Duke Web3 Pitch Competition & VC networking - Bull City Blockchain Battle @ArtBasel in Miami
Welcome to the Bull City Blockchain Battle Art Basel edition presented by Ga^3in Ventures!
Ga^3in Ventures is a Duke & friends focused Web3 Syndicate & Venture Studio with 16,000 audience across the globe. We host Web3 pitch competitions around the world, investor soirees, and crypto funds yachts to grow the Web 3.0 industry.
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Agenda:
10:00 - 10:15 guests gathering
10:15 - 11:15 pitch competition
11:15 - 12:00 networking - startups & VC's
Startups, submit your pitch here (rules below).
VC & investors, if you want to judge - submit a form.
MC:
Sergey Khusnetdinov - partner at Ga^3in Ventures, venture partner at Taisu Ventures
Judges:
Frank Badalamenti - partner at PwC
Gerald Gallagher - general counsel at Sei Labs
Jerry Li - Business Development at Solana Foundation
Valentine Zavgorodnev - co-founder at Prosto VC
Taisu Ventures is committed to a chain-agnostic stance, investing broadly across the Web 3 ecosystem. We target early-stage projects that are tackling significant challenges, setting the stage for the widespread adoption of Web 3 technologies. Although our investment interests are broad, we have honed in on four critical areas: infrastructure, gaming, consumer platforms, DeFi.
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Orbiter Finance: a leading blockchain infra, zk-tech-based cross-chain protocol. Orbiter Finance has accumulated 4 million users, with total transaction volume exceeding $18B and a total net profit of $100M+. It aims to become the foundational infrastructure layer driving large-scale blockchain adoption.
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Past Judges:
Abhishek Saxena - investment lead at Polygon Ventures
Adam Mastrelli - partner at Woodstock Fund
Anastasia Drinevskaya - CMO at Match Chain
Andrew Hillyer - Director, Digital Assets at PwC
Adam Wasserman - VP of Investments at IOG
Christian Narvaez - founder at Rayo Capital
Dariia Vasylieva - Founder, CEO FD CAPITAL
Daniil Gaidamakin - COO at Jets.Capital
Max Lapin - US CFO at Revolut
Frank Badalamenti - partner at PwC
Steven Haft - Head of Global Partnerships and Climate Lead at ConsenSys
Takashi Hayashida - Founder and Managing Partner at Taisu Ventures
Markus Bruderer - Partner at Antler
Martina Beg - Marketing Manager at Galxe
Mike Fraietta - founder at EmpireDAO
Suffiyan Malik - Investor at DraperU Ventures
Emily Lu - Angel investor & PE professional, backer at CESS
Nathan Gurr - principal at P2 Ventures (Polygon Ventures)
Julian Broadus - US Ambassador at WAM
Turan Vural - researcher at Fenbushi Capital and UCLA PhD candidate
Andrew Gonzalez - formerly with M31 Capital
Elena Obukhova - Founder at crypto & web3 community Supermoon
Valentin Preobrazhenskiy - Founder, CEO at Latoken
Colton Conley - blockchain investor at Arrington Capital
Yorick Evans-Freke - managing partner at Dark Horse Venture Partners
Giselle Liang - Senior Investment Manager from OKX Ventures
Laura K. Inamedinova - Partner at Illuminati Capital
PAST PITCH COMPETITIONS:
Every month, we carefully select 6-8 teams to present their Web3 innovation. Founders get a chance to interact with investors from around the world and network with industry leaders from the Duke Web3 Ecosystem by Ga^3in Ventures.
Each team gets 3 minutes to pitch and 5 minutes for Q&A from the judges.
Whether you are a VC or angel looking for your next investment, a platform looking for the next killer product, or a startup with a game-changing idea – join us and participate in the next wave of innovation.
Apply To Pitch
Please fill out the Application Form and we'll follow up with you. Pitching is FREE, but admission to the event is ticketed (Stipend is available, please apply). Regardless whether you are selected to pitch or note, please come to network with us and our ecosystem.
Selection process:
We collect applications, then run a social media voting on our twitter account, then we post the results on who is pitching.
Judges could nominate startups to pitch.
Wild card: we randomly draw one startup from the audience to pitch, so if you are not selected, please still come to take your chances.
Event Details:
Presentations - 3 minute Presentation + 5 minute Q&A
Judges to be revealed closer to the event start
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:sergey@gain.ventures