Metaverse 4 Finance
First edition 2022-2023
On February 2, 2023, the six best startups accelerated by a pool of mentors specialized in the technical, legal and business fields, faced the judgment of an audience composed of 90 investors, venture capital funds, corporate venture capital and entrepreneurs.
The pitch of each startup was put to the test by four highly qualified opponents:
Eva Ruiz Cendon, Head of Fintech Souther Europe, VISA
Andrea Tessera, Chief Innovation Officer, Banca Sella
Gianluca Dettori, President, Primo Ventures
Dominic Briggs, General Partner, Blockwall
Filippo Chiricozzi, Web3, crypto and metaverse, Banca Sella, led the evening which was also attended by Stefano Azzalin, CEO dpixel, with a scenario on the web3 and vision on the future of decentralized finance and its protagonists, startups in the first place.
With Metaverse 4 Finance we had access to frontier solutions presented by 117 startups candidates from 26 countries.
In February 2023 we invested in 4 terrific startups!
The Fantastic 4 Startups
The 4 startups in which we invested during the first edition come from US, UK, Romania and Switzerland
Dexy, Miami (USA)
A hybrid neobank combining the advantages of the crypto and web3 worlds with the soundness and user experience of traditional banking. The solution targets emerging markets to help people operate in financial markets worldwide.
Intraverse, an Italian startup based in Lugano (Switzerland)
It has developed an interoperable metaverse where NFTs integrate as in-game avatars through a proprietary blockchain-based platform
Seed Venture, an Italian startup based in London (UK)
It deconcentrates fundraising activities for startups and SMEs whilst enabling the exchange of tokens representing financial instruments issued in the secondary market, combining decentralized finance and traditional economy
The company develops technology for trading and investments in web3. It offers zero-code solutions to automate, grow, and protect the portfolios of retail traders and platforms