ChainCatcher news, Wormhole announced on social media that it will launch the global multi-chain entrepreneurship program Sigma.It is reported that Sigma consists of three parts: Sigma Sprint, Sigma Accelerate, and Sigma Seed, with Sigma Sprint starting on October 14, and the prize and seed funding exceeding 1 million USD.

ChainCatcher news, at the Oak Grove Crypto 2024 held on April 5, Oak Grove Ventures co-founder Shawn detailed the establishment and philosophy of Oak Grove Ventures in his opening speech. His team consists of professionals from well-known institutions such as NGC, GSR Ventures, Coinbase, and Google.Shawn mentioned that Oak Grove Ventures currently has a fund size of 60 million USD, and its difference from traditional funds lies in being more professional, more flexible, and faster. Many entrepreneurs in the industry currently have a "偏科" situation, "excelling in only one subject while completely unaware that they need to study another ten subjects," lacking a holistic perspective. Good entrepreneurs need to find a good team to handle financing, marketing, branding, internationalization, listing on exchanges, market cap management, community building, ecosystem development, and long-term operations and planning, among other things. Since the Oak Grove Ventures fund is composed entirely of professionals, it will act from a more professional perspective of the entire industry, possessing a stronger viewpoint to complete the entrepreneurial process.It is reported that Oak Grove Crypto 2024 is initiated by Oak Grove Ventures and co-hosted by Polyhedra, Alchemy Pay, Ritual, and ChainCatcher, aiming to gather elite individuals in the Web3 field to discuss and anticipate the development trends of the industry over the next five years. This grand event is expected to attract 500 to 1,000 industry elites, including innovation leaders, technical experts, and industry investors. They will engage in in-depth discussions on hot topics such as AI, DePIN, gaming, crypto payments, and Bitcoin infrastructure.

ChainCatcher message, during the AMA held in Chinese by Binance, He Yi stated regarding Binance Labs' GameFi layout that the MVB accelerator is undergoing large-scale incubation, potentially ten times larger than before, hoping to incubate truly long-term entrepreneurs and allow users to enjoy the dividends of project development.

ChainCatcher news, in a public letter announcing his resignation as CEO, Zhao Changpeng stated that he plans to take a short break before engaging in passive investments in areas such as blockchain, Web3, DeFi, artificial intelligence, and biotechnology; and he expressed, "I can't imagine being the CEO of a startup again, I am quite satisfied being a one-time (lucky) entrepreneur. In the future, I may be willing to mentor a few entrepreneurs privately, at least I can tell them what not to do."

ChainCatcher news, the Web3 startup accelerator Spring Xcelerator (SpringX.net) is set to officially launch, with the application deadline on October 19. SpringX is jointly initiated by 14 leading project founders and 3 top investment institutions, providing a $20 million funding pool, structured courses, and strong founder networks and resource support for Web3 entrepreneurs in the seed or angel round.The co-initiating investment institutions include: SevenX Ventures, Generative Ventures, Bixin Ventures. The project founders include: Charles (Galxe), Chess (GM Labs & QuestN), Chris (MirrorWorld), Daidai (Dodo), Jack (Aspecta), Mogu (Chainbase), Niels (BuidlerDAO), Tim (d.id), Ryan (CyberConnect), Wendy (Beosin), Xiao (zCloak), Yuanjie (Conflux), Zhixiong (ChainFeeds), Zhouqi (EthStorage).