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Chart your voyage with Lease Trail

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
00/ 4
STREAK
0 days
WHY THIS ROUTE
Real-world records on chain are a theme several ecosystems fund, and renter reputation is a fresh angle on a large, everyday market.
ARRIVED LOOKS LIKE
Two applications submitted (one chain community grant, one accelerator) with usage data and one agent pilot letter.
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NEXT MOVE · WITHIN THE HOUR

1. Shortlist three programs

45 min

Check the Polygon community grants and Base builder grants pages, a Gitcoin round on real world impact, and one accelerator in the Alliance or a16z CSX style. Note whether shipped projects qualify.

FIRST MESSAGE · EMAIL · TO A PROGRAM'S GRANTS INBOX

Hi team, before applying: Lease Trail is live on Polygon and Base, sealing move-in photos and rent receipts for renters with landlord acknowledgment. Do existing shipped projects qualify for this round? Thank you.

2. Get a pilot letter from one agent

15 min

Ask an agent who used the trial for a short note saying what it saved them. A real business voice beats any deck slide.

FIRST MESSAGE · EMAIL · TO AN AGENT WHO TRIALLED LEASE TRAIL

Hi Grace, thank you for trying Lease Trail this month. I am applying for a builder grant and a short note from you would help: two or three sentences on how the move-in reports worked for your team. Happy to draft something for you to edit.

3. Build a one-page traction sheet

45 min

Reports sealed, acknowledgments signed, disputes avoided (ask users), the verified contract and chain. Be precise about what is measured and what is self-reported.

4. Submit the first application

120 min

Use their template, keep claims honest, and describe a 90-day plan you can deliver alone. Never promise funding to users or partners.

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PORTS ALONG THE ROUTE

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Grant Ready, first screen of the live demoLIVE DEMO

Grant Ready

A project-in-a-box: contracts, site, docs and impact metrics shaped for grant applications.

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$349Base · Optimism +2
Grant Ledger, first screen of the live demoLIVE DEMO

Grant Ledger

Show funders exactly what their grant built, milestone by milestone, with proof attached.

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$199Optimism · Arbitrum +2
Deed Witness, first screen of the live demoLIVE DEMO

Deed Witness

Real world good deeds, verified by a photo, a place, and a witness, saved forever.

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$179Base · Celo +1
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