Moonshot Commons, a Hong Kong, Singapore, and New York-based builder of a community for Gen-Z engineers in Web 3, raised an undisclosed amount in Seed funding.
The round was led by HashKey Capital, Hash Global, Mask Network, IoTex, ChainIDE, Paeonia Ventures, and RSS3.
The company intends to use the funds to invest in its global community by curating events such as Mafia Mastermind Sessions (past speakers include founders of StepN, EthSign, DODO, Mask Network, RSS3, etc.), bi-annual Hackathons and Apollo Demo Day, and more. Upcoming in November, its 2023W Web3 Hackathon will open applications. Moonshot also plans on investing in technologies for its “graduated” founders to support them in recruiting, fundraising, and more.
Since inception in 2021, Moonshot’s community grew rapidly across the globe. With over 6,000 members, covering 20 university campuses in US and Asia, and partnerships with academia such as Crypto Fintech Lab @ Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Moonshot Commons has incubated 30+ Gen-Z Web3 founders, raising a total of 100 mm USD.
Founders include long-time friends Kevin Li and Daniel Tian.
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31/10/2022