📢 RnDAO Newsletter 2024/30
📢 RnDAO News
CollabTech Gitcoin Round in GG21
Looking for funding?
RnDAO is organizing a Quadratic Funding round for CollabTech projects in partnership with Gitcoin!
Apply before August 5th to have your project considered for match funding with $30k available in USDC on Arbitrum.
What’s CollabTech?
Organizations on-chain, the evolution of B2B SaaS, and building the future of work:
- Projects advancing reputation
- Governance & decision making
- Operations (accounting, sales automation, inventory management, talent, etc.)
- Community and contributor tooling
Each project accepted into the round will be able to raise donations from their community and be eligible for match funding from our $30k pool, provided they meet their “Threshold”.
How do Thresholds work?
Akin to Kickstarter, projects need to declare the minimum amount of funding they’ll need to deliver value, and those not meeting the threshold will only receive donations (no match funding).
How to apply? Applications will be open from 24th July to 5th August for guaranteed review before the round starts. Apply here.
The donation period will be open from 7th to 20th of August.
Join the RnDAO discord to ask any questions you might have.
CollabTech Frontiers
Identity and Reputation
For the month July, we are focusing on Identity and Reputation within the realm of collaboration technology.
Here are some recommended reads to dive deeper:
- Towards a shared understanding of 'Digital Identity'
- What do I think about biometric proof of personhood?
- Towards Digital Self-Sovereignty: The Web3 Identity Stack
A New Apps Landscape
As organizations are dealing with increasing amounts of data and complexity, selecting the right tools is crucial to process this information and facilitate productive discussion.
Coming out of last month's research, we’re excited to present our second comprehensive apps landscape showcasing top tools for Sensemaking and Deliberation!
Last month we shared our first apps landscape featuring communication & knowledge-sharing apps. Check it out if you missed it!
Updates from RnDAO ventures
TogetherCrew
The Octant community has voted for TogetherCrew!
TogetherCrew is participating in their 4th public goods round! This grant will enable the team to work on new exciting features, including automated summaries about the community’s recent activity (cross-platform: Discord, Discourse, Farcaster, GitHub, Telegram, etc.), Q&A bot, smart announcements, and reputation calculation.
The donation window opened on July 15th. If you are donating in this round, we would love your support for TogetherCrew's proposal.
You can read more about the team's plans here.
You can also help spread the word by liking and sharing this Tweet.
MeetWithWallet
MeetWithWallet has been working on building out its group scheduling feature, which allows teams to schedule meetings flexibly. They are currently in the alpha testing phase and offering early access to a select group of users who are eager to try the new feature and provide valuable feedback.
Join the Discord channel to express your interest in participating in the testing. Become part of the community, let the team know you're interested, and they will get in touch with you.
Collabberry
Exciting times for Collabberry - their new landing page is out now!
The team is working on the wireframes and the smart contracts foundation, and getting ready to start building. Stay tuned!
New Faces at RnDAO
This week we had three new members including:
- A marketing lead with over 10 years of experience
- Two members interested in possible opportunities for collaboration
Join us and be part of our community!
🚀 RnDAO Events
Digital Identity is Broken - How is Web3 Changing This?
Thursday, July 25th at 16:00 UTC - 1 hour
Join us for a panel discussion on the critical role of Identity in the Web3 ecosystem.
Our expert panelists include:
- Evin McMullen, Co-Founder & CEO of Disco.xyz
- Philip Sheldrake, CEO of UNNAMED LABS and expert in the digitalization of identity
- Duke Jones, founder of IdentiKey, a tech company enabling user-owned data and digital identity
- Grace Rachmany, an expert in identity and reputation systems
Together, they bring a wealth of knowledge and experience to the discussion.
In this panel, we’ll explore the different models, the trade-offs we may have to make and those that are illusions, and how identity protocols will fit into a larger ecosystem.
Read more and Reserve your spot!
RnDAO Weekly Onboarding Call
Wednesday, July 24th at 16:00 UTC - 30 min
This event is the perfect opportunity to introduce yourself and let us know how we can help you contribute and be part of the team at RnDAO.
Register here!
Building Together: Share Your Knowledge
As part of our ongoing "CollabTech Frontiers" series, we're dedicating this month to exploring identity and reputation.
We invite you to contribute by sharing your favorite articles, apps, research, speakers, or any other relevant content. Your input will help shape our discussions and insights. Please reply to this newsletter or email us at rndao.email@gmail.com!