The UNI-ARB Working Group Zero (WG0) is launching the UNI-ARB Grant Program (UAGP) and is now initiating the election process for the available seats in the program.
Following the 2-week self-nomination period, we're excited to move forward to the election period where the Uniswap community can vote for their preferred nominees to fill the 3 available seats in the UAGP.
For background and rationale about UNI-ARB Grant Program (UAGP), please see the on-chain proposal.
The following are all the nominees who have expressed interest in being part of the UAGP team:
Marc - @Marc_Blockshard (Blockshard) Experience: Currently member SSV DAO grants committee. Full-time dedication to the crypto industry since 2021 as the CEO and co-founder of Blockshard. Uniswap/Arbitrum Experience: No related professional experience. Long-term Uniswap user and has privately embraced Arbitrum as his preferred Layer 2 solution. Has been an airdrop recipient, most of his private crypto activities occur within the Arbitrum ecosystem.
Nneoma_StableLab - @Nneoma (StableLab) Experience: Currently Governance Analyst at StableLab. Contributed to the management of the ecosystem funnel that onboards and activates projects in the NEAR Protocol ecosystem and channels the most promising projects to NEAR Foundation and Proximity Finance grants and incubators. Participate as a delegate in Lido DAO, SafeDAO, Starknet DAO and Element DAO. Uniswap/Arbitrum Experience: No related professional experience. Is a longtime user of both protocols and has participated in various community forums and events.
King_Steve - @Steve Experience: Currently Ambassador Organizer at Gamyfi. Worked as Performance Marketer at Near Star Guild, sharpeneing his ability to detect irregularities and emphasized the importance of ethical practices. Participated in Near Protocol grant program. Uniswap/Arbitrum Experience: No related professional experience. Has actively participated in the Arbitrum ecosystem, engaging in governance activities and regularly attending governance calls to contribute to its community.
Zeb - @Zeb Experience: Has been a crypto researcher since 2015. Was the kickstarter of the first sub-DAO of Balancer, the Balancer Grants subDAO, worked as grant lead and handled ~30 grantees in 6 months, allocating more than $1,000,000 in BAL. Helped Game7 to set up their $100M Grant program. Uniswap/Arbitrum Experience: Has been called in as an advisor on a Uniswap V2 LP analysis. Was an airdrop recipient in Uniswap and Arbitrum. Did some governance forum activity at the start of Arbitrum Governance (sharing his knowledge on the grant programs).
JoJo - @_ JoJo (JonesDao) Experience: Currently a member of another grant committee on Arbitrum, the Questbook one. Former threat-intel engineer who transitioned to a full-time builder two years ago, currently work since incetpion for JonesDao. Uniswap/Arbitrum Experience: Began his professional involvement with Uniswap a few months ago, currently developing a strategy to algorithmically manage user liquidity in the V3 product. Established strong connections with nearly all protocols on Arbitrum thanks to his engagement with JonesDao.
Shreddy - @Shreddy Experience: Worked at protocols such as Olympus DAO, Spice Finance, & Jones DAO. Has prior experience with Grant programs through Olympus DAO. While working as the marketing lead at Olympus, helped construct two projects: Olympus Incubator & Olympus Grants, whose main objective it was to distribute grants for Olympus ecosystem builders. Uniswap/Arbitrum Experience: No related professional experience in Uniswap. Has experience as a user for swapping through Uniswap over the years. While, for Arbitrum, he built an Arbitrum-native community over the last ~2 years at Jones DAO.
David - @Kouros Experience: Worked as the Grants Committee Lead at Bankless DAO, overseeing the entire grant application process, from reviewing and voting on proposals to facilitating payments and budgeting. Joined Polygon as the Grants Coordinator, running the grants programme within Polygon Village, the support framework for projects building on Polygon, evaluating projects, assigning reviewers, communicating with teams, distributing funds and monitoring progress. Uniswap/Arbitrum Experience: No related professional experience. Has been using Uniswap since falling the crypto rabbit hole; eager to learn more and contribute to their growth and success.
Arseny - @arseneeth (Daoism Systems) Experience: Software engineer, entrepreneur, and investor who has been building in web3 since 2017. Previously, worked on Ocean Protocol and API3 DAO, PrimeDAO, and was a founding member of Curve Labs. Currently, serving as a co-founder and CEO at Daoism Systems, and also a Guardian at Safe DAO. Past experience from the Balancer Grants Program as committee member. Uniswap/Arbitrum Experience: No related professional experience. Has been using Uniswap since its beta release in 2018 and followed the development of Uniswap since then.
Ignacio Rodriguez - @ignacio-rsg (Avantgarde Finance) Experience: Involved in reviewing the grants program for Enzyme for nearly five years, assessing applicants and structuring milestones and compensation, and also for the Avantgarde team. Experience in management and coordination of development teams, operational processes, and governance tasks in DeFi. Uniswap/Arbitrum Experience: Active in Uniswap via gov.avantgardefi.eth., recently attended the first Blessing in NYC which was the first opportunity to learn more about uniswap v4 hooks and what is expected from delegates.
Sov - @Sov (Gitcoin) Experience: Current Partnerships & Program Lead @ Gitcoin, worked for Grant programs such as Aave Grants DAO, Polygon Village Grantee. Creator and Curator of LlamaoGrants, Blockworks Grantfarm, Crypto Grant Wire and Sov’s Compendium. Uniswap/Arbitrum Experience: Has conducted in-depth research on the Uniswap Grants Program and was recognized by Program Lead Ken Ng for the work. Deeply familiar with both of these ecosystems through both research and curation of resources like Sov’s Compendium and Blockworks Grantfarm.
azeem - @azeemk Experience: Worked at Gitcoin starting in the Public Goods Funding workstream. Led Gitcoin grants program and treasury diversification activity. Currently consultant to the United Nation on crypto related matters. Advisor to Foresight Ventures, mentor at the ConsenSys Fellowship, Binance Labs Incubator, Crypto Packaged Goods accelerator, Hypernest accelerator, One Piece Labs accelerator. Uniswap/Arbitrum Experience: No related professional experience with Uniswap. Worked with Disuption Joe on getting a proposal passed for Arbitrum that’s had funding going through Gitcoin Grants Stack.
ilia.eth - @ilia_0x (0xPlasma Labs) Experience: Founder and Builder at 0xPlasma Labs. Developed key protocols interfacing with Uniswap and Arbitrum L2, including the renowned HyperDEX aggregator and Quadrat ALMP. Uniswap/Arbitrum Experience: Spearheaded the deployment of Uniswap v3 to the BNB chain. Secondly, collaborated on a proposal for an ARB distribution and Farming Campaign on Uniswap v3. Currently overseeing the execution of this initiative. In addition, sought opportunities to enhance the Arbitrum ecosystem with a focus on the Uniswap protocol, recently proposing for Arbitrum STIP a $1M farming campaign on the Uniswap protocol explicitly designed for ARB pools.
Honn - @honn24x Experience: Former employee of both the Uniswap Foundation and the Uniswap Grants Program, helped lead different goverance initiatives, while evaluating grant applications. Before that, served as an evaluator on the dYdX’s Grants Committee. Worked as researcher for the Decentralization Research Center (formerly the DAO Research Collective). Uniswap/Arbitrum Experience: Led inaugural Uniswap Delegate Race, restructuring of Uniswap governance process, Grants Announcements, Waves 1-3, Uniswap Optimisim Liquidity Mining Program, Uniswap Optimism Protocol delegation program, Data Analytics for Uniswap. Hosted and organized first IRL delegate event for Uniswap community
Lawrence - @omnianalytics (Omni Analytics Group) Experience: Currently holds the role as a reviewer for Aave Grants DAO. Started doing in 2019 text analysis on Gitcoin grants. Lead his team of data scientists to work on projects for Aave, Gitcoin, Ethereum Foundation, and Uniswap. Uniswap/Arbitrum Experience: Long time $ARB airdrop hodler and participant in thecDAO sense-making activities during #GovMonth. On the Uniswap side of things, is former grant recipient, analytics bounty winner, snapshot voter, liquidity provider, and long time $UNI airdrop hodler.
Srijith Padmesh - @Srijith (Questbook) Experience: Currently core team member at Questbook and Grant Manager for Arbitrum grants program. Worked as a product manager at Layer-E. Uniswap/Arbitrum Experience: No related professional experience for Uniswap. Involved as the grant manager for the Arbitrum Questbook grants program.
Detailed information regarding each nominee, including their application summaries and potential conflicts of interest, can be reviewed in the original self-nomination forum post.
The UNI-ARB Working Group Zero (WG0) is launching the UNI-ARB Grant Program (UAGP) and is now initiating the election process for the available seats in the program.
Following the 2-week self-nomination period, we're excited to move forward to the election period where the Uniswap community can vote for their preferred nominees to fill the 3 available seats in the UAGP.
For background and rationale about UNI-ARB Grant Program (UAGP), please see the on-chain proposal.
The following are all the nominees who have expressed interest in being part of the UAGP team:
Marc - @Marc_Blockshard (Blockshard) Experience: Currently member SSV DAO grants committee. Full-time dedication to the crypto industry since 2021 as the CEO and co-founder of Blockshard. Uniswap/Arbitrum Experience: No related professional experience. Long-term Uniswap user and has privately embraced Arbitrum as his preferred Layer 2 solution. Has been an airdrop recipient, most of his private crypto activities occur within the Arbitrum ecosystem.
Nneoma_StableLab - @Nneoma (StableLab) Experience: Currently Governance Analyst at StableLab. Contributed to the management of the ecosystem funnel that onboards and activates projects in the NEAR Protocol ecosystem and channels the most promising projects to NEAR Foundation and Proximity Finance grants and incubators. Participate as a delegate in Lido DAO, SafeDAO, Starknet DAO and Element DAO. Uniswap/Arbitrum Experience: No related professional experience. Is a longtime user of both protocols and has participated in various community forums and events.
