“You get 80% of the value of a private travel for 20% of the cost,” Aero CEO Uma Subramanian told me. “Our customers don’t fit a demographic segmentation so much — they really fit a needs-based segmentation. They tend to be premium travelers who are solving for the experience. They are looking for a seamless experience, they’re looking for convenience and they are premium customers with premium expectations.”

• Other participants in the funding round include Coinbase Ventures, Jump Capital, Sino Global Capital and Solana Capital, Orca announced Wednesday.

• Orca will use the funding injection to continue developing its automated market maker (AMM).

• Launched in February this year, Orca aspires to be the “go-to swap for the Solana ecosystem,” through creating a next-generation AMM with the simplest user experience.

• Orca launched its governance last month and now has nearly $240 million in total value locked on its platform and $735 million in lifetime trading volume.

The Ramses Challenge was announced Aug. 31 by Fordham athletics, just in time for the fall season. Donors are asked to pledge an amount they’ll give for every touchdown or defensive sack by the football team; every goal scored by the water polo or men’s or women’s soccer teams; each set won by the volleyball team; or each top-20% finisher in the cross country program. All gifts are tax deductible and go directly to the donor’s sport of choice.

So far, all of the fall teams have received donations through the challenge, which will eventually be expanded to all varsity sports and, likely, to Fordham’s club sports as well. “We want our supporters to feel like they are a part of the team, in that we want them to feel just as excited as our student-athletes about every touchdown or goal scored,” said Ed Kull, Fordham athletics director.

The donated funds will advance Fordham’s $350 million fundraising campaign, Cura Personalis | For Every Fordham Student, by supporting recruitment, team travel, gear and equipment, tutors and academic support, and other things important to teams’ success and players’ growth and development.

Stronger Bonds

The programs’ coaches hailed the initiative for its potential to strengthen bonds that sustain their programs.

“This is such a great opportunity to reconnect with our alumni and support Fordham volleyball,” said Ian Choi, the program’s head coach. “The landscape of college athletics is changing so rapidly, but our program has never wavered in our dedication and regard for the student-athlete.”

Joe Conlin, head football coach, expressed gratitude for the challenge, calling it “a great way to engage our former players who played on the offensive and defensive lines, and also have parents support their players.”

The football Rams have made a strong start to the season and to the Ramses Challenge—they scored six touchdowns and three field goals in the Sept. 17 Homecoming game, prevailing over the University at Albany 48-45 for a 3-0 record to date. That night, the men’s soccer team, four-time Atlantic 10 champions, played the University of Rhode Island to a 2-2 draw in their opening Atlantic 10 contest. The next day, the water polo team completed a perfect 4-0 weekend at the Bison Invitational.

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Releap Protocol Gets A Major Boost

In an exciting development, Releap Protocol, a leading social graph in the Web3 space, has successfully secured $2.1 million in a recent funding round.

Designed with a scalable architecture, Releap Protocol is poised to fuel the next generation of social applications and bring a billion more users into the sector of decentralized social networking

Relap Opens Multiple Offerings For Users

Releap, a decentralized social graph on the Sui blockchain, is designed to empower creators by allowing them to maintain ownership of their audience connections. Through user-owned, fully customizable social graphs, Releap enables creators to have full control over their content and social relationships.

Tokenization, particularly through non-fungible tokens (NFTs), is a key feature of the Releap Protocol. Releap employs OriginByte standard-compliant NFTs, ensuring full composability. The Releap Hub serves as the central interaction point within the protocol, with profile NFTs generated when users create a profile.

Furthermore, each post and comment can be converted into distinct NFTs, introducing innovative monetization methods, rewarding users, and guaranteeing permanence on the Sui network.

As the Releap Protocol continues to develop and grow, it will be interesting to watch how it shapes the future of social networking. With the backing of the Sui Foundation and GBV Capital, the project is well-positioned to make significant milestones in the blockchain industry.