The goal of the program is to co-found and co-build web3 ventures with external talents. The program includes four core pillars: validation, development, funding, and compensation. The program helps to validate your customer-problem-solution set, build a minimum viable product (MVP), match you with pre-seed funders for your venture, and compensate you for the four months of the program.

The program offers support in problem and solution validation, software development, and fundraising. brainbot provides corporate structures, talent recruitment, legal and tax advice, and accounting, controlling, and administrative support. In more concrete terms, you will be supported by:

• 1-2 software developers building and supporting your Minimal Viable Product (MVP)
• 1-2 venture analysts/-developers supporting you finding initial product-market-fit
• Legal advice from our in house General Counsel
• Fundraising support and coaching from our Head of Commercial
• Standard processes to recruit and hire your future team members after pre-seed funding
• Advice from our venture leads who have built several web3 ventures
• Advice from our experts in tokenomics, cryptography, taxation, privacy and financial controlling
• Financial analyst helping you to prepare your financials for pre-seed funding
• Access to venture capital firms with a web3 investment thesis
• An existing distribution channel and network, so you can grow your audience and find potential customers for your product

We focus on the “boring but important foundations for success” so you can put your effort in building the product and team.

brainbot is looking for candidates who are seasoned (web3) entrepreneurs. The candidate should aim for founding and scaling a purpose-driven and revenue-driven web3 venture. As a Founder in Residence, you will be responsible for building a team, a product, and processes to make your vision come true. The driver’s seat is yours. This is not a 9-5 job! It’s not a job at all. 

In general, candidates should have the following experience:

• Entrepreneur who has built and scaled an own company in the past. 
• Product management and development of complex IT solutions
• Applied lean methodologies and frameworks to launch products as quickly as possible (Scrum, Lean Canvas, Kanban, etc.)
• Building long-lasting business and partnership relations
• Excellent communication skills to pitch your venture for fundraising and winning talents
• Hiring new employees
• Budgeting and planning

The program includes four core stages: 

1. problem validation, 
2. solution validation, 
3. high-fidelity MVP, 
4. and fundraising. 

These stages include validation of assumptions across the venture idea. In the form of experiments such as interviews, landing pages, and building low and high fidelity MVPs. During fundraising, you will receive assistance in setting up a pitch deck, data room, and investment memo. Also, we support during investor calls and provide access to our funding network. The program is designed to last 120 days.

Goal is to secure pre-seed funding within the first 4 months. Afterwards, you may choose to become a venture lead within brainbot or turn your venture into your own company. In either scenario, you will be responsible to hire your team, grow and become autonomous over time.

Pick if you want to apply for a business founder or tech founder. As soon we receive your application, following steps will follow:

1. We’ll screen your CV and track record
2. If your profile matches our selection criteria, we’ll invite you to a first interview
3. If you pass the interview, we ask you to pitch your business idea
4. If your business idea meets our standards, we’ll invite you to a 2nd interview
5. If you pass our 2nd interview step, one or more online workshops follows
6. If you pass the online workshop(s), we invite you to an onsite workshop in Mainz or Berlin
7. We both decide whether we are the best fit to co-build the new venture