You already know about the $150K+ prize pool. But do you know who's actually deciding who takes it home? For 10X Founders Demo Day v2.0 we didn't just fill six judge seats. We built a panel of people who've actually operated inside this industry, not just written checks into it - operators who've run exchange platforms, engineered tokenomics for billion-dollar protocols, and grown ecosystem TVL by billions in under a year. If your pitch has any soft spots, this is the room that finds them 🔍 Meet the panel: @Obsid1an_ - Associate Director, Investment & Strategic Partnership at @animocabrands Animoca Brands: 600+ portfolio companies, 20+ verticals, from gaming to RWA. Ian's focus is infrastructure and tokenization - he built Animoca's staking business and advises on tokenomics for a $2B gaming project. Expect questions that go deeper than the deck @r_m_evdokimov - Venture Partner at @ContributionCap A $30M pre-seed/seed fund backing infra, middleware and Fintech 3.0 (@lifiprotocol, @zkPass, @ethos_network and more). Roman spent 15+ years in marketing, BD and Web3 before this. Expect him to skip the buzzwords and test if you actually understand your own business @Ivantok4 - Founding Partner at @comma3vc ~$50M AUM, all-in on Sui this cycle - Ivan's team helped grow its TVL from $250M to $2.35B in under a year. Ex-TSMC engineer, 35+ exits, co-founder of Taiwan's first bitcoin treasury company. Expect him to stress test your tech as hard as your model @Chloeeewrx_ - Investment Director, Portfolio Manager & PR Director at @fenbushi Asia's first blockchain VC, founded 2015, ~$1.6B AUM, 300+ portfolio companies including Ethereum, Circle and Consensys. A decade of pattern recognition behind every question she asks @al_nechaev - Partner at @FundersVC Funders VC is a $20M AUM asset management firm operating at the intersection of venture and liquid DeFi - backing early-stage DeFi and RWA protocols while running delta-neutral and yield strategies in-house. Its portfolio includes Flying Tulip, Lighter, RAND and other emerging projects across the space @LafaMarino - Analyst at @ZeePrimeCap Investing since 2019 across early-stage startups and liquid markets (Polymarket, Solana, DeSci). Tadas' background is in research at the European Central Bank and Bank of Lithuania. If your pitch chases a trend instead of a real wedge, expect that to surface That's not a judge panel. That's six people who've actually built what they'll be judging you on 🎯 And one more thing worth saying out loud: pitching here isn't just about the $150K. Beyond the panel, a packed room of top-tier VCs, angel investors, and ecosystem partners will be tuning in as attendees. It's a shot in front of investors who'd normally take months of intros to reach individually, all in one room, on one day And time is officially ticking - there are only 7 days left to apply ⏳ In one week, applications close and "I'll do it later" won't be an option anymore. If your project is ready to be seen, now is the time 8 founders. 6 judges. One stage. August 25 🔥 🔗 Apply now: luma.com/mie9hpvt

Not only accelerating founders, but making sure their stories get heard Proud to have @CointelegraphAc co-hosting 10X Founders Demo Day v2.0 🔥 They put $10,000 in media credits behind the winning team - press releases and sponsored articles across one of the most-read publications in crypto But the credits are the smaller part of what they bring to this stage Cointelegraph Accelerator works with post-MVP companies. Not decks, not concepts - teams with a product in market and traction to point at. That filter exists because they've seen what happens on the other side: coverage reaches an audience, the audience arrives and if the product isn't ready, the exposure works against the team rather than for it Which is the same reason Demo Day screens for a working product before anything else. Both of us are looking at the same stage of company, for the same reason Where they add something we can't: distribution. A team can build the right thing and still lose to a team that built the wrong thing louder. Cointelegraph Accelerator closes that gap - media reach, credibility with the people who fund the next round and a network of founders and investors that opens after the coverage lands Eight founders on stage. One of them walks away with that behind their launch 10X Founders Demo Day v2.0 · August 25 🔗 Apply now: luma.com/mie9hpvt