# 2.5. Funding Requirements

In order to fund the development of BlockchainValley, an initial Token Public Presale will take place creating the Token in the Ethereum Blockchain starting a multi chain approach of a total of eight different sales in different blockchains. The token, minted in the first Presale and distributed immediately after this Public Presale, will be listed and launched in the IDOs in UNISWAP  and other sales in different chains. Thus the 4IR Token will be deployed as a multichain 4IR with unique 4IR Symbols for identification for each blockchain once a month for eight months (the Company reserves the right to change the number of blockchains used to sell the token).

There is no soft or hard cap and all the funding raised is required in order to kickstart the project in terms of the first soft global public relations campaign, improve the MVP Digital Platform already developed as well as the further development of the 4IR Blockchain Protocol that will work interoperably with[ "BlockchainValley.me"](http://blockchainvalley.me/), the project’s Digital Platform.&#x20;

Blockchain Valley SAS plans to use the funds and the digital assets raised as part of the Soft Cap for human resources (salaries & compensation), marketing and sales (marketing & business development, publication and media relations, digital advertising & social media, sponsorships), general management (supply chain, project management of the products and services, budget, taxes, control and accounting), asset acquisition (client database, trademarks and patents), product development, R\&D, cybersecurity, development and implementation of the 4IR Blockchain Protocol.

This investment amount will be invested in various items in **Section 2.7** of the Information Document (such as human resources, operations, R\&D and platform optimization and advisory expenses).

We would be able to continue and extend our partnerships with law firms and legal advisors to better our policies and to be able to respond to the requirements that come with the scaling of the project.

As the Digital Platform User base grows, more resources will be allocated to the highest forms of cybersecurity, through skills hiring and consulting with partner specialists, as well as to professional management of our dataset and data intelligence processing for the benefit of our eCitizens and the Digital Platform. Growth marketing and escalation of public relation (PR) strategies along with Social Media will help BV begin its broader market reach at this stage. Advanced technological improvement of the 4IR Blockchain Protocol, as well as pursuing a collaboration with the first university. This collaboration will have the objective to research and develop further improvements of our blockchain and to scale it to another stage, leading to the release of a genesis block, post testing and auditing.

Furthermore, and in order to scale the Digital Platform, a considerable budget will be allocated to set up a meaningful working space in Paris, to help the company centralize its global digital marketing, sponsorship and partnership programs, PR, communications, human resources and legal department presence in France. At this milestone, we would need to boost our software engineering team in accordance to growth, beyond what we currently have in place today.

The physical location of BlockchainValley in Stellenbosch, South Africa, will be purchased as the first step towards development of its Fourth Industrial Revolution smart community, for all the purposes aforementioned..

Blockchain Company has already developed a number of interoperable applications for BlockchainValley Digital Platform, such as: 4IR Jobs, 4IR Cloud, DAOKYC, Blockaform, 4IRGPT, 4IRDeveloper, Nonfungiblecertificate, Fungibletoken. Other applications are currently being developed. Check the Section of **4IR Applications** at the beginning of this document.&#x20;

With enough funds, it will allow for significant technological development and scientific advancement of these interoperable applications and APIs for the BlockchainValley robust digital ecosystem, including a 4IR Testlab and 4IR Institute at the determined physical location in Stellenbosch. Collaboration can now be amplified to several collaborating universities and funded for a longer period of scientific development. This would ensure computer & data science productivity and control-based technical development system of the highest innovation and quality to improve, advance and accelerate scalability of our 4IR Blockchain Protocol optimization.

BlockchainValley's platform scale and growth marketing strategy, can be executed more extensively through software engineering and social media, to ensure a faster adoption rate, which is key to the success of the BV venture overall. This will entail further hiring of highly skilled professionals to accompany this growth. Our physical location of BlockchainValley would go from creative blueprint design to architectural development of our smart community.

Depending on the amount of funds and digital assets raised, BlockchainValley will also increase its physical presence in Stellenbosch by acquiring new infrastructures for the purpose of the project deployment.

There are a number of design implementation frameworks around the world to learn from and collaborate with, as niche smart communities of innovation are now springing up around the world. The aim is to find partners that help design and implement sustainable structures for all intents and purposes. Not only can several Fortune 500 companies become sponsors of BlockchainValley as a Fourth Industrial Smart Community, we have been looking at a large location in Stellenbosch. This kind of land is available for acquisition in the area, which is perfect for extensive renovation, adaptivity and sustainable architectural development of BlockchainValley's physical location. From here, our global ecosystem can evolve with relevant partners, technology sponsors and BV eCompanies. These entities need geological spaces of diversity, to carry out extensive research and development, within Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies frameworks such as AI, IoT, DroneTech, Genetic Engineering, 3D Printing, HealthTech, AgriTech, Autonomous Vehicles, Data Science, and other aspects of advanced technologies, that define Fourth Industrial Revolution for a near future world of[ "BlockchainValley.me](http://blockchainvalley.me/)" the Digital Platform, eCitizens and eCompanies.
