Soneium announces the winners of the incubation program, a quick overview of 32 "Sony-related" seed projects

Author: Azuma, Odaily Planet Daily

On October 14, Beijing time, Soneium, a Layer2 project under Sony, officially announced the winners of the Spark Incubation Program, covering multiple categories including DeFi, NFT, gaming, social, and entertainment, with over 30 projects awarded in total.

According to previous disclosures from Soneium, each winning project in every category will receive marketing, business, and technical support of the same level, with those projects that can bring exceptional value to the Soneium community receiving investment opportunities from Soneium ------ Soneium's investments will focus on projects that closely align with its vision, have a significant impact in their target markets, and can address major challenges. Investment decisions will be made through collaborative discussions with qualified teams to ensure alignment and long-term success.

As a seed project of the new Soneium ecosystem, the endorsement of the official incubation program will provide users with an effective reference for choosing experiences and interactions on Soneium.

Below is the specific list of winners for this incubation program, compiled by Odaily Planet Daily.

Category 1: DeFi

AMM DEX

• Winning Project 1: Kyo

Official Account: https://x.com/kyofinance

Description: A Japanese project (officially explained as Kyo being the pronunciation of "共" in Japanese, aiming to emulate "Uni"), utilizing a ve governance model, and is the native DEX of Soneium, now live on the testnet.

• Winning Project 2: SONEX

Official Account: https://x.com/sonex_so

Description: SONEX aims to provide a comprehensive suite of DeFi products and a high-quality user experience on Soneium, with the project expected to launch on the testnet in Q4.

DEX Aggregator

• Winning Project 3: WOWMAX.Exchange

Official Account: https://x.com/WowmaxExchange

Description: WOWMAX.Exchange is positioned as a multi-chain DEX aggregator (currently live on Ethereum and over a dozen other EVM networks), having facilitated $1.1 billion in trading volume, with the protocol providing the best exchange rates by analyzing prices across multiple DEXs.

Lending

• Winning Project 4: Untitled Bank

Official Account: https://x.com/BankUntitled

Description: A permissionless modular lending platform.

Yield

• Winning Project 5: Macaron

Official Account: https://x.com/Macaron_Finance

Description: Macaron can achieve leveraged farming with a maximum efficiency of 300%, thereby enhancing the yield potential of ETH and USDC.

Perpetual Contracts and Synthetic Assets

• Winning Project 6: SynStation

Official Account: https://x.com/SynStation

Description: A staking platform on Soneium that can earn staking points with 10 times efficiency (seems more appropriate under Yield category).

• Winning Project 7: waveX

Official Account: https://x.com/waveX_fi

Description: A perpetual contract DEX on Soneium, now live on the testnet.

Options

• Winning Project 8: SuperVol

Official Account: https://x.com/SuperVol_io

Description: The first consumer-oriented gamified options trading platform on Soneium, now live on the testnet.

Derivatives

• Winning Project 9: Neemo Finance

Official Account: https://x.com/neemofinance

Description: A non-custodial liquid staking platform on Soneium, where ASTR holders can stake to receive nsASTR, which can be used in various DeFi protocols on Soneium.

CDP

• Winning Project 10: Sake

Official Account: https://x.com/sakefinance

Description: An integrated liquidity protocol on Soneium, offering three modular products: lending, over-collateralized stablecoins, and leveraged liquidity strategies.

Category 2: Web3 Use Cases

NFT

• Winning Project 11: Emerald

Official Account: https://x.com/emeralddotcool

Description: An NFT and digital collectibles issuance platform.

• Winning Project 12: MintPass

Official Account: https://x.com/MintPassTravel

Description: MintPass is a travel application that allows users to share travel suggestions and earn rewards by incentivizing others. MintPass previously launched a lottery event, where users could mint NFTs to enter and win various travel products and services.

• Winning Project 13: Sonova

Official Account: https://x.com/SonovaNFT

Description: Previously a native NFT trading market on the Astar network, now expanding to Soneium.

Gaming

• Winning Project 14: Arcas Champions

Official Account: https://x.com/ArcasChampions

Description: Arcas Champions is a shooting battle game, featuring "monkeys with fruit guns battling each other."

