Madness
Join the global pitch competition for ambitious founders in the Monad Ecosystem. Pitch your startup to top VC judges, gain exposure, win cash prizes and unlock potential investments.
What is Monad Madness?
Monad Madness is a global pitch competition for ambitious founders building on EVM, offering $1M in prizes and $60M in potential investment from top VC firms.
The competition targets venture-ready teams with working MVPs who are looking to raise funds within the next 6 months, providing them with unparalleled visibility, funding opportunities, and network connections in the Monad ecosystem.
Who's it for?
Venture-ready teams that have a working MVP/demo.
Venture-ready teams that are building something novel.
Teams with a strong interest in Monad.
Teams planning to raise within the next 6 months.
Benefits
Massive Prize Pools
Huge $1,000,000 prize pool for winning teams.
VC Investments
$60,000,000 in potential VC investments.
Network Effects
Access to marketing and networking opportunities.
The Monad Ecosystem
A chance to be part of the Monad-native ecosystem.
Past Sponsors
FAQ
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 teams will be notified of venue and programming details shortly.
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 one competition are eligible to re-apply for future competitions. This is not done automatically, so any team that wishes to re-apply should do so manually on the 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.
This is dependent on each event. Please see the event's individual page.
https://madness.monad.xyz/events