This article dives into the top Investment DAOs, their Pros, Cons and rationale for joining. We give each Investment DAO a joinability score based on the contributions per member, and proceed to take a deep dive into what key traits are differentiating each Investment DAO.

• Global Coin Research

  • Type: Media, Investment

  • Members: 6284

  • AUM: $4,800,000

  • Pros:

    Benefits come from different membership Tiers: Verified, Pioneer, Gold, Gold PRO

    1. For any deal flow presented to the GCR community, every member has a choice. They can decide to invest if they want to, or pass. This is very different from the ‘pooling capital’ approach most Investment DAOs take. This means each member has the chance to invest in each deal individually. Process outlined here (https://globalcoinresearch.com/faq/#:\~:text=You will need 100 %24GCR to join.)

    2. The GCR Community is comprised of: Angels, VCs, technologists, executives in the crypto space

    3. Small number of members maximizes contribution potential. The community is not too big.

    4. Free to join!

    5. Writers and contributors are incentivized by earning $GCR tokens → GCR Media Mining

  • Cons:

    1. Free membership reduces value of gated community (for verified members)

  • Entry Fee:

    • Verified: Free to Join Pionner: 100 $GCR Gold: 700 $GCR Gold PRO: 2000 $GCR

    • More Important Logistics Questions Listed [here](https://globalcoinresearch.com/faq/#:\~:text=You will need 100 %24GCR to join)

• Alliance DAO

  • Type: Investment

  • Members: 410

  • AUM: -

  • Pros:

    1. 9 week incubation program. Worked with 84 startups, 170+ founders

    2. Mentor community of 120+

    3. Small number of members maximizes contribution potential

    4. Provides Deal Flow by intros to DeFi Alliance founders and invitations to Demo Days

    5. Service Opportunities and Network creation opportunities come with membership

  • Cons:

    1. Have to apply thru google form, no clear indication of entry fee requirements

  • Entry Fee: Unclear

• Stacker Ventures

  • Type: Investment, DeFi

  • Members: 1400

  • AUM: $7,289,450

  • Pros:

    1. Stacker Ventures creates decentralized funds under the venture capital framework.

    2. Funds are managed by institutional investors at Stacker VC

    3. Their Venture Fund 2 (currently open) has only 365 members, so there is great potential for contribution. Raised 5M so far

    4. There is a hard cap at 1200 WETH

  • Cons:

    1. Lack of clarity on joining requirements/expectations

  • Entry Fee: Unclear

• Seed Club

  • Type: Investment, Incubation

  • Members: 8812

  • AUM: $15,000,000

  • Pros:

    1. Backed over 30 projects inclusing KrauseHouse, Cabin, Forefront and Poolsuite

    2. Focuses on incubation activities with its purposedfully designed accelerator

    3. Have a Studio for launching Tokenized communities in web3

    4. Has 8399 Discord members

  • Cons:

    1. Launched membership to DAO through $CLUB token, it seems token sales for CLUB have ended.

  • Entry Fee: No Longer Accepting New Members

• BitDAO

  • Type: Investment, DeFi, Education

  • Members: 18900

  • AUM: $1,335,655,605

  • Pros:

    1. Massive treasury, one of the leading investment DAOs in the space

    2. Over 650M allocated to projects

    3. Supported by Peter Thiel , Jump Capital, Pantera Capital and Alameda Research

    4. Ease to join, $BIT is actively traded

  • Cons:

    1. With its big number of members, expected contribution to BitDAO is lower than other DAOs.

  • Entry Fee: $0.5/Token, have to own minimum 1 token to enter.

• The LAO

  • Type: Investment, Legal, NFTs

  • Members: 141

  • AUM: $26,966,481.57

  • Pros:

    1. Ethereum ecosystem based

    2. Accepts only US accredited investors

    3. Requires KYC!

  • Cons:

    1. Very selective entry requirements

  • Entry Fee: 375 ETH → $550,247

• Ready Player DAO

  • Type: Investment

  • Members: 56

  • AUM: $3,088,011.29

  • Pros:

    1. Investment DAO dedicated to players. Players are in charge

    2. Raised 10,000 ETH so far

    3. Web3 Gaming focused

    4. Asking for KYC validation before joining

    5. Initially up to 29 members

  • Cons: DAO is still in development

  • Entry Fee: Each member can purchase 5,000 Ready Player DAO units for 35.712 ETH (up to 200,000 units for 1,428.48 ETH).

