An investment model where you buy educational NFTs or access passes for Web3 courses and grant them as scholarships to promising builders. In exchange, you take a percentage (e.g., 10%) of their future company or get priority access to their first funding round.
Opportunity5.6
Why now
Learn-to-earn platforms like RabbitHole and Web3 educational communities are emerging, creating a verifiable on-chain track record for new talent.
Market gap
Finding talented developers early in Web3 is difficult; verifying their skills is hard. This model solves both.
Business fit
Type
Incubator / Investment Fund
Target
Aspiring Web3 developers and founders
Revenue
High upside (venture scale)
Founder
Investors, community builders, well-networked Web3 natives
Scores
Problem
7.0
Feasibility
6.0
Why now
8.0
Go-to-market
6.0
Confidence
9.0
Proof signals
Incubators already do this in Web2, applying it to Web3 learning pathways is a natural evolution.
RabbitHole proves the learn-to-earn concept works.
Keyword demand
Keyword
Volume
Growth
learn to earn
590/mo
+22% YoY
web3 incubator
10/mo
-50% YoY
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Source episode
From Community Manager to C-Suite | Jiho, Axie Infinity8:39
if i'm an enterprising person i might actually go buy a bunch of those nfts stake them stake a bunch of people scholarship and say i want 10 of your first company like use it as my venture investment in them