Update on Near Decentralized Funding, DAOs, and Accelerator
Hello Nearians,
We are more than halfway through the first quarter of 2023 and wanted to share a quick update on the progress NEAR Foundation has made on community funding and accelerator strategies.
First, if you are a project building on NEAR or interested in building on NEAR and need some immediate support, please fill out this Project Support Form. NEAR Foundation will connect you with the appropriate person or organization who can assist.
Decentralizing Funding
Important changes in the grant program were announced at the start of January, highlighting the Foundation’s goal for a more decentralized funding process by handing over decision making to community DAOs. What follows is the status of the initial DAOs.
The Accelerator
From the accelerator side, NEAR Foundation’s past experience with the grants program showed us that founders and teams are in need of a variety of support in order to be successful and take their project to the next level.
To that end, the Foundation’s strategy consists of three elements:
- If you are a founder, investor, mentor, or subject matter expert interested in being a beta tester, please fill out this form.
- If you are a founder interested in participating in paid user research, please fill out this form.
- Engineering support resources
- Talent / Recruitment platforms and services
- Legal platforms and services
- Back office accounting platforms and services
- Marketing services
- Product management services
Take 1 minute to help us pick a name for the Accelerator (survey closes on March 1, 2023)!
If you have any questions on decentralized funding, the DAOs, and Accelerator program, please reach out to the Community Team on Telegram, Discord, and other social media channels used by the NEAR community.
And again, if your project is building on NEAR or interested in doing so and you are in need of some immediate support, fill out this Project Support Form. NEAR Foundation will connect you with the appropriate person or organization who can assist.
Originally published at https://near.org on February 24, 2023.
