Staged Funding for Web3 Projects
Bringing proven traditional fundraising methods to crypto. Raise what you need, when you need it, and preserve equity for future rounds.
The Problem with Crypto Fundraising
Current crypto fundraising methods are broken, leading to misaligned incentives and capital inefficiency.
Excessive Dilution
Projects raise too much too early, diluting founders and early backers unnecessarily.
Misaligned Incentives
Founders who raise millions upfront lose motivation to build and deliver on promises.
Capital Inefficiency
Projects with no MVP, users, or revenue receive tens of millions in funding with little accountability.
A Better Way to Fund Web3 Projects
Our staged funding approach brings traditional business sense to crypto fundraising.
Preserve Your Equity
Founders who believe in their future are incentivized to sell as little of it as possible now. Raise only what you need for the next milestone.
Build to Succeed
Founders should retire from building what they set out to, not from raising funds. Our model keeps teams motivated to deliver.
Scale Appropriately
Sell small chunks of token allocation to get to the next milestone, which increases valuation and allows you to raise more capital at better terms.
How Staged Funding Works
Set Your Funding Target
Define how much you need for your next milestone and what percentage of tokens you're allocating.
Dynamic Token Pricing
As more investors participate, token price increases, but the USD cap remains fixed.
Reach Your Milestone
Use the funds to build and reach your next milestone, increasing your project's valuation.
Raise Again at Higher Valuation
Return to raise more funds at a higher valuation, preserving more equity for the team and early investors.
Seed Round Example
Series A (After MVP)
Series B (With Users)
Smart Contract-Secured Tokenomics
Our platform uses blockchain technology to ensure transparency and trust in the funding process.
Locked Token Allocation
All tokenomics are locked in our smart contract, ensuring that the agreed-upon token allocation for each funding round cannot be altered once established.
Tokens allocated for successive rounds are controlled via the smart contract, creating a trustless environment where founders cannot access future round allocations prematurely.
Crowdsourced Progress Validation
Access to tokens allocated for successive rounds requires finding users who are willing to acquire them. This effectively creates a crowdsourced "oracle" that validates whether the progress made with resources from previous rounds was sufficient.
If investors believe the project has made adequate progress, they'll participate in the next funding round. If not, the project won't be able to access the next allocation of tokens, creating strong incentives for founders to deliver on their promises.
How It Works
- 1.Project sets token allocations for each funding stage (Seed, Series A, Series B)
- 2.Smart contract locks these allocations, making them immutable
- 3.After completing a funding round, project works toward promised milestones
- 4.To access the next round's tokens, the project must attract new investors
- 5.Investor participation serves as validation of the project's progress
Smart Contract Guarantees:
- • Immutable token allocations
- • Transparent milestone requirements
- • Trustless fund distribution
- • Community-validated progress
Understanding Project Risk
How staged funding helps manage uncertainty and optimize resource allocation
The Risk-Resource Relationship
Every project starts with 100% uncertainty. The goal is to reduce this uncertainty with as few resources as possible.
Staged funding allows projects to use capital efficiently by raising only what's needed to reach the next milestone and reduce specific risks.
Three Common Trajectories:
Successful Project
Consistently reduces risk across all stages, efficiently using resources to reach market with minimal dilution.
Failed Project
Initially reduces some risk but hits an insurmountable obstacle. Fails fast, preserving capital and founder time.
Pivot & Recover
Encounters challenges but successfully pivots, temporarily increasing risk before finding a viable path forward.
Why This Matters
Investors want to see how efficiently you can reduce risk with their capital. Projects that can demonstrate significant risk reduction with minimal resources are more likely to receive funding at higher valuations in subsequent rounds.
Benefits for Everyone
Our platform creates a win-win scenario for founders and investors alike.
For Founders
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Preserve more equity
Raise only what you need, keeping more tokens for future rounds at higher valuations.
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Maintain control
Keep more decision-making power by retaining a larger share of your tokens.
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Build credibility
Demonstrate your ability to deliver on promises before asking for larger investments.
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Transparent milestone tracking
Show your progress to investors and build trust for future funding rounds.
For Investors
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Reduced risk
Invest smaller amounts initially and see results before committing more capital.
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Better aligned incentives
Founders remain motivated to build and deliver value rather than cashing out early.
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Transparent progress tracking
Monitor project milestones and development progress before each funding round.
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Dynamic pricing mechanism
Benefit from decreasing token prices as more investors participate in a funding round.
How We Compare
See how our staged funding approach compares to traditional crypto fundraising methods.
| Feature | Staged Funding | Traditional ICO/IDO | VC Funding |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capital Efficiency | Raise only what you need | Often raises too much | Usually staged |
| Founder Equity Preservation | Optimized for preservation | Significant dilution upfront | Often takes large equity |
| Aligned Incentives | Founders motivated to deliver | Can cash out too early | Usually aligned |
| Community Involvement | Open to all investors | Open to all investors | Limited to accredited investors |
| Milestone-Based Funding | Core to the model | One-time funding event | Usually milestone-based |
| Transparency | Public milestones and progress | Public but less structured | Often private reporting |
Featured Projects
Discover innovative projects using our staged funding approach.
Automatically routes funds to the highest yielding DeFi protocols across multiple chains.
Secure and efficient cross-chain bridge for transferring assets between major blockchains.
Platform for musicians to tokenize their work, enabling direct fan funding and royalty distribution.
What People Are Saying
Hear from founders and investors who have experienced the benefits of staged funding.
The staged funding approach allowed us to raise exactly what we needed for our MVP without giving away too much equity. When we came back for our Series A, our valuation had increased 5x.
Alex Johnson
Founder, DeFi Yield Aggregator
As an investor, I love the accountability this model creates. Teams are motivated to deliver on their promises before asking for more capital, which significantly reduces risk.
Sarah Chen
Partner, Crypto Ventures
We raised $300K for our seed round, built our product, and gained our first 1,000 users. This traction helped us raise our Series A at a much higher valuation, preserving more equity for our team.
Michael Rodriguez
CTO, Cross-Chain Bridge Protocol
Ready to Get Serius About Fundraising?
Join the movement for more sustainable, aligned, and efficient crypto project funding.
Bringing Serious Business to Crypto
Our name is a playful nod to the fact that we're bringing proven, traditional fundraising methodologies to the new-age crypto markets. While our approach is serious business, we don't take ourselves too seriously.
"The crypto space needs more responsible capital allocation and incentive alignment. We're here to bring a bit of traditional business sense to Web3 fundraising, one milestone at a time."
— The Serius.biz Team