1 · In high school
- Students learn entrepreneurship only in theory.
- They have no real economic space to practice decisions.
- They don't grasp how money flows, company roles, or market dynamics.
Built on Solana — real blockchain, real learning
Entrepreneurial simulator
& launchpad for teens.
"From simulation to action. From ideas to startup."
TeachFi turns the school into a working economy. Each school issues its own token,
students learn by doing, and the best ideas get their first real capital at graduation.
The problem
Entrepreneurship education has two big gaps
2 · At graduation
- Young people with ideas have no access to funding.
- Schools provide no infrastructure for launching real startups.
- The path from idea to first capital stays blocked.
TeachFi solves both.
The opportunity
A market that's ready, but unserved
EdTech is growing fast but stays mostly theoretical. The "economic simulation" space is nearly untouched.
Schools are looking for practical, gamified programs anchored in reality — not another passive course platform.
75% of students want to launch a startup. 0% have access to capital in high school.
No platform simulates a complete economic market and a real investment mechanism. TeachFi is uniquely positioned.
The solution
A complete digital platform for the school economy
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A working school economy
Turns the school into a real ecosystem where every student is an active participant.
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Each school's own token
Every school mints its own token (e.g. SRBan) on Solana. Students earn it, spend it, trade it.
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Internal marketplace
Students offer products, services, projects and initiatives. Pricing, negotiation, reputation — lived, not lectured.
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Real entrepreneurial roles
CEO, CFO, marketing, HR. Practice firms funded by classmates, with shareholders and reporting.
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The LEARN token soon
TeachFi's governance token, exchangeable across school currencies. Utility and demand learned in practice.
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Launchpad for graduates
At graduation, the best ideas receive real first capital through regulated micro-investments.
The monetary system
Two layers that reinforce each other
Each school's token
- A virtual currency created by the school, used internally.
- Students earn it through work and spend it in the marketplace.
- Enables real practice firms with student investors.
- Builds economic understanding through daily practice.
LEARN — TeachFi's cryptocurrency soon
Role A. Increases the utility of school tokens by enabling exchange between them.
Role B. Shows students that a currency's value depends on utility and demand.
Role C. Will fund graduates' startups through real micro-investments.
How it works
How the platform works for a school
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01
The school decides to implement TeachFi
Building on the SRBan concept — validated for 5 years at Școala Româno-Britanică — the institution joins the ecosystem.
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02
The school locks TeachFi tokens
The school acquires and locks a certain amount of TeachFi tokens for the entire duration of platform usage. They serve as the backing for its own currency.
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03
It issues its own token (e.g., SchoolY)
The school mints its currency based on parity with TeachFi. It becomes the official internal token: own name, symbol and rules.
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04
Students earn tokens through activities
Projects, milestones, jobs, volunteering, academic performance — all become income streams in the school's currency.
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05
They use the tokens across all platform modules
Bank, marketplace, NFTs, events, classrooms, grants, services. Every transaction is a real economic lesson.
Modules
A whole ecosystem in one platform
TeachFi covers a school's entire economic flow through modular components, drawn from the litepaper and validated in the SRBan pilot.
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On Ramp SRBan
Token purchase and conversion for use on the platform. The on-ramp gateway into the TeachFi ecosystem.
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Customized token
Smart contract template + wizard so each school can quickly issue its own currency, fully integrated into the ecosystem.
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SRBan Bank
Deposits, interest, loans, credit scoring and investments in practice firms. A bank made for students, run by students.
🎨
NFT Marketplace
Students mint NFT collections for educational projects, list them, sell them and transfer them in a decentralized market.
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Freelancer Market
Students offer and request services — tutoring, design, coding, translations — with feedback and rating systems.
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Goods Market
A marketplace for physical and digital goods, with catalog, search and smart contracts for transactions.
🎟️
Event Access
Tokenized tickets for conferences, workshops and educational events. On-chain authentication and verification.
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Marketing Services
A module where students promote their own projects. Campaigns, analytics and reporting built in.
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Scholarships & Grants
Scholarships and grants for deserving students. Applications, evaluation and distribution managed on the platform.
