Chain Accelerator new offers
From now on, Chain Accelerator is offering tailor-made solutions according to the maturity of the project. From co-working to acceleration, you will find our new offers and pricingbelow. Let us know which offer you are interested in and apply here => this form.
Chain Accelerator
Blockchain Startup Accelerator
Chain Accelerator is a leading pan global accelerator, dedicated wholly to the advancement of blockchain technology.
Chain Accelerator supports an entire maturing ecosystem, from startups, protocols, academia, corporates, developers, cybersecurity & hackers communities and promising entrepreneurs whilst giving investors a unique access to our best in class deal flow of in-house start up companies, mentored by our corporate investors and partners.
Chain Accelerator is located at Station F in Paris and also offers a decentralized platform to support blockchain startups around the world. Chain Accelerator is the co-organizer of CryptoMondaysParis and Paris Blockchain Week (April 16&17th 2019) — contact partnerships@blockchainweekparis.com if your are interested in a partnership.
Non-exhaustive list of Chain Accelerator activities and assets:
Network:
- Work with significant blockchain projects as Comos, Wanchain, Tezos, Ledger, Neo, Colu, R3, Zcash, IOTA, Spectre, Ghost, Swarm fund. Design thinking sessions, grant attribution, shared resources.
- Mentorship from 35 top international individuals (board members of Fortune 500 companies, founders of major Blockchain projects, investors) among whom: Chairman of Hyperloop Transportation, Former CEO SWIFT, Board Member Kraken, Board Member Orange, Head of Waze EU, Former CEO ST Ericsson.
- Access to 100+ investors from Asia, US, EU, Russia and Israel … Demo Day. Press network, with Cointelegraph in our open space, relations with locals journalist from main press compagnies, Havas Blockchain is one of our specific partner for the PR.
- Direct access to the heads of Blockchain projects in 10+ Corporations.
- Benefit from the expertise and negotiated discounts from 35+ partners: consulting firms, accounting firms, lawyers, design, translation, social media, PR, hiring, KYC, cybersecurity …
- Access to desks and resources with our partners in Malta, Zug, Tel Aviv.
- Direct access to European regulators and government bodies.
- Participation in Chain Accelerator Alumni network.
- Events, workshop, Q&A sessions and hackathons.
- Education: learning and training with engineering & business schools.
- Station F network: startups, corporates, VC & journalists (direct access on Slack)
Personal support:
- Pitch training
- P&L review
- Architecture & tech solutions review
- Design thinking
- Hiring: Access to developer communities, top engineering and business schools
- Team organisation
- Token economy review
- Media training Chain Accelerator Marketing assets Speaking engagements in conferences Co-hosting startup Launch announcement
Desks: Access 24/7 to Station F, Internet access with personal network, Visitor access to the « SHARE » zone, Access to printers One (1) lock for each , desk, Access to all meeting rooms of Station F, Access to all Station F events, Access to Station F events dedicated to Founders, Access to the STATION F Intranet (as a « Founder »), Access to the STATION F perks (freebies and reductions), Access to all STATION F common areas ( Café, Restaurants, Open Stage), Electricity, Heating, Water, Cleaning and maintenance of Workstations, Maintenance of equipment made available by the Company, subject to the provisions of the internal regulations of the Accelerator, the rules of procedure of STATION F, convention of Acceleration and these terms and conditions.
Offers:
Services: Introductions, actions, specifics events or workshops, POCs, hackathons, training, resources… based on startup needs and team maturity.
Ideation
Target: Students, contest winners, developers
Period: 3 months
Formal review: tech, token economy, business and fundraising: Every 2 weeks
Desks (max) at Station F: 2 desks or Nomad (no desk)
Pricing
Per desks / month: Free
Consulting / month: Free
Incubation
Target: MVP in development Pre-seed round 200K euros — 1M euros
Period: 6 months
Formal review: tech, token economy, business and fundraising: Every 3 weeks
Desks (max) at Station F: 5 desks
Per desks / month: 600 € (tax exc.) or Nomad (no desk)
Equity :
- Fixed participation: 2% (equity)
- Participation on business objectives : 1% (equity) success fee
OR: Payment of 40.000 € (tax excl.)
- Participation on raising fund: 4% (equity) success fee
Conditions of action allocations :
The actions sold free to the accelerator at the nominal price of the shares upon the formation of the company on objectives, will be carried out as part of a dilution of all the shareholders (including the incubator with its actions at this stage). It is advisable for the startup to consult with a lawyer to create a group that includes advisors and future employees, so the actions are already pre-allocated, and the startup will be able to distribute the actions of this group.
Acceleration
Target: Commercialization of the product Ready to raise funds >
1 Millions d’euros
Period: 6 months
Formal review: tech, token economy, business and fundraising: Every 4 weeks
Desks (max) at Station F: 8 desks or Nomad (no desk)
Per desks / month: 800 € (tax exc.)
Equity :
- Fixed participation: 1% (equity)
- Participation on business objectives : 1% (equity) success fee
OR: Payment of 40.000 € (tax excl.)
