Shard Dubai Offline Demo Day Project Highlights
TechFlow Selected TechFlow Selected
Shard Dubai Offline Demo Day Project Highlights
The first Middle East Web3 Demo Day "Shard Dubai" will take place in Dubai on March 17.
Navigating Web3 tides with focused insightsThe first Middle East Web3 Demo Day "Shard Dubai" will take place in Dubai on March 17. This event is initiated by Sharding Capital, an early-stage Web3 fund, with participation from DIFC Innovation Hub (Dubai International Financial Centre), DMCC Crypto Center (Dubai Multi Commodities Centre), Dubai Blockchain Center, and Mimo Labs—the regulated issuer of traditional financial bond NFTs.
Shard Dubai Demo Day is Dubai's first and largest local demo event, featuring both online and offline components. This year’s offline session will be held in Dubai on March 17 from 9:30 AM to 7:00 PM (GMT+4). Online participation link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83072690047?pwd=eGI5aE9tM00rN2swbnB4QlpwYmtrZz09
Shard Dubai Demo Day aims to precisely connect the world’s most outstanding Web3 startups with crypto VCs for efficient face-to-face dialogue, enabling participants to access global funding opportunities and gain international exposure. Below is the list of selected projects for the inaugural in-person IRL Demo Day at Shard Dubai:
1. Project Name: KUMA Protocol (by Mimo Labs)
Overview: Tokenizes real-world assets and debt into yield-bearing stablecoins for DeFi retail investors, developed by Mimo Labs.
Website: https://mimo.capital/ / https://kuma.bond/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mimo_labs / https://twitter.com/KumaProtocol
2. Project Name: ZKX
Overview: ZKX is a DLOB-based decentralized exchange that enables high-frequency, low-cost multi-asset perpetual swaps on StarkNet, featuring a clean and user-friendly trading UX interface, along with gamified leaderboards offering sustainable stablecoin rewards for traders.
Website: https://zkx.fi/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/zkxprotocol
3. Project Name: Phaver
Overview: Phaver builds gateways to Web3 social experiences, already serving over 170,000 unique users and more than 90,000 weekly active users exploring Lens Protocol and Phaver’s proprietary off-chain posting system.
Website: https://phaver.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/phaverapp
4. Project Name: Timeswap
Overview: Timeswap is the first fully decentralized AMM-based money market protocol, self-sustaining, non-custodial, efficient, and operating without oracles or liquidators.
Website: https://link3.to/timeswap_labs
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TimeswapLabs
5. Project Name: Furion
Overview: Furion is a permissionless Utility NFT platform offering a fractionalized NFT lending market and NFT derivatives services.
Website: https://furion.io/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ProjectFurion
6. Project Name: Wakalah
Overview: Wakalah is an EVM-compatible Layer 2 solution with a full ecosystem, including exotic MENA region assets and locally supported stablecoins.
Website: https://www.wakalah.xyz/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/wakalahxyz
7. Project Name: Vyper Protocol
Overview: Vyper Protocol is a modular DEX layer providing the broadest toolkit across the widest range of assets; it was also a winning project at the Wormhole and Binance DeFi Hackathon.
Website: https://otc.vyperprotocol.io/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/VyperProtocol
8. Project Name: 0xPlasma Labs
Overview: 0xPlasma Labs is developing a one-stop solution for multi-chain DeFi and NFT ecosystems.
Website: https://plasma.finance/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xPlasma
9. Project Name: Fuji Finance
Overview: Fuji Finance is a cross-chain lending market aggregator supporting Ethereum, Polygon, Fantom, Arbitrum, and Optimism. Its upcoming v2 version will use Connext’s cross-chain messaging service and enable cross-chain pools via the ERC-4626 standard.
Website: https://fuji.finance/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FujiFinance
10. Project Name: OrbofiAI
Overview: Orbofi enables users to create AI-generated assets, factories, and characters for Web3, gaming, and the metaverse. It also allows users to upload AI-generated images and prompts, then tag and sell them as cryptocurrency assets on the blockchain. The platform will soon launch Community Orbs—a metaverse space where users can create personalized environments for themselves, friends, communities, followers, or brands. Additionally, users can search for AI-generated game and media assets.
Website: https://www.orbofi.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Orbofi
The selected projects primarily focus on building products in areas such as DeFi, RWA, NFTFi, AI, and Layer 2 solutions. These projects either deliver superior native applications or develop accessible solutions designed to onboard mainstream users into Web3. Several have already received investment recognition from prominent VCs, including Sharding Capital.
This event invites a curated group of top-tier early-stage Web3 founders, active venture capitalists, angel investors, and leaders from UAE government agencies and nonprofit organizations to gather at Dubai—the new-generation blockchain hub—to facilitate connections between high-potential projects and local Web3 resources. Confirmed attendees include Dr. Marwan, CEO of Dubai Blockchain Center; Belinda Zhou, Founding Partner at Sharding Capital; Vineet Budki, Managing Partner and CEO at Cypher Capital; Rodney Yesep, Partner at Hack VC; Sami and Never, founders of Redacted Cartel; as well as over 30 VC firms and key influencers across the Web3 ecosystem.
About Sharding Capital
Sharding Capital is an early-stage boutique investment firm focused on innovation at the infrastructure and middleware layers of Web3 protocols. With team members possessing extensive Web3 industry networks and operational experience, combined with deep connections across the Middle East and Asia, Sharding Capital supports its global portfolio companies with precise market penetration and meaningful exposure.
Website: www.sharding.capital
Twitter: @shardingcapital
Email: ape@sharding.capital
Join TechFlow official community to stay tuned
Telegram:https://t.me/TechFlowDaily
X (Twitter):https://x.com/TechFlowPost
X (Twitter) EN:https://x.com/BlockFlow_News
