DeFi Base Camp: Introducing Cohort 1

Zee
NewOrderDAO
Published in
3 min readMay 24, 2022

When we first announced our partnership with Outlier Ventures to create its first DeFi Accelerator Program on November 30, 2021, we stated our goal of launching 30–40 projects over the next two years. Today, we’re one step closer to that goal and we’re excited to finally announce our first Cohort of projects!

Cohort 1 includes Obey, Sumeria, Diversifi, Lazy Trade, Bright Union, and IdentDeFi.

What is DeFi Base Camp?

DeFi Base Camp is a bi-annual Accelerator Program created in collaboration with Outlier Ventures, the leading Web3 accelerator. This partnership aims to amplify DeFi innovation by leveraging both ours and Outlier Venture’s existing network of builders, investors, and smart contract developers to help launch a new breed of next-generation DeFi applications. More info can be found here.

Obey | Website

Obey is a gamified marketplace where hip-hop culture fans can monetize music taste by betting on the success of a track.

Sumeria Labs | Website

Sumeria is a decentralized debt market for the Open Metaverse, starting with a permissionless NFT lending and borrowing protocol with a pool-to-peer approach.

Diversifi | Website

Diversifi is a cross-chain liquidity Layer 0 that enables fast, secure, and cost-effective liquidity transfers between all blockchains.

Lazy Trade | Website

Lazy Trade is a one-stop-shop platform for crypto portfolio management across DeFi and CeFi.

Bright Union | Website

Bright Union is a multichain-compatible aggregator for buying and providing DeFi insurance policies. In other words, the 1Inch of DeFi Insurance.

IdentDeFi | Website

IdentDeFi is a decentralized and open standard for on-chain compliance using zK proofs.

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