• Spaceship DAO

  • Type: Investment

  • Members: 56

  • AUM: $1,429,610

  • Pros:

    1. Intended to have 99 initial members.

    2. Each member can purchase up to 30ETH

    3. Select community based on entry ticket

    4. They ask for KYC validation

  • Cons: Entry fee is too high for me

  • Entry Fee: 10 ETH → $14,673

• MetaCartel

  • Type: Investment

  • Members: 159

  • AUM: $6,900,000

  • Pros:

    1. Community of senior VCs, founders of popular protocols.

    2. Investments decided on by “mages”

  • Cons: It is not possible to join them at this time. They seem to be closed off to newcomers. They are looking to invest, not onboard new people.

  • Entry Fee: Not accepting new members

• DxDAO / DxVentures

  • Type: Incubation

  • Members: 529

  • AUM: $64,400,000

  • Pros:

    1. Incubator for DeFi projects. This Investment DAO is sector-specific.

    2. Small number of members means higher monetary contribution per member while also maximizing chances of useful contribution

    3. Interesting partnerships with Gnosis, Arbitrum and DAO Stack

    4. Community is free to join

  • Cons:

    1. Unclear joining requirements/interactivity expectations

    2. Voting infrastructure handled thru private dApp. currently in development.

  • Entry Fee: Unclear

• The analysis above represents the top ten Investment DAOs, their Pros and Cons as well as their entry fee. When looking for an Investment DAO to join it is important to ask yourself the following questions:

  • What kind of value you want to provide for that DAO?

  • In what capacity am I able to provide this value?

  • What are my expectations when joining an Investment DAO?

  • How big is this DAO? Will my contribution be significant?

  • How much money am I willing to invest to join a DAO?

After carefully thinking about these questions, I have applied this framework to organize my selection based on the value I can provide and the value I want to get:

• What kind of value you want to provide for that DAO?

  • Market Research - Market Reports

  • Diligence work - Token writeups

  • Thesis Creation - Investment Thesis writing

  • Article writing

  • Connections to my personal network: University entrepreneurship, Republic VFA, Dorm Room Fund, GenZ VCs

• In what capacity am I able to provide this value?

  • Given I’m a full time student, I will be able to provide this value in a part-time capacity. Ideally at or below 10 hours per week.

• What are my expectations when joining an Investment DAO?

  • Growing my network

  • Getting hands-on experience talking to founders, discussing deals and evaluating opportunities

  • Getting access to select deal flow

  • Earning for my contributions, if possible

• Will my contribution be significant?

  • Given the type of contribution I’m able to offer, I need to look for smaller DAOs where my contributions have a larger impact on investment decisions.

• How much money am I willing to invest to join a DAO?

  • Given I am a college student, I am willing to spend at most $150 on joining an Investment DAO

Below you’ll see my top 2 Investment DAOs to join and the rationale behind this selection:

Entry Fee: Depends on Membership Tier. Allows me to start with 0$ for Verified membership, and 100$ for Pioneer Membership. Application Process: None, just need to join the Discord (Verified) or hold 100 $GCR tokens (Pioneer)

Number of Members: 742 Reasoning:

• Access to Deal Flow: For any deal flow presented to the GCR community, every member has a choice to invest.

  • They can decide to invest if they want to, or pass. This is very different from the ‘pooling capital’ approach most Investment DAOs take. This means each member has the chance to invest in each deal individually. Process outlined here (https://globalcoinresearch.com/faq/#:~:text=You will need 100 %24GCR to join.)

• Valuable Network: The GCR Community is comprised of: Angels, VCs, technologists, executives in the crypto space

• Big Contributions: Small number of members maximizes contribution potential. The community is not too big.

