Tracking the Rise of Impact DAOs

Deepa Chaudhary is the founder of Impact DAO Media. In conversation with Matthew Monahan.

• Impact DAO Media: https://impactdaos.xyz

• Deepa's Twitter: https://twitter.com/deeparocks

• Deepa's LinkedIn: https://ca.linkedin.com/in/deepachaudhary

TOPICS

• 00:00 Intro

• 02:30 Reflections from ReFi Summit

• 05:17 Work at Salesforce Foundation

• 09:35 COVID relief fund

• 15:41 El Salvador Bitcoin moves

• 21:21 Ukraine DAO

• 31:46 Using crypto for good

• 35:00 Supply chains

• 36:53 Impact DAOs research

• 43:09 The Impact DAO Book and resources

• 47:29 Key characteristics of DAOs

• 54:16 Growing the pie for social impact

• 56:24 Fundraising beyond grants

• 01:00:04 Learn more at impactdaos.xyz

RESOURCES

• ETHDenver: https://www.ethdenver.com

• Nouns DAO: https://nouns.wtf

• CryptoRelief Fund: https://cryptorelief.in

• Vitalik donated Shiba Inu for COVID relief: https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/vitalik-donates-1-billion-worth-shiba-inu-and-ethereum-to-india-covid-19-relief-fund-1802009-2021-05-13

• Charity Water: https://www.charitywater.org/

• Watsi: https://watsi.org

• Confessions of an Economic Hit Man book: https://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Economic-Hit-John-Perkins/dp/0452287081

• ImpactDAOs book with Ale Borda: https://greenpill.network/pdf/ImpactDAO.pdf

• KlimaDAO: https://www.klimadao.finance

• Proof of Humanity: https://proofofhumanity.id

• Friends with Benefits: https://www.fwb.help

• Mercy Corps Ventures Crypto For Good Fund: https://medium.com/mercy-corps-social-venture-fund/crypto-for-good-fund-c7729a693327

• Gitcoin: https://www.gitcoin.co

• The Network State: https://thenetworkstate.com

This interview took place during ReFi Summit 2023: https://refisummit.org