ReFi Gazette #5
Welcome to the fifth edition of the ReFi Gazette, a bi-weekly primer covering the developments in and around Regenerative Finance and the larger DAO ecosystem we’re building with you!
This newsletter offers a guide to ReFi stakeholders by gathering the resources they may need.
In this edition;
Upcoming Projects
Featured Projects
Success Stories
Grantors, Accelerators, and Investors of ReFi
Bi-Weekly Recap
Prime Sources
OG Quotes
Sunday Readings
Upcoming Projects
Featured Projects
Projects which we follow closely.
1.Pyrpose
About: Pyrpose will give consumers access to solutions that reduce carbon emissions and be rewarded for doing so. Verified on-chain carbon reduction that catalyses the solutions that help our planet reduce the impact of climate change.
Latest Updates: They are building the first web3 super app to tokenise impact via pyrpose NFTs
2.Rebioca
About: Rebioca aims to design the products of the future by recycling organic wastes using less water and energy, resulting in low carbon emissions compared to traditional methods and processes.
Latest Updates: They are listed as one of Celo camp Batch 6 teams
3.Nori
About: Nori is a blockchain-based carbon removal marketplace. On a mission to reverse climate change by putting carbon removal on-chain, facilitating carbon price discovery, and more, since 2017.
Latest Updates: They partnered with @Bayer4CropsUS to bring hundreds of thousands of verified carbon removal offsets to their marketplace next year!
Reversing Climate Change Podcast
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Grantors, Accelerators, and Investors
Grantor | Kadena
On April 21st 2022, Kadena Eco launched a $100 million Grant Program to inspire builders to come and innovate on the Kadena network. Kadena Eco exists to empower builders to create new projects that transform the world. To realize this mission, they’re doubling down on their growing community by deploying their treasury resources towards the long-term sustainability of their ecosystem. Kadena Eco grants will be applied to projects big and small, enabling builders of all backgrounds to succeed on Kadena. With their network of technology experts and strategic partners, they’re here to support builders every step of the way.
Accelerator/Incubator | Cronos
The Cronos Accelerator is a 10-weeks program to accelerate the growth of promising teams and founders building on Cronos Chain
VC | Eniac Ventures
They lead preseed & seed rounds in bold founders who use code to create transformational companies.
Success Stories
Return Protocol raised $2.5m in Pre-Seed funding from @CherryVentures, @BlueBearCap,@PossibleVC, @allegorylabs, @slow, @notboringco, @climatecapand @EniacVC to build and scale socially incentivized climate action.
The demand and long-term high-quality supply of carbon credits are limited. Recent innovations in the tokenization of carbon credits on blockchain have enabled a newly transparent and scalable voluntary carbon market. Return empowers consumers and businesses with infrastructure that incentivizes participation and drives capital directly toward either existing or future on-chain credit supply.
Return’s platform enables users to offset their historic blockchain emissions and set automatic and ongoing climate action through staking. The yield generated is automatically directed towards either existing or future on-chain credits, all decided by the user. In turn, users are issued a dynamic NFT, that provides verifiable social proof of their initial and continued contributions to climate action. Characteristics and data underlying the NFT dynamically change over time as the climate action is delivered or updates are made.
Bi-Weekly Recap
Regen Network Partners on Return Protocol’s Climate Action Platform Launch. Regen Network Development Inc. (RND, Inc.) announces that it will support Return Protocol’s launch of the Return’s climate action platform, scheduled for late 2022. Return Protocol plans to include Regen Network ecocredits and basket tokens in its carbon pools and create a curated pool of exclusive ecocredits within its climate action platform.
Kuneco Call by Celo is returning after a hiatus with a renewed mission and mandate after gathering feedback and going through advice process. They are excited to launch this call with a very important topic, decentralizing ecosystem growth and development through regional DAOs.
@cryptohunt_it launches crypto education course “How to do good with crypto” including lessons featuring #ReFi projects @impactMarket_and @SpiralsProtocol . #Learn2Earn.
@ReFiPodcast releases new episode of the ReFi Podcast featuring @briannaleewelsh (of @ReneumInstitute) discussing how Reneum will power the on-chain Renewable Energy Certificate (#REC) market, the mechanics of their platform, and #ReFi’s big picture.
@ToucanProtocol publishes blog post “KYC in Web3 carbon markets” (authored by @curiouscat_eth & @VaisakhEH ) discussing how KYC is used in the traditional carbon market and how Toucan plans to implement KYC in their upcoming two-way bridge.
Prime Sources - Discover organizations accelerating carbon removal
OG Quotes
Sunday Readings
Practical Pluralism 🌱
An Essay by Auryn Macmillan (CLRFund) & Kevin Owocki (Gitcoin)
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