Episode Details

This week Anna dives into the topic of funding in the ZK space. She chats with a number of different groups who are all funding zero knowledge technology from different angles. She kicks off the conversation with her colleague from ZKValidator Susannah Evans and Gubsheep from 0xPARC about the Gitcoin side round they are leading which is focused on funding the next wave of ZK tech projects. She then chats with Arjun Karlsy, VP of Growth at Polygon about their massive commitment of 1 billion into ZK through investments, acquisitions, and grants. Following this, she catches up with Alex Pruden, CEO at Aleo to talk about their soon to launch grant program – Zprize, an industry-wide effort to accelerate zero knowledge technology. And lastly, she speaks with Alistair Stewart from the Web3 Foundation about a newly announced ZK component of the Polkadot Pioneers Prize.

Here are some links for the episode:

• ZK Tech Gitcoin GR13 Side Round Live on 9th March
• Gitcoin GR13: ZKTech Matching Round
• 0xPARC on Twitter
• ZKValidator on Twitter
• The Polygon Thesis: Strategic Focus on ZK Technology as the Next Major Chapter for Polygon; $1B Treasury Allocation
• Polygon on Twitter
• Zprize
• Aleo on Twitter
• ZKV presents Privacy on Polkadot - Polkadot Pioneers Prize with Alexio Sanchez and Alistair Stewart
• New Proposal: Polkadot Pioneers Prize, an Incentive Prize Program
• Polkadot Pioneers Prize Proposal (RTS)

ZKValidator and 0xPARC bring you another ZK Tech Side Round GR13 on Gitcoin.

This ZK Tech Side Round has a matching pool of $275K, up from $100K last time. The round starts on March 9th 2022 and runs for two weeks.

Submit your project: https://gitcoin.co/grants/

Add your grant to the “zkTech” side round to be eligible for the $275,000 in the matching pool.

Full details here: https://medium.com/zero-knowledge-validator/zk-tech-gitcoin-gr13-side-round-live-on-9th-march-7e90f44ae715

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