Join Club CPG’s Head of Accelerator Raffaela Rein as we kick-off our Fall accelerator cohort!

Fireside Chat & Q+A with Luca Netz, CEO of Pudgy Penguins  Date: Wed 2 August  Time: 9am PT/4pm UTC Luca Netz (Luca Schnetzler) is the CEO of Pudgy Penguins, an 8,888 NFT collection of adorable cartoon penguins. In April 2022, Netz acquired the Pudgy brand and his leadership has turned it into a success story beyond Web3.  In May 2023, the company introduced a physical line of plushies and figurines called Pudgy Toys. The launch of these physical collectibles topped the charts on Amazon, with over $500,000 in sales volume over two days. In this genius call, Luca will discuss his vision for Pudgy Penguins and the rationale behind this acquisition. He will also cover licensing and merchandinsing products that have roots in web3, leveraging community and building trust, insights from running a web3 business, monetising social influence and much more.    Connect with Luca at: https://twitter.com/LucaNetz

Genius Call #28: Fireside Chat & Q+A with Bruno Faviero, Founder & CEO of Magna & Founding Partner at Alloy Fund.  Date: Wed 21 June Time: 9am PT/4pm UTC Bruno Faviero is the founder and CEO of Magna, which provides token vesting and tokenholder management services to crypto companies. Prior to Magna, Bruno was co-founder and CEO of Synapse, an AI company that was acquired by Palantir. In this genius call, Bruno shares valuable insights and tangible tips for web3 builders - it is full of gems!  Bruno generously shares the story of Synapse (including buying an x-ray machine, getting executives to test it out in their backyard, doing million dollar revenue and eventually getting acquired by Palantir!).  Bruno also shares the story of how they are building Magna; including pivoting, picking the right problem to solve and then raising $17M from investors.  Connect with Bruno at: (https://twitter.com/BunchuBets)https://twitter.com/Bfaviero

After 2 days and 38 startup pitches, CPG holders join the CPG accelerator teams for a watch party before voting opens to decide which of the 12 finalists will take home a portion of $25K in cash prizes.

Session 4: Ideation group Crypto Packaged Goods is proud to present Pitch Week: the CPG Accelerator’s culmination of almost three months of intensive work that has helped over 100 startups propel their businesses forward. Now, 42 of those startups across three different stages, Ideation, Building, and Growth, are ready to present their business concepts to our distinguished panel of investors. Watch to learn, and watch to cheer on your colleagues over two exciting days. Twelve finalists will move on to the Finale on Monday, May 22, when voting opens for the community to award $25K in cash prizes. Details for voting and watching the Pitch Show Finale will be released separately.

In this session we explore the ways AI can help startups save money and time in their business operations, attract investment, and integrate AI into their product offerings. Participants will come away with a clearer understanding of this disruptive technology and what it means for their individual industries, businesses and products. Panelists • Gregarious Narain (Zealous) • Mikey Piro (CPG) • Scott Werner (Sublayer)