Toucan’s mission is to support builders who are developing projects that utilize programable carbon and are innovating for the planet. Part of this support comes in the form of equity free capital. Our grants program is designed to help early stage projects and teams get off the ground and expedite their time to market.
Our initial grant fund is supported by Coinbase Giving and supports their overarching goals outlined here.
Standard Grant
Typically $10k - $30k distributed with the following criteria and format
Grant Selection Criteria:
The following criteria and examples are meant as a framework for projects that we are excited to see and fund. If you don’t meet multiple criteria points, thats okay! we still want to talk.
Does this provide carbon project supply?
Is this bringing more supply to the market? • Early stage carbon removal projects from varying categories and methodologies Does this support projects at their earliest stage? • Is it supporting early stage carbon projects with finance, data, legal? Is this a novel carbon sequestration approach? • Is it a non-traditional category of carbon removal or avoidance that is being trialed
Does it expand Toucan Protocol utility?
Does it expand end user segments and ecosystem (access) • Does this open up access for more or new users of Toucan Protocol either directly or indirectly? • Does this support Toucan’s ecosystem of users, parters, and customers to create a stronger more vibrant and more impactful community?
Does it expand D&I in web3?
Diversity within team, solution, target market • Diversity is at the core of a healthy ecosystem. We are looking to support diverse founders with diverse projects that support a variety of user segments.
What is the impact opportunity?
What is the climate, market, and social impact? • Besides bringing more supply to the market, we look closely at what the real world impacts and implications of your project are as well as the scope of the market size and what other social good can be provide outside of climate impact.
Examples of Projects We Fund
Carbon Supply
Carbon offset projects and CDR (carbon dioxide removal) demand significantly outweighs the supply and the most important and time sensitive work that needs to be done is to support the supply side of the market. We are looking to fund new carbon project developers at the earliest stage, this includes: Forest, soil, biomass, ocean, mineralization, and DAC projects all over the world. We also support projects that enable farmers, land owners and local communities to produce, protect and create more projects. Examples: www.runningtide.com puro.earth www.purprojet.com droneseed.com
Planet positive NFT projects / Games / Metaverse
Projects that support offsetting, building with carbon for most importantly sequestering carbon with no offsetting involved. There are numerous ways to adapt programmable carbon into play-to-earn games as well as creative ways to integrate real life carbon into the metaverse. Imagine growing trees in the metaverse that actually sequester carbon in real life. Example: www.carbonized.xyz
Usability
To help grow our community and support thriving ecosystem we are looking for tools that enable consumers and businesses to use ReFi products more efficiently and effectively. This could look like a trading platform all the way to a community education tool. Example: Return Protocol, www.senken.io
Utility
Projects that support the carbon markets like data layers/ analytics, new trading platforms and interfaces to work with carbon credits more efficiently are incredibly valuable to our ecosystem. We want to provide building a robust set of tools and options for individuals and organizations to engage in the ReFi space. Example: Klima, Kumo (https://linktr.ee/kumo.earth)
Selection Process:
1. Apply via the typeform application below.
2. We review applications on a monthly basis.
3. If you are selected from our review, you will be invited to an interview for selection.
Toucan’s mission is to support builders who are developing projects that utilize programable carbon and are innovating for the planet. Part of this support comes in the form of equity free capital. Our grants program is designed to help early stage projects and teams get off the ground and expedite their time to market.
Our initial grant fund is supported by Coinbase Giving and supports their overarching goals outlined here.
Standard Grant
Typically $10k - $30k distributed with the following criteria and format
Grant Selection Criteria:
The following criteria and examples are meant as a framework for projects that we are excited to see and fund. If you don’t meet multiple criteria points, thats okay! we still want to talk.
Does this provide carbon project supply?
Is this bringing more supply to the market? • Early stage carbon removal projects from varying categories and methodologies Does this support projects at their earliest stage? • Is it supporting early stage carbon projects with finance, data, legal? Is this a novel carbon sequestration approach? • Is it a non-traditional category of carbon removal or avoidance that is being trialed
Does it expand Toucan Protocol utility?
