Capital Formation

9 posts

No web3 project can move without funding. Each year, Otonomos helps some of the world's most exciting project define, structure, and raise capital. Read here for news and views on the process of capital formation and fundraising.

Part I - A legit reiteration of ICOs: The 10 product design commandments

In this first part, we start out asking ourselves how God would have legitimately reiterated on ICOs and illustrate how our tech solution aims to meet the 10 requirements we identified.

10 min read

Part II - Eating what we cook: A user’s manual for investors in the Otonomos online funding round

In this second part, Han shares some background on the Otonomos round, how it is structured, and how Otonomos is eating its own food by using the tool it built for its own raise.

15 min read

Can I start a decentralized investment club and be its paid investment manager?

In the first of our new Agony Aunt section, we present a puzzle brought to us by Weezi, a nascent digital asset management platform that looks to automate how investment clubs manage their assets.

9 min read

Investment Clubs Have Changed: A Closer Look at Decentralized Investment Pools

Decentralized investment pools are ideologically attractive and conceptually easy to imagine, but innovation in this space quickly bumps into the hard constraints of securities laws. Is there a hack?

9 min read

Bye to Sand Hill Road: An Ode and Epitaph to Venture Capital

Venture Capital is as much part of tradfin as banks and other centralized finance. In this post, we're proposing a new model that preserves the best of VC with decentralized venture building.

9 min read

The Metamorphoses of Token Distributions Since 2009: Lessons for an Optimal Mechanism

In this post, we examine various token distribution models, roughly in chronological order. We then try to abstract the properties of an optimal token sale mechanism.

10 min read

PART II. The OtoCo Token: A Loyalty Scheme, Usage Token and Voting Card - All in One

In this second part, we are sharing our proposed design for the OtoCo token. In Part III, we share how we plan to make its issuance and pricing fully transparent.

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PART III. A New Smart Contract Solution to Building a Pre-Order Book and Automating Token Issuance

In this third part, we take a closer look at the smart contract that will help build our pre-order book and how its design reduces regulatory risk.

6 min read

Put Your Money Where Your Vote Is: Introducing "Launch Pools"

Launch pools have the potential to turn capital formation on its head by letting the community stake in a refundable pool which turns into committed capital once a project passes a vote. Here's how.

7 min read

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