Hashed and ShardLab Successfully Wrap Up ‘Protocol Camp’ Final Demo Day

Global Web3 venture capital firm Hashed and its subsidiary ShardLab said on the 14th that their Web3 mentoring program ‘Protocol Camp’ successfully concluded with its final demo day on the 10th.

Protocol Camp is a selective mentoring program that recruits around 20 participants from around the world. Based on advanced training and mentoring across Web3 protocols and infrastructure, participants developed team-based projects and unveiled their final deliverables at the final demo day.

At this demo day, first-, second- and third-place teams were selected. In addition, main partners such as SMBC Nikko and BitCup, along with numerous Web3 project contributors, took part to support participating teams’ technology and business development.

Specifically, for the final demo day, participants applied by choosing either the general Web3 track or the SMBC Nikko track (DeFi·AI), and a winning team was selected for each track.

GenRank was named the winner of the general Web3 track. GenRank won high marks for presenting an open scoreboard that measures and visualizes, using data, how brands and companies are perceived and surfaced in generative AI search-and-response environments.

In the SMBC Nikko track, Daiko took first place. Daiko drew attention with a solution built around the concept of a ‘vibe trading app’ that uses AI agents to provide trading signals tailored to investors’ preferences.

Judging criteria included ▲deep insights into the problem, ▲differentiated solutions and product completeness, ▲marketability and scalability, ▲early traction and validation signals, ▲the team’s execution capabilities, and ▲pitch quality from an investor’s perspective.

Kim Seo-joon, CEO of Hashed, said, “Protocol Camp is not a program for simply building technical skills in a limited time; it is designed to help builders grow by defining problems themselves and seeing them through to the end,” adding, “This camp reaffirmed that a good protocol is not completed by code alone—it only truly works in the real world when there are peers, a community, and people who think through challenges together.”

Kim Ho-jin, CEO of ShardLab, said, “The participating teams’ external awards demonstrate that the capabilities accumulated through the program can remain competitive on outside stages,” adding, “Protocol Camp will further strengthen education and startup incubation specialized in AI and vibe coding to create tangible market value.”

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