Professional Directory Platform of Blockchain & Web3 Investors, Founders, Venture Capitalists, Angel Investors, Accelerators, Launchpads and Open Innovation - Investor Network Community

[GENERAL] Name and surname of main applicant

Otávio Lima

[GENERAL] Email address of main applicant

contato@otaviolima.com

Additional applicants

No

[GENERAL] Please specify how many months you expect your project to last (from 2-12 months)

6

[GENERAL] Please indicate if your proposal has been auto-translated into English from another language.

No

[GENERAL] Does your project have any dependencies on other organizations, technical or otherwise?

No

[GENERAL] If YES, please describe what the dependency is and why you believe it is essential for your project’s delivery. If NO, please write “No dependencies.” .

No dependencies.

[GENERAL] Will your project’s output/s be fully open source?

No

[GENERAL] If NO, please describe which outputs are not going to be open source. If YES, please write “Project will be fully open source.”

The platform will be integrated with our current project, bringing a lot of traffic and integrated with the news part of Cardano and more than 1,200+ projects in the ecosystem. That way we can't make the project open source.

[METADATA] Category of proposal

Data tools

[IMPACT] Please describe your proposed solution.

A community that brings together those interested in investing and supporting innovative businesses in blockchain, cryptocurrencies, DeFi, Cardano, Tokens, CNFTs and with high potential for financial return.

Get to know the Cardano Blockchain Investor Network, which provides training and expands the network of participants.

[IMPACT] How does your proposed solution address the challenge and what benefits will this bring to the Cardano ecosystem?

A community that brings together individuals who want to invest in startups, to entrepreneurs who develop products and services with the potential for growth in scale.

Community designed to bring together startups interested in attracting investments and investors (Investors, Founders, Venture Capitalists, Angel investors, Accelerators, Launchpads and Open Innovation), in an informal way, in the form of questions and answers.

[IMPACT] How do you intend to measure the success of your project?

Success for this project can be defined:

• Contacts made between projects and investors
• Investments made and capital raised
• Testimonials and emails received about completed deals and partnerships made
• Validation of feedback and platform improvements

[IMPACT] Please describe your plans to share the outputs and results of your project?

We will give the community some sort of progress report as we go along, in the form of a monthly news release on Cardano Feed, to measure the progress of our proposal.

• We will also provide a panel to be disseminated within Cardano Feed, with the evolution of the project according to the Catalyst KPIs
• Number of registered investors: 5,000+
• View investor profiles: 15,000+
• Diversity of types of investors: VC, Corporate Venture, Angel...
• Expand the project relationship network

[CAPABILITY/ FEASIBILITY] What is your capability to deliver your project with high levels of trust and accountability?

Our team has previously been approved in 5 projects on Catalyst and all projects were successfully completed and with a project closure report containing all proof of delivery (4 projects in Fund 8 and 1 project in Fund 9).

Our team is composed of developers, UX / UI, Marketing, SEO, Marketing, Business and we developed the largest media coverage platform Cardanofeed.com, with more than 1,000,000 monthly visits and also the largest "Cardano Ecosystem" project directory (approximately 1,200+ projects).

Our team has already organized several official Cardano events for the community, including:

• Cardano at IX BITCONF 2022 - Exhibit Largest Blockchain LATAM BR (May, 2022)
• Cardano Summit São Paulo 2022 (November, 2022)
• Cardano Brasil Workshop CIP-1694 in São Paulo (July, 2023)
• LATAM CIP-1694 PanLatam Workshop - Punta Del Este / Uruguay (June, 2023)

We attended Cardano's global workshop on CIP-1694 Governance in person in Edinburgh UK (July, 2023).

[CAPABILITY/ FEASIBILITY] What are the main goals for the project and how will you validate if your approach is feasible?

We have some key goals for the Professional Directory Platform for Blockchain & Web3 Investors, Founders, Venture Capitalists, Angel Investors, Accelerators, Launchpads and Open Innovation - Investor Network Community and how we will validate if they will be achieved:

• We will list several Investors, Founders, Venture Capitalists, Investor Angels, Accelerators, Launchpads and Open Innovation, with selection and search filters. Profiles can be searched and segmented from multiple options.

