Start Up House is our new global incubator program with a mission to upskill and support new tech founders to build the next unicorn. You will receive mentorship from the hottest VCs and entrepreneurs in the web3 space. 

At ETH DENVER we are piloting our supercharged week long program: ACCELERATE

Founders will have the opportunity to pitch to investors and get live feedback on how to improve their pitch. We will also identify potential investors for your project and arrange introductions.

Kevin Valentine is an investor and entrepreneur with 23 years of experience in capital markets, private equity and venture capital. Mr. Valentine started his career at Moody’s Investors Service where he was Director of Risk Management before moving to venture capital at Q-Bank Group.

While at Q-Bank, Mr. Valentine collaborated with various institutions such as the University of Oxford, MIT, the Department of Defense and IARPA, commercializing novel technologies across categories such as cognitive computing, cybersecurity, neuroscience, and digital health.

In his current role as a partner at Aves Lair, an early-stage venture fund investing in crypto protocols and blockchain tech companies, Mr. Valentine invests in decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols, blockchain middleware and gaming infrastructure. Additionally, he is interested in the potential of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for building financial services around previously illiquid assets and as a way for content creators to assert ownership over their intellectual property.

Space is limited. Please only sign up if you are committed to attending. If you are no longer able to attend after sign up please let us know.

Start Up House: Accelerate @ H.E.R. DAO HackerHouse

Meet Flare Network's Max Luck and Filip Koprivec for a Workshop and Demo at H.E.R. DAO's Hacker House during ETH Denver!

The workshop is combination of 'Trustlessly purchasing an NFT on Flare using the token of another chain' and a demo of 'Pay me somewhere else' using State Connector on Flare.

An EVM based Layer 1, Flare is built to enable open, decentralized and safe interoperability between blockchains and between blockchains and Web2.

Flare Network Workshop @ H.E.R. DAO HackerHouse

Welcome to the new ‘pitch sessions’ in created by HD GAMES and AVES LAIR. 

We will be hosting approximately 10 innovative high potential startups to pitch in front of New York’s leading VCs.

This is an open invitation to all startups no matter what vertical - all are welcome.

You will have 5 minutes to make your initial pitch - with 3 minutes for questions

The VCs will have the opportunity to follow up with you after the session if they would like to talk to you further.

Please fill in the application and we will get back to you in the next few days.

VC + Founder Pitch Session

You’re a web2 game dev wanting to learn how to integrate web3? 

You’re curious and want to see what all this web3 fuss is about? 

To give you an intro into web3 gaming guided by top H.E.R. DAO devs we will introduce you to a range of SDKs and platforms which will help you build your web3 game with ease.

This is a relaxed, fun, interactive bootcamp where we will respond to whatever you want to learn .

Let us know in the form what you would particularly like help with and we’d be happy to support ✅

You don’t need to be a developer to attend 

The first session is an open AMA style virtual meet up where you will be introduced - roulette style - to different solutions to help you build 

Aa deeper technical dive into the nuts and bolts of how to get started with each Sponsor tech 

Now you’ve gained some confidence and the dream of being a web3 developer is near we will help you find a team to build with 

GAMES BUILDER BOOTCAMP 

Welcome to the new ‘pitch session' created by HD GAMES and AVES LAIR. 

We will be hosting innovative high potential startups to pitch in front of leading VCs.

Our focus for this event is gaming + Metaverse projects however this is an open invitation to all startups no matter what vertical - all are welcome. 

You will have 5 minutes to make your initial pitch - with 3 minutes for questions.

Student founders + start ups will pitch in-front of VCs curated by BullMont Capital - the leading Student Venture firm.

Hackers at the HD GAMES hackathon can demo projects existing or newly built to VCs + investors 

Post submission deadline hackers + guests can demo any project of their choice.

Please fill in the application to register your interest and we will get back to you as soon as possible. 

 - a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem

Tracey Bowen