The Lumos Labs Hatch Accelerator is a program dedicated to fostering the growth of early-stage Web3 startups in India. Run by Lumos Labs, a Singapore-based innovation management firm, the accelerator is designed to identify and support promising projects that are building the next generation of decentralized applications.

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The four-month program provides a comprehensive support system for participating startups. This includes mentorship from industry experts, a series of workshops covering various aspects of business and technology, and access to a wide network of investors and partners. The primary goal of the accelerator is to help these startups refine their products, achieve product-market fit, and scale their operations in the competitive Web3 landscape. 

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The Hatch Accelerator is a direct collaboration between Lumos Labs and the HederaHBAR Foundation, and it is specifically focused on expanding the Hedera ecosystem. The HederaHBAR Foundation provides the grant funding for the accelerator, demonstrating a significant commitment to nurturing the developer community and driving the adoption of the Hedera network in the rapidly growing Indian Web3 market.

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Exodus is a non-custodial cryptocurrency wallet company founded in 2015. Headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, the firm is dedicated to providing a user-friendly and secure platform that gives individuals full control over their digital assets.

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The company's primary product is the Exodus Wallet, a multi-asset software wallet available on desktop and mobile platforms. It allows users to securely store, manage, and exchange a vast array of cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and over one hundred others. Key features include a built-in exchange for seamless asset swaps, portfolio tracking, and the ability to earn rewards through staking. A central tenet of the Exodus platform is its "zero-knowledge" security model, which means that user data and private keys are encrypted and stored locally on the user's device, ensuring that only the user has access to their funds.

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Exodus provides full support for Hedera's native cryptocurrency, HBAR, allowing users to create a Hedera account, send, receive, and exchange HBAR directly within the app.

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WebShield is a cybersecurity company developing a decentralized platform for managing digital identities and securing online communications. Its mission is to bring improve trust and privacy on the internet by providing individuals and businesses with the tools to control their own data.

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The core of WebShield's service is its "Trust-as-a-Service" platform, which is built on the principles of self-sovereign identity (SSI). It includes a suite of tools for issuing and verifying Verifiable Credentials, which are digital versions of physical documents such as passports and driver's licenses. The platform is designed to be compliant with a wide range of industry standards, including those from the Trust over IP Foundation, the W3C, and the OpenID Foundation. A key use case for WebShield's technology is in securing the Internet of Things (IoT), where it can be used to create a secure and trusted environment for machine-to-machine communication.

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WebShield is built on Hedera's distributed ledger technology, which is used to provide an immutable and auditable record of all identity-related transactions.

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NFT.com is a platform dedicated to the world of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), providing a comprehensive ecosystem for creators, collectors, and brands. The company, which is a subsidiary of Immutable Holdings, aims to be a central hub for the NFT community, offering a range of services designed to enhance the user experience and drive the adoption of digital collectibles.

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The core of NFT.com's service is its marketplace and social platform. It allows users to create personalized NFT galleries to showcase their collections, which in turn form the foundation of a decentralized Web3 social network. The platform provides tools for minting new NFTs, as well as for buying, selling, and trading them. A key feature is the "Genesis Key," an NFT that provides holders with a lifetime, fee-free membership to the platform and the ability to create a custom profile.

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NFT.com is built on Hedera with multi-chain functionality baked in. By building on Hedera, NFT.com can leverage the network's high throughput, low fees, and carbon-negative infrastructure to provide a fast, efficient, and sustainable experience for its users.

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