King_Steve - @Steve Experience: Currently Ambassador Organizer at Gamyfi. Worked as Performance Marketer at Near Star Guild, sharpeneing his ability to detect irregularities and emphasized the importance of ethical practices. Participated in Near Protocol grant program. Uniswap/Arbitrum Experience: No related professional experience. Has actively participated in the Arbitrum ecosystem, engaging in governance activities and regularly attending governance calls to contribute to its community.
Zeb - @Zeb Experience: Has been a crypto researcher since 2015. Was the kickstarter of the first sub-DAO of Balancer, the Balancer Grants subDAO, worked as grant lead and handled ~30 grantees in 6 months, allocating more than $1,000,000 in BAL. Helped Game7 to set up their $100M Grant program. Uniswap/Arbitrum Experience: Has been called in as an advisor on a Uniswap V2 LP analysis. Was an airdrop recipient in Uniswap and Arbitrum. Did some governance forum activity at the start of Arbitrum Governance (sharing his knowledge on the grant programs).
JoJo - @_ JoJo (JonesDao) Experience: Currently a member of another grant committee on Arbitrum, the Questbook one. Former threat-intel engineer who transitioned to a full-time builder two years ago, currently work since incetpion for JonesDao. Uniswap/Arbitrum Experience: Began his professional involvement with Uniswap a few months ago, currently developing a strategy to algorithmically manage user liquidity in the V3 product. Established strong connections with nearly all protocols on Arbitrum thanks to his engagement with JonesDao.
Shreddy - @Shreddy Experience: Worked at protocols such as Olympus DAO, Spice Finance, & Jones DAO. Has prior experience with Grant programs through Olympus DAO. While working as the marketing lead at Olympus, helped construct two projects: Olympus Incubator & Olympus Grants, whose main objective it was to distribute grants for Olympus ecosystem builders. Uniswap/Arbitrum Experience: No related professional experience in Uniswap. Has experience as a user for swapping through Uniswap over the years. While, for Arbitrum, he built an Arbitrum-native community over the last ~2 years at Jones DAO.
David - @Kouros Experience: Worked as the Grants Committee Lead at Bankless DAO, overseeing the entire grant application process, from reviewing and voting on proposals to facilitating payments and budgeting. Joined Polygon as the Grants Coordinator, running the grants programme within Polygon Village, the support framework for projects building on Polygon, evaluating projects, assigning reviewers, communicating with teams, distributing funds and monitoring progress. Uniswap/Arbitrum Experience: No related professional experience. Has been using Uniswap since falling the crypto rabbit hole; eager to learn more and contribute to their growth and success.
Arseny - @arseneeth (Daoism Systems) Experience: Software engineer, entrepreneur, and investor who has been building in web3 since 2017. Previously, worked on Ocean Protocol and API3 DAO, PrimeDAO, and was a founding member of Curve Labs. Currently, serving as a co-founder and CEO at Daoism Systems, and also a Guardian at Safe DAO. Past experience from the Balancer Grants Program as committee member. Uniswap/Arbitrum Experience: No related professional experience. Has been using Uniswap since its beta release in 2018 and followed the development of Uniswap since then.
Ignacio Rodriguez - @ignacio-rsg (Avantgarde Finance) Experience: Involved in reviewing the grants program for Enzyme for nearly five years, assessing applicants and structuring milestones and compensation, and also for the Avantgarde team. Experience in management and coordination of development teams, operational processes, and governance tasks in DeFi. Uniswap/Arbitrum Experience: Active in Uniswap via gov.avantgardefi.eth., recently attended the first Blessing in NYC which was the first opportunity to learn more about uniswap v4 hooks and what is expected from delegates.
Sov - @Sov (Gitcoin) Experience: Current Partnerships & Program Lead @ Gitcoin, worked for Grant programs such as Aave Grants DAO, Polygon Village Grantee. Creator and Curator of LlamaoGrants, Blockworks Grantfarm, Crypto Grant Wire and Sov’s Compendium. Uniswap/Arbitrum Experience: Has conducted in-depth research on the Uniswap Grants Program and was recognized by Program Lead Ken Ng for the work. Deeply familiar with both of these ecosystems through both research and curation of resources like Sov’s Compendium and Blockworks Grantfarm.
azeem - @azeemk Experience: Worked at Gitcoin starting in the Public Goods Funding workstream. Led Gitcoin grants program and treasury diversification activity. Currently consultant to the United Nation on crypto related matters. Advisor to Foresight Ventures, mentor at the ConsenSys Fellowship, Binance Labs Incubator, Crypto Packaged Goods accelerator, Hypernest accelerator, One Piece Labs accelerator. Uniswap/Arbitrum Experience: No related professional experience with Uniswap. Worked with Disuption Joe on getting a proposal passed for Arbitrum that’s had funding going through Gitcoin Grants Stack.
ilia.eth - @ilia_0x (0xPlasma Labs) Experience: Founder and Builder at 0xPlasma Labs. Developed key protocols interfacing with Uniswap and Arbitrum L2, including the renowned HyperDEX aggregator and Quadrat ALMP. Uniswap/Arbitrum Experience: Spearheaded the deployment of Uniswap v3 to the BNB chain. Secondly, collaborated on a proposal for an ARB distribution and Farming Campaign on Uniswap v3. Currently overseeing the execution of this initiative. In addition, sought opportunities to enhance the Arbitrum ecosystem with a focus on the Uniswap protocol, recently proposing for Arbitrum STIP a $1M farming campaign on the Uniswap protocol explicitly designed for ARB pools.
Honn - @honn24x Experience: Former employee of both the Uniswap Foundation and the Uniswap Grants Program, helped lead different goverance initiatives, while evaluating grant applications. Before that, served as an evaluator on the dYdX’s Grants Committee. Worked as researcher for the Decentralization Research Center (formerly the DAO Research Collective). Uniswap/Arbitrum Experience: Led inaugural Uniswap Delegate Race, restructuring of Uniswap governance process, Grants Announcements, Waves 1-3, Uniswap Optimisim Liquidity Mining Program, Uniswap Optimism Protocol delegation program, Data Analytics for Uniswap. Hosted and organized first IRL delegate event for Uniswap community
Lawrence - @omnianalytics (Omni Analytics Group) Experience: Currently holds the role as a reviewer for Aave Grants DAO. Started doing in 2019 text analysis on Gitcoin grants. Lead his team of data scientists to work on projects for Aave, Gitcoin, Ethereum Foundation, and Uniswap. Uniswap/Arbitrum Experience: Long time $ARB airdrop hodler and participant in thecDAO sense-making activities during #GovMonth. On the Uniswap side of things, is former grant recipient, analytics bounty winner, snapshot voter, liquidity provider, and long time $UNI airdrop hodler.
Srijith Padmesh - @Srijith (Questbook) Experience: Currently core team member at Questbook and Grant Manager for Arbitrum grants program. Worked as a product manager at Layer-E. Uniswap/Arbitrum Experience: No related professional experience for Uniswap. Involved as the grant manager for the Arbitrum Questbook grants program.
Detailed information regarding each nominee, including their application summaries and potential conflicts of interest, can be reviewed in the original self-nomination forum post.
UAGP
Srijith Padmesh (Questbook)
Twitter: @Srijith_Padmesh
Applicant Summary: I am a core team member at Questbook where we’ve lead and managed grants program for reputed ecosystems such as Compound, TON, Polygon, Celo etc disbursing more than $3M in grants to 300+ teams . I have also lead as a product manager at Layer-E , building multiple products that benefitted the Polygon ecosystem, notably the Polygon Copilot, Surfaceboard etc. Leading the product development has helped me understand opportunity landscaping, industry trends, 0-1 product building process and GTM . Moreover, I am the Grant Manager for Arbitrum grants program, where I’ll oversee and better operationalise 4 grant domains for the grants program. At UAGP, I’m looking forward to leverage my product background, my experience at Questbook, and our developer community to source, discover and support projects that are aligned with the goals of Uniswap and Arbitrum.
Involvement in Uniswap and/or Arbitrum: Involved as the grant manager for the Arbitrum Questbook grants program.
Prior Experience: I work as the grant manager for the Questbook Arbitrum grants program, a 1M grant program across 4 domains identified by the community.
Any anticipated conflicts of interest: I do not anticipate any conflicts of interest as I overlook the grants program for questbook, but all decisions are solely taken by the domain allocators elected by the community, and have no influence through me.
Applicant Name: Sov
Twitter: @sovereignsignal
Applicant Summary: I have been researching and working around crypto grant programs since 2020; You can find more of my background and story here. I believe in the mission of UAGP and am interested in applying for the UNI-ARB Grant Program (UAGP). Some of my qualifications include the following:
Applicant Name: Sov
Twitter: @sovereignsignal
Applicant Summary: I have been researching and working around crypto grant programs since 2020; You can find more of my background and story here. I believe in the mission of UAGP and am interested in applying for the UNI-ARB Grant Program (UAGP). Some of my qualifications include the following:
I have some experience both in my work at Gitcoin (I am primarily responsible for Gitcoin Grants and how we frame our eligibility criteria). Additionally, with my background running BD/Sales groups I have a good sense of how to qualify potential opportunities and could adhere to a due dilligence process that is already in place or help to develop one that we can use.
Involvement in Uniswap and/or Arbitrum community or prior initiatives: I have previously conducted in-depth research on the Uniswap Grants Program and was recognized by Program Lead Ken Ng for my work. I am deeply familiar with both of these ecosystems through both research and curation of resources like Sov’s Compendium and Blockworks Grantfarm.
Prior experience in either Grants or Delegate Programs: No prior experience as a delegate. You can see the details of my background and qualifications above.
Any anticipated conflicts of interest: I do lead Partnerships for Gitcoin and we are in active discussions with UAGP around our product, Grants Stack.
Thanks for your consideration!
