Funding DAOs

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Claims that DAOs democratize investment sit next to hard numbers: an early DAO raised $50 million and many treasuries now total about $20B total treasuries, yet vote power still concentrates (examples up to 9% concentration). Institutional players and tokenization are arriving — Franklin Templeton and KKR tokenizing funds — forcing legal wrappers (foundations, Marshall Islands, Wyoming) and new risk management for treasuries. The urgent decisions are whether to accept large, long‑vested capital and how to manage liquidity and treasury investments while preserving meaningful decentralization.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 1:05DAOs promise and challenges
3. 3:14Decentralization isn't simple
4. 4:39Funders' perspectives on DAOs
5. 6:23Why investors struggle with DAOs
6. 7:49Legal hurdles for DAOs
7. 8:54Crypto downturn and VC trends
8. 11:00Do DAOs need big funding?
9. 13:31DAO treasuries state
10. 16:26Treasury risks and Evergreen funds
11. 18:09Investment management for DAOs
12. 20:14Q&A
13. 21:16Q&A
14. 22:03Q&A
15. 23:49Q&A
16. 25:10Q&A
17. 26:58Q&A
18. 28:01Closing remarks