This week in DAOs - Jan 12, 2023

A roundup of the most exciting developments in the DAO space.

🎙 In the latest episode of DAO or Never we are joined by Songyi and Anna, founders, contributors, and advisors to multiple Impact DAOs. Songyi is passionate about building a globally collaborative economy with purpose-driven entrepreneurs and emerging technologies. Anna is working tirelessly to attract funding to high-impact volunteer initiatives in hard-to-reach areas of Ukraine. For inspiration on how we can coordinate to solve humanity’s issues, tune in. Available on Apple and Spotify.

Everyone is Accelerating

🍊 Operation Orange - Orange DAO is looking for innovative web3 startups seeking investment at the pre-seed and seed stages. Selection to the Orange DAO portfolio comes with access to a valuable network of industry experts and members who can provide the support and resources needed to accelerate a startup’s growth. Founders and entrepreneurs working on a disruptive web3 project can apply to Orange DAO. 

🎵 Artist Accelerator - Global payment company Mastercard is venturing into web3 by launching an incubator program designed to help artists connect with their fans. This initiative aims to empower emerging artists with web3 knowledge and resources to advance their music careers in the new digital economy.

🚀 Web3 Accelerator - Cointelegraph has launched an accelerator program to help web3 companies increase their media presence, build their communities, and improve brand awareness. The Cointelegraph Accelerator program targets DeFi, NFTs, GameFi, web3 social, cross-chain and layer-2 solutions, and other segments of the broader web3 industry. Apply here.

Funding Opportunities

🍄 Fungi Fitness - PsyDAO, a global organization focused on funding research at the intersection of psychedelics and mental health, is accepting applications for early-stage research funding. PsyDAO also offers a micro-grant program supporting researchers, artists, and creators working more broadly in the field of psychedelics.

⚚ Going Long - VitaDAO, a community-owned collective funding early-stage longevity research, shows no signs of slowing down. Registration is open for the VitaDAO Hackathon to be held on January 20-22. Research funding applications are also open. If you’re unsure whether your project is a fit, find the answers here.

💸 Gitcoin Funding - With the imminent launch of Gitcoin's new grants protocol, funding your own cause or movement is more accessible than ever. This article provides tips on increasing your chances of being funded. To see Gitcoin’s funding power in action, check out the Gitcoin Alpha Round from Jan 17 - 31.

Listen, Watch, Learn

🎧 People’s Research - On Decentralizing Data Science at LabDAO, ScienceStanley, head of data science at LabDAO, speaks with Erin Magennis about AI, what it means to be a data scientist, and how it intersects with decentralized approaches. They also discuss what this could mean for the future of organizations and work as a whole. 

🎥 DeSci Deep Dig - On DeSci: The What, Why, and How, Benji Leibowitz of Molecule shares why decentralized science (DeSci) is necessary, how we can improve intellectual property with NFTs, and the issues being addressed by biological science DAOs. Molecule is a decentralized biotechnology protocol porting IP into web3 and launching biotech DAOs.

🌎 Online Seminar - KlimaDAO is hosting an online seminar on the fundamentals of digital carbon, which offers an enormous opportunity to accelerate climate finance on a global scale. Register here for the event, scheduled for Tuesday, February 7.

Deadlines and Events

💰 January 17-January 31: Gitcoin Alpha Round
🗣 Apply to Attend/Sponsor/Speak at ETHDenver 2023
🏔 February 24-March 5: ETHDenver 2023
🍊 February 27-March 5: Web3 Week, Miami
🔬 Apply for VitaDAO Funding
🥐 March 20-24: Paris Blockchain Week
🇦🇹 April 3-6: EDCON
🤠 April 26-28: Consensus 2023

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