Applicant Name: azeem
Twitter: @azeemk_
Applicant Name: azeem
Twitter: @azeemk_
Applicant Summary: I’ve been in the crypto space since the end of 2013 when I wrote an article for the Huffington Post about the New York City Bitcoin Center. In early 2014 I tried my hand at launching Kim Coindashian before the media I got for it ended up causing me to get a cease and desist. I’ve since held a handful of roles and even raised funds for a crowdfunding platform to support creators that I launched in 2021.
For going on two years now I’ve been at Gitcoin where I started in the Public Goods Funding workstream looking to speak to organizations to fund matching pools for us to run Quadratic Funding grants rounds like we have for the past four years now. In the time I’ve been here through all the efforts I’ve led with our grants program and our treasury diversification I’ve raised tens of millions of dollars that have gone to good places.
I’m a consultant to the United Nation on crypto related matters after the UNICEF round that I led for Gitcoin at the tail end of 2022. They have a crypto venture fund, which is in many ways a grants program because they’re not able to take equity, and I work closely with them on a handful of things.
Outside of that, I’m an advisor to Foresight Ventures, which is a $400 million venture fund that is the venture arm of the centralized exchange BitGet. I’m a mentor to the ConsenSys Fellowship, mentor at the Binance Labs Incubator, mentor at the Crypto Packaged Goods accelerator, mentor at the Hypernest accelerator, and the One Piece Labs accelerator.
My work includes speaking engagements at all the major conferences happening, I’ve got bylines with multiple publications talking about crypto including Huffington Post, Entrepreneur, Coindesk, Bankless, and Forefront. I’ve also been acknowledged as a contributor in two white papers by the World Economic Forum. One on Impact DAOs and the other on Blockchain Scaling for Climate Action. And most recently a whitepaper on U.S Climate Policy Action with the Blockchain Law for Social Good Center.
I’ve been covered in a variety of publications
Some other involvements of mine are being a member of the World Economic Forum’s Crypto Sustainability Coalition and also a member of the Future of Global Fintech Initiative, co-organized by the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance and the World Economic Forum.
I was even a judge on a tv show with Binance earlier this year called Build The Block, which was a metaverse reality show similar to Shark Tank that was recently nominated for a BIMA Award. The other judges were He Yi who’s a cofounder of Binance, Robby Yung who’s the CEO of Animoca, and Guy Turner who runs the popular YouTube channel Coin Bureau that has over 3 million subscribers.
Involvement in Uniswap and/or Arbitrum community or prior initiatives: Worked with Disuption Joe on getting his proposal passed for Arbitrum that’s had funding going through Gitcoin Grants Stack.
Prior experience in either Grants or Delegate Programs: Being a leader in what’s arguably the most notable grants program in all of web3.
Any anticipated conflicts of interest: Discussing with UAGP to use Grants Stack to distribute these funds.
1. Grant Program (UAGP) or Delegate Program (UADP): (UAGP) 2. Applicant Name: Honn 3. Twitter: @honn24x 4. Applicant Summary:
Hello, as a former employee of both the Uniswap Foundation and the Uniswap Grants Program, it is very exciting to see the launch of the Uniswap Arbitrum Grants Program as a fully community driven initiative! Further community involvement and contributions are vital to the long term sustainability and decentralization of the protocol, so kudos to the initial committee members for putting this together. During my time at the Uniswap Foundation and Uniswap Grants Program, I helped lead different goverance initiatives, while evaluating grant applications. Prior to my time at Uniswap, I also served as an evaluator on the dYdX's Grants Committee. Outside of direct DAO and protocol operations, I was a researcher for the Decentralization Research Center (formerly the DAO Research Collective). I believe that my extensive involvement in the Uniswap community, along with my experience in protocol grants programs, positions me well to contribute to the UAGP as I leverage my unique understanding of the Uniswap ecosystem.
Grant Program (UAGP)
Applicant Name: Ignacio Rodriguez - Avantgarde Finance
Twitter: @avantgardefi
Grant Program (UAGP)
Applicant Name: Ignacio Rodriguez - Avantgarde Finance
Twitter: @avantgardefi
Applicant Summary including why interested in applying for the Program: We’re eager to jump into the UNI-ARB Grant Committee because it compliments our skillset in DAO governance. We have been actively involved in reviewing the grants program for Enzyme and our team. Our team has a wide span of experience including developing DeFi technologies but also a sound knowledge of finance which lends itself well to the grants program. On a more personal level, my work has involved the management and coordination of development teams, operational processes, and governance tasks in DeFi. In joining the UNI-ARB Grant Committee, I plan to use that experience together with tapping into the broader talent pool and skillsets available at Avantgarde to help make this grants program a success.
Involvement in Uniswap and/or Arbitrum community or prior initiatives: We’ve been active in Uniswap via gov.avantgardefi.eth., We also recently attended the first Blessing in NYC which was the first opportunity to learn more about uniswap v4 hooks and what is expected from delegates. More importantly, it was a chance to meet other delegates in person and brainstorm on ways to make the ecosystem more successful.
Prior experience in Grants Programs: Avantgarde has supported theEnzyme grants program for nearly nearly five years. We have experience in assessing applicants and structuring milestones and compensation in such a way that minimises downside and enhances the chances of achieving the best results.
Any anticipated conflicts of interest: Core contributor to Enzyme protocol (exposed to MLN)
1. Program: Uniswap Accelerator Grant Program (UAGP)
2. Applicant Information
3. Applicant Summary
1. Grant Program (UAGP) 2. Applicant Name: David (Kouros) 3. Twitter: @DavidColeto 4. Applicant Summary including why interested in applying for the Program (1 Paragraph):
I've been invested in the web3 space since 2021, having worked with some of the most well-known projects such as Polygon and Bankless DAO, my expertise lies in DAO treasury management and Grant Programs supporting a wide variety of projects. I believe I can make a positive contribution to the UNI - ARB Grant Program helping the ecosystem to grow.
1. Grant Program (UAGP) 2. Applicant Name: David (Kouros) 3. Twitter: @DavidColeto 4. Applicant Summary including why interested in applying for the Program (1 Paragraph):
I've been invested in the web3 space since 2021, having worked with some of the most well-known projects such as Polygon and Bankless DAO, my expertise lies in DAO treasury management and Grant Programs supporting a wide variety of projects. I believe I can make a positive contribution to the UNI - ARB Grant Program helping the ecosystem to grow.
5. Involvement in Uniswap and/or Arbitrum community or prior initiatives:
I have been following the development of Uniswap and Arbitrum with great interest and enthusiasm. I believe they are both innovative and impactful projects that are advancing the field of decentralized finance and crypto adoption in general. I have been using Uniswap since I fell the crypto rabbit hole and I am eager to learn more and contribute to their growth and success.
6. Prior experience in either Grants or Delegate Programs, respectively:
I have extensive experience in web3 grants management and coordination. I started as the Grants Committee Lead at Bankless DAO, where I oversaw the entire grant application process, from reviewing and voting on proposals to facilitating payments and budgeting. I also organized and moderated the committee meetings. After Bankless DAO, I joined Polygon as the Grants Coordinator. My main role was to run the grants programme within Polygon Village, the support framework for projects building on Polygon. I evaluated projects, assigned reviewers, communicated with teams, distributed funds and monitored progress. I also helped projects access the resources and connections they needed from Polygon or other web3 partners. Through my web3 journey, I have built a strong network of founders, influencers and crypto enthusiasts.
7. Any anticipated conflicts of interest:
I hereby that I have no material conflicts of interest that may be relevant for this role to the Uniswap or Arbitrum communities.
UAGP
Srijith Padmesh (Questbook)
Twitter: @Srijith_Padmesh
Applicant Summary: I am a core team member at Questbook where we’ve lead and managed grants program for reputed ecosystems such as Compound, TON, Polygon, Celo etc disbursing more than $3M in grants to 300+ teams . I have also lead as a product manager at Layer-E , building multiple products that benefitted the Polygon ecosystem, notably the Polygon Copilot, Surfaceboard etc. Leading the product development has helped me understand opportunity landscaping, industry trends, 0-1 product building process and GTM . Moreover, I am the Grant Manager for Arbitrum grants program, where I’ll oversee and better operationalise 4 grant domains for the grants program. At UAGP, I’m looking forward to leverage my product background, my experience at Questbook, and our developer community to source, discover and support projects that are aligned with the goals of Uniswap and Arbitrum.
Involvement in Uniswap and/or Arbitrum: Involved as the grant manager for the Arbitrum Questbook grants program.
Prior Experience: I work as the grant manager for the Questbook Arbitrum grants program, a 1M grant program across 4 domains identified by the community.
Any anticipated conflicts of interest: I do not anticipate any conflicts of interest as I overlook the grants program for questbook, but all decisions are solely taken by the domain allocators elected by the community, and have no influence through me.
Applicant Name: Sov
Twitter: @sovereignsignal
Applicant Summary: I have been researching and working around crypto grant programs since 2020; You can find more of my background and story here. I believe in the mission of UAGP and am interested in applying for the UNI-ARB Grant Program (UAGP). Some of my qualifications include the following:
Applicant Name: Sov
Twitter: @sovereignsignal
Applicant Summary: I have been researching and working around crypto grant programs since 2020; You can find more of my background and story here. I believe in the mission of UAGP and am interested in applying for the UNI-ARB Grant Program (UAGP). Some of my qualifications include the following:
I have some experience both in my work at Gitcoin (I am primarily responsible for Gitcoin Grants and how we frame our eligibility criteria). Additionally, with my background running BD/Sales groups I have a good sense of how to qualify potential opportunities and could adhere to a due dilligence process that is already in place or help to develop one that we can use.
Involvement in Uniswap and/or Arbitrum community or prior initiatives: I have previously conducted in-depth research on the Uniswap Grants Program and was recognized by Program Lead Ken Ng for my work. I am deeply familiar with both of these ecosystems through both research and curation of resources like Sov’s Compendium and Blockworks Grantfarm.
