📢 RnDAO Newsletter 2025/37
📊 Hackathon Continuation Program Report
Over the past 6 months, the Arbitrum Hackathon Continuation Program supported 4 ventures through customer validation, advancing 2 to MVP development. The pilot produced one revenue-generating project (FairAI) and one user-acquiring venture (Contribo), while surfacing critical insights on talent attraction, program design, and venture support.
Last week, we published the report on the Arbitrum Forum. It outlines outcomes, learnings, and recommendations for future pilots to strengthen Arbitrum’s venture-building capabilities.
Find the full report with details here.
🎤 The Rise of Venture Studios
As venture studios gain more attention in the startup world, we invite you to catch up on RnDAO Talks Episode 42: The Rise of Venture Studios to learn more.
In this talk, Denis Kovalevich explores the growing importance of venture studios as a transformative asset class. Using real data and his experience co-founding TechnoSpark, he explains how this model helps build lasting innovation and new ways to create value beyond normal startups.
You can watch the full recording of Episode 42, along with all past RnDAO Talks, on our YouTube channel.
💡 Updates from RnDAO Ventures
CONTRIBO
In the previous week, Contribo’s focus was on several fronts:
- Finalizing the gig modularization concept by breaking down projects into time-bounded modules so contributors can pick them up without blocking progress. They also explored mechanisms to reopen modules if applicants don’t commit.
- Holding conversations with the first gig applicant to understand what developers would value, as well as ways to improve the current state of contribo.xyz.
- Continuing outreach to founders to better understand their hiring challenges and creating a strategy for an improved version of Contribo's Pilot, based on the feedback they received.
The Agency
Join The Community
The Research Agency is bringing together a community of thinkers, builders, and dreamers who are curious about AI and web3 capital allocation. Their goal is to create a space where new ideas can be exchanged and developed into the foundations of the future. Anyone interested in contributing, collaborating, or simply learning more is welcome to join their Telegram group.
Fair AI
Participate in K 2025
Fair AI is moving forward with its plans to attend K 2025 in October, the world’s leading trade fair for plastics and rubber. This decision reflects the team’s focus on high-impact manufacturing events that help them build industry connections and position the company where innovation is happening. By committing to K 2025, Fair AI is aligning its presence with its priorities and setting the stage to grow its network and expand upon what it has already achieved.
👥 New Faces at RnDAO
This week, two new members joined, including:
- A founder building a "crowd-building" platform
- A builder in the Web3 ecosystem creating a B2B SaaS tool for DAOs
Want to join our growing startup ecosystem? Three ventures in RnDAO are looking for Co-founders. You can read more about them and apply via the links below:
- Tech Lead & Business Lead for IDConnector
- Growth Lead for Contribo
- Business Lead for TogetherCrew
Even if you don’t fit these roles, but are passionate about CollabTech, we’d love to have you!
Join our Discord and introduce yourself today.
📅 RnDAO Events
RnDAO Monthly Community Call
Thursday, October 9th at 16:00 UTC - 1hr
Curious about what’s happening in the RnDAO ecosystem? Join our next community call!
Together, we’re shaping the future of CollabTech by uniting diverse perspectives and initiatives under one roof. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect, learn, and grow!
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