The Arts3 Foundation Web3 Startup Award #2 (in partnership with CV Summit) is currently live and will be closing soon! This award is intended to accelerate Web3 startups that aim to advance & promote the Arts & Entertainment Industry. The award recipient will receive a $100,000 USD award from the Arts3 Foundation.

Let's take a beat and revisit the last award and the top 3 voted projects.

The Coders Room is an international collective of filmmakers and writers with its main production arm based in Colombia. Coders Room has created award-winning films and series on lean budgets, proving that dedication and vision surpass financial constraints. They continue to scale projects and aim for the longer form series and features that broader audiences currently seek.

Catarsis.Fi is an innovative platform connecting decentralized finance (DeFi) with audiovisual production in Latin America. Utilizing blockchain - it ensures transparency, investor return guarantees, tokenized content distribution, and fostering original stories from the region while democratizing film financing.

Preserving digital archives and legacies for at-risk artists using technical tools to solve common problems for the archiving process.

-Create a lasting digital archive for artists facing persecution

-Ensure access, visibility, and open licensing of works

-Wordpress Plugin with Dublin Core Metadata

-AI Scraper and metadata suggestion engine

-Decentralized & Immutable Storage of Media & Metadata

• Submissions open until December 7th, 2025: submit a proposal via Decentralized Pictures platform at https://app.decentralized.pictures/awards/68bf1c3c939f8e4b370ff42d

  

• Community Voting: The top 3 community voted projects will be reviewed by the Arts3 Foundation Board, who will decide the recipient from the finalists. 

• Review Process: The community will be able to review and vote for their favorite projects at

The metrics for evaluation for this award will be as follows: 

• Innovation and Creativity

• Impact on Web3 Ecosystem

• Diversity and Inclusion of founding members or mission of the start-up

• Commercial viability of the Project or Startup

 All projects are recommended to submit:

• Pitch deck with all relevant information relating to the project

• 1 min video showcasing the demo of their platform or product & team

$5 USD in TALNT. (All submission fees go to the DCP community for moderation and reviews). 

For Web3 creators with financial need, you may earn the $5 for the Submission Fee by referring one person to the DCP platform. The referred user must sign up and create an account on DCP for the referring user to receive the $5 credit. Referrals may be sent via this link: https://app.decentralized.pictures/account/referral (You will need to be logged in to create your own custom invite link - in order to receive referral credit)

Drop us a line at outreach@decentralized.pictures and we'll be happy to assist. We're looking forward to receiving your proposal!

-DCP Team