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What is the OCTOPUS ACCELERATOR?
The Octopus Accelerator is a structured acceleration framework to initiate the future of web 3.0. We believe in the importance of a vibrant community of projects, where founders can interact in an open, entrepreneurial environment in order to effectively innovate.
A project in the Octopus Accelerator would need to work towards the Octopus Accelerator Showcase Day, which allows each project to present their working MVP to a panel of judges selected from subject-matter experts, venture capital, tech specialists and other partners.
Projects successfully passing the process may receive grants, tech support, and strategic partnerships.
Why Should You Sign Up?
Supercharge your mature-stage project with mentoring, training, expert advice, and partnerships. Receive grants of up to $50,000 on successful completion of the process. Learn from a large knowledge pool of major topics including tokenomics, marketing, compliance, solutions architecture, and web 3.0.
Projects inducted within the Accelerator also gain access to an expansive community of other projects, as well as investors, marketers, and subject-matter experts.
OCTOPUS ACCELERATOR Roadmap
Each 3-month Batch provides the following timeline for participating startups:
Open and composable courses on multiple Web 3.0 concepts -- accessible to anyone
Exclusive weekly online sessions
Application into the Showcase Day slots
Shortlisting of Showcase Day startups
The Octopus Accelerator Showcase Day
Showcase Day
We are looking for next generation world class projects within the Substrate ecosystem to be an Octopus Appchain. These projects should have:
1. At least one team member graduate from this batch.
2. Apply with the following materials before December 17th
a. Presentation(multi-sided market and network effect analysis, token economics, to-go market strategy, team intro, road map, fundraising plan etc.)
b. Whitepaper
c. Demo Video
d. GitHub repository
1. Each team will have exactly 15 minutes to present their project to a panel of judges.
2. Each judge will be able to nominate 5 projects.
3. Top 5 projects with the most number of nominations wins. They will become Octopus Accelerator Star projects.
Experts
Illia Polosukhin
NEAR Protocol,
Co-founder
Amos Zhang
NEAR Protocol,
Asia GM
BMAN
BeWater,
Core Contributor
Kun
BeWater,
Core Contributor
Rongbin Li
SevenX Ventures,
Founding Partner
Jeniffer Liu
D1 Ventures,
Founding Partner
Curtis Spencer
Electric Capital,
Partner
Feng Liu
Chainnews,
Co-founder & Editor-in-Chief
Ben
Ascensive Assets,
Partner
Michael
NEAR Guild,
Co-founder
Chen Li
Youbi Capital,
Partner
Xiahong Lin
Continual Capital,
Partner
Pandu
Octopus Guild,
Founder
Mark Wang
Puzzle Ventures,
Founding Partner
De Ming
Signum Capital,
VENTURE PARTNER
Gene Jiang
Conomico,
Partner
John Wang
Bixin Ventures,
Investment Manager
Louis Liu
Octopus Network,
Co-founder
Mike Tang
Octopus Network,
Co-founder
Aaron Ting
Octopus Network,
Community Director
Woori Chen
Octopus Network,
Community Manager
Nizam Ismail
Ethikom Consultancy,
Founder and CEO
Accelerator Partners
FAQs
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What is Octopus Network?
Octopus Network is a multichain network born to bootstrap and run appchains. By providing flexible leased security, out-of-box interoperability, one-stop infrastructure, and a ready-to-be-engaged community, Octopus Network is unleashing an innovation wave on Web3.0.
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I have a startup idea which has yet to launch, can
I join?
Yes, anyone who wants to participate in Web 3.0 development are welcomed to join.
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How much funding will my startup get?
Up to 5 teams will receive up to $50,000 USD in grants.
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Why should we develop an appchain when we can
deploy a smart contract instead?
Appchain is Web3.0 application specific blockchain, which has two superiority over smart contract: full stack customizability and evolvability with legitimacy by on-chain governance.
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Does my appchain have to join Octopus Network to be
part of this programme?
No.
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Is there a minimum team size to qualify?
We accept teams of any size, including sole-founder startups.
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What kind of blockchain projects can apply for
Octopus Accelerator?
Any project that is a Web 3.0 application, excluding private chains, may apply.
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What language will the accelerator program be
conducted in?
The accelerator program will be conduced in English.
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I have additional questions, where can I direct
the
questions?
You can reach out to the team on our official discord channel.
Key Deadlines
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Cohort Process
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Deadline
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Application Due
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October 31st | 2021
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Program Start Date
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November 1st | 2021
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Program End Date
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December 10th | 2021
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Showcase Application Due
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December 17th | 2021
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Showcase Day
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December 20th | 2021
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