Tagged: accelerator

September 4, 2023 @ 9:13 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Keyrock, a digital asset market maker, is announcing the selection of eight web3 and Fintech startups for the 1st edition of its acceleration program in partnership with Tenity, a prominent global accelerator and incubator for fintech. The first edition of Keyrock’s Accelerator Program will “start… Read More

August 5, 2023 @ 2:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

LongHashX, which claims to be one of the world’s leading Web3 accelerators with the strong network in Asia, is continuing its partnership with Protocol Labs, the creator of Filecoin and IPFS, in order “to launch the Filecoin Virtual Machine (FVM) Genesis Accelerator.” The 12-week program,… Read More

July 24, 2023 @ 8:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Mediobanca Group, Italy’s largest investment bank, has signed a partnership with Founders Factory, the London-based global company builder and early-stage investor, to launch a new fintech venture studio and accelerator. This joint venture, underpinned by an overall €12 million investment from Mediobanca, will facilitate innovation… Read More

June 3, 2023 @ 10:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the venture capital arm and accelerator of Binance, has co-led a $6.6 million seed funding round for Fusionist, a Web3 gaming company, alongside Web2 gaming giant FunPlus in May 2022. The move aligns “with Binance Lab’s commitment to supporting early-stage Web3 gaming projects… Read More

May 15, 2023 @ 12:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NEAR Foundation, the non-profit that supports the on-going growth and development of the Near Protocol, and Outlier Ventures, the global Web3 investor and accelerator, announced the launch of the NEAR Base Camp accelerator program. The first dedicated accelerator program by NEAR Foundation will “take a… Read More

April 25, 2023 @ 10:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the venture capital arm and accelerator of Binance, committed an investment in the seed funding round of GOMBLE, a blockchain-based casual game developer. GOMBLE will use the funds “to develop and release its first mobile game, RumbyStars, and continue to expand its gaming… Read More

January 2, 2023 @ 10:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Financial services company Singlife with Aviva has announced “the launch of Singlife Connect, its accelerator program to support and spur the growth of promising insurtech startups.” Singlife Connect will “focus on developing scalable market solutions to innovate and transform insurance distribution.” Singlife will “leverage its… Read More

November 11, 2022 @ 3:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the venture capital arm and accelerator of Binance, has “selected 12 top-performing projects for season 5 of its accelerator program.” The new season “officially kicked off on November 7.” The biannual and “chain-agnostic” Binance Labs Incubation Program “offers a 8-week curriculum tailored to… Read More

September 18, 2022 @ 6:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

IDnow, a European identity proofing platform provider, is pleased to announce its participation in the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) Accelerate@IATA 2022 accelerator program. IDnow is working with IATA and its members, “providing expertise and regulatory know-how in the field of identity proofing and digital… Read More

August 21, 2022 @ 8:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Surge a “rapid scale up program” for Southeast  Asia, has announced its 7th cohort including 15 startups. Surge is operated by Sequoia Capital India and Sequoia Capital Southeast Asia. The accelerator actively partners with founders from a wide range of companies, across categories, including BYJUs,… Read More

August 3, 2022 @ 12:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BNB Chain recently announced the 27 finalists of the Most Valuable Builder (MVB) Incubation Program, which is an accelerator program that’s co-led by Binance Labs to offer mentorship and funding “to emerging projects built on top of the BNB Chain.” The MVB Incubation Program aims… Read More

July 29, 2022 @ 8:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Insurtech Isle of Man and F10 are pleased to announce “a joint Acceleration Program for growth-stage Insurtech startups.” The Isle of Man is “a globally recognized insurance center, with insurance representing the biggest financial services sector on the Island, encompassing a wealth of knowledge and… Read More

July 28, 2022 @ 7:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech Wales, the not-for-profit membership organization for the Fintech and Financial Services industry in Wales, has opened the applications process “for the third season of its accelerator program, the Fintech Wales Foundry.” The closing date “for applications is 19th August 2022.” The 12-week, no equity… Read More

April 14, 2022 @ 7:35 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Today, Web3 developer Ignite (formerly Tendermint) launched the Ignite Accelerator. The initiative will support and expand the next wave of early-stage startups in Web 3. Ignite Accelerator will focus on the multi-chain ecosystem, involving 11 investment partners, with a total initial fund of $150M. The… Read More

March 21, 2022 @ 6:23 am By JD Alois  |  

Fin+Tech, an Italy-based acceleration program supporting startups in the Fintech and Insurtech space, has completed the selection of the 16 start-ups that will join the first cycle of the program, according to a public statement. The accelerator is part of the CDP National Accelerators Network,… Read More

March 2, 2022 @ 3:17 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The roster for CoinList Seed’s Winter 2022 batch is proof positive venture capital funding for blockchain startups is as strong as ever, the company said. Between 2020 and 2021 VC funding for blockchain-based startups soared from $3.1 billion in 2020 to $25.2 billion only one… Read More

February 22, 2022 @ 8:04 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Payments Network Malaysia (PayNet) has launched the Fintech ePayment Accelerator Programme, an initiative that aims to support and advance startups focused on the digital payments sector in and around Malaysia. The three-month initiative focuses on ideas and solutions that can help accelerate the adoption of… Read More

February 4, 2022 @ 3:43 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Barclays today announced Rainmaking, a corporate venture builder, will help it launch a new suite of initiatives targeted at fintech founders across the globe to help grow and develop their companies. The first to launch is the Rise Start-Up Academy, a virtual digital skills-building accelerator… Read More

January 27, 2022 @ 9:00 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

The HBAR Foundation, an organization helping to foster the development of Hedera Hashgraph through the provision of grants and resources to founders and developers, and leading crypto VC Outlier Ventures today announced the upcoming launch of the Hedera Base Camp, an accelerator program for early-stage… Read More

January 22, 2022 @ 2:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Protocol Labs and Faber are collaborating to help with supporting the development of the next-gen of the Internet. The partnership combines Faber’s experience as early-stage deep tech VC and Protocol Labs’ Web3 expertise to “help entrepreneurs create the building blocks of successful new companies in… Read More