Grant Proposal: octaloop (April 2023)

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#21

Greetings!

Yes, you need to fill out a new grant application. ClickUp forms - link.

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#22

I Have filled the form .

Here is the drive link for photos and videos of the tour .

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/12s-s72Ae-qzEaZBrXgKN2orU-APhahRB?usp=sharing

#23

Thanks for providing the photos! Looks like you put together some great events. A couple of questions in regards to this grant:

  • It looks like there was an event scheduled for June 24th in Chennai as well. Has that event rescheduled?
  • In your grant agreement it lists the deliverables as: “Post-Event Reports: For each meetup(6 total), Octaloop will provide a post-event report, including an overview of the event, number of attendees, topics discussed, feedback received, and any potential leads or opportunities identified for The Graph.” and “Photo/Video Documentation: Octaloop will provide photographs and video documentation from each event, especially those that feature The Graph”. I know you’ve already submitted some great photos. Videos would be awesome as well if you have them.

Ordinarily I’d think it would make the most sense to request those deliverables at the end of all six events. But since you are applying for an additional grant, it would be very helpful to see the the post event reports and video documentation for the four that have already taken place.

Thanks again for your work hosting these events!

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Grant Proposal: Octaloop (July 2023)
#24

Hey @Mr.1776

  1. Yes, the Chennai event is now happening on the 5th of August.

  2. Photo/Video documentation for the past for events can be accessed here:

(Graph IBT Photos and Video – Google Drive).

The post event report for each city is as follows:

  • [IBT Delhi]

(https://www.instagram.com/p/Cs3uf9Iu78t/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==)

: We welcomed 135 attendees for our first event of the India Blockchain Tour 2023 series. The event consisted of 5 speaker sessions, followed by Q & As. The speakers were industry leaders from global brands such as Bitget (Simran Alphonso, PR Head), NEAR Foundation (Arpit Sharma, Managing Director, India, SE Asia & Middle East), 1Inch (Samuel Yim, Head of APAC & Deputy General Counsel) and Binamite (Anupam Varshney, Founder). From The Graph, Vincint Plaisier (Colson) carried out an exciting virtual speaker session. We conducted two Telegram quizzes with monetary rewards to keep the crowd engaged. Merch (t-shirts, tote bags, stickers and brochures) was handed out to attendees as keepsakes as they left.

  • [IBT Mumbai]

(https://www.instagram.com/reel/CtRYLDSueld/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==):

88+ folks attended India Blockchain Tour Mumbai, the second stop in our tour around the country. 4 speaker sessions by Simran Alphonso (PR Head, Bitget), Sheej Koul (BD Lead NEAR Foundation), Anupam Varshney (Founder, Binamite), and an engaging in-person speaker session by Graph Advocate Gulshan Vasnani, were followed by highbrow Q & As by an engaged Mumbai audience. Gulshan was kind enough to take the time to speak to various attendees in the final networking segment of the event, and answer all of their questions. He also shared positive feedback with us in the

post event interview

we conducted with him. T-shirts, tote bags, stickers and brochures were handed out to attendees as they left.

  • [IBT Hyderabad]

(https://www.instagram.com/reel/CuUZEaFJInc/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==):

Approx. 70 attendees made their way to Meta V Cafe, the venue for IBT Hyderabad. Graph Advocate Sruthi Manthena delivered a captivating speaker session, followed by a long Q & A session. Among other things, the audience was intrigued and eager to learn how they could become a part of The Graph themselves! Hyderabad also saw speaker sessions from Sheej Koul (BD Lead NEAR Foundation), Sai Poorna (Crypto OG) and Anupam Varshney (Founder, Binamite), followed by a Telegram quiz. Sruthi also handed our exquisite Graph merch (caps and stickers) to the attendees.

  • [IBT Bangalore]

(https://www.instagram.com/reel/CvE7G1OtrEW/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==):

IBT Bangalore, with an attendee count of approx. 80 folks, saw the biggest speaker line up across all previous events. 6 speaker sessions from Simran Alphonso (PR Head, Bitget), Sheej Koul (BD Lead NEAR Foundation), Rohit Waghela (Market Enablement Manager, Braands.io), Arjun Venugopal (Cleartax, Lead Product Manager), Anupam Varshney (Founder, Binamite) and Graph Advocate Omika Dubey! Each session was followed by Q & A with the speakers, and 3 Telegram quizzes sprinkled throughout. Omika surprised attendees with cool Graph swag as keepsakes for the event.

Local Graph Advocates present at these events:

  1. Mumbai: Gulshan Vasnani
  2. Hyderabad: Sruthi Manthena
  3. Bangalore: Omika Dubey
#25

Greetings! @abdulla

Yesterday was the deadline for your grant proposal. We were very happy to see the results that have been done, but there are still 2 events in different cities, we would like to know what is the status of them now.

Thank you!

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#26

Hey @doxe01.eth sorry for the late response. Missed this , here is the details of Kolkata , sending chennai asap.

Kolkata:-

Octaloop on Instagram: "Here’s a quick recap of our fantastic India Blockchain Tour Kolkata event last Saturday! Next stop, Chennai! Have you registered yet? #indiablockchaintour #kolkata #chennai #blockchain #cryptoworld #meetup #events"

60+ folks from across Kolkata joined us for our second last leg of IBT 2023. Graph’s own, Agrim Nagrani, joined us in person for an exciting session, and graciously answered questions from the crowd. We also welcomed Arjun Venugopal, the Lead Product Manager at Cleartax for a virtual speaker session, followed by a session by Anupam Varshney (Founder, Binamite). Two quizzes on Telegram were conducted to keep the crowd engaged and energised. The attendees were offered delicious refreshments after the session, and were handed exciting merch during their departure.

#27

@doxe01.eth here is the info about the last city :-

Chennai :-

(Octaloop on Instagram: "Aaaand, that’s a wrap for IBT 2023! 😅 What a wild ride it was, folks. Kicking off in Delhi, then Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Kolkata and finally making our last stop in Chennai! Here are some highlights from the event 📸 While IBT 2023 has come to an end, we will be back soon with our flagship event, Metamorphosis, across 3 cities (Dubai, Delhi and Bangalore) later this year. 💪 Keep an eye on our socials for the latest updates.")

We made our final stop for IBT 2023 at Chennai, where we welcomed ~70 folks at Watson’s T Nagar. Graph Advocate Sruthi joined us one last time for an intriguing session, followed by sessions from CoinEx’s Aravinth Yohan, NC Global Media’s Rohit Mohan, and Octaloop/Binamite’s Anupam Varshney. Two Telgram quizzes and one in-person quiz saw winners earn merch and exciting prizes. In typical Octaloop fashion, we signed off for one last time by offering attendees refreshments and merch as keepsakes. Until next time!

#28

Hello!

Great job. Could you provide photos and videos from the last two cities? Just copying from Instagram is not an option, lmao.

Thank you.

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#29

Chennai photos: Graph - IBT Chennai – Google Drive

Kolkata photos: Graph - IBT Kolkata – Google Drive

#30

Congratulations! Thank you for contributing to the growth of The Graph and web3 ecosystem.

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