Season 1
Founders from 10 countries, scored on screen by Hacken.
Sink or swim crypto pitches
Founders pitch to the biggest names in crypto. Win the Swim votes and you leave with mentorship, deals and a global spotlight.
Season 2 prize pool $1.5M
The biggest prize pool on crypto TV.
600M+People reached
80+Countries
11Episodes, 2 seasons
32Projects pitched
5Streaming platforms
6Exits
Season 2
A new host, more Whales and a $1.5M prize pool.
Season 3
Built from Killer Whales: Live winners. Now open to AI and robotics.
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The Whales
The faces founders want in the room
Anthony Scaramucci
Mario Nawfal
Ran Neuner
Aaron Arnold
Austin Arnold
Gracy Chen
Crypto WendyO
George Tung
The ThreadGuyFollowers on X. Every episode goes out on the Whales’ own channels too.
Swim stories
Six exits and counting
Six projects from the show have since sold their company to investors or a buyer. Open a story to see what happened.
Exit · Acquired by MetaMaskWallet Guard
17K → 117KUsers
$5M → $55MFunds protected
Exit · Acquired by StaynexSleap.io
June 2024Pitched
April 2026Acquired
Exit 3Story coming soon
Exit 4Story coming soon
Exit 5Story coming soon
Exit 6Story coming soon
More Swim stories
ApeWater
- Raised $2.5M+ at a $20M valuation
- Expanded to Colorado, California, Atlanta and Miami
- Athlete partnerships brought national coverage
FX1
- Raised $350K in credit funding
- Joined the Google start-up programme
Catbotica & Pundi X
- Catbotica grew into a larger brand IP and started a gaming launchpad
- Pundi X onboarded new markets and added 15x payments
$HELLO