• Winning Project 15: Derby Race

Official Account: https://x.com/DerbyRaceGame

Description: A real-time horse racing game.

• Winning Project 16: Evermoon

Official Account: https://x.com/EverMoon_nft

Description: A 5v5 MOBA game, akin to an on-chain version of "League of Legends."

• Winning Project 17: FlipGacha (Void Labs)

Official Account: https://x.com/VoidLabs_XYZ

Description: Void Labs is the development team behind the ARPG game Blade of God X, with FlipGacha being their new project, specific details are yet to be disclosed.

• Winning Project 18: Blockus

Official Account: https://x.com/HelloBlockus

Description: Blockus is an a16z Crypto CSX23 accelerator project, whose technology platform supports game studios in building on-chain functionalities for games, including wallet-as-a-service, white-label NFT marketplaces, and payment processing for fiat and crypto.

Blockus announced earlier this year that it completed a $4 million Pre-Seed round of financing, led by Maple VC, with participation from Altos Ventures, ArkStream Capital, Eterna Capital, GFR Fund, MH Ventures, Orange DAO, Press Start Capital, WAGMI Ventures, Zephrus Capital, and Zhuoxun Yin from Magic Eden, Michael Ma from CreatorDAO, and Bryan Pelligrino from LayerZero.

• Winning Project 19: Legends of Venari

Official Account: https://x.com/LegendsOfVenari

Description: A lightweight MMO game supporting multiple chains.

• Winning Project 20: Moonray.game

Official Account: https://x.com/moonraygame

Description: A fast-paced arena battle game set in a visually stunning post-human world.

• Winning Project 21: PGA TOUR Rise (Stratton Studios)

Official Account: https://x.com/StrattonStudios

Description: Stratton Studios is a video game studio based in Ireland, and PGA TOUR Rise is their new mobile game developed with blockchain technology.

• Winning Project 22: OverTrip

Official Account: https://x.com/PlayOverTrip

Description: A battle royale game invested by Shima Capital.

• Winning Project 23: Spot Zero

Official Account: https://x.com/SpotZero_Game

Description: A 3D ARPG adventure game.

Entertainment

• Winning Project 24: Alias

Official Account: https://x.com/aliasapp_

Description: A 3D virtual avatar content creation tool that supports multiple devices.

• Winning Project 25: Flickplay (FlickyGang)

Official Account: https://x.com/flickplayapp

Description: Flickplay is a metaverse social product that allows users to acquire collectibles through an interactive AR map and then showcase them to other users using a set of content creation tools. Flickplay's founder, Pierina Merino, describes it as a combination of a map game like "Pokémon" and social features from TikTok.

Flickplay has previously completed a $5 million financing round, with participation from Lightspeed Ventures, Abstract VC, Long Journey VC, Warner co-founder Vivi Nevo, and King co-founder Sebastian Knutsson, among others.

• Winning Project 26: PunkgaMe

Official Account: https://x.com/PunkgaMeManga

Description: PunkgaMe aims to bring comic IPs on-chain, building a SocialFi ecosystem around comics.

• Winning Project 27: YOAKE

Official Account: https://x.com/YOAKE_GLOBAL

Description: YOAKE is positioned as a Web3 entertainment center, aiming to build a fan economy system on-chain.

Social

• Winning Project 28: Outgrid

Official Account: https://x.com/OutgridApp

Description: There is indeed not much public information available… Speculated to be a Web3 portal tool.

• Winning Project 29: ServeUp Labs

Official Account: https://x.com/ServeUpLabs

Description: Similar to above, public information is scarce… The social media only has the phrase "turning actions into crypto rewards."

• Winning Project 30: UNE

Official Account: https://x.com/UneWeb3

Description: An IP-centric social layer that previously issued a series of NFTs around the well-known IP Kumamon.

• Winning Project 31: Yay!

Official Account: https://x.com/Yay_Global

Description: A SocialFi platform that allows users to connect with each other, create communities, and earn rewards.

Category 3: Open Projects

• Winning Project 32: NewLo

Official Account: https://x.com/NewLo_official

Description: NewLo is a new loyalty solution aimed at converting points into tokens. Previously, NewLo partnered with Animoca Brands Japan, which will provide marketing support for NewLo's overseas expansion.