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Open-Source Incentive Platform DoraHacks Secures $8M in Funding from Binance Labs

George Georgiev Nov 19, 2021 10:51
DoraHacks raised $8 million in funding from Binance's investment arm - Binance Labs.

DoraHacks is a global hackathon organizer, as well as one of the more active Web3 developer communities in the world.

  • According to a press release shared with CryptoPotato, DoraHacks managed to secure $8 million in funding from Binance Labs – the venture capital arm of the world’s leading exchange – Binance.
  • DoraHacks represents one of the most active Web3 developer communities in the world, and it provides on-chain toolkits to help developers around the world when it comes to raising funds for their startups.
  • Per the release, over 1,000 projects have received more than $12 million in grants and donations from supporters around the world.
  • Speaking on the matter was Bill Chin, Head of the Binance Labs Fund, who said:

Backing early-stage startups and developers have always been a strategy for Binance Labs. DoraHacks is one of the largest multi-chain developer communities with great Web3 projects emerging. Binance Labs will further build crypto communities with DoraHacks as part of the investment and establish a more open-source and diversified blockchain world. As one of the initiatives, Binance Labs and DoraHacks are co-organizing Season 3 of Binance Labs Incubation Program.

  • Some of the areas that the two teams plan to work on together include grants, funding, as well as incubation resources to back additional early-stage Web3 startups.
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George Georgiev

Georgi Georgiev is CryptoPotato's editor-in-chief and seasoned writer with over four years of experience writing about blockchain and cryptocurrencies. Georgi's passion for Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies bloomed in late 2016 and he hasn't looked back since. Crypto’s technological and economic implications are what interest him most, and he has one eye turned to the market whenever he’s not sleeping. Contact George: LinkedIn

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