Monad Madness
A (million dollar) pitch competition
Monad Madness is a global pitch competition for ambitious founders building in the Monad Ecosystem. The stakes are high: $1M in prizes, judges from top VC firms, and $60M earmarked as potential investment for Monad ecosystem teams.
Supercharge your journey. Join the Monad Madness.
Sponsored by:
Method to the Madness
Monad Madness is coming to a hemisphere near you.
Ambitious builders who are building novel EVM applications.
What:
An in-person pitch competition with exposure top tier VCs and a live audience.
When & Where:
- NYC 🇺🇸: October 2-4, 2024
- Seoul 🇰🇷: December 6-8, 2024
Why:
10,000 tps on the Monad blockchain unlocks a new design space for EVM applications. The Monad Madness competition is a outlet for builders to compete for visibility, secure funding, and strengthen their network.
Applications for Seoul will go live on Monday, September 16th, 2024.
Build on the fastest EVM-compatible layer 1 blockchain.
If you are an early-stage team who is building a novel EVM application, we encourage you to apply. There are no formal tracks or category specifications for Monad Madness; the bigger the idea, the better!
Frequently Asked Questions
There are a lot of new initiatives popping up in the Monad ecosystem, so here’s a framework to understand the intended audience of each!
🚶♂️Walk: Mach Accelerator
Mach is an accelerator initiative that is for early-stage projects. These teams are often still in the ideation phase, are bootstrapped or have raised pre-seed funding, and are looking for guidance establishing an action plan to execute on. Note that this is a sector-agnostic program that has recurring application opportunities.
🏃Run: Monad Madness Pitch Competition
Monad Madness is for early-to-intermediate stage teams that have an MVP, may have raised pre-seed rounds, but are looking to raise additional funds to execute on their vision. Ideally, these teams are working on pre-production products. Last but not least, applicants should have a novel idea!
Nope! Your team does not have to be presently building on Monad to enter the competition.
Selected Seoul Teams will be notified of venue and programming details in late October. If a team is selected and travel costs would result in an inability to attend the competition, please send an email to madness@monad.xyz.
Be detailed and thorough... the more you can share, the better! The application form includes an option to submit a video recording of your pitch which, while not required, is strongly encouraged.
Monad Madness is an IRL event, with each competition spanning three consecutive days. Competition participants are expected to be present for an in-person pitch to investors and a live audience.
More details on pitch requirements can be found in the application form.
Yes! Teams who were not accepted for the NYC competition are eligible to re-apply for Seoul. This is not done automatically, so any team that wishes to re-apply should do so manually on the Seoul application form.
Hang tight! Your application will be reviewed.
If selected as a participant, you will be notified via the specified point of contact denoted in the application form.
NYC applications are closed.
Seoul applications will go live on September 16th, and will stay open until October 25th, 2024 at 11:59 KST (GMT+9).
