Introducing Batch_07 of the CV Labs Blockchain Accelerator!

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We’re excited to kick off a new chapter of the CV Labs Accelerator with the launch of our seventh batch! This cohort brings together a dynamic group of 9 startups from around the world, each focused on transforming industries using blockchain technology. 

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Over the coming ten weeks, these startups will be immersed in a rigorous program that includes mentoring, product development, networking, and opportunities for startup funding. 

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Let’s meet the innovators shaping the future of decentralized technology!

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Meet the startups!

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fija Finance (Germany)

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fija builds the compliant infrastructure for platforms and exchanges, to give their customers access to DeFi. They’re tackling a significant gap in the crypto market where most want to earn interest on their crypto, but only few actually do. With fija, everybody can access tokenized and automated DeFi yield strategies. 

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Focus: Compliant access to DeFi

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Picnic (Brazil)

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Picnic is a decentralized investment platform that allows users to invest in digital assets in a simple and secure way. This gives users greater control and autonomy over their investments, enabled by Safe Smart Accounts. Through the platform, users can deposit funds, choose different digital assets to invest in, and track the history of their transactions.

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Focus: Investment Platform, Enabled by Smart Accounts

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Kasi (South Africa)

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Kasi is empowering foreign gig workers in Africa with a neobank solution that caters to unpredictable income streams. By leveraging stablecoins, they enable cheaper and faster remittances, making it easier for workers to support their families back home. 

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Focus:  Banking for Africa’s Gig Workers

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Ponos Technology (Switzerland)

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Ponos develops hardware accelerated Zero-Knowledge Proof components. Their  cost-performance optimized ZK proving solutions are provided to both core blockchain protocols and appchains. The hardware-software services are offered end-to-end.

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Focus: Accelerating Zero-Knowledge Proofs

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Mycel (Japan)

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Mycel is an account transfer protocol with intent-centric architecture. At the core of Mycel's innovation is the concept of Transferable Accounts, which enable users to move, manage, and trade assets across multiple blockchains while retaining complete control over their accounts. It is designed to synchronize state machines across diverse blockchains.

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Focus: Account Transfer Protocol

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Reppo Labs (Canada)

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Reppo Labs provides the developer tools, incentives, and coordinates decentralized AI infrastructure to abstract away complexity for AI developers to build, scale, and secure faster, more user-owned and personalized models and agents. Their abstraction layer is threefold: DeAI Infra coordination, tokenomics parallelization, and Reppo DeAI SDK.

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Focus: Sovereign interface for decentralized AI

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Talentir (Austria)

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Talentir transforms the way the creative industry handles funding, payment and distribution. Receive your payments for unmatched low fees. Share the revenue of your videos with other contributors or even your fanbase. Share or gift ownership of your content to the community that cares the most and let them participate in your success.

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Focus: Payout Solution for the Creative Industry

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Zap Labs (Brazil)

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Zap Labs is building a decentralized and permissionless infrastructure for a new data-as-an-asset economy, leveraging zkTLS. By enabling Ethereum to verify and utilize vast amounts of real-world data, zkTLS opens the door to unprecedented applications that could reshape industries and redefine trust in the digital age.

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Focus: Bridging Real World Data with zkTLS

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Ubitel (USA)

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Ubitel is building the future of internet connectivity on a L3 that provides cheaper, faster and more accessible internet access worldwide by leveraging open hardware, zero knowledge, and autonomous systems to create an ISP that scales to everyone.

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Focus: Universal Basic Internet

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What’s Next for Batch_07?

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Over the next several months, these startups will go through an intensive blockchain accelerator program, where they will receive expert mentorship, refine their products, and network with potential investors. The program culminates in Demo Day, where each startup will present its progress to a room full of potential partners and startup funding opportunities.

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We can’t wait to see how Batch_07 evolves and helps shape the future of blockchain innovation!

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Stay tuned for updates as these cutting-edge companies take their next steps in the CV Labs Blockchain Accelerator.