Monad Madness
A (million dollar) pitch competition
Join the global pitch competition for ambitious founders in the Monad Ecosystem. Pitch your startup to top VC judges, win cash prizes, and unlock potential investments.
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Method to the Madness
Monad Madness is for ambitious builders who are building novel EVM applications.
What:
An in-person pitch competition with exposure to top tier VCs and a live audience.
When & Where:
- COMING SOON 2025.
Why:
The Monad Madness competition is an outlet for builders to compete for visibility, secure funding, and strengthen their network.
The next Monad Madness is coming soon in 2025.
Meet the BKK 2024 Judges
Monad Madness Bangkok Media Advocates
Past Events
October 2-4, 2024
NYC Madness 2024
$525,000 Prize Pool
Sponsors
Contestants
Judges
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 Bangkok Teams will be notified of venue and programming details in late October.
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 two 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 will be communicated to accepted competitors.
Yes! Teams who were not accepted for the NYC competition are eligible to re-apply for Bangkok. This is not done automatically, so any team that wishes to re-apply should do so manually on the Bangkok application form.
If you've submitted your application, thank you! 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.
Monad Madness Bangkok applications are closed.
If you would like to attend the pitch competition, do sign up here (https://lu.ma/jt1t8gb6).