First Cohort Closure
Dear community,
It’s an honor for us to announce the NEARStarter incubator’s first cohort closure, incubating six projects that make their best for the NEAR ecosystem growth!
We’ve repeatedly heard the term “Bear Markets” floating around the crypto world, implying a significant market drop over time. Most crypto projects’ typical approach during this period is to take conservative measures to survive, such as downsizing their teams or waiting until things get better before taking a step ahead.
Nevertheless, Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” This remark relates to the NEARStarter team throughout the crypto bear market.
NEARStarter has accomplished much in the last few months, from innovative collaborations to launching its multi-utility NFT collection. And we keep going forward with the mission of becoming the NEAR Protocol’s ultimate growth engine.
We are now overjoyed with our most recent accomplishment: completing the NEARStarter first cohort. The incubation program received a lot of applications, and six talented projects were chosen to form the first cohort of the NEARStarter Incubator. Each of the selected teams wowed our Web3 experienced team through intensive meetings to learn how we can help them flourish on the NEAR and Aurora ecosystem while engaging with their community.
For the first cohort, the crypto start-ups have been selected based on solutions geared towards adding value to NEAR across four axes:
- Economical: incubate promising projects with thorough due diligence
- Social: support Guilds as the Community engine
- Educational: help in the spread of educational content about the NEAR Ecosystem
- Environmental: promoting NEAR Regenerative Finance efforts to enhance forest value
They come from various NEAR sectors, including DeFi, gaming, education, and NFTs. Let’s go through them one by one!
- Meteor Wallet — Meteor is a fun, simple, and secure wallet, allowing users to collect NFTs, access DeFi, and explore everything Web3 offers on NEAR Protocol in a gamified and didactic way.
- Seed Web 3 — SEED is a collaborative & output-focused Learning platform. It aims to create a new educational structure that benefits everyone who uses it, including developers, lecturers, and companies.
- House of Eros — House of Eros is an NFT marketplace where you can collect, trade, and create digital collectibles on the NEAR protocol.
- DOJO Finance — DOJO developed a NEAR wallet that offers a secure and convenient solution to store, purchase, send, receive, and swap tokens and NFTs on the NEAR & Solana blockchain. Also, they provide round-the-clock customer service while you keep your data 100% private.
- Nearlend DAO — NearLendDAO is an open-Source Capital Market on NEAR protocol, which is building a borrowing and lending 2.0 protocol.
- EvieNFT — Evie is a NEAR Hub & NFT Marketplace Aggregator. The platform offers NFT marketplace aggregation, data & education-driven games, sweep & bulk sell, and many more experiences.
NEARStarter Incubation Services
Our primary goal in delivering incubation services is to guarantee that outstanding web3 projects receive the support they need for successful product and process development. Because of our team’s deep knowledge of the crypto ecosystem, we can provide high-quality services that increase the odds of a project’s success and a higher return for investors and partners.
To begin, we look over and evaluate our incubated projects to discover their strengths and limitations in order to develop a customized approach to focusing on areas that require an upswing. As part of this initiative, we provide a wide range of services at three piers — mentorship, acceleration, and funding.
Ramiro Gamen, head of business development at NEARStarter, shared:
“We expect that, despite its current downward trajectory, exceptional projects will continue building within the crypto ecosystem and NEAR in particular, and NEARStarter will be there to support them. Incubated projects developing on DeFi, Education, NFTs, and other verticals that fulfill our strict due-diligence standards will have a secure gateway to mentorship, acceleration, and funding through the NEARtarter incubator. Our community will have access to invest in a curated primary market of high-potential projects.”
How can you apply?
As the premier DAO-governed launchpad and incubator for the NEARVerse and Aurora, we are ever watchful for strong, innovative, and interesting projects that can help us improve the NEAR ecosystem.
If you feel you could benefit from working with us to get your project from zero to launch — APPLY HERE!
