298: Techstars Web3 Demo Day 2025: Live from NY Tech Week
Welcome inside the venue for the Techstars Web3 Demo Day 2025, recorded live at Civic Hall in NYC during NY Tech Week, where we brought 5 incredible web3 startups to the stage for a standing-room-only crowd of founders, investors, and builders.
These aren’t founders chasing hype - they’re building with traction, with purpose, and with an eye on the next version of the internet.
Along the way, you’ll hear:
- A powerful fireside chat with Clarisse Hagege, founder and CEO of Dfns, on her journey from TradFi to web3 and the reality of timing your raise
- Startups introduced by their mentors and customers, not just the usual emcee banter
- Closing thoughts on what Techstars Web3 has meant to me and to Hugh McGirr, my partner in building this since 2021
You’ll hear from:
🧠 Autonom – web3’s first full-context real-world assets oracle (Co-Founder & CEO Brian Lenertz)
🛡️ DABL – the essential risk layer for onchain hedging (Co-Founder & CEO Mike Maguire)
🔐 Nera Systems – privacy-enhancing tech for secure data sharing in AI workflows (Founder & CEO Rami Akeela)
🌱 nodes.garden – one-click platform for running testnet nodes and earning token rewards (Co-Founder & CEO Ilya Lebedev)
🔍 TRUSTBYTES – bringing predictive intelligence to institutional wallets(Co-Founder & CEO Jeremy Prasetyo)
Whether you’re a founder, investor, or web3 builder—this one captures the energy, the ambition, and the conviction of what’s next.
🎥 Watch the full video on YouTube: Techstars Web3 Demo Day 2025
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