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The goal of these open-sourced insights is to improve our web3 community’s ability to make sense of web3 applications for authentic climate impact — and, in doing so, drive better investment decisions.

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Eclectic Notes

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Ecosystem Players

Projects demonstrated below not exhaustive.

• NAME and why/their progress
• Aera Force — slightly skeumorphic (similar operationally to a VC Fund) VC DAO focused on regenerative finance. Web3 native with “investors” purchasing NFTs and driving investment votes. Anyone contributes to referrals, most people can learn to become scouts of support with diligence.
• EarthFund — akin to Aera Force, crowdfinancing for climate projects. Endorsed by Deepak Chopra
• https://www.socialstack.co/ — investing in “social tokens,” they started with a $350K fund and appear to have created a uniquely web3 business model (encouraging participation).
• Check out Decentralized Science for the way some teams plan to fund science with DAOs. It’s early.

Background reading

Industry Summary

Investment Insights

• General notes and reasons
• Open questions
• Caution or areas for greenwashing
• Request for Startups (/opportunities for promising research):