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Virtual Classrooms
Online courses accessible with tokens, for students of all ages. Connects schools across the ecosystem.
🌐
METAVERSE School
An immersive educational platform in the metaverse. VR/AR for interactive experiences beyond the classroom.
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Personal Development
Courses and activities for building social and personal skills, with progress monitoring.
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Launchpad soon
At graduation, top alumni receive their first real capital through regulated micro-investments powered by LEARN.
Curriculum
A 5-year program, validated through SRBan
The TeachFi middle-school curriculum runs across 5 school years (grades 5–9), from a student's first pocket money to real practice firms funded by their classmates.
Year 1
Grade 5
Money, budget, first income
Students build their first personal budget and earn their first income in SRBan tokens — promotional, merit and performance scholarships. They learn currencies, transactions, cards and accounts.
Year 2
Grade 6
Market, supply, demand, consumption
Students explore core economic concepts. The customized token becomes payment in the school market and at every sales event (Christmas and Easter fairs).
Year 3
Grade 7
Job, salary, CV, interviews
Students apply with CVs and motivation letters, sit for interviews and sign work contracts for internal jobs. Their first salary, earned through real work.
Year 4
Grade 8
Bank, savings, loans, interest
They open accounts, save and take loans — all in their own SRBan Bank.
Year 5
Grade 9
Investments and practice firms
Students form teams and run real practice firms, providing products and services exclusively in the school token. A partner startup supplies the market of suppliers and clients.
Timing
Why now
Students are digital natives, but economic education hasn't kept up.
The EdTech market is saturated with theory, but not with real simulation.
Games teach economics indirectly — TeachFi does it consciously and pedagogically.
Schools want modern tools for real skills, not just diplomas.
TeachFi starts from a real, 5-year validated pilot (SRBan).
Solana offers near-zero fees — cost per student is $0.
Validation
SRBan — the TeachFi prototype
Deployed at Școala Româno-Britanică for 5 years, SRBan proved the model works. Students ran a functional internal economy and showed visible growth in:
- responsibility and financial discipline;
- engagement in projects and initiatives;
- economic behavior and decision-making;
- collaboration and teamwork.
All processes built manually in the pilot will be automated in TeachFi.
5 yrs
validated pilot
423+
student wallets
8
DeFi modules
$0
cost per student
The future
Launchpad for graduates
LEARN will let graduates:
Pitch real entrepreneurial projects to the community.
Receive financial backing in LEARN from classmates, parents, alumni and investors.
Convert that backing into real capital through regulated mechanisms.
TeachFi becomes the first pre-university accelerator.
Roadmap
From pilot to global scale
1
Pilot phase
Initial development of TeachFi and rollout in a handful of partner schools for testing and refinement, building on the SRBan pilot in Craiova.
2
Regional expansion
Rollout across more schools and regions in Romania and Eastern Europe, informed by feedback and outcomes from the pilot phase.
3
Global scalability
Building scalable infrastructure for global TeachFi adoption. The LEARN governance token and a real launchpad for graduates.
Team
The people behind TeachFi
CC
Cristina Catană Bucă
Founder
School founder with over 20 years of experience in education and managing complex projects.
AC
Anthony Capitănescu
CFO
Extensive experience managing large budgets and financial operations at scale.
AM
Alin Mechenici
CTO
Cybersecurity entrepreneur and founder of CHENIST Cybersecurity.
PM
Petri Marin-Voicu
Adviser
Co-founder of Seed Captain, serial entrepreneur and angel investor with an active tech startup portfolio.
HP
Horațiu Popescu
Adviser
CEO of SIADYR, the first crypto donations platform on blockchain. Blockchain and digital fundraising expert.
DD
Dr Delphy
Adviser
CEO at Staking Agency. Expert in staking infrastructure and validator operations across proof-of-stake networks.
Business model
B2B platform + economic ecosystem
Annual license
For schools and educational centers.
Per-student subscription
Scalable, predictable, with near-zero marginal cost.
Premium marketplace
Extended features for large schools and networks.
Competitions & events
Inter-school entrepreneurship contests, demo days, galas.
Teacher training
Certification programs for mentor teachers.
LEARN economy
Native economic model around the governance token.
