Thank you for the response Dacha!
One clarification we would like to make for our proposal, is that Trove Labs is responsible for the development of Classy Kangaroos, Good Fortune Felines, and Jump DeFi. Our communities and followings are tightly interwoven and we have been contributing to the NEAR ecosystem since the beginning of January 2022.
We have previously posted under NEKO in the NEAR governance forums, but have since moved to this account to better organize all of the projects we are involved with as Trove Labs.
I have addressed the rest of your comments below:
-The focus of this marketing proposal is for our team to network with and provide exposure for new projects, protocols, and startups attending NEARCON that do not have the ability to spotlight the innovations or utilities they are creating to a broader audience.
We intend to attend NEARCON to interview notable projects and hackathon participants to invite them to speak on our spaces to discuss new NEAR developments and how their projects are adding to the current NEAR infrastructure. We believe that new projects teams and founders are vital to the success of the NEAR ecosystem, and by giving new founders a platform to speak from, we can increase the engagement and participation of potential NEAR project founders. By attending NEARCON we will be able to accomplish this more efficiently and will be able to establish personal relationships with the founding teams that can potentially benefit both parties and the NEAR ecosystem as a whole.
Here are some examples of our spaces with other notable projects on NEAR
http://gov.near.org/t/attend-twitter-spaces-what-is-defi-and-how-can-it-be-used-on-near-hosted-by-jump-defi/24894
http://gov.near.org/t/attend-twitter-spaces-creating-infrastructure-for-a-thriving-ecosystem-hosted-by-jump-defi/24027
http://gov.near.org/t/attend-twitter-spaces-developing-on-near-vs-solana-hosted-by-jump-defi/23288/5
-We are project members who are committed to NEAR protocol. Brand0Mand0 and dleer_defi are co-founders of trove-labs, Jump DeFi, and Good Fortune Felines (NEKO) on NEAR. We have multiple projects ongoing on NEAR, and would greatly benefit from attending NEARCON and discussing relevant web 3.0 topics with various projects and figures within the NEAR community who attend NEARCON.
https://twitter.com/Brand0mand0
https://twitter.com/dleer_defi
-We have applied for marketing funding previously and have been funded for two separate proposals. We plan to keep applying for funding when and where appropriate.
http://gov.near.org/t/approved-neko-good-fortune-felines-near-nft-ambassadors-at-consensus-2022-conference-jun-9-12/21432
http://gov.near.org/t/approved-neko-good-fortune-felines-near-nft-ambassadors-at-2022-nft-ny-conference-jun-20-23/20740
We currently participate as much as possible in the NEAR forums and have been announcing our weekly spaces series, adding our insight to ecosystem wide discussions, and more.
Trove labs has not received funding from the NEAR foundation, however we are currently in the review process for funding from Proximity for Jump DeFi. We have received funding for Jump DeFi from Big Brain holdings, and are currently continuing to raise.