HUMANS — build your Web3 unicorn

We're looking for strategic partners 💻

At HUMANS, we host amazing events for Web3 startups, VCs & ecosystems:

- 40+ top investors in attendees (a16z, Delphi Digital, gumi Cryptos, ConsenSys Mesh, and more)
- 350 applications from promising startups per each event
- 500+ builders view our events online

We want to keep pushing this industry forward and are looking for strategic partners to boost this story.

Ready to become friends? Reach out to @spacepilgrim ✉️

🆕 Round of Startups & Investor Events for Summer 2024

Where we’re meeting to explore hot deals:

🟣{TGE Q3} Startup pitch Day | June 20
CEXs, launchpads, MMs, angels & VCs exploring bold projects ready for the TGE in Q3.


🟡Memecoin Pitch Battle | July 9
A showdown of intriguing meme coins, packed with laughs and nice investment opportunities.


🟢HUMANS Startup Pitch Roast | July 23
Web3 C-level experts and VCs grill, toast, and roast startup pitches, offering honest feedback.


🔵{Base Network} Demo Day | Aug 6
Startups on the Base ecosystem with a proven track-record showcase their ideas to multiple VCs.


❓Secret Demo Day | Aug 20
Oops, it’s not available for you yet! Register for the events above to unlock this one.


— Want to partake as a pitcher, judge, or partner? Contact @spacepilgrim

— Or RSVP here 🔜 https://lu.ma/user/humans

Attention Blast enthusiasts 🔊

We’re preparing a {Have a Blast} Pitch Day.

What is it?

An exclusive pitching session to multiple investors for startups building on the Blast ecosystem. Right now we’re accepting applications.

If you’re a founder building on Blast (or know one), send your application here or directly to @spacepilgrim.

Don’t forget to attach a pitch deck!

🗓 May 28 | 4:00 pm UTC | Online

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Backed by BlastUp — a community backed and trusted launchpad for early-stage projects within the Blast Ecosystem.

New round of pitching events. You in?

We've prepared a new calendar of events for startups and investors. See where we're meeting this spring 👇

🟣HUMANS Demo Day | Apr 30
Pitch your product to 30+ VCs and 500+ retail investors at once at our very own Demo Day.

🟡{Pre-listing} Pitch Day | May 14
Whether you're preparing for a token listing, entering new markets, or looking to attract strategic partnerships, this is the event for you.

🟢{KOLs Round} Demo Day | May 30
Exclusive Demo Day where startups meet the investment potential of KOLs & perfect setting to shake hands.


— Want to partake as a pitcher, judge, or sponsor? Contact @IanMVA

— Or RSVP by clicking the event names

We’re in Dubai 🇦🇪 Let’s meet and grill some decks!

We’ve touched down in the city and are preparing for our event next Tuesday.

We'll be hosting a Startup Pitch Roast, where top investors will be grilling the pitch decks, followed by some laid-back networking 🙌

🟣April 23 | 4 pm | Cypher Capital Hub

Founders and investors, please register here ❗️We’ll review and approve applications soon.

And let's not let any flooding get in the way of our hot evening!

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Backed by Cypher Capital (co-organizer), Paysenger, Guru, and MEV X.

Bitcoin Halving is almost here. Join Web3 VCs exploring new investment opportunities 🔥

We're hosting the {Before Halving} Demo Day — crafted for startups building on Bitcoin. Investors will get first-hand access to outstanding startups, and founders can pitch to multiple investors at once.

Over 30 VCs, angels, CEXs, launchpads are eager to discover new promising Web3 projects.

Confirmed they’re in:

a16zcrypto | Youbi Capital | WWVentures | Bitcoin Startup Lab | X+ | Founderheads | Aquanow | Paper Ventures | GSR | MarsDAO | HASH CIB | and other great investors.


📍Apr 12th. 4 pm UTC. Online.

Supported by ChainGPT – #1 ranked AI infrastructure for Blockchain, Crypto & Web3.

LINK TO JOIN 🔠

Hey everyone! At HUMANS.work, we've built a network of 15k Web3 builders. To support them, we're creating a database of trusted partners offering exclusive terms to startups in our community.

We're launching this as a selective service providers database in mid-March. It's an excellent gateway to 15k Web3 startups.

