BitcoinFi Founders Meet & Greet
Join us for an afternoon of drinks & bites as you meet the founders of the second batch of the BitcoinFi Accelerator. This exclusive event is your gateway to transformative connections within the Bitcoin ecosystem.
What's Happening:
🚀 High-Impact Networking: Connect with top figures, visionary leaders, pioneering founders, and savvy investors—all in one place. Build relationships that could propel your journey in the Bitcoin space.
💡 Engaging Conversations: Dive deep into discussions about Bitcoin's future, breakthrough technologies in the DeFi, SocialFi & Infrastructure verticals shaping the industry.
💰 Fundraising Opportunities: Pitch your unicorn business to top investors and explore avenues for growth and collaboration.
🎉 General Admission: Doors open for GA from 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM PST
About the Organizers:
BitcoinFi Accelerator: BitcoinFi Accelerator is an exclusive 6-week builder program to support innovative applications built for Bitcoin. From the creators of the first ever Bitcoin Accelerator in 2014, we're thrilled to introduce a program focused on pushing the boundaries of what's possible with Bitcoin.
Learn more at bitcoinfi.network!
Draper Associates: Draper Associates is a global venture capital firm that invests in early-stage, transformative startups, with a significant focus on blockchain and cryptocurrency technologies. The firm has funded over 50 blockchain companies, including leading names like Coinbase, Ledger, and Tezos, demonstrating a strong commitment to advancing the decentralized web and promoting financial freedom. Draper Associates backs companies that drive innovation in Bitcoin and other blockchain solutions, emphasizing projects that shift power to consumers and disrupt traditional industries.
BoostVC: Boost VC is a venture capital firm founded by Adam Draper in 2012, focused on investing in early-stage startups in emerging technologies like blockchain, crypto, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence. The firm is known for supporting innovative founders and helping transform cutting-edge technological concepts into successful companies, notably through the first ever Bitcoin accelerator they started in 2014.
Thesis*: Thesis* is a pioneering venture studio dedicated to building on Bitcoin. Since 2014, Thesis* has committed to building solutions focused on empowering individuals and communities through creation of market leading products including Fold, Mezo, tBTC, Acre and Taho in its core portfolio of brands. Thesis* continues to challenge traditional systems, driven by innovation and a belief in a sovereign digital future shaping the decentralized landscape one project at a time.
Draper University: DraperU is founder residency founded in 2012 by Tim Draper. They aim to bring like-minded entrepreneurs together in person and have them ready for fundraising throughout the workshop and networking in the programs. Over 100 founders from 30+ countries including some portfolio companies all across the Draper funds living together at the DraperU campus in Silicon Valley. Each founder residency program range 3 weeks to 3 months, providing grants and equity funding. Today, 5,000+ alumni has been thriving around the world.
BitcoinFi Batch 2 Startups
AIsa, Visa for AI, building the payment network for AI Agents — enabling instant, autonomous, and programmable transactions powered by Bitcoin Lightning and stablecoins.
Covenance revolutionizes Bitcoin-backed lending through a non-custodial platform that allows users to collateralize their Bitcoin natively while accessing liquidity across multiple blockchains, bank accounts, or the Covenance payment card.
Mavapay is building the next generation of digital payment infrastructure for Africa, leveraging the bitcoin lightning innovative technology to facilitate seamless and secure transactions.
Modulo is a non-custodial, omnichain smart wallet and collateral management protocol that enables users to seamlessly interact with the most popular DeFi protocols across dozens of networks.
Oviato is a creator-first platform that makes it extremely easy to create, launch, and share digital collectibles and more on Bitcoin - no coding required. Powered by Nostr, Oviato gives artists full control over their work while setting up and distribution seamless.
Palladium unlocks Bitcoin’s full potential with a sustainable, trustless borrowing solution that works long-term. By minting $PUSD, users get instant liquidity on their Bitcoin while retaining full upside exposure.
Tomorrow is a crypto-native estate planning protocol. Tomorrow automates the creation of legal and tax optimized programmable trusts via smart contracts and ensures both a smooth and secure process for succession.
Sponsoring Partners:
Maestro: Maestro is a blockchain infrastructure provider specializing in UTxO-based blockchains such as Bitcoin, Cardano, and Dogecoin. Their platform offers a range of developer tools and APIs designed to streamline the creation and scaling of decentralized applications by simplifying blockchain complexities. With a focus on high performance, low latency, and real-time transaction monitoring, Maestro supports the development of DeFi protocols, NFT marketplaces, and crypto wallets.
Rise: Rise is a leading hybrid payroll platform that empowers businesses, startups, and global teams to hire, onboard, and pay contractors and employees in crypto or local currencies quickly, securely, and compliantly. As the workforce continues to shift toward decentralization, remote work, and blockchain-based employment, Rise provides a seamless solution for companies navigating the complexities of Web3 payroll, stablecoin payments, and cross-border contractor payments.
BOB: By combining Bitcoin’s security with Ethereum’s DeFi capabilities, BOB empowers builders to create the next generation of dApps. With innovations like BOB Stake, a one-click Bitcoin staking portal, and the support of major investors, BOB is becoming the most secure and accessible Layer-2 for Bitcoin DeFi.
ICP: The Internet Computer hosts secure, network-resident code and data. Build web apps without Big Tech and current IT. Applications are immune to cyber attacks and unstoppable, capable of processing tokens, and can run under exclusive DAO control. Leveraging Chain Fusion Technology, ICP canister smart contracts can hold a Bitcoin public key, sign transactions with it, and directly read and write to the Bitcoin network.