DazzleCamp

Due to COVID-19 and social distancing, we have decided to postpone the event until we have more information and safety measures to host events in real life. Please stay tuned. DazzleCamp will be back!


What: After publishing the zebra manifesto and hosting our inaugural gathering, DazzleCon, in 2017 we are ready to roll up our sleeves and get to work as a community with DazzleCamp (a group of zebras is called a dazzle!). At this convening we will:

  • Review what we’ve learned from our Zebra Survey

  • Co-create, with founders, the capital, culture, and community we need

  • Design fund structures of the future that meet our companies’ needs

  • Convene Zebra chapter leaders from around the world

  • Connect, collaborate, and support one another on this unique journey with fun, summer camp activities

    Who:  We invite post-revenue founders who identify with the zebra ethos; have a product in market; and face capital challenges apply to join us. We also encourage foundations or investors actively seeking to create new financing instruments to apply. We will have a limited number of tickets available for aspiring, pre-revenue Zebras. If you’d like to learn more about our gatherings, read the DazzleCon ‘17 recap.

Application Process: We are curating this gathering to ensure geographic, demographic, and sectoral diversity. While it takes place in the US, it’s a global gathering of the Zebra community. Ready to apply and learn more?



Sponsorship Opportunities

Interested in becoming a sponsor or providing scholarships? Download our summary or drop us a line at [email protected]

Past DazzleCon sponsors have included the Knight, Rockefeller, and MacArthur Foundations; investors like Brad Feld & Amy Batchelor, Tiny Capital and Purpose; in-kind donors including the Long Now Foundation and Catalyst Law; corporate sponsors like Buffer and JLL; and and city economic development offices including Prosper Portland.