Why PitchFest matters heading into Miami

Web3 has always been cyclical, yet it has never stopped building. Markets rally and retrace, narratives rotate and evolve, but founders continue to ship products and search for their moment to be seen. In an ecosystem where launching a protocol or token can happen quickly, standing out is harder than ever, and CoinDesk PitchFest provides structured exposure to investors, operators and ecosystem leaders who are actively shaping the industry.

Past judges have included representatives from Dragonfly, Fabric Ventures, CoinFund, Borderless Capital, The Spartan Group and Outlier Ventures — firms that have backed some of Web3’s most significant companies. Examples from recent cohorts show how early exposure can accelerate refinement.

At Consensus Austin 2023, Rise presented compliant global payroll and payment rails and has since expanded support across more than 90 local currencies and 100 cryptocurrencies, strengthened compliance capabilities and secured seed funding.

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