Currently seeking:
1. Smart contract audit firms
2. Market makers
3. Marketing & KOL agencies
4. Legal firms
5. CEXs/DEXs
6. Launchpads
7. Other service providers

Fill out this short application (it takes less than 5 mins) to be listed: https://humanswork.typeform.com/trustedpartners

Join #RollupWithCartesi Hackathon for Web3 developers

Cartesi is inviting project builders, from cool games to innovative DeFi apps and platforms, to push the boundaries of Web3 on March 18-24, 2024. The main idea is all about creativity.

— How much does it cost?
Absolutely free for everyone.

— Who can attend?
There is no selection process, and anyone with a technical background is welcome to apply.

— What are the prizes?
There’s $21,000 track reward broken down into the following:

🥇 1st - $6,000 Team Prize
🥈 2nd - $3,000 Team Prize
🥉 3rd - $2,000 Team Prize
💰 $10,000 USD Shared Pool Prize (For notable projects, Cartesi will reward up to 10 teams $1000 if they qualify as runner ups)


Join #RollupWithCartesi 2024 now ⬅️

Cartesi is organizing educational workshops for Web3 & blockchain developers

Cartesi, an application-specific rollup protocol with a Linux runtime, offering a modular scaling solution, opens great opportunities for builders at their upcoming online Hackathon.

They’ll run a series of workshops for an entire week, from 11 March to Friday 15 March and will cover various topics, including an introduction to Cartesi, steps to build, and inspiring ideas.

Invitation links to Workshop Series:
- Workshop 1: 11 March 12 PM UTC | by João
- Workshop 2: 12 March 5:30 PM UTC | by Jathin
- Workshop 3: 13 March 12 PM UTC | by Marcus
- Workshop 4: 14 March 5:30 PM UTC | by Shaheen
- Workshop 5: 15 March 12 PM UTC | by Gabriel

Don’t miss the opportunity, it’s open for everyone & free to join! Join the Cartesi Discord to get involved, stay updated and be part of the larger ecosystem.

HUMANS Demo Day spotted on BeInCrypto 👀

You too can apply while we keep the applications open 👇

https://beincrypto.com/humans-is-organizing-the-demo-day-for-web3-founders-and-investors/

Happy Valentine’s Day with a gift for you 💌

Some time ago we’ve launched Web3 Builders Bootcamp — a totally free program for first-time and more matured founders with workshops, AMA sessions, lots of useful material & practical tasks inside. Experts from Rarible, Zerion, Gate io, Lido and many others sharing their Web3 wisdom.

The doors are open and we invite you to join if you're curious how major Web3 players:

— hire people;
— build sustainable products;
— find their PMF;
— raise funds;
— and prepare for the 🐂 market!

All available here 👉 https://x.humans.work/bootcamp

Backed by our great partners:

BDC Consulting. — crypto-native experts in GTM strategies and product launches, including token sales and NFT mints.
LaborX — a blockchain-based jobs platform that helps clients connect with web3 talents.
Crypto Pills — community for founders, investors and experts that will help you stay ahead of 99% of crypto enthusiasts.

New pitching events calendar is LIVE

See where you can meet investors and pitch your product in February, March, and April. a16z, Founders Fund, Consensys MESH, Cypher Capital, Gate io and other tier-1 investors will be there.

Check it out 🔠

Big VC players are joining our {Ready-to-Raise} Demo Day today ⚡️

Today we’re hosting an event where founders will pitch to multiple VCs:

— Sam Broner, Investor @ a16zcrypto
— Joey Krug, Partner @ Founders Fund
— Andrey Klebanov, Managing Partner @ TOP
— Daniel Luca, Investor @ Eden Block VC
— Simon Dedic, CEO & Partner @ Moonrock Capital
— Stefan Piech, Adviser @ Cypher Capital
— Hugo Bettencourt, Ecosystem Manager @ CVLabs
— René Darmoš, General Partner @ Moonhill Capital

And others from Polygon Ventures, 1inch, MEXC, Gate io, Synergis Capital, Struck Capital & more…

You in? We’re starting in 45 mins!

Join here 🔠


This event's backed by great partners — Gamestarter.

