Deadline: 1 April 2024
The 12-week Blockchain Incubator Programme in London is now open for applications.
Block Dojo seeks out the best early-stage tech start-ups and through the support, network of contacts and the 12-week Dojo programme they accelerate their development with extensive training, guide them through start-up obstacles and provide access to investment funding rounds.
Typical Start Up Journey
- Join Block Dojo
- After the Dojo selection process, you’ve made it!
- The first few days they’ll support you in forming your new startup ready for the Dojo programme
- Master 12 Week Programme
- Learn, meet mentors, and shape your startup in Block Dojo’s world
- Validate ideas, focus on customers, and build a community
- Create an MVP, optimise UX/UI and solve real-world problems
- Master finance, create pitch decks and ace investor presentations
- Pre-Seed Funding Round
- Network at investor lunches and shine at the startup showcase
- Impress investors and secure your SEIS pre-seed round to start your journey post-Dojo
- Grow Your Startup
- Use your pre-seed funding to grow your team, enhance your product and win customers
- Raise Seed Funding
- Showcase achievements, prepare for a new funding round and captivate investors
- Impress VC firms at seed demo day and secure your next round to fuel your growth
- Scale for 12-24 Months
- With proven traction and revenue you will continue to build your team, refine your product and transform your Dojo startup into a global business
- Series A Funding
- Three years post-Dojo you are now an international venture ready for your largest funding round to date
The Deal
- £10,000: Cash Investment
- £175,000: Value of the Dojo Programme
- £180,000: Partner credits
- 10%: They take 10% equity in each start-up
Programme Value
- Potential Clients: They source interested clients to provide immediate feedback
- Financial Model: They clearly articulate your business in numbers that investors understand
- Pitch Decks & Analysis: They help you create pitch decks and train you how to present them to investors
- 100+ Mentors: They match-make startups to mentors who will then commit to weekly check-ins
- Seed Round: They work with you post-programme to arrange your seed funding
- Complete Set Up: They provide office space, legal work, mentoring, technology license packages and training
- Proven Track Record: The founders of Block Dojo have a proven track record of tech startups and subsequent exits
- Fun: Fun, informal and friendly environment with the Block Dojo team
- Investors: They introduce founders to relevant investors to secure pre-seed funding
- Problem Solution Fit: They ensure your business solves a real-world problem
- UX/UI: They have in-house experts to support with all aspects of your design solution
- MVP: They support the creation of your prototype by week 12
Investor Lunches & Showcase Day
- The culmination of the 12-week programme is the investor pitch event where you will pitch for £140,000. They bring together some of the most active and well known investors in the world from prolific angel investors through to active early stage VC and family funds. Many of these investors will have been tracking your progress throughout the programme. They’ll support you every step of the way when pitching to, and engaging with investors.
For more information, visit Block Dojo.
