Ali Shaikha๐ Startup #13: Rain
Segment: DeFi / Business Model: B2B / Stage: Seed https://www.raincards.xyz/Purpose: Corporate card built for Web3 teams to be able to access their funds and manage spend Problem: As Web3 teams grow accessing your funds and managing spend becomes complicated, where you need to use a centralized exchange to access your funds Solution: A corporate card that syncs to a decentralized wallet and allows teams to access their funds easily and track their spending Team:Charles Naut - Co-founderFarooq...
Ali Shaikha๐ Startup #12: Chaingrep
Segment: Infrastructure / Business Model: B2B / Stage: Seed https://chaingrep.com/Purpose: Making on-chain data easy to ready and understand Problem: Blockchains are fairly complex and understanding how protocols work is challenging. This complexity is preventing adoption of crypto the the masses. Solution: An API that converts strings of data which are random numbers and letter to easy to understand words formulated into sentences. Team:Merwane Drai - Co-founder and CEORosco Kalis - Co-found...
Ali Shaikha๐ Startup #8: Dialect
Segment: DeFi / Business Model: B2C / Stage: Seed https://www.dialect.to/Purpose: Web3 messaging technology to provide wallets a secure way to communicate on Solana Problem: Not all users want to dox their emails or phone numbers to communicate or receive notification in the Web3 environment (sharing personal information isnโt ideal). This is particularly the case for DeFi users or on-chain gamers Solution: Communicate directly from wallet to wallet and dapp notifcations, without the need for...
Crypto enthusiast. I'm obsessed with what the future could look like and the interesting startups creating this space. X-ice cream addict.
Ali Shaikha๐ Startup #13: Rain
Segment: DeFi / Business Model: B2B / Stage: Seed https://www.raincards.xyz/Purpose: Corporate card built for Web3 teams to be able to access their funds and manage spend Problem: As Web3 teams grow accessing your funds and managing spend becomes complicated, where you need to use a centralized exchange to access your funds Solution: A corporate card that syncs to a decentralized wallet and allows teams to access their funds easily and track their spending Team:Charles Naut - Co-founderFarooq...
Ali Shaikha๐ Startup #12: Chaingrep
Segment: Infrastructure / Business Model: B2B / Stage: Seed https://chaingrep.com/Purpose: Making on-chain data easy to ready and understand Problem: Blockchains are fairly complex and understanding how protocols work is challenging. This complexity is preventing adoption of crypto the the masses. Solution: An API that converts strings of data which are random numbers and letter to easy to understand words formulated into sentences. Team:Merwane Drai - Co-founder and CEORosco Kalis - Co-found...
Ali Shaikha๐ Startup #8: Dialect
Segment: DeFi / Business Model: B2C / Stage: Seed https://www.dialect.to/Purpose: Web3 messaging technology to provide wallets a secure way to communicate on Solana Problem: Not all users want to dox their emails or phone numbers to communicate or receive notification in the Web3 environment (sharing personal information isnโt ideal). This is particularly the case for DeFi users or on-chain gamers Solution: Communicate directly from wallet to wallet and dapp notifcations, without the need for...
Crypto enthusiast. I'm obsessed with what the future could look like and the interesting startups creating this space. X-ice cream addict.
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Segment: NFT / Business Model: B2B / Stage: Seed
Purpose: Connecting artists directly to their fans
Problem: Web2 required artists to connect through a platform to reach thier fans, never fully owning the relationship. With Web3 setting up this connection is technically complicated
Solution: A blockchain-based ticketing platform leveraging NFTs to empower artists to distribute music to their fan. Use of distributed ledger technology enables artisls to fully control how their tickets are distributed and traded.
Team:
Josh Katz - Founder and CEO
Thomas Emmanuel - CPO
Mark Losey - VP of Technology
Traction:
Funding: Rasied $7M seed round and now raising as Series A
Product: Simple to use, can buy assets with credit card (making it accessible as crypto adoption increases), no gas fees when using MATIC
Positive Signals:
Segment: NFT / Business Model: B2B / Stage: Seed
Purpose: Connecting artists directly to their fans
Problem: Web2 required artists to connect through a platform to reach thier fans, never fully owning the relationship. With Web3 setting up this connection is technically complicated
Solution: A blockchain-based ticketing platform leveraging NFTs to empower artists to distribute music to their fan. Use of distributed ledger technology enables artisls to fully control how their tickets are distributed and traded.
Team:
Josh Katz - Founder and CEO
Thomas Emmanuel - CPO
Mark Losey - VP of Technology
Traction:
Funding: Rasied $7M seed round and now raising as Series A
Product: Simple to use, can buy assets with credit card (making it accessible as crypto adoption increases), no gas fees when using MATIC
Positive Signals:
Adoption: Working with a lot of artist including Snoop Dogg and Jabbawockeez, and MGM Grand testing NTF ticketing with YellowHeart
Founder: Strong music background, founder of EMG Curation that provides customer music to many brands
Market: Online event ticketing to be worth $60b by 2026, NFT ticketing likley to be a key part
Risks:
Traditional Ticketing Platforms: Mainly Ticketmaster which is the main player here, once they adopt NFTs it will be interesting to see how YellowHeart counters this. Will TicketMaster be able to win back the artists and customers, or will they be too slow and not nimble enough?
Adoption: Working with a lot of artist including Snoop Dogg and Jabbawockeez, and MGM Grand testing NTF ticketing with YellowHeart
Founder: Strong music background, founder of EMG Curation that provides customer music to many brands
Market: Online event ticketing to be worth $60b by 2026, NFT ticketing likley to be a key part
Risks:
Traditional Ticketing Platforms: Mainly Ticketmaster which is the main player here, once they adopt NFTs it will be interesting to see how YellowHeart counters this. Will TicketMaster be able to win back the artists and customers, or will they be too slow and not nimble enough?
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