Chainforest Weekly Recap (05/23/23)
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 Discord channels were: 🟡│bitcoin, 🏀│sports, and 🎮│gen-gaming.
Previous Events & Recordings 🎵
Monthly Town Hall (May 2023): Did you miss our May Town Hall meeting? Check it out here!
Covered during the Town Hall:
We had an amazing time during our May Town Hall with Lee Hnetinka, the founder of Future! Lee discussed his journey as an investor, his vision for Future (the blockchain-based payments platform), and how he turned his ideas into reality!
If you missed the Q&A session with Lee, you can listen to the recording here
Discord Highlights 👀
Lightning Wallets: Rainmaker’s discuss their preferred lightning wallets and provide reasons for their choices ⚡
Ledger: The launch of Ledger Recover, a service that allows users of Ledger hardware wallets to back up their recovery phrases, received significant backlash from the cryptocurrency community due to concerns about sharing seed phrases with entities other than the wallet owners 🔒
Update: Ledger has decided to postpone the release of Ledger Recover in response to the strong criticism received from the crypto community
Ledger Support held a Q and A with the community, check it out here!
Haseeb Qureshi reflects on his initial concern about Ledger's firmware update, educates himself on hardware wallets, and explains the trust model involved, leading to a change in perspective
ChatGPT: OpenAI launches a free ChatGPT app for iOS 🤖
Real World Assets: Check out Nansen’s latest report: Exploring the Landscape of Real World Assets 💰
Social: Vasanth Thiruvadi shares the news of FWB FEST: FWB FEST brings together diverse communities of creatives, artists, and builders to discuss and showcase the future of internet culture (full details) 🎉
Gaming: Epic Games Store has unveiled Epic Rewards, a new program that will grant players a 5% cash back on eligible purchases 🎮
Sports: Watching the NBA playoffs? Connect and discuss the games with fellow Rainmaker’s here 🏀
Deal Flow: Rainmaker, Max Braeuninger, shares a Pre-Seed Consumer Deal: Popp. Popp enhances CLV for brands by delivering personalized post-purchase experiences. Click here for more details 🧑
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 🙌
Rainmaker Personal Updates 📣
Caddi (Founded by Jaimin), is officially live! Caddi is a cryptocurrency companion browser extension that helps users save money on every trade. View the announcement 💰
Blake and Simon, the co-founders of Myosin.xyz, have just dropped their newest podcast episode featuring a captivating discussion on "The Future of Brand Loyalty" with special guest Tara Fung, co-founder and CEO of Co:Create 🎙️
Leanne Bats, Co-founder of Tres Cool Inc., takes to LinkedIn to address Crocs Inc.'s decision to delay their net-zero target to 2040 and puts forth a public proposal, calling for support through engagement to transform Crocs into a symbol of positive change, with each act of support leading to the removal of 1kg of carbon by Tres Cool Inc. Let's join forces to turn Crocs' setback into a comeback! 🌱
Are you interested in viewing or sharing deal flow with the Chainforest community? Members can also earn $RAINDROP token 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:
Share new deals
Comment and ask questions
Tag members
Search past deals using our filtering system
Ways Rainmaker’s can earn $RAINDROP token:
Source a deal that Chainforest invests in
Aid in the due diligence process for a Chainforest investment
Support a Chainforest portfolio company
What kinds of deals does Chainforest invest in?
Check out our Investment Framework here!
Chainforest DAO Network (Open Roles) 💼
Creative Marketing Producer (reNFT): 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
Lead Game Designer/Architect (Layer3 - Part-time): As a Game Designer and Architect at Layer3, you'll be at the heart of our mission to create engaging, interactive crypto experiences. You'll be responsible for designing captivating quests using our Builder, architecting game dynamics such as Seasons, and driving player engagement through innovative crypto mechanics, new platform features, and tokenomics.
Upcoming Industry Events 🗓️
SF Tech Week - a16z presents Tech Week 2023! Join us for tech weeks in SF this year to create IRL connections across the major tech hubs.
When: May 30 - June 4, 2023, San Francisco, CA
Details: here
LA Tech Week - a16z presents Tech Week 2023! Join us for tech weeks in LA this year to create IRL connections across the major tech hubs.
When: June 5 - 11, 2023, Los Angeles, CA
Details: here
New Members 🎊
We extend a heartfelt welcome to the latest additions to our Chainforest DAO community! ⛓️🌴
Aarij Khan | CUTC Foundation
Angela Griggio | B-Datagray
Ben Mills | Meso
Caitlin Leksana | Carma Community
David Zhao | Founder (Stealth)
Gintaras Misiunas | Welkin.Finance
Jason Novack | SoundOff
Kenji Chen | Pivo Terra Technology
Mikaela Helene Ocampo Reyes | Parallax.to
Nasir Jamal | HashLeap
Nick Tikhonov | Little Atlas
Peter Piekarczyk | Backpack.app
Sebastien Van Hoof | Sprynt
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?
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.
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,