Onboarding into New Order DAO
Our Mission
Over the last year, raising funds from venture capitalists (VCs) has become a focal point for early-stage crypto projects. In 2021, over $33bn was invested into crypto startups — which is more than all prior years combined. Despite this inflow of capital, most crypto startups fail and very few of them find real success. This is a clear indicator that there’s plenty of capital and a lack of productive resources that projects need. Projects need less money, and more help with engineering, research, business development, marketing, and so on.
If decentralized finance is going to displace the financial rails of old, it needs builders. That’s why we launched New Order.
New Order is a community-led incubation DAO that builds startups at the frontier of decentralized finance. We incubate and launch projects while also accelerating early-stage DeFi protocols.
New Order acts as a co-founder and works directly with teams by leveraging and deploying our network of developers, researchers, and business development experts. Our vision is to create the next generation of DeFi protocols by building alongside future leaders in the space and contributing intensively to innovative projects.
It’s been 8 months since the launch of New Order, and we’ve already incubated four projects:
- Redacted: a product suite of smart contracts that empower on-chain liquidity, governance, and cash flow for DeFi protocols.
- H2O: a borrowing protocol that allows users to deposit OCEAN as collateral and mint H2O, which is the first non-pegged stable asset available for use in the Web3 data economy.
- Frogs Anonymous: our public-facing research hub that produces different types of content ranging from DeFi protocols and mechanisms, investing in DeFi, macroeconomics, thought leadership, and more.
- Y2K Finance (launching in early Q3 2022): a suite of products designed for exotic peg derivatives that will allow users to hedge or speculate on the risk of a particular pegged asset (or basket of pegged assets), deviating from their ‘fair’ implied market value.
We have also completed the first cohort of our accelerator program, which consists of 6 DeFi projects tackling different areas such as cross-chain interoperability, KYC/Regulation, yield farming, and more. FAQ here.
Introducing New Order Academy
New Order’s ability to incubate high-quality projects correlates with the quality of contributors, founders, and early-stage projects we attract. With that said, all builders have a home at New Order as there’s a plethora of projects under development. This is why we’ve created New Order Academy, a one-stop shop for learning about and onboarding into our DAO.
If you’re aligned with our mission and want to build in the trenches alongside others, read further for an overview of the available opportunities in New Order Academy.
Education
Before applying, we recommend browsing through the educational sections of New Order Academy whether you’re an early-stage project, founder, contributor, etc. Doing so will ensure a shrink in knowledge gap and ultimately help you understand the DAO.
Within this educational section, we include:
- What New Order is
- How New Order launches projects
- Why an Education Hub
- FAQ for any further questions
- General and New Order educational links
SubDAO Applications (for Contributors)
Interested in building and growing projects alongside our Core Team? If so, getting involved as a contributor is the ideal route.
Our DAO operates through a SubDAO organization model, where internal workstreams are divided by function to allow for effective and decentralized operations. Below are the four SubDAOs available for applicants:
- Venture
- Marketing and Community
- Treasury
- Engineering
When applicants are considering which SubDAO is best suited for them, it’s recommended to click on each SubDAO to browse through the scope of tasks and preferred skill sets. Once a decision is made, applicants should apply through the Google Form provided at the bottom of each tab.
If accepted, applicants will be onboarded into a private, invite-only Discord server where communication, ideation, and execution will take place.
Incubation and Acceleration (for early-stage projects)
Looking to bring New Order on as a co-founder? Through incubation, we build projects from the ground up (i.e. from concept phase to launch). In short, we deploy our talent and resources to bring an early idea to life. Working through a full project launch requires a massive amount of human capital, resources, and time. Because of this, we’ve been selective with what projects we decide to incubate — only choosing DeFi projects of the highest quality.
Looking to level up your DeFi project? For acceleration, we utilize DeFi Base Camp — a collaboration with Outlier Ventures and a startup accelerator program targeting the next generation of builders. The fully remote, three month program is catered towards projects past the concept phase and offers:
- $100,000 in funding with optional follow-on investments of up to $250,000 per team
- An optional interest-free loan
- Access to our leading DeFi mentor and investor network
- An optional interest-free loan
- Help with token design
- Fundraising support and feedback
- Business planning
- Pitch practice
- Legal support
- Marketing support
Once an applicant has decided which path fits best for their project, it’s recommended to apply through the links provided on New Order Academy to ensure we get in touch!
Founder-in-Residence
As mentioned above, New Order has a plethora of projects in the pipeline. In order to ensure success, high-level, aspiring leaders are needed to spearhead growth and development. Again, technical and non-technical founders are all welcome to join our mission in building the next generation of DeFi projects.
The founder-in-residence for an incubated project will gain key insights and experience by project managing with founding teams, while researching and assessing incubation opportunities for their own endeavor. In addition, they’ll be able to tap into New Order’s network of researchers, developers, venture managers, and subject matter experts (Financial Engineering, Token Engineering, Governance, Legal Compliance, Fundraising, Growth).
To apply, please click on the link provided on New Order Academy which will redirect to our Angelist page.
What is New Order?
If decentralized finance is going to displace the financial rails of old, it needs builders. That’s why we launched New Order.
New Order is a community-led incubation DAO that builds startups at the frontier of decentralized finance. We incubate and launch projects while also accelerating early-stage DeFi protocols.
