Hi Community 
We are Build on Cardano (China) | Infrastructure Ventures, a founder program that has spent the last year helping builders across Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore enter the Cardano ecosystem and become founders.
Fund13: Activate non-English speakers to build on Cardano
This is our first time bringing our founders into Project Catalyst, and after months of training, workshops, proposal refinement, and technical mentoring, 15+ teams from our cohort have submitted proposals to Fund 15.
Today we want to:
- Introduce who we are and why we’re here;
- Share the projects we helped incubate;
- Present the teams now applying to Catalyst through our program;
- Open a direct line of communication with the global community.
Our goal is transparency, collaboration, and making sure these new founders, many of whom are joining the blockchain space or Cardano for the first time, can meaningfully integrate into the global ecosystem.
Build on Cardano (China) | Infrastructure Ventures, is a founder-focused initiative dedicated to onboarding developers, entrepreneurs, and researchers into the Cardano ecosystem.
Over the past months we have:
- trained 100+ founders across China and SEA;
- hosted workshops on Plutus, Aiken, governance, RWA, and DeFi;
- guided 15+ teams through Catalyst proposal development;
- helped founders build with Cardano tooling: wallets, smart contracts, on-chain logic, infrastructure.
This is the first time many of these builders have engaged with Catalyst.
We’re here to introduce them properly to the community.
What Our Teams Are Building for Fund 15
Our cohort submitted proposals across:
- DeFi infrastructure
- RWA + asset protocols
- AI + data markets
- Zero-knowledge applications
- On-chain games & entertainment
- IoT + real-world integrations
- Social apps & decentralized CRM
- Luxury asset protocols
- Market signals & automated investing tools
- Emergency response + drone networks
Across all projects, we emphasized:
- real mainnet utility
- verifiable on-chain logic
- Cardano + Midnight dual-layer designs
- strong UX and real user value
- transparent development plans
Below is the full list of proposals from our founders.
Fund 15 Proposals from Build on Cardano (China)
(Alphabetical by founder name)
1. Doris Xiao: Cardano DeFi Yield Data & Risk Layer
Builds a unified Yield & Risk API with standardized APR/APY data, protocol health scoring, and a developer portal.
2. Ho Yin Tam: VendFi: Smart Retail Hub for Cardano
Deploy a Cardano-enabled smart vending machine integrating IoT telemetry, remote control, digital payments and brand activations.
3. Yunchi Shih: Debattle: Stake, Debate, Settle by Jury
A decentralized debate platform where authors stake on their claims, challengers respond, jurors vote privately, and smart contracts settle disputes.
4-5. Brandon Yu & Hugar(Brian)
Agent Luki: The Decentralized CRM Platform
A decentralized CRM stack for Web3 communities with verifiable engagement, token rewards, and shared-value staking.
Astrvo: The 3D Cardano Community Hub
Immersive 3D community & event spaces for education, brand activations, and gatherings on Cardano.
6-7. Jamies Zhang
Aegis Rescue: Drone-Assisted SOS Network
A mobile emergency response network using drones + blockchain verification.
Aegis RWA: Drone Asset Protocol
Create drone-based RWA NFTs that earn verifiable income from real subscriptions.
8-9. Charon Dian
ZK-Transparent DeFi Stack
Private strategy logic (Midnight) + transparent settlement (Cardano) with ZK proofs.
Private RWA Settlement Layer
Dual-layer RWA engine: private contract logic on Midnight, public verification on Cardano.
10. Angus Cai (Chia wei Tsai): DataQuest
A gamified AI data-labeling platform with consensus scoring, smart contract settlement, and transparent reward distribution.
11. Acelynn Wang: Assetique: Luxury RWA × NFT Protocol
Turns luxury goods into verifiable financial assets with vault custody and liquid on-chain RWA/NFT markets.
12-13. Goward Ka
Oracle AI: Market Signal Engine
AI-driven market signals, sentiment, and trend forecasts for Cardano traders.
DCA Automate: AI-Powered DCA Engine
Create flexible, AI-assisted DCA strategies executed transparently via Cardano smart contracts.
14. Kidney: On-Chain Payroll with ZK Privacy
Salary logic runs privately on Midnight; proofs settle transparently on Cardano.
15. Chris Su: SnekEat: NFT-Enhanced Snake Game
A web game where SNEK NFTs become skins, buffs, and ranking modifiers.
Pending Late Submissions
(Submitted slightly after deadline: pending confirmation)
- Banana Arena / Banana Protocol - Gary CC
- On-chain Game - Astel Li
- Reeve × Midnight NGO - Ho Ka
Closing Thoughts
We hope this post helps the global Cardano community better understand the new wave of builders emerging from Asia.
Our mission is simple:
- Bring more serious founders into Cardano;
- Support high-quality proposals;
- Strengthen the bridge between East and West.
We welcome your feedback, questions, and collaboration.
Thank you for taking the time to review our founders’ work.
We look forward to contributing more to the ecosystem!
This week, Francisco Ribeiro, Infrastructure Ventures General Partner, is participating in Africa Town Hall: Eccentric Labs. Join us!
