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Kamino Finance

Turning a lending market into Solana's most-visited DeFi front page.

We built a season-based campaign engine that compounded TVL, users, and mindshare release after release.

Engagement
Sprint-based · multi-season
Scope
Product storytellingCampaign opsListingsKOLCommunity
$2.4B
TVL
+612%
MAU growth
3
Seasons shipped
The challenge

Lending is the most commoditized DeFi vertical. Kamino had to feel like a product, not a protocol.

Solana DeFi was crowded — and most projects shouted the same metrics.

Our approach

How we ran it.

01

Product-led storytelling

Every release came with a hero feature, a benchmark, and a real user story. No more anonymous TVL pumps.

02

Season engine

Three campaign seasons, each with its own narrative arc, leaderboard, and partner cohort. 31 ecosystem projects integrated.

03

Trader + farmer funnels

Built parallel content tracks for active traders and yield farmers so each cohort had something to do every week.

04

Founder visibility

Trained the team to ship 1 high-signal post per week. Built a real, recognizable voice instead of a logo account.

Results

What it shipped.

$2.4B
TVL
from $310M at engagement start
+612%
MAU growth
31
Ecosystem integrations
#1
Solana lending mindshare
Three sold-out Kamino House activations at Breakpoint and Solana Hacker House
Default lending venue for JitoSOL, INF, and JLP collateral
Token launch with zero unlock-related FUD cycles
"Growth3 Labs runs marketing like a product team. They ship, measure, kill what doesn't work and double down on what does. That's why our seasons keep compounding."
Marius Ciubotariu
Marius Ciubotariu
Co-founder, Kamino Finance
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