Does it expand end user segments and ecosystem (access) • Does this open up access for more or new users of Toucan Protocol either directly or indirectly? • Does this support Toucan’s ecosystem of users, parters, and customers to create a stronger more vibrant and more impactful community?
Does it expand D&I in web3?
Diversity within team, solution, target market • Diversity is at the core of a healthy ecosystem. We are looking to support diverse founders with diverse projects that support a variety of user segments.
What is the impact opportunity?
What is the climate, market, and social impact? • Besides bringing more supply to the market, we look closely at what the real world impacts and implications of your project are as well as the scope of the market size and what other social good can be provide outside of climate impact.
Examples of Projects We Fund
Carbon Supply
Carbon offset projects and CDR (carbon dioxide removal) demand significantly outweighs the supply and the most important and time sensitive work that needs to be done is to support the supply side of the market. We are looking to fund new carbon project developers at the earliest stage, this includes: Forest, soil, biomass, ocean, mineralization, and DAC projects all over the world. We also support projects that enable farmers, land owners and local communities to produce, protect and create more projects. Examples: www.runningtide.com puro.earth www.purprojet.com droneseed.com
Planet positive NFT projects / Games / Metaverse
Projects that support offsetting, building with carbon for most importantly sequestering carbon with no offsetting involved. There are numerous ways to adapt programmable carbon into play-to-earn games as well as creative ways to integrate real life carbon into the metaverse. Imagine growing trees in the metaverse that actually sequester carbon in real life. Example: www.carbonized.xyz
Usability
To help grow our community and support thriving ecosystem we are looking for tools that enable consumers and businesses to use ReFi products more efficiently and effectively. This could look like a trading platform all the way to a community education tool. Example: Return Protocol, www.senken.io
Utility
Projects that support the carbon markets like data layers/ analytics, new trading platforms and interfaces to work with carbon credits more efficiently are incredibly valuable to our ecosystem. We want to provide building a robust set of tools and options for individuals and organizations to engage in the ReFi space. Example: Klima, Kumo (https://linktr.ee/kumo.earth)
Selection Process:
1. Apply via the typeform application below.
2. We review applications on a monthly basis.
3. If you are selected from our review, you will be invited to an interview for selection.
Toucan’s mission is to support builders who are developing projects that utilize programable carbon and are innovating for the planet. Part of this support comes in the form of equity free capital. Our grants program is designed to help early stage projects and teams get off the ground and expedite their time to market.
Our initial grant fund is supported by Coinbase Giving and supports their overarching goals outlined here.
Standard Grant
Typically $10k - $30k distributed with the following criteria and format
Grant Selection Criteria:
The following criteria and examples are meant as a framework for projects that we are excited to see and fund. If you don’t meet multiple criteria points, thats okay! we still want to talk.
Does this provide carbon project supply?
Is this bringing more supply to the market? • Early stage carbon removal projects from varying categories and methodologies Does this support projects at their earliest stage? • Is it supporting early stage carbon projects with finance, data, legal? Is this a novel carbon sequestration approach? • Is it a non-traditional category of carbon removal or avoidance that is being trialed
Does it expand Toucan Protocol utility?
Does it expand end user segments and ecosystem (access) • Does this open up access for more or new users of Toucan Protocol either directly or indirectly? • Does this support Toucan’s ecosystem of users, parters, and customers to create a stronger more vibrant and more impactful community?
Does it expand D&I in web3?
Diversity within team, solution, target market • Diversity is at the core of a healthy ecosystem. We are looking to support diverse founders with diverse projects that support a variety of user segments.
What is the impact opportunity?
What is the climate, market, and social impact? • Besides bringing more supply to the market, we look closely at what the real world impacts and implications of your project are as well as the scope of the market size and what other social good can be provide outside of climate impact.
