Binance Labs’ MVB Season 6 Cohort
Binance Labs has revealed the 12 finalists for its Most Valuable Builder (MVB) Program Season 6, which is designed to accelerate growth within the BNB Chain ecosystem. The accelerator program focuses on the evolving needs of Web 3.0 founders, helping emerging projects reach their full potential through investment and in-depth sessions with industry experts. The 11-week curriculum offers technical advice to onboard and scale on the BNB Chain, and to deliver a product that reaches product-market fit.
Binance Labs announced 12 projects as finalists for the MVB accelerator program, including lending protocol Kinza, privacy SDK Hinkal Protocol, DEX project KiloEx, cross-chain aggregator Cashmere Labs, Web3 advertising platform Slise, etc. https://t.co/Hk97oqWlxy
— Wu Blockchain (@WuBlockchain) April 18, 2023
MVB Program’s Finalists
The MVB program received over 1,500 applications from around the world, with 53% of applicants based in North America and Europe and 36% in APAC. The final 12 teams were selected through a highly selective process that admitted less than 1% of the total applicant pool.
The finalists are spread across three layers: infrastructure, DeFi, and application. The DeFi category includes Kinza, a lending protocol built for a reliable DeFi ecosystem that focuses on security, and EthosX, a decentralized finance platform creating end-to-end financial derivatives on-chain. The infrastructure category includes AltLayer, which offers application-specific multichain rollups, and ZKCross, the first multichain ZK-Rollup execution layer that allows both Web2 and Web3 developers to build Web3 applications with their ZK-fusion model.
Next Generation Web3 Applications
The application layer includes HIM, an Otome game that combines SBTs, asset ownership, the immutability of Web3, and AI open domain conversation to create robust, interactive, and conversational gameplay. Sparkle.xyz is an astrology lifestyle app offering personalized Soulbound Token (SBT) characters with tradable NFTs, astrology themed PVP games and social features. Masa Finance provides an SDK that mints Soulbound Tokens (SBTs) for composable and standardized on-chain identifiers to scale to the next billion Web3 users.
Throughout the 11-week curriculum, Binance Labs will offer tailored advice from dedicated mentors to each project team. Binance co-founders Yi He and CZ will host masterclasses exclusively for MVB VI’s cohort, with Yi He leading a masterclass on Building Culture, Teams, and Marketing and CZ holding an Off the Record session to wrap up Season 6 masterclasses.
Closed-Door Demo Day
At the end of the accelerator program, Binance Labs will hold a closed-door Demo Day to showcase the top projects. Venture capitalists and Binance Labs’ limited partners will be invited to meet the MVB teams to consider potential investments, in addition to Binance Labs’ own funding to fuel innovation across the wider Web 3.0 ecosystem.
The MVB program aims to accelerate the growth of selected projects within the BNB Chain ecosystem, and Binance Labs’ mission is to identify and support founders that have the skills, values, and long-term mindset needed to innovate tech solutions and positively impact the broader Web 3.0 ecosystem.
