FluxusNetwork x Scaleway

[GENERAL] Name and Surname of Main Applicant

Alexander Cimpeanu

[GENERAL] Email address of Main Applicant

alex@cnftalliance.org

Additional Applicants

Conward Swift

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

10

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

Yes

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

Yes

[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.” in this field.

The obvious connection is with Scaleway's partners. The funded project has to go through a quick onboarding through them to get the server side, master courses, investor introductions and the technical support they need.

[GENERAL] Will your project outputs be fully Open Source?

Yes

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

Project will be fully open source.

[METADATA] Category of Proposal

Dev Ecosystem Collaboration

[IMPACT] Please describe your proposed solution.

• How you perceive the problem you are solving.

This collaboration between Scaleway, as one of the largest cloud service providers in Europe, and FluxusNetwork, as a partner from the Cardano ecosystem, offers numerous benefits to new and existing projects that currently lack options and therefore have to keep relying on Catalyst funding. To support projects, we aim to provide them with the best training in start-up, server and project delivery, while helping them to become self-sufficient.

Most projects from new contributors to our ecosystem don't plan to go beyond the part of creating something of value for our ecosystem, and we want to provide them with the tools to become long term, active members for our ecosystem.

• Their reasons for the kind of approach they are taking 

Scaleway is a large company with many connections to industries and governments. They have the expertise and capacity to support our ecosystem and have been trusted partners of FluxusNetwork for over a year. They are willing to share their vast resources to help us secure more successful projects that turn into businesses that can help us take our developer ecosystem to new heights of productivity.

• Who will your project involve?

We will communicate openly with Catalyst about what the needs of the emerging projects are and how we can support them. These projects will then be taken over by Scaleway, and Scaleway's experts will do the rest of the work.

• How will you demonstrate or prove your impact?

It will be quite easy for us to demonstrate that several projects/businesses are receiving active Scaleway start-up support. Participation in educational masterclasses, external meetings with investors and setting up servers or security systems will be well documented and presented as transparently as everything else in the FluxusNetwork.

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

• Bring more Web2 companies, funds, best practices and support into the Cardanos ecosystem.
• Reduce the number of one-off projects by connecting, educating and supporting them to increase the number of our developers and their reach across companies, countries and continents.
• new projects already have a head start when server costs are covered by scaleway

additional training for start-ups, which is currently completely lacking in the ecosystem

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

We will start by enrolling at least two companies in the Scaleways and FluxusNetworks Startup Programme and offer all metrics of care for the community to evaluate:

• How many educational opportunities will be provided to companies for free?
• What are the masterclasses about?
• Has there been increased adoption of web2 partners in web3?
• Has the support actually helped the projects to increase the likelihood of being successful with their proposals?
• To what extent have they been supported and how can we increase this further in the community?

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

We will produce monthly reports for the community to keep them informed of any new developments, and we are planning a big evaluation presentation at a town hall after we have taken up projects and they have benefited from the start-up program.

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

There is no doubt that our partner Scaleway, which has employed over 250 people since 1999, is able to implement this proposal flawlessly. It will not be a problem to find projects that need all the advantages mentioned. 

Since we started using Scaleway's services years ago, there has been a strong partnership, and the documentation of this partnership is what we offer to the community to get a full view of the great impact it will have and how it will strengthen our ecosystem in the long run.

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

Our main goal is to strengthen the Cardano ecosystem in the long run. Therefore, we focus on training our new contributors in the ecosystem and providing them with all possible support to make their success more likely.

Therefore, we will not only showcase our efforts for these projects, but also include community feedback as a necessary evaluation point.

[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.

Month 1: Catalyst onboarding and approach to funded projects (discovery).

Month 2: Onboarding of the first project in Scaleway / + first Masterclass opportunity.

Month 3: Set up server + (let projects submit their proposals) / + Masterclass opportunity / + Evaluation to improve onboarding for next projects.

Month 4: Onboarding of our second project in Scaleway / + Masterclass opportunity for both.

Month 5: Set up server + (let the projects make their proposals) / + Masterclass opportunity for both of them

Month 6: Both projects can focus on their proposals and we add masterclasses, connections for their longevity if they find it helpful

Month 7: Evaluation to improve onboarding and support process / + Masterclass opportunity for both to attend + Presentation to Catalyst Town Hall.

Month 8: Networking opportunities through web2. even more masterclasses to network and navigate the spaces.

Month 9: completion of own proposal and collection of data to show the community what happened and how we improved and achieved our goal

Month 10: additional reserve month to provide additional support to the projects we manage and build the infrastructure for the next catalyst fund in the future, as Scaleway's start-up grant is 12 MONTHS.

We would like to emphasise again that we may adapt parts of the schedule to the cooperating projects, as we do not want to interrupt their development cycle

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

Month 1: The results are the announcement of the participating projects.

Month 2: The deliverables are the name and date of the first Masterclass and which project is already part of the startup system.

Month 3: The results are the setup of the server / name and date of the next Masterclass opportunity / we collect and implement the feedback from the first onboarding (screenshots)

Month 4: The deliverables are name and date of the first masterclass and which project is already part of the startup system / name and date of the next masterclass opportunity

Month 5: The deliverables are the server setup / Name and date of the next masterclass opportunity / We will collect and implement the feedback from the first onboarding (screenshots)

Month 6: The deliverables are the name and date of the next Masterclass opportunity.

Month 7: Outcomes are an assessment to improve the onboarding and assistance process / Name and date of the next masterclass opportunity + presentation for the Catalyst Town Hall conference on status

Month 8: Deliverables are name and date of next Masterclass opportunity.

Month 9: deliverables are final report and collection of data for final town hall presentation (this should be a new standard)

Month 10: additional reserve month to provide additional support to our mentored projects and build the infrastructure for the next catalyst fund in the future.

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

going by 1 ADA= 0,25 €

total amount is 95.000 ADA or 23.750€

• both projects get access to 12 masterclasses each
• 800€ per masterclass per team = 19.200€ will go to Scaleways to fund the speakers in their masterclasses.
• monthly free server amount of 1.000€ meaning they each get 12.000€ in total

The servers would have a total of 24.000€ already and adding the masterclasses and the networking on top ends up being more then double the amount we are asking for easily.

• 4550€ is for 3 employees with 44 hours each for the project. with a salary of 35€/hour

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

the 35€/hour is below European industry standards. We have been part of the Cardano ecosystem for 4 years and we believe that you have to add a "trust tax" to an operation. We are willing to take a pay cut and prove to the community first that our proposal has immense long term value to our ecosystem.

We have already won with a large company that is spending additional resources to educate our ecosystem and bring the cloud service provider into web3.

[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