Examples of Projects We Fund
Carbon Supply
Carbon offset projects and CDR (carbon dioxide removal) demand significantly outweighs the supply and the most important and time sensitive work that needs to be done is to support the supply side of the market. We are looking to fund new carbon project developers at the earliest stage, this includes: Forest, soil, biomass, ocean, mineralization, and DAC projects all over the world. We also support projects that enable farmers, land owners and local communities to produce, protect and create more projects. Examples: www.runningtide.com puro.earth www.purprojet.com droneseed.com
Planet positive NFT projects / Games / Metaverse
Projects that support offsetting, building with carbon for most importantly sequestering carbon with no offsetting involved. There are numerous ways to adapt programmable carbon into play-to-earn games as well as creative ways to integrate real life carbon into the metaverse. Imagine growing trees in the metaverse that actually sequester carbon in real life. Example: www.carbonized.xyz
Usability
To help grow our community and support thriving ecosystem we are looking for tools that enable consumers and businesses to use ReFi products more efficiently and effectively. This could look like a trading platform all the way to a community education tool. Example: Return Protocol, www.senken.io
Utility
Projects that support the carbon markets like data layers/ analytics, new trading platforms and interfaces to work with carbon credits more efficiently are incredibly valuable to our ecosystem. We want to provide building a robust set of tools and options for individuals and organizations to engage in the ReFi space. Example: Klima, Kumo (https://linktr.ee/kumo.earth)
Selection Process:
1. Apply via the typeform application below.
2. We review applications on a monthly basis.
3. If you are selected from our review, you will be invited to an interview for selection.
Toucan’s mission is to support builders who are developing projects that utilize programable carbon and are innovating for the planet. Part of this support comes in the form of equity free capital. Our grants program is designed to help early stage projects and teams get off the ground and expedite their time to market.
Our initial grant fund is supported by Coinbase Giving and supports their overarching goals outlined here.
Standard Grant
Typically $10k - $30k distributed with the following criteria and format
Grant Selection Criteria:
The following criteria and examples are meant as a framework for projects that we are excited to see and fund. If you don’t meet multiple criteria points, thats okay! we still want to talk.
Does this provide carbon project supply?
Is this bringing more supply to the market? • Early stage carbon removal projects from varying categories and methodologies Does this support projects at their earliest stage? • Is it supporting early stage carbon projects with finance, data, legal? Is this a novel carbon sequestration approach? • Is it a non-traditional category of carbon removal or avoidance that is being trialed
Does it expand Toucan Protocol utility?
Does it expand end user segments and ecosystem (access) • Does this open up access for more or new users of Toucan Protocol either directly or indirectly? • Does this support Toucan’s ecosystem of users, parters, and customers to create a stronger more vibrant and more impactful community?
Does it expand D&I in web3?
Diversity within team, solution, target market • Diversity is at the core of a healthy ecosystem. We are looking to support diverse founders with diverse projects that support a variety of user segments.
What is the impact opportunity?
What is the climate, market, and social impact? • Besides bringing more supply to the market, we look closely at what the real world impacts and implications of your project are as well as the scope of the market size and what other social good can be provide outside of climate impact.
Examples of Projects We Fund
Carbon Supply
Carbon offset projects and CDR (carbon dioxide removal) demand significantly outweighs the supply and the most important and time sensitive work that needs to be done is to support the supply side of the market. We are looking to fund new carbon project developers at the earliest stage, this includes: Forest, soil, biomass, ocean, mineralization, and DAC projects all over the world. We also support projects that enable farmers, land owners and local communities to produce, protect and create more projects. Examples: www.runningtide.com puro.earth www.purprojet.com droneseed.com
Planet positive NFT projects / Games / Metaverse
Projects that support offsetting, building with carbon for most importantly sequestering carbon with no offsetting involved. There are numerous ways to adapt programmable carbon into play-to-earn games as well as creative ways to integrate real life carbon into the metaverse. Imagine growing trees in the metaverse that actually sequester carbon in real life. Example: www.carbonized.xyz
Usability
To help grow our community and support thriving ecosystem we are looking for tools that enable consumers and businesses to use ReFi products more efficiently and effectively. This could look like a trading platform all the way to a community education tool. Example: Return Protocol, www.senken.io
Utility
Projects that support the carbon markets like data layers/ analytics, new trading platforms and interfaces to work with carbon credits more efficiently are incredibly valuable to our ecosystem. We want to provide building a robust set of tools and options for individuals and organizations to engage in the ReFi space. Example: Klima, Kumo (https://linktr.ee/kumo.earth)
Selection Process:
1. Apply via the typeform application below.
2. We review applications on a monthly basis.
3. If you are selected from our review, you will be invited to an interview for selection.