Eligibility: 

Applicant should have a team member in Canada or be Canadian, or have strong partners/investors from Canada: 

• All Breakout hackathon tracks

• Early-stage companies (seed round or earlier)

About MCA:

MCA (Multichain Advisors) is a growth consulting firm - helping companies with Growth, TGEs, GTM, BD/Partnerships, Capital Raise/Tokenomics Advisory, Marketing/PR & KOL activations, Product Strategy, CEX listings + Media Tours, and more.

Clients: MCA has worked with top Solana ecosystem clients, including Wormhole, Pyth Network, and Zeus.

Learn More on X: https://x.com/MultichainInc

Submission Requirements:

The same as the Breakout hackathon:

1. Pitch Video (3 min max)

2. Product Demo Video (3 min max)

Deadline to submit: May 30 at 7:59pm ET (America/Toronto).

Prizes:

🏆 1st Place Winner - $3K USDC 

• Free consultations on PMF strategy, marketing/social recommendations, community (3 sessions valued at $2k) 

• 1 free slot on the Everything Crypto roundtable podcast/show  with the biggest crypto projects for a relevant topic ($1-2k in value) 

🥈 2nd Place - $1.5K USDC

• 2 consulting sessions (on the same topics as 1st place prize)

🥉 3rd Place - $1k USDC

• 1 consulting session (on the same topics as 1st place prize)

Criteria:

• Quality & clarity of pitch

  • Effectively communicates key information without going over the time limit

• Innovative solution or well-differentiated market approach

• Benefit to the Solana ecosystem

• Market & User Research: Deep understanding of the product's target market

• Value Proposition: Effectively addresses a significant problem for the target market.

• Thoughtful short-term product strategy and next steps

• Is the team passionate and well-positioned to bring the vision to success?