Prior experience in either Grants or Delegate Programs: No prior experience as a delegate. You can see the details of my background and qualifications above.
Any anticipated conflicts of interest: I do lead Partnerships for Gitcoin and we are in active discussions with UAGP around our product, Grants Stack.
Thanks for your consideration!
Applicant Name: azeem
Twitter: @azeemk_
Applicant Name: azeem
Twitter: @azeemk_
Applicant Summary: I’ve been in the crypto space since the end of 2013 when I wrote an article for the Huffington Post about the New York City Bitcoin Center. In early 2014 I tried my hand at launching Kim Coindashian before the media I got for it ended up causing me to get a cease and desist. I’ve since held a handful of roles and even raised funds for a crowdfunding platform to support creators that I launched in 2021.
For going on two years now I’ve been at Gitcoin where I started in the Public Goods Funding workstream looking to speak to organizations to fund matching pools for us to run Quadratic Funding grants rounds like we have for the past four years now. In the time I’ve been here through all the efforts I’ve led with our grants program and our treasury diversification I’ve raised tens of millions of dollars that have gone to good places.
I’m a consultant to the United Nation on crypto related matters after the UNICEF round that I led for Gitcoin at the tail end of 2022. They have a crypto venture fund, which is in many ways a grants program because they’re not able to take equity, and I work closely with them on a handful of things.
Outside of that, I’m an advisor to Foresight Ventures, which is a $400 million venture fund that is the venture arm of the centralized exchange BitGet. I’m a mentor to the ConsenSys Fellowship, mentor at the Binance Labs Incubator, mentor at the Crypto Packaged Goods accelerator, mentor at the Hypernest accelerator, and the One Piece Labs accelerator.
My work includes speaking engagements at all the major conferences happening, I’ve got bylines with multiple publications talking about crypto including Huffington Post, Entrepreneur, Coindesk, Bankless, and Forefront. I’ve also been acknowledged as a contributor in two white papers by the World Economic Forum. One on Impact DAOs and the other on Blockchain Scaling for Climate Action. And most recently a whitepaper on U.S Climate Policy Action with the Blockchain Law for Social Good Center.
I’ve been covered in a variety of publications
Some other involvements of mine are being a member of the World Economic Forum’s Crypto Sustainability Coalition and also a member of the Future of Global Fintech Initiative, co-organized by the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance and the World Economic Forum.
I was even a judge on a tv show with Binance earlier this year called Build The Block, which was a metaverse reality show similar to Shark Tank that was recently nominated for a BIMA Award. The other judges were He Yi who’s a cofounder of Binance, Robby Yung who’s the CEO of Animoca, and Guy Turner who runs the popular YouTube channel Coin Bureau that has over 3 million subscribers.
Involvement in Uniswap and/or Arbitrum community or prior initiatives: Worked with Disuption Joe on getting his proposal passed for Arbitrum that’s had funding going through Gitcoin Grants Stack.
Prior experience in either Grants or Delegate Programs: Being a leader in what’s arguably the most notable grants program in all of web3.
Any anticipated conflicts of interest: Discussing with UAGP to use Grants Stack to distribute these funds.
1. Grant Program (UAGP) or Delegate Program (UADP): (UAGP) 2. Applicant Name: Honn 3. Twitter: @honn24x 4. Applicant Summary:
Hello, as a former employee of both the Uniswap Foundation and the Uniswap Grants Program, it is very exciting to see the launch of the Uniswap Arbitrum Grants Program as a fully community driven initiative! Further community involvement and contributions are vital to the long term sustainability and decentralization of the protocol, so kudos to the initial committee members for putting this together. During my time at the Uniswap Foundation and Uniswap Grants Program, I helped lead different goverance initiatives, while evaluating grant applications. Prior to my time at Uniswap, I also served as an evaluator on the dYdX's Grants Committee. Outside of direct DAO and protocol operations, I was a researcher for the Decentralization Research Center (formerly the DAO Research Collective). I believe that my extensive involvement in the Uniswap community, along with my experience in protocol grants programs, positions me well to contribute to the UAGP as I leverage my unique understanding of the Uniswap ecosystem.
Grant Program (UAGP)
Applicant Name: Ignacio Rodriguez - Avantgarde Finance
Twitter: @avantgardefi
Grant Program (UAGP)
Applicant Name: Ignacio Rodriguez - Avantgarde Finance
Twitter: @avantgardefi
Applicant Summary including why interested in applying for the Program: We’re eager to jump into the UNI-ARB Grant Committee because it compliments our skillset in DAO governance. We have been actively involved in reviewing the grants program for Enzyme and our team. Our team has a wide span of experience including developing DeFi technologies but also a sound knowledge of finance which lends itself well to the grants program. On a more personal level, my work has involved the management and coordination of development teams, operational processes, and governance tasks in DeFi. In joining the UNI-ARB Grant Committee, I plan to use that experience together with tapping into the broader talent pool and skillsets available at Avantgarde to help make this grants program a success.
Involvement in Uniswap and/or Arbitrum community or prior initiatives: We’ve been active in Uniswap via gov.avantgardefi.eth., We also recently attended the first Blessing in NYC which was the first opportunity to learn more about uniswap v4 hooks and what is expected from delegates. More importantly, it was a chance to meet other delegates in person and brainstorm on ways to make the ecosystem more successful.
Prior experience in Grants Programs: Avantgarde has supported theEnzyme grants program for nearly nearly five years. We have experience in assessing applicants and structuring milestones and compensation in such a way that minimises downside and enhances the chances of achieving the best results.
Any anticipated conflicts of interest: Core contributor to Enzyme protocol (exposed to MLN)
1. Program: Uniswap Accelerator Grant Program (UAGP)
2. Applicant Information
3. Applicant Summary
1. Grant Program (UAGP) 2. Applicant Name: David (Kouros) 3. Twitter: @DavidColeto 4. Applicant Summary including why interested in applying for the Program (1 Paragraph):
I've been invested in the web3 space since 2021, having worked with some of the most well-known projects such as Polygon and Bankless DAO, my expertise lies in DAO treasury management and Grant Programs supporting a wide variety of projects. I believe I can make a positive contribution to the UNI - ARB Grant Program helping the ecosystem to grow.
1. Grant Program (UAGP) 2. Applicant Name: David (Kouros) 3. Twitter: @DavidColeto 4. Applicant Summary including why interested in applying for the Program (1 Paragraph):
I've been invested in the web3 space since 2021, having worked with some of the most well-known projects such as Polygon and Bankless DAO, my expertise lies in DAO treasury management and Grant Programs supporting a wide variety of projects. I believe I can make a positive contribution to the UNI - ARB Grant Program helping the ecosystem to grow.
5. Involvement in Uniswap and/or Arbitrum community or prior initiatives:
I have been following the development of Uniswap and Arbitrum with great interest and enthusiasm. I believe they are both innovative and impactful projects that are advancing the field of decentralized finance and crypto adoption in general. I have been using Uniswap since I fell the crypto rabbit hole and I am eager to learn more and contribute to their growth and success.
6. Prior experience in either Grants or Delegate Programs, respectively:
I have extensive experience in web3 grants management and coordination. I started as the Grants Committee Lead at Bankless DAO, where I oversaw the entire grant application process, from reviewing and voting on proposals to facilitating payments and budgeting. I also organized and moderated the committee meetings. After Bankless DAO, I joined Polygon as the Grants Coordinator. My main role was to run the grants programme within Polygon Village, the support framework for projects building on Polygon. I evaluated projects, assigned reviewers, communicated with teams, distributed funds and monitored progress. I also helped projects access the resources and connections they needed from Polygon or other web3 partners. Through my web3 journey, I have built a strong network of founders, influencers and crypto enthusiasts.
7. Any anticipated conflicts of interest:
I hereby that I have no material conflicts of interest that may be relevant for this role to the Uniswap or Arbitrum communities.
1. Grant Program (UAGP) or Delegate Program (UADP): (UAGP) 2. Applicant Name: Honn 3. Twitter: @honn24x 4. Applicant Summary:
Hello, as a former employee of both the Uniswap Foundation and the Uniswap Grants Program, it is very exciting to see the launch of the Uniswap Arbitrum Grants Program as a fully community driven initiative! Further community involvement and contributions are vital to the long term sustainability and decentralization of the protocol, so kudos to the initial committee members for putting this together. During my time at the Uniswap Foundation and Uniswap Grants Program, I helped lead different goverance initiatives, while evaluating grant applications. Prior to my time at Uniswap, I also served as an evaluator on the dYdX's Grants Committee. Outside of direct DAO and protocol operations, I was a researcher for the Decentralization Research Center (formerly the DAO Research Collective). I believe that my extensive involvement in the Uniswap community, along with my experience in protocol grants programs, positions me well to contribute to the UAGP as I leverage my unique understanding of the Uniswap ecosystem.
5. Involvement in Uniswap and/or Arbitrum community or prior initiatives:
Served on grants evaluation committee for UGP and UF
Hosted and organized first IRL delegate event for Uniswap community
6. Prior experience in either Grants or Delegate Programs, respectively: I have experience contributing to grant initiatives at dYdX, UGP, and the Uniswap Foundation. My previous delegate program experience is shown in the links above as well.
7. Any anticipated conflicts of interest: None. To clarify, I have stepped away from my role at the Uniswap Foundation so this nomination is not affiliated with that.
1. Program: Uniswap Accelerator Grant Program (UAGP)
2. Applicant Information
3. Applicant Summary
I am a software engineer, entrepreneur, and investor who has been building in web3 since 2017. Previously, I worked on Ocean Protocol and API3 DAO, PrimeDAO, and was a founding member of Curve Labs. Currently, I serve as a co-founder and CEO at Daoism Systems, and I am also a Guardian at Safe DAO.
4. Uniswap and Arbitrum Involvement
I have been using Uniswap since its beta release in 2018 and have followed the development of Uniswap since then. I am looking forward to contributing to the ecosystem by participating in the Grant Program.
