Polygon Fellowship, Class of 2022
First fellowship program by Polygon in the world.
Hosted fireside chat with the CEO & Founder, Sandip Naliwal
10K+ Registrations | 50 Fellows | 8 Weeks (Hybrid) | 1 Hacker House which culminated into Demo Day
The acceptance rate of this fellowship was 0.7%.
Fellows post this fellowship got several grants and also got selected for YC.
Web3: Made in India
Learn | Build | Scale
Guild Roadshows | Polygon Connect | Demo Day
Polygon Guild Roadshow (Learn)
In a span of 30 days, we did 7 day-long events across 7 cities (Cochin, Jaipur, Lucknow, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad & New Delhi) where 3000+ builders have attended a wide range of sessions by 120+ speakers.
These day-long developer gatherings were a mix of workshops, panels, and keynotes focusing on different aspects of Web3.0 focusing on Blockchain Development, Gaming, Product Design, Ecosystem Landscape, Partner Stories, NFTs & Growth.
Polygon Connect (Build)
Hosted the world's largest Connect event in Bangalore with 3 parallel tracks.
10K registrations | 1800 attendees | 5M live stream views
This event was hosted by India's top influencer, Raj Shamani (17.9 million YouTube subscribers). Also, the event became #4 on Twitter's trending list in India.
Polygon x Buidl.So Demo Day (Scale)
A Web3 startup investment-focused event where we partnered with Buidlers Tribe and invited 150 Investors to listen to the pitch of our 30 selected Blockchain Projects.
Collaborations & Partnerships
Engaged with Github and delivered a Keynote at GitHub Graduation Day, a Podcast at GitHub Campus Show & Mentored developers at Microsoft, Seattle.
Engaged in partnerships with Google, Microsoft & Amazon
Initiated Academic Collaborations with top businesses, government & tech institutions globally including University of Zurich, Stanford, IIM etc.
Partnered with Pesto to kickstart Professional Developer Upskilling bootcamp.
Launched University Skilling Initiative to train 1000 blockchain student developers across India.
Communities & Advocates
Revamped Polygon Advocates program in the region and onboarded 8 CTO/Head of Engineering as Advocates.
Kickstarted community-centric engagement in Barcelona, Bangladesh, New York & Seattle. Also, launched the 5 most active guilds in India in the first 3 months.