LongHash Ventures accelerator unveils 11 startups in latest cohort

Filecoin Frontier Accelerator, an accelerator program powered by LongHash Ventures, has unveiled 11 startups in its program to deliver the vision of Web 3.0.

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The short-listed projects will each receive US$20,000 in grant support and will be up for consideration for further funding from a US$1.5 million investment pool, the company said in a statement.

The program starts today and runs until April 2021. Over the next 12 weeks, it will provide end-to-end support in areas including strategy formulation, go-to-market execution, and subject matter guidance for technological mentorship, token economics, marketing, and fundraising.

Here are the nine companies from the latest Filecoin Frontier Accelerator cohort:

• Atomica, an automated insurance market platform for decentralized finance
• Curio Digital, a marketplace for tokenized digital collectibles
• Filbox, a cloud service provider that helps users encrypt, analyze, visualize, and monetize data
• Huddle 01, an online classroom platform optimized for video-conference engagement
• Myel, a community-powered content delivery network
• NonEntropy Tech, a video-focused online learning platform
• Numbers Protocol, which helps users create tamper-proof records of media content
• OPGames, a suite of tools that enables multiplayer competitions in single-player games
• Ownership Labs, an open data marketplace for secure, verifiable, and private data computations
• Vera AI, a service for verifiable enterprise background and identity checks combining blockchain and AI
• Sinso Technology, a medical-imaging data aggregator that powers telemedicine and AI diagnosis

LongHash Ventures is a global blockchain accelerator and investor with a focus on the next generation of blockchain startups. It has hubs in Singapore, Shanghai, and Hong Kong.

The Filecoin Frontier Accelerator is supported by Protocol Labs, Fenbushi Capital, and HashKey Capital. Mentors in the program include UNICEF Ventures, HashKey Digital Asset Group, and NGC Ventures.

“Asia continues to set the pace for blockchain adoption and application. […] Web 3.0 holds great promise for the ambitious and the talented, and this is only the beginning as we build the next digital civilization,” said Emma Cui, CEO and founding partner at LongHash Ventures.