Only the lazy one hasn't written about how to build a community in Web3. But few have shared a detailed and honest case study — let's fix that?

Given: a Web2 gaming studio with no experience or brand recognition in Web3.

Needed: create a strong and vibrant Web3 community for launching the game from the ground up.

Key Results after 4 months 🔥

— One of the most active communities in GameFi.
— 35k followers on X, 70k in Discord, 7 active regional chats, hundreds of daily messages;
— 10k free NFTs are minted out in 2 minutes on Magic Eden, 68% unique holders;
— Ranked in the top 3 by volume on Magic Eden in the first 24h after the mint;
— 2.5k sales on OpenSea on day one.

How it was achieved?

Ales Kavalevich, Managing Partner at BDC Consulting, shared behind the scenes of this case study.

Check out in the video 🔠

Or read the article if you prefer text 🔠

We’ve gathered 24 questions that investors will ask founders seeking funds

Here’s a small gift for the New Year — a list of questions that specific Web3 funds fire at founders (Delphi Digital, gumi Cryptos, Consensys MESH and many others).

Perhaps next time, you won't stumble in calls with investors?

Open it here ❤️

P.S. This article is sponsored by BDC Consulting — crypto-native experts in go-to-market strategies and product launches, including token sales and NFT mints. Since 2017, they have helped launch 90 projects, attracting more than $80 million and 3 million users.
You can book a call with them and learn more.

Standout Web3 projects for you to explore and enrich your deal-flow list.

Check this bunch out 👇

1. Chaos Genesis — an innovative Web3 gaming platform. It's designed for traditional players, focused on creating phygital NFTs, delivering top-quality games, and integrating AI. The Chaos Genesis team onboarded an Art Director with over 30 years of industry expertise, ensuring exceptional visuals for the project.

🔠Chaos Genesis Pitch Deck

2. Lemonade — WordPress for Web3. The product's live, with $750,000 in revenue, NFT ticketing, social features, 15 integrated blockchains & more. The Lemonade team consists of 6 professionals with diverse backgrounds in multiple fields, such as product development, branding, infrastructure, consumer, venture, and others.
Backed by investors from Outlier Ventures, Primal Capital, Benson Oak Ventures, Red Beard Ventures, 6th Man Ventures, and Mike Dudas and 15 more.

🔠Lemonade Pitch Deck

3. embr — payments infrastructure for the next internet. The team that has experience in startups, Fintech & Web3, has raised $2.3M pre-seed IDO, onboarded 100+ projects using Embr Checkout, had Smart Contract Vault audit by HackenProof, and more.

4. Censo — the seed phrase manager. Behind the product — a notable founder who used to be a partner at Pantera Capital. The team has successfully launched the beta version of their application on App Store and Google Play, garnering initial users and reviews and is set to release within a month.

🔠Censo Pitch Deck

5. Rove – a Web3 entertainment platform making it easy for artists, brands and fans to connect. They have attracted Tommy Hilfiger and other big stars as advisors and entered partnerships with NEAR and Solana. They recently got bigger by acquiring The Arena, the SocialFi platform on Avalanche.

🔠 Rove Pitch Deck

How to find out a growth strategy for your token: insights from AlphaLab Capital's investor

When you want your token on the big exchanges, you gotta get cozy with a market maker — no choice, they make the rules. But here's some insider info by Julia Zhou, Partner at AlphaLab Capital, to better understand how to crack the market-making code.

Read it below ⚡

From no investors deck to 30+ investors, 21 calls with funds, and 2 due-diligence processes ⚡

That's the story of Bemo, first LSD on TON. Learn what the team went through to get funds like Delphi Digital asking for an urgent call 👀
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Halloween's special!

We've picked up three chilling stories of Web3 startups that turned into nothing but a pumpkin — and why that happened. Examples that you def DON'T want to follow 👻

Read it below

Research: Which projects VCs are chasing today

Together with TweetScout we did a research and gathered a database of Web3 projects that VCs are following today on Twitter, including:

— 1700+ Projects: their Twitter links, fields, and description

— Total number of VCs subscribed and info about funds

— Number of VCs subscribed last month

— Comments on WHY investors are following these projects

​This database describes what interests Web3 investors in the current market — coming with regular updates.

Wanna see more? Check it out here 🔠