YZi Labs

Binance Labs identifies, invests, and empowers viable blockchain entrepreneurs, startups, and communities, providing financing to industry projects that help grow the wider blockchain ecosystem. Binance Labs is committed to supporting fast-executing, technical teams who positively impact the crypto space and build the decentralised web.

DWF Labs is a global leading digital asset market maker and multi-stage web3 investment firm, providing support from token listing to market making to OTC trading solutions. We are present in Singapore, Switzerland, the UAE, HK, and expanding. DWF Labs is part of the parent firm Digital Wave Finance (DWF), which consistently ranks among the top 5 trading entities by volume in the cryptocurrency world through its proprietary technology for high frequency trading. DWF Labs seeks to invest and support bold founders who want to build the future of Web3. We offer consulting, liquidity provision, cybersecurity, smart contract audit processes, debt-financing, treasury management and connections with our numerous partners across different verticals.

The EFL program runs from October – May each year. Founders are not required to have a New York University affiliation and do not have to relocate to New York. The program is free for founders – no equity or fees are taken. Other program benefits include: Executive mentorship: Business leaders, serial entrepreneurs, and seasoned executives will help you craft your company’s vision through time-bound, performance-based goals. Access to leading VCs and Investors: Investment mentors will guide you in successfully raising capital, make connections with New York’s investment community, and may even invest in your startup. Guidance from leading scientists: Prominent scientists and researchers across a myriad of verticals will help you mold your technology development strategy. Business development: NYU Stern’s MBA students will support you in a variety of ways based on your specific business needs. EFL team guidance: The EFL’s expert team will keep you on track to accomplishing your goals by optimizing your access to mentors, MBA students, and other resources throughout the program. Corporate services: EFL’s corporate partners donate many hours and hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of in-kind legal, financial, and technological services. Mentorship from business leaders and scientists Endless Frontier Labs’ mentors are business leaders, investors, and scientists drawn from New York’s thriving business and academic institutions and beyond. Our mentors commit substantial time to provide startups with the best advice and connections to maximize their chances of success. Our ValuesFounder Friendly: We are committed to provide programming in the long-term interests of entrepreneurs. We do not take equity or fees from startups. Each core aspect of the program is in the best interests of founders before, during, and after the program. Inclusivity: We are committed to building an inclusive, equitable, and just community now and for our future. We will provide an environment that is free of bias, prejudice, discrimination, and harassment. Performance Orientation: We are committed to (a) selecting founders with extraordinarily bold, new ideas, (b) providing intimate access to outstanding mentors, and (c) eliciting maximum effort from mentors and founders to accelerate the societal impact of breakthrough science.

Our investment philosophy is built on four key pillars: ➀. Teams and founders with ambition and resilience, who we believe are crucial to success in the competitive world of Web 3.0. ➁. Groundbreaking and innovative projects that can add value to the entire Web 3.0 ecosystem, which we see as key drivers of growth in the industry. ➂. Operational excellence and the ability to deliver, which we prioritize in startups with a track record of execution and a clear plan for scaling. ➃. Building strong communities and users, which we believe are essential for the success of any project or company in the Web 3.0 space. By adhering to these ✤ principles, we seek to identify the most promising startups in the Web 3.0 space and drive the development of this exciting and rapidly evolving industry.

w3.fund nfts invests in the new wave of internet culture at scale. The fund gives professional investors access to a new asset class which is the driver for digital ownership and the creation of the metaverse. Besides pure nft-investments, we live and breathe venture funding and building. Therefore we simultaneously invest (Pre-)Seed in strong founders and companies with a mission to disrupt the web2 as we know it.

We lead or co-lead Seed rounds. We use our experience and network to help founders and their companies achieve their full potential. Operational Excellence: A core value-add of our firm is to help our companies attain high levels of operational excellence. We believe that the process of building and honing a long-term operating plan creates clarity across many business dimensions for founders and teams. We provide the tools for founders to develop detailed operating plans in order to help them achieve their aspirational business goals on compressed timelines. Authenticity and Candor: Our approach to investing is differentiated and informed by our experience of over 25 years as investors across 500 companies. We bring the insights from these experiences and provide value-added feedback to founders efficiently, candidly and with empathy. We believe in complete transparency when it comes to the relationships we have with founders and encourage them to hold us accountable to our commitments. Scalability with Limited Capital: We believe it is our job as investors to help founders focus on strategic value creation (in addition to the tactical demands of their business). We engage deeply with the founding teams in the initial months after our investment and help them take a step back to make sure they are focusing on the highest value initiatives that will help them achieve outsized value creation. Founder Confidant: Our relationship with founders is based on low ego behavior, integrity, candor and mutual respect. In addition, given our long history of investing in companies, not much rattles us. Hence we are one of the more steady hands around the table in the entrepreneurial journey for founders. We have found that due to this model of engagement most founders think of us as one of their core confidants. We lead or co-lead investments in seed-stage companies across most vertical markets. We invest in business or consumer focused software companies that use the following technologies to transform the dynamics of their markets: AI (Artificial Intelligence) Data Science Software Automation APIs Blockchain Metaverse/Gaming