June 8th - August 8th, 2021
NEXT TOP BLOCKCHAIN STARTUP
Hackathon
Start-up Competition
Accelerator Program
$100K+
Crypto Bounties
Audit + Advisory Meeting Worth
$30K
Plus +
3 Month Incubator With GDA Ventures Acceptance Into Grant Programs
Direct Listing or IEO Opportunities
Virtual Meetings With Executives & More Side Prizes

PITCH DAY
Select winning teams get a chance to present at the virtual pitch day and win up to
$100,000+
& Acceptance into the TDeFi Accelerator
The Next Top Blockchain Startup is a virtual hackathon, competition and accelerator program helping spotlight the next wave of blockchain entrepreneurs.
This is the opportunity to build, pitch and test out your idea in-front of industry leading protocols, organizations and investors. Do it solo or make a team. Compete in different prize categories, or tracks, to win crypto bounties and access to opportunities that go beyond the hackathon.
Check out How it Works for more info!
JOINED BY LEADERS IN BLOCKCHAIN

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Community Initiatives Partner

Virtual Pitch Day Partner

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JUDGES & SPEAKERS

Michael Gord
CEO / GDA Capital

Erikan Obotetukudo
Founder & Partner / Audacity Fund

Simon Telian
Managing Director / Advanced Blockchain AG

Joaquim Miro
VP, Global Growth

Simon Yu
CEO & Co-founder / StormX

Enzo Villani
Alpha Sigma Capital

Christy Maclear
Artist Digital Ventures

Erick Pinos
President / Blockchain Education Network

Patrick Collins
Developer Advocate / Chainlink

0xwagmi
Ecosystem Development / Terraform Labs

Matt Lockyer
Developer Relations Director / NEAR Protocol

Pradeep Aswal
CEO / Blockchain Council

Sandipan Kundu
Developer Evangelist / Polygon

Mike Grantis
Owner & Investor / CryptoWeekly & CW Ventures

Gaurav Bansal
Investment Lead / Holt Accelerator

Nick Plante
Director & Partner / dlab

Bill Laboon
Head of Technical Education / Web3 Foundation

Gaurav Dubey
Angel Investor / TDeFi

Joel Dietz
MIT Fellow / Founding Member, Ethereum Foundation

Aidan Hyman
CEO & Co-founder / ChainSafe

Carlos Santiago Roldán
Core Engineer / Terraform Labs

Brian Mosoff
CEO / Ether Capital

James Haft
DLTx

Tatiana Koffman
Angel Investor

Muskan Kalra
Lead Developer Relations / Polygon

Ezaan Mangaliji
Smart Contract Developer / Terraform Labs

Chad Liang
Head of Listing / BitMart

Sam Hamilton
Community Lead / Decentraland Foundation

Bill Xing
Head of Financial Product / Bybit

Rebecca L. Batterman
Harvard Ventures