• Entry Fee: This community is free to join and has no application process! Can invest 100$ to gain access to more interaction with GCR.

Earning Potential: Writers and contributors are incentivized by earning $GCR tokens → GCR Media Mining. This is the most compelling value proposition for me as an aspiring Venture Analyst, since it helps me get exposure as a thought proponent and it helps me earn extra tokens on the side!

Entry Fee: Unclear Application Process: Submission of Google Form

Number of Members: 410 Reasoning:

• Alliance DAO is one of the premier incubation DAOs in the space.

• They have a small number of members, which maximizes contribution and exposure potential as a member.

• Alliance DAO has a remarkable portfolio of alumni protocols such as DyDx, 0x, Synthetix, Paraswap.

• Alliance DAO has partnerships with key players in the L1 space: Polkadot, Polygon, Arbitrum, Solana, Filecoin, Chainlink, Avalanche, etc.

• Finally, Alliance DAO is boasting a strong mentor network including Anatoly Yakovenko (Founder, Solana), Sandeep Nailwal (COO, Polygon), Stani Kulechov (Founder, Aave), Daniel Robinson (Head of Research, Paradigm)

• Their 9-week accelerator program and member-only dealflow is a strong value proposition for me to join as a Venture Analyst, since having access to proprietary deal flow is an important requirement for up and coming venture analysts.

As an aspiring Venture Analyst, the value of the Alliance DAO dealflow, network and the prestige associated with being a member of this DAO is a very compelling value proposition.

Following this framework has really helped me clarifying my expectations and the commitments I am willing to make as a DAO member.

Deciding to what DAO to join is a big step! I sincerely hope this article helps guide you inform such an important decision!

Thank you for reading,

A

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This article dives into the top Investment DAOs, their Pros, Cons and rationale for joining. We give each Investment DAO a joinability score based on the contributions per member, and proceed to take a deep dive into what key traits are differentiating each Investment DAO.

• Global Coin Research

  • Type: Media, Investment

  • Members: 6284

  • AUM: $4,800,000

  • Pros:

    Benefits come from different membership Tiers: Verified, Pioneer, Gold, Gold PRO

    1. For any deal flow presented to the GCR community, every member has a choice. They can decide to invest if they want to, or pass. This is very different from the ‘pooling capital’ approach most Investment DAOs take. This means each member has the chance to invest in each deal individually. Process outlined here (https://globalcoinresearch.com/faq/#:\~:text=You will need 100 %24GCR to join.)

    2. The GCR Community is comprised of: Angels, VCs, technologists, executives in the crypto space

    3. Small number of members maximizes contribution potential. The community is not too big.

    4. Free to join!

    5. Writers and contributors are incentivized by earning $GCR tokens → GCR Media Mining

  • Cons:

    1. Free membership reduces value of gated community (for verified members)

  • Entry Fee:

    • Verified: Free to Join Pionner: 100 $GCR Gold: 700 $GCR Gold PRO: 2000 $GCR

    • More Important Logistics Questions Listed [here](https://globalcoinresearch.com/faq/#:\~:text=You will need 100 %24GCR to join)

• Alliance DAO

  • Type: Investment

  • Members: 410

  • AUM: -

  • Pros:

    1. 9 week incubation program. Worked with 84 startups, 170+ founders

    2. Mentor community of 120+

    3. Small number of members maximizes contribution potential

    4. Provides Deal Flow by intros to DeFi Alliance founders and invitations to Demo Days

    5. Service Opportunities and Network creation opportunities come with membership

  • Cons:

    1. Have to apply thru google form, no clear indication of entry fee requirements

  • Entry Fee: Unclear

• Stacker Ventures

  • Type: Investment, DeFi

  • Members: 1400

  • AUM: $7,289,450

  • Pros:

    1. Stacker Ventures creates decentralized funds under the venture capital framework.

    2. Funds are managed by institutional investors at Stacker VC

    3. Their Venture Fund 2 (currently open) has only 365 members, so there is great potential for contribution. Raised 5M so far

