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PolygonLEAP accelerator program gives rise to 6 Web3 startups
Polygon-sponsored accelerator program has announced 6 winning projects that will share from a grand prize of $250,000.
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Updated: Sep. 6, 2022 at 9:05 pm UTC
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Web3 accelerator program PolygonLEAP has announced 6 startups who emerged as winners from its incubation program and will share its grand prize of $250,000.
PolygonLEAP was launched in 2021 by Polygon in partnership with Lumos Labs. The first iteration of the incubation program which started in December worked with 31 projects building across payments, gaming, metaverse, and NFT projects.
The startups that emerged from the program are: Zoksh (no-code payment gateway); Deefy (NFT lending and borrowing protocol); Airchains (dApp toolkit); Respct.club (web3 social gaming platform ); Spheron ( hosting platform); and Zippy Fitness (Metaverse fitness solution).
The winning projects will share from the grant pool of $250,000 and will receive ecosystem and marketing support from Polygon and Lumos Labs.
Polygon’s senior VP of developer relations Dalip Tyagi said Polygon will do its best to support the startups as their work towards solving real-world problems.
Tyagi added:
“I believe that projects that emerge through programs like PolygonLEAP have a true potential to solve difficult real-world problems and become successful businesses of tomorrow. The top projects of this accelerator have promised a vision that can expand greatly.”
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