⚡️Introducing HFC Bootcamp (applications are live) ~
A seven-day intensive crash course covering every track around fundraising for early-stage founders (pre-series A)
From 26th June to the 4th of July, you’ll hold access to:
• 🏛️ Virtual Masterclasses by top tier VCs and
Introducing Hadron Founders Club ~
The community layer for passionate founders, developers and creators; building the future of the internet of value
🌐 Here's what we are launching this year:
• Two physical campuses in N.Y and Dubai
• Exclusive founder bootcamps and
🌐 "An Innovation powerhouse: The Do's and Don'ts of scaling a start-up"
Catch
@sandeepnailwal
(
@0xPolygon
) IRL as he lights up the inaugral flame at Hadron: Dubai with an exclusive founders-only room for our accepted applicants ~
🔗 Registrations live below:
✅ 7 days of sitting through panels, indulging in DApp Dosas and experiencing one of the harshest weather conditions the city has seen.
We're bringing it all back (local OGs, open-house sessions, not the rain)
🔗 The application for the NYC Cohort is live:
📢 Breaking: P2 Ventures commits $50 Million via
@Hadronfc
to founders building in the Polygon Ecosystem
Wrapping up our first IRL pop-up cohort with a massive announcement W/
@0xPolygon
From founders, for founders 👨🏼💻
🌐 36+ Founders, 7 days and 1 forge ~
We met over 200 projects in the last three weeks, ranging from public goods, RWAs, crypto-finance and the list goes on; we are incredibly appreciative of the support the ecosystem has shown.
📆 The next few days will unravel what we have
💸 We're thrilled to launch the Founder’s Fund (100K MATIC per project) to invest in Hadron FC members, following the success of our two pop-ups in Dubai and NYC ~
Applications out soon • (01.07.2024)
🌐 More than 100 applications already in from all over the world; and they keep coming ~
🇦🇪 April 10th - April 17th, Dubai (U.A.E)
🇺🇸 May 1st - May 8th, New York (U.S.A)
• Apply here:
We’re looking at ecosystem workshops, access to venture funds
🇦🇪 Due to prevailing weather conditions, we are calling-off the closing party for Hadron's Dubai Cohort (April 2024)
Absolutely honoured to witness several (un-revealed) partnerships grow out in less than a week ~ 35+ founders, 1 roof and 0 filters.
A couple of
Our first two IRL pop-up cohorts are in NYC and Dubai ~
🕌 April 10th - April 17th, Dubai (U.A.E)
🗽 April 24th - May 1st, New York (U.S.A)
An exceptional opportunity to work with other amazing founders and create new, enduring and global connections.
Here's what you should
🎬 A small glimpse over our upcoming Founders’ doc. (
@0xPolygon
)
36 different storylines ~ “We all thrive for legacy, the form we acquire it in though, varies”
“Designing 🤝🏻 Engineering Excellence” ~
A self taught programmer, having led eng teams (
@cosmos
), is working towards crypto-finance at
@iqlusioninc
.
🏦 The man himself,
@zmanian
in the flesh • Cohort 2024, Dubai
Calling out all Founders in Dubai • Pitch, Roast, Refine W/
@DXBxZo
🎙️ Founders get 10 minutes to pitch their project
📝 VCs/Jurors get 5 minutes to roast it down (and maybe provide feedback)
⚽️ We become friends again over a Shisha sundowner + Euro Football
Register:
🔂 Revisiting 3rd April, 2024
Kudos to everyone who came out to the SF Soft Launch meet-up W/
@DablClub
(powered by
@Polygon
)
It was heartwarming to see the support of the bay area community (you all are the real 🐐s)
Shoutout to
@HouseOfWeb3
for hosting us, and
@colo
and
🇺🇸 Kicking off with an absolute blast (Day 1, NYC) ~
•
@sandeepnailwal
with an e-fireside session on founder collaborations, tribes and hype + Q&A
•
@abhishek095
and
@sunnya97
around fundraising, “go hike” and how not to fudge it up
• Mixer and beers with NFT artists from
👀 After all is said and done, what if you could learn how to fundraise from the people you ultimately want to fundraise from?
Introducing our lineup of speakers for the next bootcamp • 5 of the top funds in the ecosystem right now:
📈 “Chapter 1: making DeFi big and strong” ~
Join
@MacroMate8
(
@ethena_labs
) as he breaks down exactly how to scale a DeFi protocol from 0 to 1
He smart, come learn. 📖
🗽 NYC Happy Hour (Meet-up) ~
Join us for our
@Hadronfc
+
@0xPolygon
inaugural NYC Meet-up in partnership with the amazing
@vakaytion
🍸✨
📆 Wednesday, April 11 (7:00 PM - 9:00 PM)
📍 A cool hip location in the Bowery 🍸
Register:
Another shot at
📲 AI X Crypto ~ The opportunities that builders need to really go after
An interactive session and cast with
@mo_baioumy
this Thursday, 6th June (9:00 AM EST)
Is this merely a trendy narrative, or are we approaching something significant here?