5. Experience with Grants or Delegate Programs
In the realm of grant and delegate programs, I bring to the table my experience from the Balancer Grants Program. Here, I was entrusted with the responsibility of executing technical evaluations of grantees.
6. Conflicts of Interest
I affirs that there are no conflicts of interest in my application for the UAGP.
1 - Program Selection: Grant Program (UAGP)
2 - Applicant Name: Shreddy
3 - Twitter: @shreddydefi
1 - Program Selection: Grant Program (UAGP)
2 - Applicant Name: Shreddy
3 - Twitter: @shreddydefi
4 - Applicant Summary: I am a veteran DeFi contributor who has worked at protocols such as Olympus DAO, Spice Finance, & Jones DAO. In those organizations, I have always held head marketing positions, and am currently the head of marketing for Jones DAO. This program is really interesting to me because I have been looking to get involved in governance at a higher level. Recently, I was in the running to become the domain allocator for education, community, and events for Questbook's grant program within the Arbitrum DAO. I did not end up winning, but came in a very close 2nd place with lots of support for my compelling planned initiatives.
I have a distinct focus on community, marketing, & education which makes me a great candidate to review any projects of this nature that apply for a UNI-ARB grant. I always value smaller grant requests with high impact, over bloated proposals.
5 - Involvement in Uniswap and/or Arbitrum community or prior initiatives:
While I have no prior experience with the Uniswap community, I have always been an admirer of Uniswap's novel approaches to liquidity innovation and impressive volume. As anyone in DeFi should, I have conducted my fair share of swaps through Uniswap over the years. On the Arbitrum side of things, I am an ARB maxi at heart. Building an Arbitrum-native community over the last ~2 years at Jones DAO has been immensely rewarding. Through my time as head of marketing, I have established a dense rolodex of the most important people in the ecosystem, and gathered a cunning sense of what makes good protocols win.
6 - Prior experience in either Grants or Delegate Programs, respectively:
I do have prior experience with Grant programs through Olympus DAO. During my time as the marketing lead at Olympus, I helped construct two projects: Olympus Incubator & Olympus Grants, whose main objective it was to distribute grants for Olympus ecosystem builders. Through these programs, I helped teams such as: Vesta, viaMovr (now known as Holyheld), and Jones DAO itself; among a few other smaller projects.
My direct experience in grant program architecture building & grant approval can be very valuable to this Uniswap program.
7 - Any anticipated conflicts of interest:
As I am currently a Jones DAO contributor, I will recuse myself from any grant requests or decisions that would affect Jones.
1. Grant Program (UAGP) 2. Applicant Name: Zeb 3. Twitter: @zeb_dyor 4. Applicant Summary including why interested in applying for the Program (1 Paragraph): Having been a crypto researcher since 2015, I love learning more and applying my knowledge. Sitting on a grant committee allows you to be in touch with very early stage projects, guide them and build innovation. I have been a user of Uniswap since V1 and likewise have been using Arbitrum since it launched. Working on enhancing both would be super exciting. Also, I got reached out to by Emiliano from w3s to apply due to my prior experience, and after reading the proposal and discussions, I indeed think I would fit well in this program. 5. Involvement in Uniswap and/or Arbitrum community or prior initiatives: Was an airdrop recipient in both. And some governance forum activity at the start of Arbitrum Governance (sharing my knowledge on the grant programs) and once having been called in as an advisor on a Uniswap V2 LP analysis. 6. Prior experience in either Grants or Delegate Programs, respectively: Was the kickstarter of the first sub-DAO of Balancer, the Balancer Grants subDAO. Was their grant lead and worked with ~30 grantees in 6 months allocating more than $1,000,000 in BAL. Due to this success, Game7 asked me to help set up their $100M Grant program. 7. Any anticipated conflicts of interest: I have been working as a crypto researcher / senior analyst for Cyber.capital, which invests in a wide variety of crypto projects. Since 2019 I have been working with multiple DAOs, have been an advisor to many startups and am a mentor in the Outlier Ventures incubator program. Some of these are DEXs. But, in all fairness, none are real competitors to Uniswap, and none I work with are deployed on Arbitrum. Therefore I personally do not see any real conflict of interest, but more so me bringing a wealth of knowledge and network to the grant program.
Grant Program (UAGP)
Applicant Name:
Twitter: steve
pplicant Summary including why interested in applying for the Program
Grant Program (UAGP)
Applicant Name:
Twitter: steve
pplicant Summary including why interested in applying for the Program
my diverse background and experiences have equipped me with valuable insights and skills. As an Ambassador Organizer at Gamyfi, I developed a keen eye for content evaluation and educational standards. My role as a Performance Marketer at Near Star Guild sharpened my ability to detect irregularities and emphasized the importance of ethical practices. Additionally, my experience in event management has given me a strong grasp of event requirements and the ability to ensure their authenticity and success. Furthermore, my proficiency in various marketing strategies, including Google Analytics, email marketing, social media marketing, and participation in grant programs like Near Protocol, demonstrates my capability to foster vibrant and engaged communities.
Involvement in Uniswap and/or Arbitrum community or prior initiatives:
I have actively participated in the Arbitrum ecosystem, engaging in governance activities and regularly attending governance calls to contribute to its community. While I haven't been as involved in Uniswap governance in the past, Uniswap has been my preferred decentralized exchange since 2021, and I am committed to increasing my involvement and dedication to its community moving forward.
Prior experience in either Grants or Delegate Programs, respectively:
I have gained extensive experience through my involvement with projects like Arbitrum, Near Protocol, and Harmony One ecosystems. This hands-on experience has equipped me with the knowledge and skills needed to effectively contribute to grant programs and delegate initiatives.
no conflict of interest
Grant Program (UAGP)
Applicant Name: Marc (Blockshard)
Twitter: @BumpyTale
Applicant Summary including why interested in applying for the Program: I am eager to apply for the UNI-ARB Grant Committee because my extensive background in blockchain, full-time dedication to the crypto industry since 2021 as the CEO and co-founder of Blockshard, along with over a decade of experience in grant proposal writing and evaluation, uniquely position me to contribute valuable insights and expertise to the Uniswap community, fostering innovation and growth within the ecosystem.
Involvement in Uniswap and/or Arbitrum community or prior initiatives: While I'm not currently professionally involved in either the Uniswap or Arbitrum community, I am a long-term Uniswap user and have privately embraced Arbitrum as my preferred Layer 2 solution. Having been an airdrop recipient, most of my private crypto activities occur within the Arbitrum ecosystem, and I am enthusiastic about contributing more actively to both communities in a professional capacity as a Grants Committee member.
Prior experience in Grants Programs: I have prior experience in grants programs through my current role on the grants committee of the SSV DAO. In this capacity, I evaluate proposals from teams building on the SSV protocol and provide guidance to successful grantees throughout the project's development cycle until completion. This experience has equipped me with a deep understanding of the grant evaluation process and the ability to support project teams effectively.
Any anticipated conflicts of interest: I do not anticipate any conflicts of interest since Blockshard is not professionally involved in either Uniswap or Arbitrum. My involvement in these communities is based on personal usage and support, ensuring no conflicts with my role on the Grants Committee.
The "self-nomination" period has already ended. As far as i can read, there are 12 applications for UAGP (another 2 were submitted after the deadline), and 2 applications for UADP. Can you please share the Snapshot link for the vote? thanks.
1. Grant Program (UAGP) 2. Applicant Name: Nneoma (StableLab) 3. Twitter: @nneomack 4. Applicant Summary
1. Grant Program (UAGP) 2. Applicant Name: Nneoma (StableLab) 3. Twitter: @nneomack 4. Applicant Summary
5. Involvement in Uniswap and/or Arbitrum community or prior initiatives:
6. Prior experience in either Grants or Delegate Programs, respectively:
7. Any anticipated conflicts of interest:
Few Links to supplement my application:
1. Grant Program (UAGP)
2. Applicant Name: Fiat24 (Product Name) = SR Saphirstein AG (Company Name)
3. Twitter: @Fiat24Account
4. Applicant Summary including why interested in applying for the Program:
1. Grant Program (UAGP)
2. Applicant Name: Fiat24 (Product Name) = SR Saphirstein AG (Company Name)
3. Twitter: @Fiat24Account
4. Applicant Summary including why interested in applying for the Program:
Fiat24 is the first regulated and licensed Swiss bank that is exclusively built on a public blockchain (Arbitrum). Unlike any other traditional bank, we have completely abandoned servers, with all banking logics run by smart contracts, and our clients being identified via their Fiat24 NFT. You might imagine us as an additional fiat layer for DEXs, such as Uniswap. In fact, clients can not only top-up their Swiss bank accounts via international money transfer, but also by selling their crypto assets. All crypto tokens go through Uniswap before arriving in our treasury, meaning that Uniswap is our liquidity provider. We are directly connected with the Swiss National Bank, European Central Bank, and Visa Payment Network, and all real-world payment data, which is all booked on Arbitrum. Since we are a bank that is fully run by protocols, you can easily access your Swiss e-banking portal directly inside your non-custodial crypto wallet (such as MetaMask or Uniswap Wallet). We feel that we are the ideal showcase that has successfully combined the power of both Arbitrum (infrastructure) and Uniswap (liquidity provider) to demonstrate what will be the driver for mainstream adoption. We believe that Fiat24 will bring about a positive and substantial impact to both ecosystems (Arbitrum and Uniswap) in that we have created a practical and necessary application, combined with being fully compliant and regulated.
5. Involvement in Uniswap and/or Arbitrum community or prior initiatives:
We are one of the earliest projects to use Arbitrum protocols, with our first deployment being on January 16th, 2022.
Our first Visa card (with the Arbinaut Mascot) was issued in collaboration with the Arbitrum Foundation in July 2023 to commemorate the first ever Visa transaction booked on a public blockchain, and also to demonstrate that the Arbitrum protocol is mature enough for industrialized usage.
