From 5b087fcb3561d3dfd2d51b9e95e59b91c59f2ef0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: m3taversal Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 18:51:03 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Auto: entities/internet-finance/metadao-fundraise-2.md | 1 file changed, 51 insertions(+) --- .../internet-finance/metadao-fundraise-2.md | 51 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 51 insertions(+) create mode 100644 entities/internet-finance/metadao-fundraise-2.md diff --git a/entities/internet-finance/metadao-fundraise-2.md b/entities/internet-finance/metadao-fundraise-2.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d9f74fcb --- /dev/null +++ b/entities/internet-finance/metadao-fundraise-2.md @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +--- +type: entity +entity_type: decision_market +name: "MetaDAO: Approve Fundraise #2" +domain: internet-finance +status: passed +tracked_by: rio +created: 2026-03-11 +last_updated: 2026-03-11 +parent_entity: "[[metadao]]" +platform: "futardio" +proposer: "Proph3t" +proposal_url: "https://www.futard.io/proposal/9BMRY1HBe61MJoKEd9AAW5iNQyws2vGK6vuL49oR3AzX" +proposal_date: 2024-06-26 +resolution_date: 2024-06-30 +category: fundraise +summary: "Raise $1.5M by selling up to 4,000 META to VCs and angels at minimum $375/META ($7.81M FDV), no discount, no lockup" +tags: ["futarchy", "fundraise", "capital-formation", "venture-capital"] +--- + +# MetaDAO: Approve Fundraise #2 + +## Summary +Proposal to raise $1.5M by selling up to 4,000 META to VCs and angels. Terms: no discount, no lockup, minimum price $375/META (implying $7.81M minimum FDV based on 20,823.5 META in public hands). Funds custodied by Proph3t and Nallok in a multisig, released at $100K/month to minimize DAO attack risk. Burn rate: $1.38M/year covering two founders ($90K each), three engineers ($190K each), audits ($300K), office ($80K), growth person ($150K), and admin ($100K). + +## Market Data +- **Outcome:** Passed (2024-06-30) +- **Autocrat version:** 0.3 +- **Key participants:** Proph3t (proposer), Nallok (multisig co-custodian) + +## Significance +This was MetaDAO's first VC fundraise approved through futarchy — the market decided whether to dilute existing holders for growth capital. The "no discount, no lockup" terms are unusual for crypto fundraises and reflect futarchy's transparency ethos: investors get the same terms as the market. + +The multisig custodianship ($100K/month release) reveals a practical tension: futarchy governs the fundraise decision, but operational security requires trusted custodians. The DAO cannot safely hold and disburse large sums through governance alone — an early signal of the pattern where futarchy-governed DAOs converge on traditional corporate scaffolding for treasury operations. + +The detailed budget breakdown provides one of the few public windows into early MetaDAO operational costs, valuable for benchmarking futarchy-governed organizations. + +## Relationship to KB +- [[metadao]] — capital formation event +- [[internet-capital-markets-compress-fundraising-timelines]] — futarchy-governed fundraise completed in 4 days +- [[futarchy-governed DAOs converge on traditional corporate governance scaffolding for treasury operations because market mechanisms alone cannot provide operational security and legal compliance]] — multisig custody alongside futarchy approval +- [[futarchy-based fundraising creates regulatory separation because there are no beneficial owners and investment decisions emerge from market forces not centralized control]] — but this raise has identifiable custodians, complicating the "no beneficial owners" argument + +--- + +Relevant Entities: +- [[metadao]] — parent organization +- [[proph3t]] — proposer and custodian + +Topics: +- [[internet finance and decision markets]]