Web3 events are usually crowded and fun. People swap cards, scan codes and add each other to chat groups. After three days, most conversations stop at a promise to have coffee someday. In an industry that moves fast, a meeting that does not lead to a next step within two weeks is almost lost.
Web3 business matching arranges purposeful meetings between the right groups, based on what they declare before the event, instead of adding a networking corner to a crypto event. Textbooks for the exhibition business note that a fun networking happy hour tends to raise contacts and connections more than it closes deals. In Web3, where the parties usually do not know each other beforehand, purposeful matching is how you shorten the distance from getting acquainted to working together.
Groups that need to be matched
- Projects and founders: looking for capital, developers, first users, corporate partners or expert opinion.
- Investors: funds, angels and institutions. They look for projects at the right stage and sector.
- Developers and builders: looking for a project or team to join, or technical partners.
- Traditional companies: wanting to apply blockchain to supply chains, payments or loyalty programs. For example, seafood may need traceability, see the article on blockchain traceability for seafood.
- Code auditors, legal advisors and compliance providers.
- Community and media.
The questionnaire for matching
A short questionnaire is better, using ready-made categories rather than free text. Useful fields include project stage (idea, test product, live), sector (infrastructure, payments, games, real-world assets, enterprise tools), needs (capital, engineers, users, legal partners), what the person can contribute (capital, network, experience) and the legal jurisdiction. Scoring and the matching process are similar to the article on matchmaking at trade shows.
Legal notes in Vietnam
Resolution 05/2025/NQ-CP on piloting a crypto asset market took effect on 9 September 2025 as a five-year pilot, and the Law on the Digital Technology Industry took effect on 1 January 2026. The framework is changing, so a Web3 business matching program should review these points: do not allow token offers at the event without written legal advice, check that sponsors hold valid licenses, avoid any profit promises in content, and ask for consent before sharing the attendee list. The article on organizing crypto events in Vietnam lists six points to check. This is not legal advice, and specific content needs a lawyer's review.
Screening and anti-scam steps
The crypto community is often targeted by fake support groups and fake giveaway programs. For business matching, the risk also includes projects that do not exist or fake investors. Ask projects to submit team details, a website, public code or an audit report if any, and hold a short video call before accepting. For investors, check that the institution or fund is real. Post a clear notice at the entrance and on screens: the organizers never ask for a wallet recovery phrase.
A sample schedule for a half-day Web3 business matching session
- 13:00 Welcome guests, check-in, hand out name tags showing stage and sector.
- 13:30 A ten-minute opening, repeating the rules: no token offers, no profit promises.
- 13:45 Round one between projects and investors, fifteen minutes per meeting.
- 15:00 Break and free networking.
- 15:30 Round two between projects and corporates and builders.
- 16:45 Short wrap-up, a reminder of the 48-hour follow-up.
- 17:00 Close, networking.
This schedule splits the two rounds by group so each person meets only partners who really fit. The middle break is for free networking, because nobody can bear three straight hours at a meeting table. The rules are repeated right at the start so both sides hear them together, rather than appearing only in the invitation.
Formats
Web3 business matching can run as a separate session beside a large conference, see what a blockchain side event is. Or as the closing part of a hackathon, similar to the article on the blockchain hackathon, or as a speed meeting session between projects and investors, described in the article on the Web3 investor speed meeting. A venue that is not dull helps attendees remember it longer. The article on Web3 events at Infinity Racing introduces one such option.
When you need Web3 business matching built
If you are an organizer, fund or association that needs Web3 business matching built, from the questionnaire, screening and matching to running the meeting schedule and checking content against legal guidance, you can send a request through the quote page or book a call with Nguyễn Anh Trung. Tell us the participant groups, the scale and the expected date.
One meeting of twenty minutes with the right person is worth far more than three days of wandering through a crowd from the same industry.