NEXT MOVE · WITHIN THE HOUR
1. Count your deploys
15 minPull the number of deploys and builder pages per chain.
OWNER PLAYBOOK · VOYAGE CHART
Chart your voyage with First Deploy
Pick where you want to go. Every route starts with a move you can make within the hour.
Raise for it
You want grants, accelerators or investors to back it.
MOVES MADE
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STREAK
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WHY THIS ROUTE
Developer onboarding is a common chain grant category, and you can show builders onboarded.
ARRIVED LOOKS LIKE
One grant application submitted with number of first deploys.
Progress saves on this device. Sign in any time to keep it on your profile.
2. Find chain onboarding grants
45 minLook at builder grants from chains you support, Gitcoin rounds and accelerators like Alliance or a16z CSX style programs.
3. Ask the chain's devrel
15 minMessage devrel with your numbers. A short, specific quote from a real user, teacher or partner about First Deploy carries more weight than anything you write about yourself. Ask for it in writing so you can quote it exactly.
FIRST MESSAGE · X DM · TO CHAIN DEVREL LEAD
Hi [name], I run First Deploy, which has onboarded [number] people to deploy verified contracts on [chain]. Is there a grant or program that supports developer onboarding I should apply to?
4. Submit the application
120 minWrite the application in this order: the problem in one paragraph, what First Deploy already does with proof, then three dated milestones with a modest ask tied to each. Apply with numbers and milestones. Have one person read it before you send.
FIRST MESSAGE · EMAIL · TO GRANT TEAM
Submitted First Deploy for [round]: [number] first deploys on [chain] so far. Happy to demo anytime.
Check in on me
Leave an email and we nudge you at 24 and 72 hours with your next move. Optional.
Or to keep this voyage on your profile.
PORTS ALONG THE ROUTE
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LIVE DEMOGrant Ledger
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LIVE DEMOMove Starter
Your own Move package live on Sui with a guided first object, and a builder badge.
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Put your name on the bow
Every route goes further on a vessel you own. Built on order, refundable deposit.