Original source: Sharding Capital
The first Middle East Web3 Demo Day "Shard Dubai" will be held in Dubai on March 17th. This event is sponsored by Sharding Capital, an early stage Web3 fund, Dubai International Financial Center DIFC Innovation Hub, Dubai Free Trade Zone DMCC Crypto Center, Dubai Blockchain Center and Mimo Labs, a regulated issuer of traditional financial bonds NFT, participated.
Shard Dubai Demo day is the first and largest local Demo event in Dubai, which is split into online and offline parts. This year's offline segment will take place in Dubai on March 17 from 9:30-7PM (GMT+4). Online to participate in link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83072690047? pwd=eGI5aE9tM00rN2swbnB4QlpwYmtrZz09
Shard Dubai Demo Day aims to accurately link the world's best web3 startups and Crypto VC for live and efficient dialogue, and gain global exposure while getting global investment and financing opportunities for each other. The following is a list of selected projects for the first live IRL Demo Day in Shard Dubai:

Profile: Securitization of real world assets and debt to become an interest-bearing stablecoin for DeFi retail investors comes from Mimo Labs.
Website: https://mimo.capital/ / https://kuma.bond/
On Twitter: https://twitter.com/mimo_labs / https://twitter.com/KumaProtocol
ZKX is a DLOB decentralized trading platform that enables high frequency & on StarkNet. Multi-asset permanent swap trading at low cost, a clean and friendly trading UX interface, and a gamified leaderboard with sustainable stablecoin rewards for traders.
Website: https://zkx.fi/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/zkxprotocol
Phaver builds the portal to Web3 social networking. More than 170,000 unique users and more than 90,000 weekly active users have posted to experience Lens Protocol and Phaver's proprietary links.
Website: https://phaver.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/phaverapp
Brief introduction: Timeswap is the first fully decentralized AmM-based money market protocol that is self-contained, unmanaged, efficient and works without a prognoseer or a clearing house.
Website: https://link3.to/timeswap_labs
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TimeswapLabs
Furion is a licenseless Utility NFT platform that provides fragmented NFT lending markets and NFT derivatives services.
Website: https://furion.io/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ProjectFurion
Description: Wakalah is an EVM-compatible layer 2 with a complete ecosystem, including exotic MENA assets and regionally supported Stablecoins.
Website: https://www.wakalah.xyz/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/wakalahxyz
Description: The Vyper Protocol is a modular DEX layer that provides the most tools across the widest range of assets. Also an award-winning project for Wormhole and Binance's DeFi Hackathon.
Website: https://otc.vyperprotocol.io/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/VyperProtocol
Description: 0xPlasma Labs is developing a one-stop solution for multi-chain DeFi and NFT ecosystems.
Website: https://plasma.finance/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/0xPlasma
Fuji Finance Is a cross-chain lending market aggregator that includes Ethereum, Polygon, Fantom, Arbitrum, and Optimism. Connext's cross-chain service is used in their upcoming v2 release, which will also enable cross-chain pools under the ERC-4626 standard.
Website: https://fuji.finance/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FujiFinance
Summary: Orbofi allows users to create AI-generated assets, factories, and characters for web3, games, and meta-universes. It also allows users to upload images and tips generated by artificial intelligence and tag them to sell cryptocurrency on the blockchain. The tool will also soon launch Community Orbs, a meta-universe for users to create for themselves, friends, communities, followers or brands. Finally, users can search for AI-generated games and media properties, among other things.
Website: https://www.orbofi.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Orbofi
The selected projects build their products around DEFI, RWA, NFTFI, AI, L2, etc. These projects either provide better native application services or build solutions that are easier to bring in outside users along with the development of web3. Some of these projects have been recognized by well-known VC investment, including Sharding Capital.
This event will invite a group of high-quality early Web3 founders, active VCS, angel investors and leaders of UAE government and non-profit organizations to gather together in Dubai, the center of the new generation of blockchain, and realize the docking of high-quality project parties with local web3 resources. It has been confirmed that the guests attending Demo Day include Dr Marwan, CEO of Dubai Blockchain Center, Belinda Zhou, founding partner of Sharding Capital, and Vineet, Managing partner and CEO of Cypher Capital Budki, Hack VC partner Rodney Yesep, Redacted Cartel founders Sami and Never, as well as over 30 VCS and influencers from the important Web3 ecosystem.
About Sharding Capital
Sharding Capital is an early-stage boutique investor focused on innovation at the underlying protocol layer, such as infrastructure and middleware. All team members have rich experience in Web3 industry resources and project operation, and with profound resources in the Middle East and Asia, Sharding Capital can support accurate market penetration and meaningful exposure of the global portfolio.
Official website: www.sharding.capital
On Twitter: @shardingcapital
Email: ape@sharding.capital
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