Chainforest Weekly Recap (05/08/23)

May 09, 2023

Chainforest Weekly Recap

Greetings Rainmakers! ⛓️🌴

Welcome to the latest edition of the Chainforest Weekly Recap, where you’ll find up-to-date information on upcoming Chainforest DAO programming and industry events, the community feature of the month, a round-up of the most exciting happenings in our Discord this week, and a welcome to our new Rainmaker’s!

The top three channels were: 🏀│sports, 🎮│gen-gaming, and ⚡│connect-potw.

Champion of the Forest Challenge 🏆🐯

🏆 Champion of the Forest 🏆

Champion of the Forest is an 8-week journey consisting of a series of quests and games in Chainforest. For each quest a member participates in, they will receive TEAM points based on performance. The top TEAM point earners will win prizes! (For full event details, check out our announcement post!)
🏅 Current Standings (After Week 7): Welcome to the final week of Champion of the Forest! Be sure to participate in our Ask/Gives game in our Discord to earn last-minute TEAM points!:
1. 🥇 Blake Kim (Co-Founder, Head of Product & Community Myosin.xyz) - 126 pts
2. 🥈 Julia Xu (Head of Strategic Partnerships & Community at Scenius) - 120.5 pts
3. 🥉 Vasanth Thiruvadi (Head of Finance at Chainforest) - 107 pts
4. Check out our leaderboard to see the latest standings

🤝 Support the Forest 🤝

For the last 2 weeks of 🏆 Champion of the Forest 🏆, we are launching a new game called 🤝 Support the Forest 🤝, where we reward community members who help each other in small (or big) ways that move each other forward
🏅 Current Standings (After Week 1):
1. 🥇 Casey Weiss (Co-founder of Ashbury Ventures) - 10 pts
2. 🥈 Julia Xu (Head of Strategic Partnerships & Community at Scenius) - 10 pts
3. 🥉 Jim Zheng (CTO at Supercharge) - 10 pts
Week One:
1. We featured six amazing Chainforest experts who opted into giving their time to support the community. To make an ask, you can go to an expert’s profile on Proof of Teamwork and make your request
2. Experts:
  1. Pal (Submit an Ask)
    1. 5.5 years at Bitwise Asset Management - engineering manager
    2. 2.5 years at Wealthfront
  2. Julia Xu (Submit an Ask)
    1. Head of Strategic Partnerships & Community at Scenius (Web3 Gaming)
    2. 9 years at BMG - The New Music Company
  3. Max Segall (Submit an Ask)
    1. Operations at Privy (auth infra for web3)
    2. 4 years in product at Brex
  4. Jim Zheng (Submit an Ask)
    1. 10 years in SWE, most recently EM at Flexport
    2. Undergrad & Masters in CS at Stanford
    3. I spent 10 years in SV on fintech & data infra. I’ve managed teams of engineers and now think a lot about the web3 & future of professional networks
  5. Casey Weiss (Submit an Ask)
    1. 10+ years in hardware product development and engineering management
    2. Co-founder Ashbury Ventures (Venture studio arm of Ashbury Legal, a law firm specializing in blockchain law since 2016)
  6. Justin Vogel (Submit an Ask)
    1. Founder of Safary (web3 attribution platform + community of web3 growth leaders)
    2. 5+ years in growth
Week Two:
1. This week, the #connect-potw channel in Discord will become an asks/gives channel
2. Anyone who ASKS or RESPONDS to a question or makes a request in the channel will receive 10 points for each request/response
3. Now is the time to ask if you’ve had any burning questions about crypto (or life more broadly🙃). The Chainforest community is an amazing group, with diverse backgrounds, interests, and expertise. We hope to highlight that this week, by opening up communication among our members

Upcoming Chainforest Programming ⛓️🌴

Monthly Town Hall Meeting (May 2023)
1. Details: Join our Monthly Town Hall on May 9th at 2 pm EST with special guest Lee Hnetinka, Founder of Future, a payments platform with blockchain infrastructure for a Q&A session 🔥
  1. Tune in to stay updated on Chainforest's latest developments, new member orientation, upcoming events, & more! 🏛️
2. When: May 9th, at 2:00 pm EST
3. RSVP: here

Previous Events & Recordings (Sounds of the Forest 🎵)

