Sandeep Nailwal-Backed Nailwal Fellowship Concludes First Cohort with Founders Raising from T1 Funds and Joining Top Accelerators

The
Nailwal
Fellowship,
launched
by
Co-Founder
of Polygon and
Founding
Partner
at Symbolic
Capital,
Sandeep
Nailwal,
marks
a
significant
milestone
today
as
it
celebrates
the
graduation
of
its
inaugural
cohort.
This
program,
created
to
empower
the
next
generation
of
web3
entrepreneurs,
has
exceeded
expectations
by
fostering
a
group
of
founders
who
in
just
six
months
have
raised
from
T1
venture
funds,
been
admitted
to
top
accelerators
in
the
industry,
and
landed
full
time
roles
at
leading
crypto
protocols
and
companies.

Speaking
on
the
success
of
the
first
cohort,
Nailwal
remarked, “I
have
been
so
impressed
with
the
success
of
this
inaugural
cohort.
Our
fellows
have
demonstrated
that
with
the
right
support
and
resources,
there
are
no
limits
to
what
can
be
achieved
in
the
web3
space.”
Looking
to
the
future,
he
continued,
“This
is
just
the
beginning.
With
our
next
cohort,
I’m
so
excited
to
continue
supporting
exceptional
talent
who
are
ready
to
explore
the
vast
possibilities
within
blockchain.”

The
Nailwal
Fellows
have
not
only
joined
top
startup
accelerators
and
other
fellowship
programs
such
as
Beacon
and
a16z
CSX,
but
have
also
become
core
members
of
leading
projects
in
the
space:

• 
  Remi
  Gai’s
  startup Inco
  Network is
  pioneering
  privacy
  infrastructure
  in
  web3,
  leveraging
  his
  experience
  from
  Parallel
  Finance
  and
  Google.
  Gai’s
  venture
  secured
  a
  $4.5M
  seed
  round
  from
  investors
  1kx,
  GSR,
  Robot
  Ventures,
  and
  Symbolic
  Capital.

• 
  Shashank
  Yadav founded Fraction
  AI which
  aims
  to
  democratize
  high-quality
  data
  for
  AI
  models,
  revolutionizing
  data
  accessibility
  with
  a
  decentralized
  approach.
  After
  having
  been
  accepted
  into
  Cohort
  F23
  of
  the
  Beacon
  Accelerator
  program,
  Yadav
  and
  the
  Fraction
  AI
  team
  successfully
  debuted
  their
  project
  in
  a
  demo
  day
  packed
  with
  investors
  and
  are
  now
  closing
  a
  $2M
  seed
  round.

• 
  J.Paul
  Meyer transitioned
  from
  Goldman
  Sachs
  to
  founding Collar
  Protocol,
  aiming
  to
  pioneer
  the
  next
  wave
  of
  DeFi
  through
  reimagining
  borrowing
  protocols.
  Recently,
  Meyer
  and
  the
  Collar
  team
  were
  accepted
  into
  the
  Spring
  2024
  cohort
  for
  a16z’s
  Crypto
  Startup
  Accelerator
  in
  London.

• 
  Tomas
  Taylor,
  a
  crypto-native
  full-stack
  developer,
  has
  passionately
  worked
  on
  merging
  web3
  technologies
  with
  AI.
  As
  a
  Nailwal
  Fellow,
  Taylor
  launched Mindware,
  an
  AI
  agent
  API
  key
  with
  SHA-256
  encryption
  techniques
  for
  human
  authentication.

• 
  Evgenii
  Danilenko was
  a
  cornerstone
  in
  the
  Ethereum
  ecosystem
  with
  prior
  work
  on
  Erigon
  and
  Polygon.
  During
  the
  Fellowship,
  Evgenii
  continued
  to
  refine
  his
  vision
  and
  architecture
  for
  a
  new
  approach
  to
  blockchain
  interoperability. 

• 
  Joe
  Frazier is
  at
  the
  cutting
  edge
  of
  integrating
  on-chain
  data
  with
  AI,
  driving
  forward
  the
  capabilities
  of
  blockchain
  technology
  and
  data.
  Now,
  Frazier
  is
  part
  of
  the
  core
  team
  at
  Kleiner
  Perkins-backed
  Allium
  Labs,
  where
  he
  is
  helping
  build
  the
  next
  generation
  of
  web3
  data
  infrastructure.

• 
  Ananya
  Khandelwal, a
  top
  .01%
  student
  in
  India,
  continued
  his
  work
  on
  Flex
  Wallet
  to
  make
  crypto
  payments
  more
  accessible
  to
  everyone.

• 
  Adam
  Achebe left
  Stanford
  to
  commit
  full-time
  to
  building Arctail.
  After
  extensive
  user
  research,
  Adam
  is
  redefining
  the
  live-streaming
  space
  with
  a
  new
  outlook
  on
  eSports
  betting.

The
achievements
of
this
inaugural
cohort
not
only
highlight
the
potential
of
individual
founders
but
also
underscore
the
importance
of
supportive
programs
in
the
advancement
of
technology
and
entrepreneurship.

For
more
information
on
the
Nailwal
Fellows
Program
and
its
mission
to
empower
the
next
generation
of
web3
innovators,
please
visit https://www.nailwalfellowship.org/. 

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information
provided
in
this
press
release
is
not
a
solicitation
for
investment,
nor
is
it
intended
as
investment
advice,
financial
advice,
or
trading
advice.
It
is
strongly
recommended
you
practice
due
diligence,
including
consultation
with
a
professional
financial
advisor,
before
investing
in
or
trading
cryptocurrency
and
securities.