Beacon, a prominent web3 accelerator program founded by Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal in 2022, has announced the launch of its fourth and most ambitious cohort yet. This new batch includes 17 cutting-edge companies, marking a notable expansion from previous groups. These companies, selected from pre-seed to Series A stages, hail from diverse sectors within web3, such as DeFi, infrastructure, and AI. Notable participants include Stakestone, EXO, Nubit, Aligned Layer, and eoracle, with several already backed by major VCs like Pantera, Founders Fund, Framework, and Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). “We’re thrilled to welcome our largest and most diverse cohort so far,” Sandeep