Bitangels Pitch Event at ETH DENVER
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ETHDenver was a whirlwind of ideas and visions, and our BitAngels city leaders Rich Kopcho and Giezi Ordonez organized a winning pitch event! Hosting a startup pitch event takes a lot of effort, dedication, and passion for entrepreneurship. It requires a person willing to invest their time, energy, and resources to provide a platform for aspiring entrepreneurs to showcase their ideas and innovations.
The fact that Giezi and Rich organized and hosted this event speaks volumes about their generosity and commitment to supporting the blockchain startup ecosystem. By doing so, they created a valuable opportunity for entrepreneurs to network, gain exposure, and secure funding for their ventures.
With so many companies participating, it is hard to go into great detail about each. They all have a unique approach to solving the issues surrounding transitioning to a Web3 and blockchain-centric world.
This new world will require a new approach. Each presentation brought something unique to the table, and it was inspiring to see so much passion and creativity on display. A summary of the projects is below, with a link to their presentation at ETH Denver. I particularly enjoyed the presentations by Blockfence and Trustor as they aim to solve issues with fraud, security, and non-custodial estate planning of digital assets. (not financial advice)
AmpleStream is a decentralized video streaming platform that rewards content creators with cryptocurrency for their work. Users can earn tokens by watching and sharing videos, and content creators can earn tokens based on the popularity of their content. Investing in AmpleStream may appeal to those who believe in the potential for decentralized platforms to disrupt the traditional media industry.
Aridia Labs is a blockchain-based platform that aims to reduce the cost of gaming development. The platform uses AI, allowing developers to use written prompts to generate new visual worlds, backgrounds, and characters, allowing them to reach the protocoling stage quickly. They plan on expanding into the movie and 3D modeling industries. The impressive demo generated a beautiful high, quality sunset forest environment in seconds. It was adapted to include a bridge and stream quickly. Aridia Labs won second place at the Octopus Network Accelerator.
Blockamp's Web3 decentralized media platform transforms how users experience content creator NFTs by improving speed, discoverability, and monetization. Content creators can access analytics that suggests marketing strategies, including identifying top influencers. They can also create unique playlists and join fan clubs.
Blockfence is an anti-fraud community-driven solution designed to protect Web3 users. Their founder has been involved in crypto since 2013, and their team has worked with Paypal, Meta, Simplex, and other successful companies. Their browser extension is already live and usable; it uses AI to categorize smart contracts and deems them malicious or benign. They identified con artists who used an ETHDenver scam website to steal over $300K in funds. They were able to get info out to crypto media outlets, which prevented more people from getting scammed. They are integrating it into Metamask and working with Firefox and Brave.
Caddi is a platform that allows users to invest in digital assets such as cryptocurrencies and NFTs. The platform also provides users with market insights and tools to help them make informed investment decisions. A Chrome extension intercepts your trades and searches all sites for the best prices on trades before executing it in Metamask. CADDI will warn you when you are interacting with a fake site. They will calculate tax reports tailored to your region based on all your trades for $100 a year.
Crew3 is a platform for decentralized project management. The platform uses smart contracts to automate onboarding whitelisting, bounties, social boosts, contests, and games to increase user engagement and contribution.
MetaGameHub aims to simplify valuing, purchasing, and managing real estate portfolios. They focus on developing and monetizing a broad portfolio of metaverse assets (mainly LANDs) from various Metaverses such as The Sandbox, Decentraland, and Somnium Space. The MGH community governs and monetizes via GameFi applications, ads, event venues, art galleries, and cultural hubs.
Rensa Games is an indie gaming development company that aims to create unique and engaging games for users that involve critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Indie game companies often take risks with new art styles, storytelling, and game mechanics, leading to undiscovered and popular new game genres. By removing the barriers to entry, they hope to create a diverse and inclusive gaming community, which will add innovative and fresh ideas.
Savvy DeFi is a decentralized credit protocol that empowers crypto users to unlock their liquidity by immediately advancing future yield with non-liquidating self-repaying lines of credit. The platform allows users to manage their crypto assets, trade cryptocurrencies, and earn interest on their investments through staking and liquidity provision. This type of lending is gatekept to the wealthiest people in the world.
Zealous leverages audience interactions and AI to automatically identify, generate and publish the best moments from your live content to your audience and members. It uses AI to repurpose content and adapt it to multiple platforms and formats. It can transcribe all audio content for publication in chat and written media channels.
Fuji is a protocol aggregating money markets in decentralized finance (DeFi). DeFi is an emerging alternative to traditional finance built on a blockchain (primarily in the Ethereum ecosystem). Fuji users benefit by obtaining the lowest borrowing rates and constant automated refinancing to the lowest rate once market conditions change. Their offerings include an aggregated APR, automatic loan refinancing to the best terms, non-custodial loan routing, and rebates on gas costs.
Ethos is a cryptocurrency wallet and platform that offers real-time self-custodial access to the best trading opportunities. They aim to make it easy for users to buy, store, and manage cryptocurrencies. The platform includes features such as a universal wallet, a fiat gateway, and portfolio tracking and analysis tools.
Sph3re is a blockchain-based platform that provides customizable rooms and office spaces in the metaverse, which can be personalized and even rented out. CAST is the native token you can earn by immersing yourself in the Sph3re world.
Metastable is a decentralized exchange (DEX) and a new-generation crypto asset management protocol based on liquidity portfolios. The protocol is based on an elaborated AMM algorithm that calculates exchange prices and controls liquidity flows. The MetaStable is a cryptocurrency investment fund that aims to expose investors to a diversified portfolio of cryptocurrencies based on Hedera.
Goverland is a decentralized platform for governance and decision-making aiming to improve communication between DAOs and wallet holders. Goverland has an app that uses push notifications to keep people informed, which will increase the governance participation rate.
Trustor Digital is a web3 company developing non-custodial estate planning and settlement solutions. A user-friendly automated system asks users questions to help create an estate plan. When you generate your estate plan, it is given a unique identifier, and a record of it is instantiated on the Ethereum blockchain as a smart contract designed to facilitate the transfer of a user's digital and non-digital assets. Traditional wills and trusts cannot interface with digital assets, which means that the Trustor's estate planning services effectively manage, safeguard, and transfer digital wealth to a decedent's intended beneficiaries. The inability to pass on digital assets without compromising their security is a huge problem for digital asset owners. The amount of digital assets lost due to death has been estimated to exceed 30 billion dollars in value.
In conclusion, it was indeed a remarkable experience to witness so many innovative and dynamic companies pitch their ideas. Each presentation showcased a distinctive aspect, and it was captivating to witness the abundance of enthusiasm and ingenuity exhibited by the presenters.
I want to thank the organizers of this event for their hard work and dedication in making it all possible; because of their effort, we have had the opportunity to learn about exciting new companies and their thought-provoking ideas.