The team up between Seedstars, a Swiss-based investment firm that supports and invests in startups in emerging markets, and Cardashift, a community-run launchpad that raises funds, builds and accelerates startups that are solving social and environmental issues, comes as a timely collaboration to support innovation in the blockchain space.

Vincent Katchavenda, co-founder of Cardashift: “We are excited to begin a partnership with SeedStars and create synergies to tackle real-world challenges using web3 applications. Seedstars expertise in emerging markets would be key to resolve social and environmental issues, and support promising changemakers.”

Sharing the same values and targeting the same people, the partnership will help boost their striking power and strengthen the ecosystem that is established. The collaboration will focus on the following:

• The sourcing of projects: impactful projects could be suggested by SeedStars experts network
• Impact assessment & measurement: impact knowledge will be shared between the two organizations and workshops will be organized
• The funding value chain: the funding sessions will be introduced by Cardashift through the IDOs and might be completed by Seedstars

For more information about Cardashift and the projects it supports, visit the launchpad page.

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ABOUT SEEDSTARS

"They tried to bury us, they didn’t know we were seeds." - Mexican proverb

Seedstars is a Swiss-based private company with a mission to impact people’s lives in emerging markets through technology and entrepreneurship. The group’s activities cover over 90 emerging ecosystems through a variety of initiatives such as the FTxSDG Challenge, previously known as the Seedstars World Competition, which is the largest entrepreneurship competition in emerging markets; Seedstars Programs that are designed to support entrepreneurs in varying stages of growth via training, education, mentoring, and access to resources; and Seedstars International, a global venture capital fund for seed stage startups. For more information, visit www.seedstars.com.

ABOUT CARDASHIFT

Cardashift enables citizens-investors to build the world of tomorrow.

Our first product is a community-run launchpad that raises funds, builds and accelerates startups that are solving social and environmental issues. Cardashift is based on Cardano, the blockchain platform for change-makers, innovators, and visionaries.