineering
Samiz Bayan - Investor at DraperDragon
Steven Haft - Head of Global Partnerships and Climate Lead at ConsenSys
Suffiyan Malik - Investor at DraperU Ventures
Takashi Hayashida - Founder and Managing Partner at Taisu Ventures
Tiffany Chang - Investment VP at Gate Venture
Turan Vural - Researcher at Fenbushi Capital and UCLA PhD candidate
Valentin Preobrazhenskiy - Founder, CEO at Latoken
Valentine Zavgorodnev - Co-Founder at Prosto VC
Yorick Evans-Freke - Managing Partner at Dark Horse Venture Partners
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