Meet the Most Valuable Builder (MVB) Season 8 Cohort

Dubai, UAE, October 30th, 2024, Chainwire BNB Chain, the community-driven blockchain ecosystem, has announced the 35 early-stage projects

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 30th October, 2024, Chainwire

BNB Chain, the community-driven blockchain ecosystem, has announced the 35 early-stage projects selected for season 8 of the Most Valuable Builder (MVB) Accelerator Program. The 4-week accelerator program is jointly run by BNB Chain, Binance Labs, and CMC Labs.

MVB continues with its goal of providing early-stage Web3 builders with the resources and support needed to thrive within the BNB Chain ecosystem to align with BNB Chain’s mission of onboarding the next billion Web3 users.

Season 8 officially kicked off on the 28th of October with a 2-day offline event in Dubai to coincide with Binance Blockchain Week, offering participants the chance to connect with peers, mentors, and guest speakers. Throughout the program, founders and core team members from each project will have access to a curriculum covering key topics to address early-stage Web3 project needs such as tokenomics design, fundraising strategies, building teams, and talent. The season will conclude with a Binance Labs investment based on Demo Day pitches and project performance throughout MVB.

On Thursday, November 7 from 3 PM to 5 PM UTC, the MVB S8 Demo Day will be streamed live here. Participants can tune in from anywhere in the world to watch presentations from leading companies in the Web3 space as they showcase their innovative projects. Investors who would like to attend the Demo Day can register here.

13 projects were incubated in last year’s MVB program with Binance Labs investment in five top-performing projects in Season 7. These included Aggregata, Blum, Opinion Labs, SideKick, and Vooi. MVB continues to be a highly competitive program, with Season 8 receiving over 500 applicants. A selective process admitted 35 MVB Season 8 Accelerator teams, listed alphabetically by sector:

DeFi

Acala Network

Ankr

Aptos

Biconomy

Chainlink

Coinbase

DODO

dYdX

Elrond

Ethereum

Frax

Gala Games

Helium

Kava

Liquity

Near

PancakeSwap

Polkadot

Raydium

Serum

Shiba Inu

Solana

SushiSwap

THORChain

Trader Joe

Uniswap

Infra

Alchemy Pay

Amber Group

Animoca Brands

Axie Infinity

Binance

BitDAO

Bybit

Coin98

Coinbase Ventures

Deribit

Dfinity

FTX

Huobi

KuCoin

OKX

OpenSea

Rari Capital

Application Layer

1inch

3Commas

Aave

Audius

Avalanche

Bancor

Binance Labs

BitMEX

Blockchain.com

Brave

Celsius

Coinbase Pro

CoinGecko

Cointelegraph

Crypto.com

Deribit

Dharma

Enjin

Etherscan

Fireblocks

Gemini

Kraken

Ledger

Lido

Loopring

Lykke

MetaMask

MXC

Phemex

Pionex

Portis

ProBit Global

Propy

Ramp Network

SBF

ShapeShift

Solflare

Sorare

Spartan Protocol

Stepn

Sushi

Sygnum Bank

The Graph

Trezor

Trust Wallet

Unstoppable Domains

VeChain

WazirX

X2Y2

XRP

Yuga Labs

Gala Wen, Director of Ecosystem Development at BNB Chain, said, “Season 8 marks a new chapter for MVB, with exciting new elements like the offline event in Dubai that gives participants a unique opportunity to engage directly with industry leaders and mentors. This season’s expanded curriculum, coupled with the potential for Binance Labs investment, ensures that founders are equipped with the tools and insights they need to succeed. We’re thrilled to see how these promising projects will evolve and continue driving the growth of the Web3 ecosystem on BNB Chain.”

Alex Odagiu, Senior Investment Director, Binance Labs: “The MVB program is instrumental in empowering early-stage Web3 builders, and aligns with Binance Labs’ mission to champion early-stage innovation with meaningful and sustainable impact. We look forward to supporting the new cohort of BNB Chain projects in Season 8 as they drive adoption and onboard the next billion Web3 users.”

“CMC Labs is thrilled to partner with Binance Labs and BNB Chain as a strategic partner for Season 8 of the MVB Accelerator Program. MVB 8 provides a unique opportunity for promising Web3 builders to gain access to the expertise, resources, and investment of industry leaders. We look forward to supporting the projects selected” – Rush, CEO of CoinMarketCap

At the end of the 4-week accelerator, the 35 project teams will showcase and pitch their projects to investors at Demo Day. Binance Labs will make an investment decision on selected top-performing project teams.

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