Request for Applications: Almond Round Grant Program

Pools

• Micro Pool
  • The Micro Pool is specifically designed to support one-off contributions that significantly enhance the Celo community, offering financial assistance to projects at the very start of their journey or providing retroactive funding to those who have already made notable contributions. From community management and open source code contributions to governance and educational content, this pool aims to nurture a truly global economy and protocol that invests in leapfrog nations and prosperity for all.
• Pilot Pool
  • New projects, yet to build and deploy a feasibility study, pilot, low-fidelity prototype, or MVP. Emphasis here is that this pool has a small ticket size for simply getting something off the ground. Applicants will be expected to deliver something to at least testnet (if technical) of a sufficient quality to potentially continue if the pilot is successful. At this stage, they are not expecting a fully-fledged project. Projects must open-source the code and communicate anything learned along the way. Priority will be given for public goods style projects over commercial enterprises (although the latter is not disqualifying, if it meets the application criteria)
• Growth Pool
  • Applications for this pool may be for incremental features for ecosystem mainstays or public goods, as long as all the standard application criteria are met. VC-funded, private, for-profit companies are not disqualified as a hard rule (these companies are often the best placed to deliver complex and high quality solutions) if they are clearly delivering something pivotal to the community.

Funding Information

• Micro Pool
  • One off payment of $2,000 cUSD to all successful applicants
  • No KYC, no legal burden on the recipient
• Pilot Pool
  • One-size fits all disbursement of up to $10,000 cUSD total.
  • Payments will be split 50% at project onset, and 50% after agreed delivery.
  • Applicants will sign a short contract with Prezenti and be KYC’d.
• Growth Pool
  • One off payment of $25,000 cUSD to all successful applicants
  • Payments will be split 50% at project onset, and 50% after agreed delivery.
  • Applicants will sign a contract with Prezenti and be KYC’d.

Eligibility Criteria

• Micro Pool:
  • True bootstrapping for projects at the start of their journey.
  • Can be a small company or an individual applying.
  • Can nominate someone who has contributed greatly to the Celo ecosystem, unpaid.
    • Community management
    • Open source code contributors
    • Governance management
    • Educational content
• Pilot Pool
  • VC-funded, private, for-profit companies are not eligible.
  • Delivery of the project must include socializing and communicating your work.
  • Applicants will be expected to deliver to at least testnet (if technical)
  • Projects must open-source the code.
  • The applicant can point to previous projects or pieces of work that demonstrate their ability
  • Priority will be given for public goods style projects over commercial enterprises (although the latter is not disqualifying, if it meets the application criteria).
  • No multiple applications for the same project/concept.
• Growth Pool
  • Must be open source or published.
  • Must be built for and deployed to Celo mainnet and be open to the public.
  • Delivery of the project must include socializing and communicating your work.
  • Priority will be given for public goods style projects over commercial enterprises (although the latter is not disqualifying, if it meets the application criteria).
  • No multiple applications for the same project/concept.

For more information, visit Prezenti.