Since day one of Fiat24, Uniswap has been our sole liquidity provider. We are not connected to any centralized liquidity providers (such as Kraken, Coinbase, Bitstamp, etc.), but rather rely fully on Uniswap. As an example, if a Fiat24 client sells ETH, it goes through the ETH/USDC pool on Uniswap. As soon as we get the USDC, we top up the clients’ US Dollar account. In this way, Uniswap is a strategic and indispensable part of our entire infrastructure. To this effect, we plan to issue a co-branded Visa card with the Uniswap community in order to show our appreciation.
The AIP will be submitted shortly.
6. Prior experience in Grants:
We participated in Round 1 of the Arbitrum x Gitcoin Grant (Gov Month) in the “New Protocol Ideas” segment. We received $733.24 in donations from 131 anonymous community members and participants.
7. Any anticipated conflicts of interest:
No conflicts of interest, to the best of our knowledge.
1. Grant Program (UAGP) or Delegate Program (UADP): (UAGP) 2. Applicant Name: Honn 3. Twitter: @honn24x 4. Applicant Summary:
Hello, as a former employee of both the Uniswap Foundation and the Uniswap Grants Program, it is very exciting to see the launch of the Uniswap Arbitrum Grants Program as a fully community driven initiative! Further community involvement and contributions are vital to the long term sustainability and decentralization of the protocol, so kudos to the initial committee members for putting this together. During my time at the Uniswap Foundation and Uniswap Grants Program, I helped lead different goverance initiatives, while evaluating grant applications. Prior to my time at Uniswap, I also served as an evaluator on the dYdX's Grants Committee. Outside of direct DAO and protocol operations, I was a researcher for the Decentralization Research Center (formerly the DAO Research Collective). I believe that my extensive involvement in the Uniswap community, along with my experience in protocol grants programs, positions me well to contribute to the UAGP as I leverage my unique understanding of the Uniswap ecosystem.
5. Involvement in Uniswap and/or Arbitrum community or prior initiatives:
Served on grants evaluation committee for UGP and UF
Hosted and organized first IRL delegate event for Uniswap community
6. Prior experience in either Grants or Delegate Programs, respectively: I have experience contributing to grant initiatives at dYdX, UGP, and the Uniswap Foundation. My previous delegate program experience is shown in the links above as well.
7. Any anticipated conflicts of interest: None. To clarify, I have stepped away from my role at the Uniswap Foundation so this nomination is not affiliated with that.
1. Program: Uniswap Accelerator Grant Program (UAGP)
2. Applicant Information
3. Applicant Summary
I am a software engineer, entrepreneur, and investor who has been building in web3 since 2017. Previously, I worked on Ocean Protocol and API3 DAO, PrimeDAO, and was a founding member of Curve Labs. Currently, I serve as a co-founder and CEO at Daoism Systems, and I am also a Guardian at Safe DAO.
4. Uniswap and Arbitrum Involvement
I have been using Uniswap since its beta release in 2018 and have followed the development of Uniswap since then. I am looking forward to contributing to the ecosystem by participating in the Grant Program.
5. Experience with Grants or Delegate Programs
In the realm of grant and delegate programs, I bring to the table my experience from the Balancer Grants Program. Here, I was entrusted with the responsibility of executing technical evaluations of grantees.
6. Conflicts of Interest
I affirs that there are no conflicts of interest in my application for the UAGP.
1 - Program Selection: Grant Program (UAGP)
2 - Applicant Name: Shreddy
3 - Twitter: @shreddydefi
1 - Program Selection: Grant Program (UAGP)
2 - Applicant Name: Shreddy
3 - Twitter: @shreddydefi
4 - Applicant Summary: I am a veteran DeFi contributor who has worked at protocols such as Olympus DAO, Spice Finance, & Jones DAO. In those organizations, I have always held head marketing positions, and am currently the head of marketing for Jones DAO. This program is really interesting to me because I have been looking to get involved in governance at a higher level. Recently, I was in the running to become the domain allocator for education, community, and events for Questbook's grant program within the Arbitrum DAO. I did not end up winning, but came in a very close 2nd place with lots of support for my compelling planned initiatives.
I have a distinct focus on community, marketing, & education which makes me a great candidate to review any projects of this nature that apply for a UNI-ARB grant. I always value smaller grant requests with high impact, over bloated proposals.
5 - Involvement in Uniswap and/or Arbitrum community or prior initiatives:
While I have no prior experience with the Uniswap community, I have always been an admirer of Uniswap's novel approaches to liquidity innovation and impressive volume. As anyone in DeFi should, I have conducted my fair share of swaps through Uniswap over the years. On the Arbitrum side of things, I am an ARB maxi at heart. Building an Arbitrum-native community over the last ~2 years at Jones DAO has been immensely rewarding. Through my time as head of marketing, I have established a dense rolodex of the most important people in the ecosystem, and gathered a cunning sense of what makes good protocols win.
6 - Prior experience in either Grants or Delegate Programs, respectively:
I do have prior experience with Grant programs through Olympus DAO. During my time as the marketing lead at Olympus, I helped construct two projects: Olympus Incubator & Olympus Grants, whose main objective it was to distribute grants for Olympus ecosystem builders. Through these programs, I helped teams such as: Vesta, viaMovr (now known as Holyheld), and Jones DAO itself; among a few other smaller projects.
My direct experience in grant program architecture building & grant approval can be very valuable to this Uniswap program.
7 - Any anticipated conflicts of interest:
As I am currently a Jones DAO contributor, I will recuse myself from any grant requests or decisions that would affect Jones.
1. Grant Program (UAGP) 2. Applicant Name: Zeb 3. Twitter: @zeb_dyor 4. Applicant Summary including why interested in applying for the Program (1 Paragraph): Having been a crypto researcher since 2015, I love learning more and applying my knowledge. Sitting on a grant committee allows you to be in touch with very early stage projects, guide them and build innovation. I have been a user of Uniswap since V1 and likewise have been using Arbitrum since it launched. Working on enhancing both would be super exciting. Also, I got reached out to by Emiliano from w3s to apply due to my prior experience, and after reading the proposal and discussions, I indeed think I would fit well in this program. 5. Involvement in Uniswap and/or Arbitrum community or prior initiatives: Was an airdrop recipient in both. And some governance forum activity at the start of Arbitrum Governance (sharing my knowledge on the grant programs) and once having been called in as an advisor on a Uniswap V2 LP analysis. 6. Prior experience in either Grants or Delegate Programs, respectively: Was the kickstarter of the first sub-DAO of Balancer, the Balancer Grants subDAO. Was their grant lead and worked with ~30 grantees in 6 months allocating more than $1,000,000 in BAL. Due to this success, Game7 asked me to help set up their $100M Grant program. 7. Any anticipated conflicts of interest: I have been working as a crypto researcher / senior analyst for Cyber.capital, which invests in a wide variety of crypto projects. Since 2019 I have been working with multiple DAOs, have been an advisor to many startups and am a mentor in the Outlier Ventures incubator program. Some of these are DEXs. But, in all fairness, none are real competitors to Uniswap, and none I work with are deployed on Arbitrum. Therefore I personally do not see any real conflict of interest, but more so me bringing a wealth of knowledge and network to the grant program.
Grant Program (UAGP)
Applicant Name:
Twitter: steve
pplicant Summary including why interested in applying for the Program
Grant Program (UAGP)
Applicant Name:
Twitter: steve
pplicant Summary including why interested in applying for the Program
my diverse background and experiences have equipped me with valuable insights and skills. As an Ambassador Organizer at Gamyfi, I developed a keen eye for content evaluation and educational standards. My role as a Performance Marketer at Near Star Guild sharpened my ability to detect irregularities and emphasized the importance of ethical practices. Additionally, my experience in event management has given me a strong grasp of event requirements and the ability to ensure their authenticity and success. Furthermore, my proficiency in various marketing strategies, including Google Analytics, email marketing, social media marketing, and participation in grant programs like Near Protocol, demonstrates my capability to foster vibrant and engaged communities.
Involvement in Uniswap and/or Arbitrum community or prior initiatives:
I have actively participated in the Arbitrum ecosystem, engaging in governance activities and regularly attending governance calls to contribute to its community. While I haven't been as involved in Uniswap governance in the past, Uniswap has been my preferred decentralized exchange since 2021, and I am committed to increasing my involvement and dedication to its community moving forward.
Prior experience in either Grants or Delegate Programs, respectively:
I have gained extensive experience through my involvement with projects like Arbitrum, Near Protocol, and Harmony One ecosystems. This hands-on experience has equipped me with the knowledge and skills needed to effectively contribute to grant programs and delegate initiatives.
no conflict of interest
Grant Program (UAGP)
Applicant Name: Marc (Blockshard)
Twitter: @BumpyTale
Applicant Summary including why interested in applying for the Program: I am eager to apply for the UNI-ARB Grant Committee because my extensive background in blockchain, full-time dedication to the crypto industry since 2021 as the CEO and co-founder of Blockshard, along with over a decade of experience in grant proposal writing and evaluation, uniquely position me to contribute valuable insights and expertise to the Uniswap community, fostering innovation and growth within the ecosystem.
Involvement in Uniswap and/or Arbitrum community or prior initiatives: While I'm not currently professionally involved in either the Uniswap or Arbitrum community, I am a long-term Uniswap user and have privately embraced Arbitrum as my preferred Layer 2 solution. Having been an airdrop recipient, most of my private crypto activities occur within the Arbitrum ecosystem, and I am enthusiastic about contributing more actively to both communities in a professional capacity as a Grants Committee member.
Prior experience in Grants Programs: I have prior experience in grants programs through my current role on the grants committee of the SSV DAO. In this capacity, I evaluate proposals from teams building on the SSV protocol and provide guidance to successful grantees throughout the project's development cycle until completion. This experience has equipped me with a deep understanding of the grant evaluation process and the ability to support project teams effectively.