Differentiation
Competitive advantages
- ★ One of a kind: internal economy + per-school token + future governance token.
- ★ Learning by simulation, not by theory.
- ★ Model tested in a real school for 5 years.
- ★ Adaptable to any country or education system.
- ★ Scalable, modular, gamified.
- ★ The only real bridge between high school and entrepreneurship.
TeachFi aims to revolutionize financial education in schools by introducing blockchain technology. Our platform offers scalable and adaptable infrastructure, allowing each educational institution to develop its own customized token — and prepare students for the real economy.
— TeachFi mission
Who it's for
Four audiences, one platform
For schools
5-minute setup, Solana infrastructure, clean reporting. Validated for 5 years at SRBan.
- Your own token, fully under your control
- Near-zero cost per student
- Modules activated on demand
For teachers
Practical tools for real financial education — without rewriting your curriculum.
- 5-year curriculum, ready to use
- Fast token distribution
- Per-student tracking
For students
Learn entrepreneurship by doing. Earn, spend, invest, vote — on real blockchain.
- Your own wallet, no password
- 13 modules to explore
- Reputation that counts
For parents
See exactly what your child earns, spends and learns. Total transparency, on chain.
- Visibility into your child's account
- Direct top-up option
- Monthly reports
SRBan pilot · 5 years
What people who lived the program say
★★★★★
"In 5 years of SRBan I have seen 12-year-olds manage a budget more disciplined than some adults. Seeing real consequences of their decisions changes everything."
★★★★★
"I started a practice firm with 3 classmates. We took a bank loan, hired a designer, sold products at the fair. By 14, I understood what cash flow really means."
★★★★★
"As a parent I see exactly what my child does with 'his money'. It's the kind of education I never had — and it gives him real peace of mind."
Architecture
How TeachFi is built
Three layers working together: the interfaces students and teachers actually touch, the crypto design on Solana, and the documentation layer that keeps it all reproducible.
1 · User Interface
The modules users interact with daily — from the marketplace to NFTs.
2 · Crypto Design
The technical layer — token design, smart contracts, testing, deployment, research.
3 · Documentation Layer
The team, open-source project management, reproducible reporting.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
How much does TeachFi cost a school?
Operating cost per student is near zero thanks to Solana's minimal fees. Our model is B2B: an annual school license + a per-student subscription. The pilot is fully free for early partner schools.
Is it safe for minors to use a wallet and crypto?
Yes. School tokens are closed currencies — they cannot be traded on external exchanges or converted to real money without school approval. Student wallets are custodied at the school level under administration control. Parents have full visibility.
What about student data? GDPR?
TeachFi is strictly GDPR-compliant. Student personal data is stored encrypted in the school's database, not on chain. Only pseudonymous transactions live on chain — no information that directly identifies a student.
Do students need special hardware or technical knowledge?
No. The platform runs in any browser. The wallet is created automatically on first login. Students don't need to understand blockchain to use the platform — the interface looks like any modern app.
Which blockchain does TeachFi use?
Solana. We chose it for the near-zero fees (under $0.001 per transaction) and the fast confirmation time (~400ms). That means a school with 500 students can run thousands of transactions a day with no meaningful operational cost.
How long does it take to roll out at a new school?
Technical setup in 5 minutes. Curriculum configuration and teacher onboarding take 1–2 weeks. The SRBan pilot showed that students become operational within 1–2 hours of first use.
What is the LEARN token and when will it launch?
LEARN is TeachFi's governance token — still in development. It will enable exchange between school currencies and, through regulated mechanisms, fund alumni's first startups via the launchpad. Launch is planned alongside the regional expansion phase.
Are the tokens "real money"?
School tokens are educational currencies, not regulated payment instruments. They cannot be directly converted into real money. The LEARN token, when launched, will have a separate regulated component — exclusively for the alumni launchpad.
How do I join as a pilot school?
Email us at contact@teachfi.education or call +40 721 70 38 78. We're working on a new cohort of partner schools — focus on Eastern and Central Europe.
Want TeachFi at your school?
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TeachFi raises a generation of entrepreneurs who don't just learn — they build.
And it gives them their first real capital to start.