CV Labs Incubation Program

The Starter Kit for Blockchain Entrepreneurs

We invest $125K in great startups and offer a three-month program at the heart of the Crypto Valley in exchange for equity or tokens. Startups learn from the most successful and visionary entrepreneurs, advisors and mentors in the blockchain space. We are entrepreneurs. Blockchain is our passion. What is yours?

Each program consists of six weeks of classes and workshops with experts, mentors and special guests. The startups will have an additional six weeks to work with fellow participants and members of the ecosystem at CV Labs.

The incubation program profits from synergies with CV Advisory, CV Summit, CV competition and other events attracting thought leaders and trailblazers from the global blockchain community.

The program is based on three complementary pillars:

-Seed Funding:
Every blockchain startup gets $125K and access to a three-month incubation program as well as co-working space in exchange of equity and tokens.

-Mentoring:
At CV Labs, the home base of the incubation program, founders and advisors train and mentor the entrepreneurs of the future. Startups run though a six-pillar program with the following modules:

Vision and business model, white paper
Teambuilding and leadership in a decentralized world
Technology
Communications, marketing, media and pitch training
Legal and compliance
Token design, token economics and token sale

-Ecosystem:
Crypto Valley contains over 600 blockchain firms. Participants will have the opportunity to meet and interact directly with this broad community in Switzerland and the CV Labs including tenants, visiting founders, investors, politicians, journalists and many other special guests from all over the world.

Some of the most prominent names in the crypto and blockchain world were launched in Zug and are still here today including:
Bancor, Cardano, Tezos, Shapeshift, Consensys, Golem and many more more

Funds ^$125K per team

Takes 8% equity

Funds 60 startups per year

Saving

Info

Thank you for your interest in our incubation program. Please fill out as much details as possible. Lets builde the future of Blockchain together.

Preamble

If you have been referred by one of the CV VC mentors/advisors/team, please fill in the name
The incubation program requires at least one responsible team member/founder to be present in Zug during the three months of the on-site program. Please confirm attendance in person. Only applicants responding with yes will be considered for the program
Name of each person
Are you open to potentially relocate to Zug, Switzerland with your project/team in future?
What is the blockchain/crypto component of your business?
Please indicate that your project is early-stage (i.e. incubation stage) if your project is at a much later stage we might be able to help you with our investment team, advisory team, marketing team, etc.
In brief, what is your goal when applying to the CV VC incubation program?
Please confirm that your project is not active in the following sectors: Gambling, Weapons, Mining (non-crypto)

General

Company name and website URL if not incorporated yet, please indicate project name
What industry is the project in? e.g. financial services, real estate etc.
What stage is your project at? e.g. idea, pre-MVP, post-MVP, etc.
Are you incorporated already? If yes, when and what jurisdiction have you formed a legal entity in?
What is the form of the legal entity? e.g. Ltd. etc.
Executive summary tell us in a nutshell what you do
How do you finance your project at the moment?
Have you received any funding yet? If so, how much? From whom?
Do you currently have any plans to conduct an ICO in future?

Idea

What is the "why" behind your company? Vision & Mission
Problem/solution: What is the problem you are solving?
How are you solving this problem? What makes your approach stand out?
Please provide a high-level roadmap/milestones of the project?
What are the products/services you plan to build & offer?
List some business challenges you see when building out this product/service
Provide a high-level roadmap/milestones of the products/services you plan to roll-out

Market / Adoption

What are success factors of the project?
What is the current target group of users/customers e.g. B2B, B2C, SME's etc.
What are your (future) revenue model/streams?
How do you plan to monetize your project?
Do you have existing users already?
Please indicate your revenue to date (if applicable)
Have you completed a preliminary market analysis on the competitive environment?
What are current and adjacent competitors? please provide name and links
How do you differentiate yourself from them? What is your competitive advantage?
Are there any regulatory restrictions on your product or service?
elaborate further
IP & Protection - do you own your IP?
Do you use open-source code or otherwise?
Is there any other legal information that we should know? Legal conflicts/lawsuits, (founding) team members who have quit, etc.

Team

Please list the founders/core team List members of your core team - please provide social media links if possible (LinkedIn).
What is the team size overall?
What is the background of the individual team members? Industry expertise?
Where is the team currently based? e.g. distributed: founders in London, engineers in Poland, etc.
Team history How did you meet? What brought you together?
Team(member) highlights List any awards or distinctions you have received or competitions you have participated in
How many of your team members are full-time? How many part-time?
What is current (or planned, after incorporation) ownership structure of your company? Please list people and their respective %-ownership

Technology & Blockchain relevance

In detail, what is the blockchain/crypto component of your business?
What type of blockchain/distributed ledger technology are you using?
Do you plan to have an own token? What will its function be?
Are you planning to build an own protocol?
Describe the planned technologies that your products or services will apply
List some technology challenges you see when building out this product/service

Documentation

Pitch deck (Max file size 30MB.)
Additional technical documentation (Max file size 30MB.)if available
Additional links (GitHub/Dropbox etc.) (Max file size 30MB.)if available
Product/service demo (video) if available
Paste YouTube or Vimeo URL Link (ex. www.youtube.com/foo)
Any Other documentation (Max file size 30MB.)
Additional link
Additional link
Additional link

Recommendations

Ask for new Recommendations

CV Labs Incubation Program

Recommendations

You're missing a required response

Almost done - please confirm your response to this question