Supermoon

Supermoon, in collaboration with Bufficorn Ventures and in partnership with Peanut Trade and Cointelegraph, brought together founders, investors, and builders for an exciting Demo Day at ETHDenver 2025. Ten startups stepped up, pitching their visions and answering tough questions from some of the top investors in Web3. ?? LTV Protocol – Bringing a fresh approach to DeFi lending with permissionless leveraged vaults that rebalance automatically, making borrowing and lending more efficient. Presented by Andrey Sobol. ?? Folks Finance – A cross-chain lending, borrowing, and staking platform managing over $300M in TVL, designed to bring TradFi-grade security and transparency to DeFi. Presented by Zeno Auersperg ?? BOMBO Clubbing & Community – The first on-chain social network for EDM, connecting 600K+ users while selling 700K+ NFTickets, reshaping how artists and fans engage. Presented by Bebe Pueyrredón ?? SoulCypher – AI-driven storytelling meets prediction markets, letting fans shape narratives, place bets, and win rewards as AI characters evolve on-chain. Presented by Ellie Li. ?? Mu Digital – Bringing Asia’s best tokenized yield products to a global audience with up to 15% APY, powered by the high-speed Monad blockchain. Presented by Patrick Hizon. ?? Lantern Finance – A lending platform with self-paying crypto-backed loans, where staking rewards cover interest, letting users borrow without selling assets. Presented by Jung Won Kim ?? Ensemble – A decentralized automation hub for creators and communities, making it easier to build, monetize, and collaborate with on-chain workflows. Presented by Leon Prouger & Shamir Ozery ?? Native – Expanding Bitcoin’s role in DeFi with a multichain Bitcoin yield hub, letting BTC holders earn yield without bridging, wrapping, or relying on custodians. Presented by Robert Zaremba ?? Flashback – The first agentic AI cloud diversification platform. Serving as an aggregation layer, they enable companies to diversify data across both centralized and decentralized providers. Presented by Zachary Steele ?? UpTimeAI – Merging AI DevOps with blockchain, optimizing network security and rewarding projects that maintain high uptime with an incentive-based system. Presented by Igor Stadnyk ?? Judges included our co-founder Elena Obukhova, Michael Bosworth (CoinFund), David S. (Unicorn Factory Ventures), Janis Aguilar (CV VC), Denis Aksenov (Consensys Mesh), Mona Tiesler (tokentus investment AG Investments), Robert Le (Supermoon Ventures), Zoie Zhang (Paramita Venture), Zach Zukowski (Borderless Capital), and Samiz Bayan (Draper Dragon). ?? The Winners ?? Folks Finance took first place, winning 12,000 SPORK from SporkDAO & Bufficorn Ventures. ?? Lantern Finance came in second. ?? Mu Digital secured third place. Getting on stage and defending a startup in front of investors isn’t easy, and every founder who participated brought their best.

We’re on the ground in Buenos Aires for MERGE Madrid & Buenos Aires, connecting with builders, founders, and friends! We even ran into our friends from Rayo Capital Group, Christian Narvaez — always a pleasure catching up with partners who share our energy and long-term vision. Awesome event!

Crypto lending has long suffered from clunky UX and poor risk management— Lantern Finance is changing that. Supermoon Ventures invested in them because they combine intuitive design with disciplined execution. ?? Read our full breakdown on why Lantern stood out to us.

What a night! ?? Incredible turnout at our exclusive Blockworks DAS Investor Soirée, hosted with RockTree Capital & Cables Finance in a stunning NY penthouse. Conversations flowed over drinks, connections were made, and the view was unbeatable. ?? Huge thanks to everyone who joined and made it a night to remember! Many guests called it the best event at DAS.

Our co-founder Elena Obukhova broke down the harsh realities of Web3 startups and what it takes to build something lasting. Founders chasing hype instead of solving real problems are bound to fail: ?? Build for real users – Crypto buzzwords don’t make a product. ?? Launch fast – Traction matters more than perfection. ?? Tokens ≠ Revenue – A business needs a real model. ?? VCs push quick exits – Don’t get trapped in short-term hype. ?? Strategy wins – A great product is useless without users. Read on for the full insights ??

?? Our friends at ICP HUB Argentina are leading blockchain innovation at Merge Buenos Aires 2025! ?????? As partners in the Web3 movement, we’re excited to support this exclusive event where founders, investors, and developers connect to drive adoption and innovation in Latin America. ?? Powerful networking – Meet top blockchain leaders & strategic sponsors ?? Expert insights – Featuring Mariano Stoll (ICP Hub Argentina) + industry pioneers ?? Collaboration & growth – Exchange ideas and build the future of Web3 ?? In Buenos Aires next week? Register now: https://lu.ma/kcmrkst0 #Web3 #Blockchain #MergeBuenosAires

Why trendy narratives can lead to startup failure, how to avoid traps, and build a successful business. Takeaways from my fireside chat at ETHDenver Startup Day by Supermoon, Bufficorn Ventures, Peanut Trade, and Cointelegraph Accelerator

It was an unforgettable afternoon at KOL Gathering in Denver! #ETHDenver Cointelegraph Accelerator, Supermoon and Peanut Trade joined their forces to bring together top Web3 Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) and content creators. Kudos to lstmaximalist, Krystyna Kozak-Kornacka from Cookie3, Shirmohammadi, Tomer S. from Addressable.io, for sharing their insights with the guests! The pitch contest featured Exabits.ai , Banyan, Brainer.gg, Lantern, and TAKOTAKO ! Congrats to the winner - Lantern! Join our future events ?? : VC<>Startup Connect. Paris Edition - https://lu.ma/bjsqtcnq KOL Gathering. Paris Edition - https://lu.ma/vcl1quyo

I won the Startup Demo Day competition organized by Supermoon in collaboration with Bufficorn Ventures, Cointelegraph Accelerator and Peanut Trade! It took place at the event arena main stage of ETHDenver. What an incredible experience. The prizes? A co-marketing Newsletter slot at Supermoon, Cointelegraph acceleration slot, and some Spark DAO tokens. Huge thanks to all the amazing judges who made this possible: → Michael Bosworth – CoinFund → David Shengart – Unicorn Factory Ventures → Janis Aguilar – CV VC → Denis Aksenov – Consensys Mesh → Mona Tiesler – tokentus investment AG → Robert Le – Supermoon Ventures → Elena Obukhova – Supermoon Ventures → Zoie Zhang - Paramita Venture → Zach Zukowski - Borderless Capital → Samiz Bayan - Draper Dragon Grateful for everyone who made this experience incredible! Check out our Folks Finance 3-min pitch. ??

ETHDenver was a blast. So much fun, and so many connections! ? Now our eyes are set on TOKEN2049 and Consensus 2025 ?? If you are interested in Co-Hosting or Partnering up for one of these, reach out to us through this mail: [email protected] We will be seeing you all soon :) Massive thanks to Peanut Trade, Cointelegraph, ICP HUB Canada & US, and Avinasi Labs for making our event series possible. Next up, #Consensus2025 #Token2049