Orion joins the ranks of MakerDAO, Celsius, and Swissborg as a founding member of WeWork Blockchain Labs. Timothea Horwell Follow Feb 17 · 2 min read

In a significant step forward for Orion, we are humbled to announce we have joined the ranks of MakerDAO, Celcius, and Swissborg to become a founding member of WeWork’s Blockchain Labs incubator.

WeWork Fintech Blockchain Labs incubator launched late last year with a commitment to powering the next generation of FinTech and Blockchain companies. The initiative supports early innovators across the ecosystem, including companies using DLT through finance, supply chain, ecommerce and similar verticals.

WeWork Labs provides us access to a progressive environment of FinTech & Blockchain focused entrepreneurs, industry experts, guided mentorship and investors. We’re honored to have access to a number of mentors, including:

Arthur Brietman, founder of Tezos

Paul Veradittakit, Investor at Pantera Capital

Teck Chia, Head of Binance X

Vanessa Grellet, Executive Director at ConsenSys

Chris Zhong, Blockchain & Emerging Tech Lead at Accenture

Jules Miller, Co-Founder of IBM Blockchain Ventures

Gustav Arentenoft, Business Development at MakerDAO

Ivan Perez, Director of Business Development at Multiplied

Jacqui Hatfield, Partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe

This partnership adds priceless connections, mentorship, and support that will prove essential to our success. We’re thrilled and humbled to be in such a promising position to lead the way in DeFi.