Stacker Ventures is a decentralized venture capital fund and we're looking for new and early stage projects to invest in.
If you are a team member of a new crypto project which is in the seed / pre-TGE stage and are in need of capital backing, get in touch.
Even if you have already launched but are struggling to raise capital for your project, we'd like to hear from you.
Over $3.5M has been raised by the Stacker community and the plan is to start deploying capital for our first fund (Fund 1) on May 1st 2021.
Below is a rough guide for the type of projects we're looking for.
If you're interested you can contact me directly on here or Telegram @wakiita. I am likely to respond quicker on Telegram.
https://stacker.vc/What's different about Stacker Ventures? The coordination of capital allocation to early-stage blockchain projects has largely remained in the hands of blockchain venture capital firms, many of which do not embody the blockchain ethos of community, transparency, and innovation. With VC firms investing early into forked projects and helping promote them as ‘fair launches’, it is past time to give the community a chance to participate in the upside of early-stage investing while democratizing the management of the entire funding process.
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We see significant innovation and opportunity across the entire blockchain market. The following are a few niches we are particularly excited about.
1. DeFi / Open Finance
Composability! DeFi has yielded the greatest boost in composability of financial products since perhaps the adoption of the Application Programming Interface (API), and we are still extremely early. With an infinite array of applications and synergies with many of the other blockchain frontiers, DeFi adoption will be a long-term trend.
2. Social Tokens
New models in community access and incentivization have begun to capture the imagination of communities, artists, audiences, and more. We expect this space to see significant experimentation and innovation over the next few years.
3. Non-fungible Tokens
While Fund 1 will not be able to invest in NFTs due to its v1 fund framework, there is no denying the power of NFTs to not only hold and transmit value but also to build community, provide gamification to new models and represent ownership of real-world (and virtual) items. We are open to any ERC20 tokens with interplay to the non-fungible economy.
4. Governance
Everyone keeps saying “DAOs are next!”, but are they? We expect the autonomous organization to see continued adoption as governance tools are invented and improved, and as these tools are combined with DeFi, social tokens, NFTs and other niches within the blockchain market.
5. Web3
We expect significant innovation to continue ramping up in the development of alternatives to centralized web infrastructure. Decentralized storage, the permaweb, and oracles are an example here, but many aspects of the traditional web stack are ripe for disruption.
6. Other
There is innovation happening everywhere we look and we do not want to limit our fund because a new idea (or even a new market!) doesn’t fit in a traditional box!
What We Look for In Projects
1. ERC20: Fund 1 is limited to making investments in ERC20 tokens. If your project is close to TGE or post-TGE, we hope you apply for funding!
2. Alignment: Does the project align with the mission of Stacker Ventures and the fund?
3. Potential Impact: Does the solution being created have the potential to significantly and positively impact its market?
4. Potential Return on Investment: What is the potential ROI of the token? Potential for cash flow, utility, rights?
5. Traction: Does the project already have an involved community or significant industry partners? What effect might these assets have on the success of the project? What plans are in place to grow, involve, and retain community members?
6. Team Structure: Does the team building the project have the technical ability to outperform competition? What have they achieved with sweat equity or personal/angel funding?
7. Individual Merit: Is there anyone on the team that brings exceptional value in terms of industry presence, experience or technical ability?
8. Regulatory Landscape: Has the team acquired the appropriate licenses to operate? Is there any significant regulatory risk?
9. Fundraising Stage: Is the project at an early stage that represents a high risk/reward profile?
10. Token Allocation: Does the token distribution model align with the fund’s timeline and goals?
