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Bringing People Together

We started off by organising the biggest blockchain hackathons in Europe. Thousands of people from all over the world travelled to the Dutch countryside to work out solutions to real-world problems in an abandoned sugar refinery.

Pioneering Digital Collaboration

When the pandemic hit, we realised that no existing online tool was good enough to host an engaging hackathon experience. So we built our own platform: Momentum – a 3D online mass collaboration arena.

Igniting the Metaverse

We refined Momentum together with some of our partners, and then it hit us: we had created a metaverse. We transitioned to a decentralised Web 3.0 ecosystem and joined the Kusama community. The Kusamaverse was born.

Going beyong flat 2D media

We learnt that Creators are eager to explore the digital format of 3D, but face time-consuming and unintuitive processes. So here we are: Odyssey, reborn from its ashes, is now the place for content creation, collaboration & community building in 3D.

History

2016

Founded

2017

First physical hackathon program – 500 participants

2018

Second physical hackathon program – 1000 participants
Physical hackathon for European Commission & EUIPO in Brussels

2019

Third physical hackathon program – 1500 participants

2020

Pivot into online hackathon in Momentum – 2500 participants

2021

Built multiple 3D worlds for and refined Momentum with corporates, governments, NGOs, and universities
Secured 4M euro seed funding
Pivot from Web 2.0 to Web 3.0

2022

Built the kusamaverse with the polkadot ecosystem

2023

Launched alpha version of Odyssey creator for interactive digital experiences on testnet

our co-founders

Christel Hexagon Outline

Christel Sieling

COO/ Co-Founder

Anton Hexagon Outline B&W

Anton Starikov

CTO/ Co-Founder

Rutger Hexagon Outline

Rutger van Zuidam

CEO/ Co-Founder

Our Supporters

Gavin Hexagon Outline

Gavin Wood

Founder Polkadot + Parity. Ex co-founder & CTO Ethereum

Donnie Hexagon Outline

Donnie BigBags

Founder Moonsama/ Exosama

Ewald Hexagon Outline

Ewald Hesse

Co-founder Energy Web, GridSingularity, SovereignNature.com

Ben Hexagon Outline

Ben Woldring

Founder & CEO BenCom

Trent Hexagon

Trent McConaghy

Co-founder + CTO Ocean Protocol

Sota Hexagon Ouline

Sota Watanabe

Founder & CEO Astar Network

Yusuke Hexagon Outline

Yusuke Obinata

Web3 Foundation