HelpBnk x Superteam UK Side Track

HelpBnk × Superteam UK Side Track

The HelpBnk × Superteam UK Side Track is now open. A global challenge designed to support founders building the future of the internet.

Partner Info – HelpBnk

HelpBnk is a free community-driven platform where entrepreneurs and business enthusiasts support each other. Share tips, exchange advice, and grow together. Think of it as your go-to support network for all things business.

HelpBnk is working with Superteam UK on initiatives like this Side Track and previously their $100k Future Fund to put real money, mentorship, and networks directly in the hands of founders. Empowering anyone, anywhere to take the leap into building the next generation of businesses.

Theme: Build the Future of the Internet

New technologies are emerging that let businesses raise capital, serve customers, and scale without relying on legacy gatekeepers. They enable a new kind of economy, powered by community ownership, transparent systems, and 24/7 access to funding on the internet.

This Side Track is about founders building tools, products, and platforms that take advantage of these new emerging technologies like the blockchain, AI, robotics, quantum, and biotechnologies.

Learn more about this new world here:

• What are Internet Capital Markets? https://youtu.be/qLbcvtIAPnI?si=RZyxhTFEriCEHiMY

• An introduction to Stablecoins https://www.youtube.com/live/0QlCb8_oZJ0?si=19C1u-1Sr0LzzQh2

• Understanding the future of payments https://www.youtube.com/live/dEVniSSstPw?si=ldpHtDZ1sjH-PvIs

• The path to Universal Basic Ownership https://www.youtube.com/live/EMn87LhV2pQ?si=8vH1jnWsb5pz7udh

🏆 Rewards

Total prize pool: $10,000 USDC

• 🥇 1st Prize: $5,000

• 🥈 2nd Prize: $3,000

• 🥉 3rd Prize: $2,000

Official winners announcement on HelpBnk and Superteam UK channels, offering massive exposure for your startup.

✅ Eligibility

• Create a HelpBnk account, and share about your project

• Register and submit via Colosseum Cypherpunk Hackathon.

• Open to all global startups and founders.

🎤 Judging Criteria

• Feasibility : Are you solving a real problem? Have you been able to prove there market demand to pay for a solution?

• Founder-Market-Fit : Are you the right person to build this startup? How has your professional experience given you an unfair advantage against other competitors, i.e., what do you know they no-one else does?

• Blockchain Relevance : Does Solana power the solution in a meaningful way? Is this on live on mainnet? 

• Traction & Iterating : Have you been able to get your product to market, test with your first 10 users, get their feedback and iterate to the point those super users are referring their friends / businesses? 

• Story telling : Have you created a compelling narrative and clearly communicated your product in your pitch deck and demo video?

🛠️ How it works

• Build during the Cypherpunk Hackathon (Sept 25 – Oct 30).

• Participate in Superteam UK coworking days in 8 cities across the UK (optional, open to side track participants).

• Submit into Cypherpunk Hackathon on Colosseum’s platform before the deadline of October 30 (Only official submissions will count).

• Winners announced alongside Cypherpunk results (minimum 1 month after end of Colosseum)

This Side Track is about more than prizes, the winners access hands-on mentorship with HelpBnk and Superteam UK. 

Together, we’re breaking down the barriers for you to follow your dreams, built under a culture of win and help win! Happy Building!