Monthly Town Hall (April 2023): Did you miss our April Town Hall meeting? Check it out here!
1. Covered during the Town Hall:
  1. We were thrilled to be joined by Cam Greer, Co-founder of heds DAO, as our latest Town Hall guest speaker. If you missed the discussion on heds DAO, you can listen to the recording here
  2. What is heds DAO? hedsDAO is a decentralized audio-visual collective. Once a month, hedsDAO will release and auction a collaborative mixtape, created and curated by the community, as its own NFT collection
    - Website
    - Raise details

Discord Highlights 👀

Need Assistance? (Submit an Ask): Do you require any assistance? You can submit an "Ask" if you have a question related to cryptocurrency, blockchain, or if you need support with engineering, software development, taxes, legal matters, or general start-up support 🤝
Alex Palmer shares a valuable resource that he has been developing that tracks real-world assets that are fully or partially on-chain for a while. Check it out here! 💰
Gaming: Members share their thoughts on the following recent video game releases: Redfall, Chrono Odyssey, and Honkai: Star Rail 🎮
Social: Rainmaker’s have tried Bluesky Social and share their feedback with the community 📲
Sports: Watching the NBA playoffs? Connect and discuss the games with fellow Rainmaker’s here! 🏀
Attention Content Writers: Rainmaker Michael Joseph has been working with Unlock Protocol to launch a new platform to help increase distribution for paid content. If you’re interested in trying it out, DM Michael here! ✍️
Real World Assets: Fellow Rainmaker, Alex Palmer shares a newsletter from the Slow Burn team titled SAFE-T First, which discusses the evolution of token-based fundraising in the crypto industry 💰
Gaming: Julia Xu shares that Mihoyo’s latest game, Honkai: Star Rail earns $42 million in the first week of release 🕹️
Fundraising: Jason Rosenbaum shares that Google Cloud is offering up to $200k in cloud credits & exclusive benefits for seed to series A Web3 projects and startups! 💸

Are you interested in viewing or sharing deal flow with the Chainforest community? Members can also earn $RAINDROP tokens along the way! 🤝

One new deal was shared with the community last week! Access our Deal Flow tool here!
The deal flow tool allows you to:
1. Share new deals
2. Comment and ask questions
3. Tag members
4. Search past deals using our filtering system
Ways Rainmaker’s can earn $RAINDROP token:
1. Source a deal that Chainforest invests in
2. Aid in the due diligence process for a Chainforest investment
3. Support a Chainforest portfolio company
What kinds of deals does Chainforest invest in?
1. Check out our Investment Framework here!

Chainforest DAO Network (Open Roles) 💼

Creative Marketing Producer (reNFT - Full-time): is looking for a talented Creative Marketing Producer with proven graphic design and video editing skills to join their team
Full Stack Developer (FWB - Part-time): is looking for a high-energy and skilled full-stack developer with a passion for pushing the envelope to take the lead on ensuring that FWB’s digital landscape is maintained and cultivated well over time. This role is for a motivated engineer that can balance technical constraints with business objectives and deliver creative solutions
Content Writer/Strategist (Layer3 - Contract-to-Hire): Responsible for end-to-end content creation across a wide range of marketing deliverables, including short-form content, long-form thought leadership, B2B and SEO content, and social media copy

Upcoming Events 🗓️

The Web3 Social - Join us for a night of networking, talks, art, and music!
1. When: May 11, 2023, The Hackney Social (United Kingdom)
2. Details: here
Bitcoin 2023 - Join your fellow Bitcoiners in Miami Beach for the biggest annual celebration of Bitcoin in the world. Don't miss out!
1. When: May 18-20, 2023, Miami, Florida
2. Details: here

New Members 🎊

Brandon Delijani | AkraTax

Interested in joining Chainforest? ⛓️🌴

How to apply: You can apply to become a member by completing our application on Typeform. We will review your submission and grant access after approving your profile
Why join Chainforest?
1. Becoming a Rainmaker means accessing our Discord, our IRL events, our deep dives, and our complete programming. Most Rainmakers love the community because it offers the best environment for web3 learning and exploration on the Internet today
2. Rainmakers also have the opportunity to support Chainforest's VC fund. Rainmakers have the opportunity to earn $RAINDROP, our token backed by carry in our VC fund, in exchange for identifying, evaluating, and supporting investment opportunities. Note that Rainmakers are not required to invest in order to participate, but also do not have a vote on investment decisions
Apply here: https://chainforest.typeform.com/apply

I hope you enjoyed this week’s edition of the Chainforest Weekly Recap!

Till next week,

Sloan

Chainforest

Chainforest Weekly Recap (05/08/23)