Funding Rational Privacy
Around the world, founders are exploring how to build products that protect user rights, secure sensitive data, and enable new business models in a privacy-first world. Yet for many, the journey from idea to a fundable product remains daunting.
Technology Agnostic
Build Club is technology-agnostic: whether you’re building in TypeScript, Rust, Solidity, or another language, our goal is to equip you with the frameworks, commercial knowledge, and connections needed to succeed.
Midnight offers an ideal environment for privacy-preserving applications thanks to its selective disclosure architecture, zero-knowledge proofs, and developer support. However, Build Club does not mandate exclusive deployment. Instead, we empower founders to design interoperable products that can scale across ecosystems while benefiting from Midnight’s strengths.
8 Weeks of Build Club
OVER THE COURSE OF EIGHT WEEKS, PARTICIPANTS RECEIVE:
Hands-On Education
Across software development, business design, regulatory alignment, and go-to-market strategy.
Specialist Mentorship
From leading engineers, entrepreneurs, and investors in the privacy and Web3 ecosystem.
Practical Resources
Worth more than $200,000 in credits and tools, to help reduce early operational friction.
Community & Networking
Opportunities with peers, ecosystem partners, and potential customers.
Pitch Readiness
Through guided practice sessions and feedback loops with seasoned founders and investors.
Exposure to Funders
With the chance to secure a first pre-seed check and continued support through our partner networks.
What's Next
At the end of the program, selected projects will be invited to pitch to our investor network, and may receive entry into the Midnight Accelerator, where they’ll gain access to deeper technical integration, follow-on funding opportunities, and expanded go-to-market support.
Guided by industry leaders in the privacy & Web3 ecosystem.
Daria Turovtseva
Growth @Midnight
Tim Brückmann
Founder & COO
Colin Schwarz
Head of Product
Gem Ozan
Founder & CEO
Tim Hodgson
Financial Controller
Alexandre Houdart
Co-Founder & COO
Frequently Asked Questions
No. Build Club is technology-agnostic. While Midnight offers an ideal environment for privacy-preserving applications, we empower founders to design interoperable products that scale across ecosystems.
Selected projects will be invited to pitch to our investor network at the end of the program and may receive entry into the Midnight Accelerator for follow-on funding opportunities.
The program runs for 8 weeks and requires active participation in weekly workshops, mentorship sessions, and product development milestones.
Early-stage founders exploring how to build products that protect user rights, secure sensitive data, and enable new business models in a privacy-first world.