    4. There is a hard cap at 1200 WETH

  • Cons:

    1. Lack of clarity on joining requirements/expectations

  • Entry Fee: Unclear

• Seed Club

  • Type: Investment, Incubation

  • Members: 8812

  • AUM: $15,000,000

  • Pros:

    1. Backed over 30 projects inclusing KrauseHouse, Cabin, Forefront and Poolsuite

    2. Focuses on incubation activities with its purposedfully designed accelerator

    3. Have a Studio for launching Tokenized communities in web3

    4. Has 8399 Discord members

  • Cons:

    1. Launched membership to DAO through $CLUB token, it seems token sales for CLUB have ended.

  • Entry Fee: No Longer Accepting New Members

• BitDAO

  • Type: Investment, DeFi, Education

  • Members: 18900

  • AUM: $1,335,655,605

  • Pros:

    1. Massive treasury, one of the leading investment DAOs in the space

    2. Over 650M allocated to projects

    3. Supported by Peter Thiel , Jump Capital, Pantera Capital and Alameda Research

    4. Ease to join, $BIT is actively traded

  • Cons:

    1. With its big number of members, expected contribution to BitDAO is lower than other DAOs.

  • Entry Fee: $0.5/Token, have to own minimum 1 token to enter.

• The LAO

  • Type: Investment, Legal, NFTs

  • Members: 141

  • AUM: $26,966,481.57

  • Pros:

    1. Ethereum ecosystem based

    2. Accepts only US accredited investors

    3. Requires KYC!

  • Cons:

    1. Very selective entry requirements

  • Entry Fee: 375 ETH → $550,247

• Ready Player DAO

  • Type: Investment

  • Members: 56

  • AUM: $3,088,011.29

  • Pros:

    1. Investment DAO dedicated to players. Players are in charge

    2. Raised 10,000 ETH so far

    3. Web3 Gaming focused

    4. Asking for KYC validation before joining

    5. Initially up to 29 members

  • Cons: DAO is still in development

  • Entry Fee: Each member can purchase 5,000 Ready Player DAO units for 35.712 ETH (up to 200,000 units for 1,428.48 ETH).

• Spaceship DAO

  • Type: Investment

  • Members: 56

  • AUM: $1,429,610

  • Pros:

    1. Intended to have 99 initial members.

    2. Each member can purchase up to 30ETH

    3. Select community based on entry ticket

    4. They ask for KYC validation

  • Cons: Entry fee is too high for me

  • Entry Fee: 10 ETH → $14,673

• MetaCartel

  • Type: Investment

  • Members: 159

  • AUM: $6,900,000

  • Pros:

    1. Community of senior VCs, founders of popular protocols.

    2. Investments decided on by “mages”

  • Cons: It is not possible to join them at this time. They seem to be closed off to newcomers. They are looking to invest, not onboard new people.

  • Entry Fee: Not accepting new members

• DxDAO / DxVentures

  • Type: Incubation

  • Members: 529

  • AUM: $64,400,000

  • Pros:

    1. Incubator for DeFi projects. This Investment DAO is sector-specific.

    2. Small number of members means higher monetary contribution per member while also maximizing chances of useful contribution

    3. Interesting partnerships with Gnosis, Arbitrum and DAO Stack

    4. Community is free to join

  • Cons:

    1. Unclear joining requirements/interactivity expectations

    2. Voting infrastructure handled thru private dApp. currently in development.

  • Entry Fee: Unclear

• The analysis above represents the top ten Investment DAOs, their Pros and Cons as well as their entry fee. When looking for an Investment DAO to join it is important to ask yourself the following questions:

  • What kind of value you want to provide for that DAO?

  • In what capacity am I able to provide this value?

  • What are my expectations when joining an Investment DAO?

  • How big is this DAO? Will my contribution be significant?

  • How much money am I willing to invest to join a DAO?

After carefully thinking about these questions, I have applied this framework to organize my selection based on the value I can provide and the value I want to get:

• What kind of value you want to provide for that DAO?