- Participation on raising fund:4% (equity) success fee
Conditions of action allocations :
The actions sold free to the accelerator at the nominal price of the shares upon the formation of the company on objectives, will be carried out as part of a dilution of all the shareholders (including the incubator with its actions at this stage). It is advisable for the startup to consult with a lawyer to create a group that includes advisors and future employees, so the actions are already pre-allocated, and the startup will be able to distribute the actions of this group.
Ecosystem packages:
Non-profit
Goals: Immersion in the ecosystem & communication
Period: 12 months
Desks (max) at Station F: 1 desk or Nomad (no desk)
Pricing: Free
Community
Goals: Immersion in the ecosystem - Communication
Period: 12 months
Desks (max) at Station F: 1 desk or Nomad (no desk)
Pricing: 500 € / month (tax exc.)
Protocols & Blockchains Partnership
Goals: Distribution of technology in Europe, partnership with schools, hackathons, corporates, qualified startup projects introductions Communication. 3 offers:
- Basic
- Developer Network Content
- Press Relation
Basic Pack
Sharing of the schedule and communication events : launch, networking, outreach, economical intervention in media, lobbying activity…
- 2 Dedicated workshop with startups
- 1 Dedicated hackathon
- 1 Dedicated tech article
- 2 Speaker slots in main events
- 1 Desk at Station F
- 1 Slot for Chain Accelerator Mentorship
- Access to the startups pipeline and help for grant’s distribution
- 1 Meeting with regulators
- 4 Meeting with main corporates
- Social network activities relay
- Sharing logos and brands marketing content
Developer Network Content & Training
Process: Article -> Publication -> Talents tracking -> Talents training -> Talents engagement -> Projects follow up
- 4 articles (1 per quarter) : detailed how to’s : setup, use case, déploiement
- 3 articles for beginners and 1 for advanced developers
- Publication in GitLab & GitHub with links to the projects and talent targeted
- Publication in Medium (under Chain Accelerator account or the project selected): push on social networks
- Community management of articles on developers channels (reddit, slacks, discord… based on profils)
- Answering questions from the articles & articles update
- Reporting/month: # new talents, # requests , # forks, # commits, # events attendees
Include: Training sessions dedicated to the technology
- Content for LinkedIn Training with the project technology
- 4 sessions of 3–5 days each per year (20–40 developers)
- Communication & social media
- Goodies distribution
Options
- Hackathon Organization with 50 qualified individuals
- Building of a deployment tool
- Workshop dedicated for startups and/or corporates
- Code Documentation (code defined by the project)
- Project management and account management for high level projects
Press Relation
Promoting communities, projects and founders as leaders of the Blockchain ecosystem. Focus on growing awareness for the technology and
driving impactful thought spokespeople among key audiences such as developer influencers, institutions, large corporates and government. Chain Accelerator will execute as part of the media relations program.
- Proactive, ongoing pitch development — Chain Accelerator will develop proactive pitch angles on an ongoing basis to support news and thought leadership initiatives, with the goal of securing regular press opportunities
- Strategic outreach surrounding major company news announcements
- Targeted outreach in support of founders involvement in major
industry conferences/events - Strategic outreach surrounding customer, partner, product and company
momentum announcements - Proactive pursuit of company/corporate profiles and executive commentary on industry trends
- Proactive pursuit of thought leadership/byline opportunities in key business and trade press
- Coverage report: compiling all media coverage and create a coverage
- report for Paris Blockchain Week executives.
- for French Media coverage
Options :
- Press Release redaction per press release.
- Customer case studies — Work with representative to develop case study pitches for use in pitching efforts and speaking opportunities. per case study
- International Media Coverage
- Conferences : strategic recommendations regarding participation and submission focuses
- Media training : two half days driven by an expert in media relations
Investment Pack
Period: 12 months
Pricing: TBD per month (tax excl.)
School Partnership
Goals: Distribution of technology in Europe, and identify qualified talents
- Organize an Installfest type event to discover the Blockchain domain
- Organize hackathons in blockchain
- Foundation of a chair for joint research, conferences, workshops
- Organize a blockchain expedition to Station F for students? With a workshop
- Education and knowledge sharing (meetups, conferences, degree programs, certificates, etc.)
- Sharing our network of experts
- Fund and sponsor student business ideas and seeds
- Hiring and internships of students by chain accelerator and network start-ups
- Be part of our college of teachers on the area of Blockchain
- Involve the domain of Blockchain as a secondary theme in the Code Camps of the partners of the school
- User tests with students
- Mining on a part of the computer park
- Mutual sharing of logos and slogans
- Free access to events for students who have participated in partnership activities
Period: 12 months
Pricing: Free (class hours excl.)
Corporate acceleration
Goals: Training, use cases and POC’s - Communication
Period: 12 months
Desks (max) at Station F: 1 desk or Nomad (no desk)
Pricing: To be discussed based on specific needs (Tailormade)
Alumni
Goals: Immersion in the ecosystem -Communication -Transition
Period: 3 months (renewable)
Desks (max) at Station F: 1 desk or Nomad (no desk)
Pricing: 400 € / month (tax exc.)
Partner expert (UX, social media, cyberscurity…)
Goals: Immersion with the blockchain — business development — communication
Supports: access to the private slack, logos on Chain Accelerator supports, 1 dedicate workshop, access on request at Station F for a few hours.
Period: 12 months (renewable)
Pricing: 5000 € / year (tax exc.) + 20% commission