Any anticipated conflicts of interest: I do not anticipate any conflicts of interest since Blockshard is not professionally involved in either Uniswap or Arbitrum. My involvement in these communities is based on personal usage and support, ensuring no conflicts with my role on the Grants Committee.
The "self-nomination" period has already ended. As far as i can read, there are 12 applications for UAGP (another 2 were submitted after the deadline), and 2 applications for UADP. Can you please share the Snapshot link for the vote? thanks.
1. Grant Program (UAGP) 2. Applicant Name: Nneoma (StableLab) 3. Twitter: @nneomack 4. Applicant Summary
1. Grant Program (UAGP) 2. Applicant Name: Nneoma (StableLab) 3. Twitter: @nneomack 4. Applicant Summary
5. Involvement in Uniswap and/or Arbitrum community or prior initiatives:
6. Prior experience in either Grants or Delegate Programs, respectively:
7. Any anticipated conflicts of interest:
Few Links to supplement my application:
1. Grant Program (UAGP)
2. Applicant Name: Fiat24 (Product Name) = SR Saphirstein AG (Company Name)
3. Twitter: @Fiat24Account
4. Applicant Summary including why interested in applying for the Program:
1. Grant Program (UAGP)
2. Applicant Name: Fiat24 (Product Name) = SR Saphirstein AG (Company Name)
3. Twitter: @Fiat24Account
4. Applicant Summary including why interested in applying for the Program:
Fiat24 is the first regulated and licensed Swiss bank that is exclusively built on a public blockchain (Arbitrum). Unlike any other traditional bank, we have completely abandoned servers, with all banking logics run by smart contracts, and our clients being identified via their Fiat24 NFT. You might imagine us as an additional fiat layer for DEXs, such as Uniswap. In fact, clients can not only top-up their Swiss bank accounts via international money transfer, but also by selling their crypto assets. All crypto tokens go through Uniswap before arriving in our treasury, meaning that Uniswap is our liquidity provider. We are directly connected with the Swiss National Bank, European Central Bank, and Visa Payment Network, and all real-world payment data, which is all booked on Arbitrum. Since we are a bank that is fully run by protocols, you can easily access your Swiss e-banking portal directly inside your non-custodial crypto wallet (such as MetaMask or Uniswap Wallet). We feel that we are the ideal showcase that has successfully combined the power of both Arbitrum (infrastructure) and Uniswap (liquidity provider) to demonstrate what will be the driver for mainstream adoption. We believe that Fiat24 will bring about a positive and substantial impact to both ecosystems (Arbitrum and Uniswap) in that we have created a practical and necessary application, combined with being fully compliant and regulated.
5. Involvement in Uniswap and/or Arbitrum community or prior initiatives:
We are one of the earliest projects to use Arbitrum protocols, with our first deployment being on January 16th, 2022.
Our first Visa card (with the Arbinaut Mascot) was issued in collaboration with the Arbitrum Foundation in July 2023 to commemorate the first ever Visa transaction booked on a public blockchain, and also to demonstrate that the Arbitrum protocol is mature enough for industrialized usage.
Since day one of Fiat24, Uniswap has been our sole liquidity provider. We are not connected to any centralized liquidity providers (such as Kraken, Coinbase, Bitstamp, etc.), but rather rely fully on Uniswap. As an example, if a Fiat24 client sells ETH, it goes through the ETH/USDC pool on Uniswap. As soon as we get the USDC, we top up the clients’ US Dollar account. In this way, Uniswap is a strategic and indispensable part of our entire infrastructure. To this effect, we plan to issue a co-branded Visa card with the Uniswap community in order to show our appreciation.
The AIP will be submitted shortly.
6. Prior experience in Grants:
We participated in Round 1 of the Arbitrum x Gitcoin Grant (Gov Month) in the “New Protocol Ideas” segment. We received $733.24 in donations from 131 anonymous community members and participants.
7. Any anticipated conflicts of interest:
No conflicts of interest, to the best of our knowledge.
Hey all, the Uniswap Arbitrum Grant Program is now live and open for applications!
For more info join the kick-off Twitter Space in 6 hours. Here's the link to set a reminder: https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1dRKZEBlavmxB
TL;DR: 🗓️ 6-month Grant program 💰 Grants: $50k - $250k 📥 Apply Here: https://bit.ly/UAGP-application
Hey all, the Uniswap Arbitrum Grant Program is now live and open for applications!
For more info join the kick-off Twitter Space in 6 hours. Here's the link to set a reminder: https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1dRKZEBlavmxB
TL;DR: 🗓️ 6-month Grant program 💰 Grants: $50k - $250k 📥 Apply Here: https://bit.ly/UAGP-application
If you’re a builder passionate about expanding Uniswap’s horizons in the Arbitrum ecosystem, we want to hear from you! 🦄 🚀
Details on the launch here: https://twitter.com/web3_Studios/status/1722211664999948625
To find all info: UAGP Information Hub To reach out: Discord To stay up to date: Twitter
Following the conclusion of our 2-weeks nomination process, we are grateful to have witnessed a great level of participation. A massive shoutout to everyone who took the time to join in, share their thoughts, and throw their hat in the ring for the Grant and Delegate programs!
Following the conclusion of our 2-weeks nomination process, we are grateful to have witnessed a great level of participation. A massive shoutout to everyone who took the time to join in, share their thoughts, and throw their hat in the ring for the Grant and Delegate programs!
It's been amazing to see participation from both the Uniswap and Arbitrum communities, with many active in both ecosystems.
With this momentum, we're excited to move forward to the election stage as planned.
We request that delegates and community members involved in this vote and committee activities adhere to the guidelines established in prior discussions. These principles serve as the foundation for this committee's initial iteration and may be formally integrated into the committee's bylaws through upcoming governance actions.
Should you have any questions, concerns, or feedback regarding the upcoming stages, please do not hesitate to contact us:
We appreciate your involvement and look forward to moving to the next steps!
Grant Program (UAGP)
Applicant Name: ilia.eth (0xPlasma)
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ILIA_0x
Applicant Summary including why interested in applying for the Program:
I am the Founder and Builder at 0xPlasma Labs, pioneers in Web3 protocol development since 2018. With a profound commitment to decentralization and DAOs, i have developed key protocols interfacing with Uniswap and Arbitrum L2, including the renowned HyperDEX aggregator and Quadrat ALMP. My extensive expertise in tokenomics, farming strategies, and the Uniswap protocol, coupled with our achievements across all EVM chains, makes me an ideal candidate for the UNI-ARB Grant program, where I aim to drive further innovation and success for the Uniswap ecosystem.
Hello everyone, we are thrilled to announce the completion of our Uniswap-Arbitrum Grant Program (UAGP) and Uniswap-Arbitrum Delegation Protocol (UADP) Teams following the recent elections.
The community has elected:
Hello everyone, we are thrilled to announce the completion of our Uniswap-Arbitrum Grant Program (UAGP) and Uniswap-Arbitrum Delegation Protocol (UADP) Teams following the recent elections.
The community has elected:
⁃ UAGP: 3 outstanding reviewers, @honn24x (79% with 21M UNI), @Nneoma_StableLab Nneoma (67% with 18M UNI), and @_JoJo (56% with 15M UNI), who will join @bernard and @Doo_StableLab as already confirmed members;
⁃ UADP: @AbdullahUmar (98% with 20M UNI) who will join @Juanbug as confirmed member.
This marks a significant milestone for us, setting the stage moving toward official launch of the UAGP.
Leading up to the launch, our team will focus on onboarding, operations and alignment with UAGP's objectives. Our pre-launch phase will be in full gear, focusing on generating awareness and creating anticipation for what promises to be an impactful initiative for the Uniswap and Arbitrum ecosystems.
Thank you to every individual who applied. We truly value your dedication and enthusiasm, and we look forward to potential collaborations in different ways moving forward.
Stay tuned for updates, and thank you for your continued support.
Hey all, the Uniswap Arbitrum Grant Program is now live and open for applications!
For more info join the kick-off Twitter Space in 6 hours. Here's the link to set a reminder: https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1dRKZEBlavmxB
TL;DR: 🗓️ 6-month Grant program 💰 Grants: $50k - $250k 📥 Apply Here: https://bit.ly/UAGP-application
Hey all, the Uniswap Arbitrum Grant Program is now live and open for applications!
For more info join the kick-off Twitter Space in 6 hours. Here's the link to set a reminder: https://twitter.com/i/spaces/1dRKZEBlavmxB
TL;DR: 🗓️ 6-month Grant program 💰 Grants: $50k - $250k 📥 Apply Here: https://bit.ly/UAGP-application
If you’re a builder passionate about expanding Uniswap’s horizons in the Arbitrum ecosystem, we want to hear from you! 🦄 🚀
Details on the launch here: https://twitter.com/web3_Studios/status/1722211664999948625
To find all info: UAGP Information Hub To reach out: Discord To stay up to date: Twitter
Following the conclusion of our 2-weeks nomination process, we are grateful to have witnessed a great level of participation. A massive shoutout to everyone who took the time to join in, share their thoughts, and throw their hat in the ring for the Grant and Delegate programs!
Following the conclusion of our 2-weeks nomination process, we are grateful to have witnessed a great level of participation. A massive shoutout to everyone who took the time to join in, share their thoughts, and throw their hat in the ring for the Grant and Delegate programs!
It's been amazing to see participation from both the Uniswap and Arbitrum communities, with many active in both ecosystems.
With this momentum, we're excited to move forward to the election stage as planned.
We request that delegates and community members involved in this vote and committee activities adhere to the guidelines established in prior discussions. These principles serve as the foundation for this committee's initial iteration and may be formally integrated into the committee's bylaws through upcoming governance actions.
Should you have any questions, concerns, or feedback regarding the upcoming stages, please do not hesitate to contact us:
We appreciate your involvement and look forward to moving to the next steps!
