• Founding team must include at least one diverse women* founder

• This is for founders at the beginning of their journey (from pre-launch to seed)

• You have raised less than £1m so far

• If pre-launch you must already have an MVP or a strong idea of what you want to build and be within 3-6 months of starting

• The company should be based in Europe

• You are company building under the broad definition of the Metaverse

• includes adjacent areas incl. web3, realtime 3D, enterprise metaverse, spatial computing, AI

• You shouldn’t be pure content or service-based business (eg. pure studios, agencies)

• You need to be able to join the Office Hours by video call for the entirety of the scheduled time

*by this we mean every woman, (including trans and non-binary) and from any background.

• Simply fill in the application form by April 10th at midnight

• Please complete all fields to the best of your ability

• We will announce the participants at the virtual networking event on April 17th and send confirmation emails on April 19th. Please keep your calendars free for April 26th.

• Spaces will be limited but if demand is strong we will arrange more sessions

• We are considering open sourcing a list of all companies that are interested in being contacted in the future by other investors. We will ask for your permission if we do this.

• Office hours will be held via video call, with each meeting lasting approx 20 mins

• Each meeting will be private and consist of yourself (co-founders can join) and two of our investors/operators

• Office hours should be constructive and the investor you meet may or may not want to follow up afterward

• There is an opportunity to network with other founders after the private sessions

• The sessions are not intended to be pitch sessions. You can use the 20 mins as you wish but we would suggest the following:

1. Founder presents what they’re working on, with slides if preferred (3-5 mins)

2. Founder comes prepared with 3 or 4 areas they want feedback/help on. Prepare specific questions beforehand. For example funding advice, feedback on product/market/idea, Go To Market etc (15 mins)

DVRSTY is a community-driven initiative, led by FOV Ventures, with the support of a growing number of partners including WiiT (Women In Immersive Tech) and XRDI.

Virtual networking, investment readiness workshop & investor dinner is part of the WIIT Meta grant 2023.

We have also partnered up with AWE to provide free passes to 15 founders to AWE USA, Santa Clara May 31 - June 2, 2023. All applicants will have a 20% coupon code.

FOV Ventures is offering a travel stipend of €500 for up to 5 founders that want to go to AWE US.