『MELT』150+ Founders x Investors Dynamic Network
✧ Presented By MELT / Kyosuke Togami
MELT Partners in the past:
J.P. Morgan - The largest global bank
Sheppard Mullin - The largest law firm
NECX - Tech Giant in Japan $20B ARR
Minerva University - The hardest university to get into
Y Combinator – Pylon, Parsana Ai
Treasure Data - Raised $288m, $200m ARR
AGI Inc. - Pioneer of AI Agents
Orbiter Finance - $100m+ net profit within 3 years . Ranked #2 globally in the decentralized bridge field
This event is exclusively for founders (including platform owners, publishers, etc.), investors, and enterprise decision-makers.
🚀Update 2025/3/17 12:08 pm (PST)
29 VC and Angel Investors
280 + Founders/CEOs
2 Series D companies
1 Series C companies
5 Series B companies
22 Series A companies
43 Pre-Series A companies
85 Seed companies
77 Pre-Seed companies
17 Bootstrap companies
3 Enterprise decision-makers.
94% Gaming or Ai x Gaming
Over $1m ARR x 35 companies
$3m - $10 ARR x 15 companies
$10m - $100 ARR x 5 companies
Amount raised
$500k - $1m x 26 Companies
$1m - $3m x 37 Companies
$3m - $10m x 24 Companies
$10m - $30m x 17 Companies
$30 - $100m x 2 Companies
We are doing our best to make this event every interaction is a potential business partnership or fundraising opportunity.
🚨Check-in is required at the door, and only approved guests will be admitted
🤝The event is a dynamic 2-hour networking session
🙇♀️We kindly ask for your understanding as we carefully review and select attendees, which may result in some applications not being approved. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your patience.
Game Developer Conference, where over 40,000 professionals gather from around the world, we have decided to hold this event at this momentous occasion.
We're bringing together an exclusive group of around 150 top-tier founders, spanning from pre-seed to Series D, alongside engaged VCs and angel investors.
💎 1st VIP Sponsored by cyber・Fund
cyber•Fund is a founder-led investment firm accelerating the cybereconomy. We allocate capital to the best startups in distributed AI to ensure a healthy transformation to a cybernetic economy that benefits humanity.
💎 2nd VIP Sponsored by Claythis
Claythis develops the GenAI foundation model for creating animatable 3D characters. While human artists typically spend weeks on a single character, our model can accomplish the task 1,000x faster.
1. Product demo
https://youtu.be/o9SvxweBoNo?si=qMCk_W7EGWom6Vjx
2. Free early access (GDC exclusive)
https://form.typeform.com/to/lrE0SHBH
🤝 Partner with MindPal
- Global HR & Recruitment Leaders
- MindPal develops intelligent solutions for recruiters and candidates, optimizing hiring through data-driven analysis and smart matching.
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Previous our event MELT
80+ VC and Angel Investors
Ai, Fintech, Climate Tech, Gaming, Edtech, Proptech, Web3, AR/VR, Cybersecurity, Insurtech, Retailtech, SaaS, B2C, B2B, and Pre-seed to Series D stages
300+ Founders/CEOs
3 Series D companies
2 Series C companies
6 Series B companies
35 Series A companies
15 Pre-Series A companies
106 Seed companies
146 Pre-Seed companies
26 Bootstrap companies
50+ Executives
8 companies featured in Forbes Under 30, 12 Y Combinator alumni
1st MELT event , We brought in 1070 registrations from all over the world and carefully selected 300 founders and investors.
10% Series A and above (Founders/C-levels)
35% Seed (Founders/C-levels)
40% Pre-seed (Founders/C-levels)
10% Investors
Other
2nd MELT event, We brought in 420 registrations and carefully selected 170 founders and 30 investors. Most of founders had raised at least $1 million, had revenue of $1-$3 million, or had a previous successful exit.
33 Series A and above (Founders/C-levels)
133 Seed (Founders/C-levels)
112 Pre-seed (Founders/C-levels)
58 Investors( Tencent , Netease, Docomo Ventures, other VCs and Angel Investors)
Others
Pictures of venue
MELT event is organized and operated solely by MELT (not Yahoo Inc. nor any of its affiliates or brands, including GDC).