• A community that brings together those interested in investing and supporting innovative businesses in blockchain, cryptocurrencies, DeFi, Cardano, Tokens, CNFTs and with high potential for financial return.

[CAPABILITY/ FEASIBILITY] Please provide a detailed breakdown of your project’s milestones and each of the main tasks or activities to reach the milestone plus the expected timeline for the delivery.

Milestone 1

Cost: 30%

Month: 1,5 months

% Completion: 30%

M1 - Acceptance Criteria

(A) Delivery of the information architecture

(B) Definition of the Mind Map and sections of the site

(C) Creation of the platform wireframe

(D) Creation of news tracking on Cardano Feed

Milestone 2

Cost: 30%

Month: 1,5 months

% Completion: 60%

M2 - Acceptance Criteria

(A) UX/UI studies for the first website interface

(B) Definition of tech requirements

(C) Creation of news tracking on Cardano Feed

Milestone 3

Cost: 30%

Month: 2 months

% Completion: 90%

M3 - Acceptance Criteria

(A) Start of Front-end programming

(B) Start of Back-end integration

(C) News release about measure tracking proposal on Cardano Feed

(D) Attracting the first investors and search contacts 

(E) Active prospection of investors on Linkedin, investment fund sites and network

Milestone Final

Cost: 10%

Month: 1 month

% Completion: 10%

MFINAL - Acceptance Criteria

(A) Completed of Front-end and back-end integration

(B) Whitelist with Users for Platform MVP

(C) Form with Collecting of feedback on platform

(D) Link with News published on Cardano Feed

(E) Inclusion of investors in the application database

(F) Launch of the platform

[CAPABILITY/ FEASIBILITY] Please describe the deliverables, outputs and intended outcomes of each milestone.

Milestone 1

M1 - Evidence of Milestone completion

(A) Document with Completed information architecture

(B) Image file with Completed Mind Map and sections

(C) Image file with Completed wireframe

(D) Link with News published on Cardano Feed

Milestone 2

M2 - Evidence of Milestone completion

(A) Images (PNG or Figma) with the first interface design

(B) Document with tech requirements

(C) Link with News published on Cardano Feed

Milestone 3

M3 - Evidence of Milestone completion

(A) Image or prints with front-end

(B) Image or prints with back-end

(C) Link with News published on Cardano Feed

(D) Form (Google) with invite investors to the platform

(E) Print of Email and Linkedin prospection

Milestone Final

MFINAL - Evidence of Milestone completion

(A) Image or prints with front-end and back-end integration

(B) Form (Google) with invite members to test platform

(C) Form (Google) with Collecting Feedbacks

(D) Post and news with launch date platform on Cardano Feed

(E) Images (PNG) with the investors database

(F) URL link the platform Live

[RESOURCES & VALUE FOR MONEY] Please provide a detailed budget breakdown of the proposed work and resources.

Detailed budget breakdown:

Tech:

• Developer Front-end = $2,800 x 6 months = $16,800
• Developer Back-end = $2,800 x 6 months = $16,800
• Product Owner = $900 x 6 months = $5,400
• Designer UX/UI = $900 x 6 months = $5,400

SUBTOTAL: $44,400

Marketing & Content:

• Social Media = $800 x 6 months = $4,800
• Marketing Assistant = $600 x 6 months = $3,600

SUBTOTAL: $8,400

Stack:

• Amazon AWS Services Maintenance (1 year) = $1,600
• Add-ons, notifications and endpoints = $900

SUBTOTAL: $2,500

TOTAL: $55,300 x $0,28 = ₳ 197,500

[RESOURCES & VALUE FOR MONEY] How does the cost of the project represent value for money for the Cardano ecosystem?

We believe that the value of the project is very accessible to be implemented in the Cardano ecosystem community, so that they can more easily find investors, investment funds, angel investors, accelerators and business drivers in the area of technology, Web3 and blockchain.

A powerful platform to find many of these investors, and investment funds with various filters and segmentations. We will offer an organized database of professionals from several specialized sites in one place.

Projects and founders will be able to use the platform to contact investors in an easier and more organized way.

[IMPORTANT NOTE] The Applicant agreed to Fund10 rules and also that data in the Submission Form and other data provided by the project team during the course of the project will be publicly available.

I Accept