⚡️ Register:
📝 Wrapping up the Blockchain Research Week ~
A shill and chill session with HFC’s core in New York (
@0xPolygon
) • Friday, May 17th
⏱️: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM (EST)
🔗: Registration link below
🌐 San Francisco Happy Hour
Join us for our
@Hadronfc
+
@0xPolygon
inaugural SF Meet-up
📆 Wednesday, April 3 (5:00 PM - 7:00 PM)
📍 House of Web3
Here’s your chance to know more about our program and connect with our core team (
@blackmarkt
)
⁕ Apply:
🇺🇸 The Hadron FC core is expanding, and we’re looking for:
• Director of Operations, US
Someone that can succesfully execute and improve founder centric programs, is web3 native and on-site in NYC ~
🔗 Complete application form and JD linked below (Register/DM):
Grab a bite with Hadron; we’re in Bangalore this weekend and would love to meet you
📆 Sunday, 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
📍TBD (HSR)
If you want to know more about the program and how you can be a part of it, RSVP below
Limited spots, catch you soon :)
🥷🏼 “Fundraising 101: A guide to finding the right capital"
Bringing forth
@0xkenzi
to brief-on the ins and outs of closing your first round and picking the correct fund
4 more speakers to reveal (or maybe 6) 🤷🏽♂️
Grab a bite with Hadron; we’re in Bangalore this weekend and would love to meet you
📆 Sunday, 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
📍TBD (HSR)
If you want to know more about the program and how you can be a part of it, RSVP below
Limited spots, catch you soon :)
🛠️ “Vision oriented products: hacking towards a goal” ~
Catch
@rushimanche
(
@movementlabsxyz
) as he takes us through GTM strategies and the importance of getting noticed
Cohort applications closing soon (v soon) 👀
• And to lead in the regiment, we have Vanessa Grellet (
@VanessaGrellet_
) from Arche Capital coming in ~
Less than 2 weeks to go, and we couldn’t be more pumped
7 days of fundraising essentials with an exclusive mixer during ETHCC
🔗 Register now:
@chainyoda
@sandeepnailwal
@0xPolygon
Cricket, open mics and a little bit of “don’t tweet this na” ~ one last interactive session before we put our heads down and work through towards day 2 🏏
👩🏻💼 Wrapping up a massive week with
@RebeccaRettig1
around crypto regulations, legalities and an early stage survival guide ~
A founders only webinar on Wednesday, 8th May (10:00am EST/ 6:00pm GST/ 7:30pm IST)
🔗:
🇦🇪 The feeling of building up a home for founders and creators from all over the world is unmatched ~
Applications for the upcoming fundraising bootcamp close-off in the next 72 hours • apply now:
📲 AI X Crypto ~ The opportunities that builders need to really go after
An interactive session and cast with
@mo_baioumy
this Thursday, 6th June (9:00 AM EST)
Is this merely a trendy narrative, or are we approaching something significant here?
⚡️ Register:
1/ We are excited to announce our $10M Series A led by
@ElectricCapital
, to continue our mission to grow the onchain economy by developing smart account technology and products that make it easy for businesses and individuals to securely manage and own digital assets.
📈 The “$” man
@abhishek095
from P2 Ventures on blue oceans, opportunities and mass narratives ~
Catch him IRL during our second pop-up cohort in New York City (May 1st - 3rd)
🌉 Just in ~ San Francisco Meet-up update:
We are pleased to partner up with
@DablClub
(W/
@Colo
) for
@0xPolygon
powered meet-ups
📆 Don’t forget to join us on April 3rd at Edge and Node House of Web3
Register:
🌐 San Francisco Happy Hour
Join us for our
@Hadronfc
+
@0xPolygon
inaugural SF Meet-up
📆 Wednesday, April 3 (5:00 PM - 7:00 PM)
📍 House of Web3
Here’s your chance to know more about our program and connect with our core team (
@blackmarkt
)
⁕ Apply:
Zo 🇦🇪 Zo!
We're co-hosting our first Founders' Connect with our frens at
@Hadronfc
!
will be a VC-founder mixer + fireside chat:
• discussing importance of builiding in public
• share the quality dealflow w/ our investors' network
🗓️ 2 June, 4:20 PM GST
📍 DXBxZo
RSVP 👇
GM NYC crypto frens, pls join us for
@Hadronfc
drinks tomorrow 7pm. Limited spots, RSVP for an invite. We'll send location details to approved guests.
🤫 Last call for founders, devs, marketers to jump in for an evening of roast sessions, shisha and football • with
@DXBxZo
This Saturday, 6:00 PM GST ~ get, set, zo habibi!
Calling out all Founders in Dubai • Pitch, Roast, Refine W/
@DXBxZo
🎙️ Founders get 10 minutes to pitch their project
📝 VCs/Jurors get 5 minutes to roast it down (and maybe provide feedback)
⚽️ We become friends again over a Shisha sundowner + Euro Football
Register:
⏱️ Catch us in an hour with
@ramzps
(
@playAInetwork
) around raising money, market sentiments and your guide on how to not mess it up with Investors • 8:30 PM IST
🔗:
• Rob Hadick (
@HadickM
) and Tom Schmidt (
@tomhschmidt
) from Dragonfly ~ the fund behind 1INCH, Avail, Starkware, Polygon, and the list goes on >|< (est. 2018)
• Day 2: Reality and Recordings
After an intense fire-side with David Silverman (VP Product) around
@0xPolygon
’s product pipeline and scope of improvements, founder’s doc. was initiated 👀
1/9 We're excited to announce our investment in
@AvailProject
- a novel data availability solution founded by
@arjunanuragcr
, co-founder of
@0xPolygon
. Avail aims to solve scalability & fragmentation with foundational infra to fuel blockchain growth.
We're so psyched to welcoming
@Obstropolos
and
@christian_stlou
to our team! We are really glad seeing their exceptional talent, understanding and empathy support the
@etherealvc
family 😊😊🙌🏼🙌🏼
• Day 3: Debates and Drinks
The day started off with
@RealCryptoColin
, Head of Institutional Capital, with an interactive session around problems and opportunities in the ecosystem (and disrupting wall-street)
and ended with a social at Toro Loco 🍸