Grant Program (UAGP)
Applicant Name: ilia.eth (0xPlasma)
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ILIA_0x
Applicant Summary including why interested in applying for the Program:
I am the Founder and Builder at 0xPlasma Labs, pioneers in Web3 protocol development since 2018. With a profound commitment to decentralization and DAOs, i have developed key protocols interfacing with Uniswap and Arbitrum L2, including the renowned HyperDEX aggregator and Quadrat ALMP. My extensive expertise in tokenomics, farming strategies, and the Uniswap protocol, coupled with our achievements across all EVM chains, makes me an ideal candidate for the UNI-ARB Grant program, where I aim to drive further innovation and success for the Uniswap ecosystem.
Hello everyone, we are thrilled to announce the completion of our Uniswap-Arbitrum Grant Program (UAGP) and Uniswap-Arbitrum Delegation Protocol (UADP) Teams following the recent elections.
The community has elected:
Hello everyone, we are thrilled to announce the completion of our Uniswap-Arbitrum Grant Program (UAGP) and Uniswap-Arbitrum Delegation Protocol (UADP) Teams following the recent elections.
The community has elected:
⁃ UAGP: 3 outstanding reviewers, @honn24x (79% with 21M UNI), @Nneoma_StableLab Nneoma (67% with 18M UNI), and @_JoJo (56% with 15M UNI), who will join @bernard and @Doo_StableLab as already confirmed members;
⁃ UADP: @AbdullahUmar (98% with 20M UNI) who will join @Juanbug as confirmed member.
This marks a significant milestone for us, setting the stage moving toward official launch of the UAGP.
Leading up to the launch, our team will focus on onboarding, operations and alignment with UAGP's objectives. Our pre-launch phase will be in full gear, focusing on generating awareness and creating anticipation for what promises to be an impactful initiative for the Uniswap and Arbitrum ecosystems.
Thank you to every individual who applied. We truly value your dedication and enthusiasm, and we look forward to potential collaborations in different ways moving forward.
Stay tuned for updates, and thank you for your continued support.
Grant Program (UAGP)
Applicant Name: ilia.eth (0xPlasma)
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ILIA_0x
Applicant Summary including why interested in applying for the Program:
I am the Founder and Builder at 0xPlasma Labs, pioneers in Web3 protocol development since 2018. With a profound commitment to decentralization and DAOs, i have developed key protocols interfacing with Uniswap and Arbitrum L2, including the renowned HyperDEX aggregator and Quadrat ALMP. My extensive expertise in tokenomics, farming strategies, and the Uniswap protocol, coupled with our achievements across all EVM chains, makes me an ideal candidate for the UNI-ARB Grant program, where I aim to drive further innovation and success for the Uniswap ecosystem.
I have actively engaged with the Uniswap community, manifesting my dedication through the successful initiation and execution of two proposals. First, I spearheaded the deployment of Uniswap v3 to the BNB chain, which has been successfully executed. Secondly, I collaborated on a proposal for an ARB distribution and Farming Campaign on Uniswap v3, which received community endorsement. I'm currently overseeing the execution of this initiative. In addition, I've sought opportunities to enhance the Arbitrum ecosystem with a focus on the Uniswap protocol. To this end, I have recently proposed for Arbitrum STIP a $1M farming campaign on the Uniswap protocol explicitly designed for ARB pools.
Much of my expertise stems from my role as an applicant-builder across various Web3 grant programs, including Optimism, Arbitrum, Uniswap, and Gitcoin, among others. This extensive involvement has endowed me with a profound understanding of the grant application and execution process, enabling me to offer valuable support and evaluation to project teams efficiently.
No conflicts of interest.
My general motivation is to positively contribute to building harmony within the DAO ecosystem, which is one of the reasons why I am an active delegate in several places. The UNI-ARB delegate program offers the perfect opportunity for the community to leverage my experience in network weaving and create positive sum outcomes for both ecosystems.
I established and lead the Governance Department at BanklessDAO as well as establishing the Recognized Delegates program and running it at 1inchDAO . I am an active delegate in Gitcoin, VitaDAO, AAVE , Optimism, SAFE.
I would like to disclose that I am involved in governance at several DAOs but I am not part of any formal grants committee or other formal funding allocation entities in these DAOs
1--Delegate Program (UADP)
2--Abdullah Umar (Michigan Blockchain)
3--Twitter: https://twitter.com/abdullahbumar
1--Delegate Program (UADP)
2--Abdullah Umar (Michigan Blockchain)
3--Twitter: https://twitter.com/abdullahbumar
4--Applicant Summary: I lead governance at Michigan Blockchain, with experience as a delegate for various protocols, from DEXs and money markets, to L2s and stablecoins. Prior to governance, I worked as a product and data analytics consultant for dYdX and ImmutableX, respectively. At the moment, my other commitment includes managing a family and friends blockchain fund called Arana Ventures, focused on small cap assets. My intention behind sponosring this grant and delegate proposal is stated in a previous post:
It will likely be a customary practice in the coming years to commingle governance tokens between different DAO treasuries, thereby aligning incentives and strategies to grow the Ethereum ecosystem as a whole. This proposal allows Uniswap to begin leading such initiatives.
5--Involvement in Uniswap and/or Arbitrum community or prior initiatives:
Active voter and participant in forum discussions across a breadth of topics. Review drafts of proposals prior to their release on forums. Provide guidance to teams on how to attain votes and structure proposals to best address the Uniswap DAO’s needs.
Proposals authored: Deploy v3 on Avalanche, Deploy v3 on Moonbeam, Deploy v3 on Base, Deploy v3 on Filecoin VM
6--Prior experience in Delegate Programs
Have experience as a delegate with:
7--Conflict of interests: Michigan Blockchain is a delegate for Arbitrum. To ensure separation of voting decisions, I will not be making the final voting decision for Arbitrum proposals at Michigan Blockchain—this obligation will be handled by the rest of the Michigan Blockchain governance team, while my voting decisions for the Arb DAO will align with the positions of the Uniswap DAO.
Grant Program (UAGP)
Applicant Name: ilia.eth (0xPlasma)
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ILIA_0x
Applicant Summary including why interested in applying for the Program:
I am the Founder and Builder at 0xPlasma Labs, pioneers in Web3 protocol development since 2018. With a profound commitment to decentralization and DAOs, i have developed key protocols interfacing with Uniswap and Arbitrum L2, including the renowned HyperDEX aggregator and Quadrat ALMP. My extensive expertise in tokenomics, farming strategies, and the Uniswap protocol, coupled with our achievements across all EVM chains, makes me an ideal candidate for the UNI-ARB Grant program, where I aim to drive further innovation and success for the Uniswap ecosystem.
I have actively engaged with the Uniswap community, manifesting my dedication through the successful initiation and execution of two proposals. First, I spearheaded the deployment of Uniswap v3 to the BNB chain, which has been successfully executed. Secondly, I collaborated on a proposal for an ARB distribution and Farming Campaign on Uniswap v3, which received community endorsement. I'm currently overseeing the execution of this initiative. In addition, I've sought opportunities to enhance the Arbitrum ecosystem with a focus on the Uniswap protocol. To this end, I have recently proposed for Arbitrum STIP a $1M farming campaign on the Uniswap protocol explicitly designed for ARB pools.
Much of my expertise stems from my role as an applicant-builder across various Web3 grant programs, including Optimism, Arbitrum, Uniswap, and Gitcoin, among others. This extensive involvement has endowed me with a profound understanding of the grant application and execution process, enabling me to offer valuable support and evaluation to project teams efficiently.
No conflicts of interest.
My general motivation is to positively contribute to building harmony within the DAO ecosystem, which is one of the reasons why I am an active delegate in several places. The UNI-ARB delegate program offers the perfect opportunity for the community to leverage my experience in network weaving and create positive sum outcomes for both ecosystems.
I established and lead the Governance Department at BanklessDAO as well as establishing the Recognized Delegates program and running it at 1inchDAO . I am an active delegate in Gitcoin, VitaDAO, AAVE , Optimism, SAFE.
I would like to disclose that I am involved in governance at several DAOs but I am not part of any formal grants committee or other formal funding allocation entities in these DAOs
1--Delegate Program (UADP)
2--Abdullah Umar (Michigan Blockchain)
3--Twitter: https://twitter.com/abdullahbumar
1--Delegate Program (UADP)
2--Abdullah Umar (Michigan Blockchain)
3--Twitter: https://twitter.com/abdullahbumar
4--Applicant Summary: I lead governance at Michigan Blockchain, with experience as a delegate for various protocols, from DEXs and money markets, to L2s and stablecoins. Prior to governance, I worked as a product and data analytics consultant for dYdX and ImmutableX, respectively. At the moment, my other commitment includes managing a family and friends blockchain fund called Arana Ventures, focused on small cap assets. My intention behind sponosring this grant and delegate proposal is stated in a previous post:
It will likely be a customary practice in the coming years to commingle governance tokens between different DAO treasuries, thereby aligning incentives and strategies to grow the Ethereum ecosystem as a whole. This proposal allows Uniswap to begin leading such initiatives.
5--Involvement in Uniswap and/or Arbitrum community or prior initiatives:
Active voter and participant in forum discussions across a breadth of topics. Review drafts of proposals prior to their release on forums. Provide guidance to teams on how to attain votes and structure proposals to best address the Uniswap DAO’s needs.
Proposals authored: Deploy v3 on Avalanche, Deploy v3 on Moonbeam, Deploy v3 on Base, Deploy v3 on Filecoin VM
6--Prior experience in Delegate Programs
Have experience as a delegate with:
7--Conflict of interests: Michigan Blockchain is a delegate for Arbitrum. To ensure separation of voting decisions, I will not be making the final voting decision for Arbitrum proposals at Michigan Blockchain—this obligation will be handled by the rest of the Michigan Blockchain governance team, while my voting decisions for the Arb DAO will align with the positions of the Uniswap DAO.
