<aside> 🌱 Our Kickstarter Wishlist reflects the collective insights and interests of IOSG Ventures, derived from an internal survey of our team. These projects represent areas we're excited about and believe have significant potential in the crypto space.
Key Considerations for Kickstarter Projects
Content Monetization and NFTs
Content businesses on the internet have traditionally relied on two major business models: advertising and subscription. I believe that the "content as NFT" concept in Web3 has the potential to introduce a few new monetization channels. Historically, such new channels often lead to new distribution methods. Startups tend to thrive on new distribution methods.
On-Chain Gaming
The open nature of blockchain, underlying composability and decentralized governance modal gives us the conviction that the right web3 games are fundamentally community based. These games have the potential to become ever-expanding, living organisms with the capacity for long-term survival. Imagine how different life would be if humans could live for over 100 years. Now, consider what the game industry might look like if games possessed that same kind of longevity.
Web3 Marketplaces
The marketplace business model has been around for over a century. However, with each technological paradigm shift, new types of marketplaces emerge. Decentralized governance, token incentives, on chain anonymity and transparency have already demonstrated advantages in enhancing liquidities for both supply and demand. NFT, DePin and RWA marketplaces are currently at the forefront of the consumer sector. We are looking forward to more marketplaces business uniquely enabled by Web3.
Open Social Platforms
Social graphs have become a public good and are accessible to everyone. Recommendation algorithm is no longer proprietary. And now everyone has a new opportunity to rebuild their identity. But this time, it's on chain. With existing social networks already connecting people, what more do you think people would want from Web3 social?
AI and Web3 consumer
So far, the intersection of AI and Web3 has been largely focused on the infrastructure sector. But beyond Web3, generative AI is driving significant adoption of consumer AI globally. We believe that crypto offers unique advantages in terms of monetization and incentive mechanisms. The key question is how these can be seamlessly integrated into generative AI applications.
Note:
It's important to note that while we're enthusiastic about these ideas, working on them doesn't guarantee acceptance into our program. We're always open to innovative concepts beyond the scope of this list. In fact, we encourage entrepreneurs to surprise us with novel approaches and solutions. We strive to update this wishlist regularly to reflect the dynamic nature of the crypto ecosystem and our evolving interests.