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With Sergey Khusnetdinov (Gain Ventures), Abhishek Saxena (Polygon Ventures), Gerald Gallagher (Sei Labs), Frank Badalamenti (PwC).
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Mar 18 (Tue) , 2025 @ 10:00 AM
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Get ready to pitch your Web3&AI startup to VCs at DAS 2025 with Ga^3in Ventures - it's your time to shine!

Welcome to the Web3 Pitch Competition & VC networkinat Digital Asset Summit 2025 in NYC presented by Ga^3in Ventures!

Ga^3in Ventures is a Duke & friends focused Web3 Syndicate & Venture Studio with 16,000 audience across the globe. We host Web3 pitch competitions around the world, investor soirees, & crypto funds yachts to grow the Web 3.0 industry.
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Agenda:

10:00 - 10:15 guests gathering
10:15 - 11:15 pitch competition
11:15 - 12:00 networking - startups & VC's
Startups, submit your pitch here (rules below).
VC & investors, if you want to judge - submit a form.

MC:
Sergey Khusnetdinov - partner at Ga^3in Ventures, professor at SKEMA Business School

Judges (To be announced):

Abhishek Saxena - investment lead at Polygon Ventures

Gerald Gallagher - Counsel at Sei Labs

Frank Badalamenti - partner at PwC



Every month, we carefully select 6-8 teams to present their Web3 innovation. Founders get a chance to interact with investors from around the world & network with industry leaders from the Duke Web3 Ecosystem by Ga^3in Ventures.

Each team gets 3 minutes to pitch & 5 minutes for Q&A from the judges.

Whether you are a VC or angel looking for your next investment, a platform looking for the next killer product, or a startup with a game-changing idea - join us & participate in the next wave of innovation.

Apply To Pitch

P lease fill out the Application Form & we'll follow up with you. Pitching is FREE, but admission to the event is ticketed (Stipend is available, please apply). Regardless whether you are selected to pitch or note, please come to network with us & our ecosystem.

Selection process

We collect applications, then run a social media voting on our twitter account, then we post the results on who is pitching.
Judges could nominate startups to pitch.
Wild card: we randomly draw one startup from the audience to pitch, so if you are not selected, please still come to take your chances.
Pitching rules:

Presentations - 3 minute Presentation + 5 minute Q&A
Judges to be revealed closer to the event start

Space is limited, so apply early! We can't wait to see the innovative Web3 ideas coming out of our global community.

Sponsors reach out: sergey@gain.ventures

Past Judges:
Aly Madhavji - Managing Partner at Blockchain Founders Fund
Abhishek Saxena - investment lead at Polygon Ventures
Adam Mastrelli - partner at Woodstock Fund
Anastasia Drinevskaya - CMO at Match Chain
Andrew Hillyer - Director, Digital Assets at PwC
Andrew Gonzalez - formerly with M31 Capital
Adam Wasserman - VP of Investments at IOG
Aaliyah Barker - Program Manager at Draper University
Christian Narvaez - founder at Rayo Capital
Dariia Vasylieva - Founder, CEO FD CAPITAL
Daniil Gaidamakin - COO at Jets.Capital
Gerald Gallagher - general counsel at Sei Labs
Max Lapin - US CFO at Revolut
Frank Badalamenti - partner at PwC
Steven Haft - Head of Global Partnerships & Climate Lead at ConsenSys
Takashi Hayashida - Founder & Managing Partner at Taisu Ventures
Markus Bruderer - Partner at Antler
Martina Beg - Marketing Manager at Galxe
Mike Fraietta - founder at EmpireDAO
Suffiyan Malik - Investor at DraperU Ventures
Emily Lu - Angel investor & PE professional, backer at CESS
Nathan Gurr - principal at P2 Ventures (Polygon Ventures)
Julian Broadus - US Ambassador at WAM
Jerry Li - Business Development at Solana Foundation
Turan Vural - researcher at Fenbushi Capital & UCLA PhD candidate
Elliot Chun - partner at Architect Partners
Elena Obukhova - Founder at crypto & web3 community Supermoon
Valentin Preobrazhenskiy - Founder, CEO at Latoken
Valentine Zavgorodnev - co-founder at Prosto VC
Colton Conley - blockchain investor at Arrington Capital
Yorick Evans-Freke - managing partner at Dark Horse Venture Partners
Giselle Liang - Senior Investment Manager from OKX Ventures
Laura K. Inamedinova - Partner at Illuminati Capital
Ludovic Copere - Senior Investment Director at Sony Innovation Fund
David Yao - Principal at LBank Labs
KJ Jia - Founder & Partner at OnePiece Labs
Belinda Pham, Investment Manager for the family office of Sebastien Borget, Co-Founder & COO of The Sandbox
Leah Callon-Butler, Director of Emfarsis
Petrix Barbosa, CEO of Matchain

 
 
 
 
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