  • Market Research - Market Reports

  • Diligence work - Token writeups

  • Thesis Creation - Investment Thesis writing

  • Article writing

  • Connections to my personal network: University entrepreneurship, Republic VFA, Dorm Room Fund, GenZ VCs

• In what capacity am I able to provide this value?

  • Given I’m a full time student, I will be able to provide this value in a part-time capacity. Ideally at or below 10 hours per week.

• What are my expectations when joining an Investment DAO?

  • Growing my network

  • Getting hands-on experience talking to founders, discussing deals and evaluating opportunities

  • Getting access to select deal flow

  • Earning for my contributions, if possible

• Will my contribution be significant?

  • Given the type of contribution I’m able to offer, I need to look for smaller DAOs where my contributions have a larger impact on investment decisions.

• How much money am I willing to invest to join a DAO?

  • Given I am a college student, I am willing to spend at most $150 on joining an Investment DAO

Below you’ll see my top 2 Investment DAOs to join and the rationale behind this selection:

Entry Fee: Depends on Membership Tier. Allows me to start with 0$ for Verified membership, and 100$ for Pioneer Membership. Application Process: None, just need to join the Discord (Verified) or hold 100 $GCR tokens (Pioneer)

Number of Members: 742 Reasoning:

• Access to Deal Flow: For any deal flow presented to the GCR community, every member has a choice to invest.

  • They can decide to invest if they want to, or pass. This is very different from the ‘pooling capital’ approach most Investment DAOs take. This means each member has the chance to invest in each deal individually. Process outlined here (https://globalcoinresearch.com/faq/#:~:text=You will need 100 %24GCR to join.)

• Valuable Network: The GCR Community is comprised of: Angels, VCs, technologists, executives in the crypto space

• Big Contributions: Small number of members maximizes contribution potential. The community is not too big.

• Entry Fee: This community is free to join and has no application process! Can invest 100$ to gain access to more interaction with GCR.

Earning Potential: Writers and contributors are incentivized by earning $GCR tokens → GCR Media Mining. This is the most compelling value proposition for me as an aspiring Venture Analyst, since it helps me get exposure as a thought proponent and it helps me earn extra tokens on the side!

Entry Fee: Unclear Application Process: Submission of Google Form

Number of Members: 410 Reasoning:

• Alliance DAO is one of the premier incubation DAOs in the space.

• They have a small number of members, which maximizes contribution and exposure potential as a member.

• Alliance DAO has a remarkable portfolio of alumni protocols such as DyDx, 0x, Synthetix, Paraswap.

• Alliance DAO has partnerships with key players in the L1 space: Polkadot, Polygon, Arbitrum, Solana, Filecoin, Chainlink, Avalanche, etc.

• Finally, Alliance DAO is boasting a strong mentor network including Anatoly Yakovenko (Founder, Solana), Sandeep Nailwal (COO, Polygon), Stani Kulechov (Founder, Aave), Daniel Robinson (Head of Research, Paradigm)

• Their 9-week accelerator program and member-only dealflow is a strong value proposition for me to join as a Venture Analyst, since having access to proprietary deal flow is an important requirement for up and coming venture analysts.

As an aspiring Venture Analyst, the value of the Alliance DAO dealflow, network and the prestige associated with being a member of this DAO is a very compelling value proposition.

Following this framework has really helped me clarifying my expectations and the commitments I am willing to make as a DAO member.

Deciding to what DAO to join is a big step! I sincerely hope this article helps guide you inform such an important decision!

Thank you for reading,

A

1. Subscribe for more

2. Follow me on Twitter

3. Connect with me on Linkedin

4. Reach out with any questions/feedback!

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The Content is for informational purposes only, you should not construe any such information or other material as legal, tax, investment, financial, or other advice. Nothing contained on this site constitutes a solicitation, recommendation, endorsement, or offer by me or any third party service provider to buy or sell any securities or other financial instruments in this or in in any other jurisdiction in which such solicitation or offer would be unlawful under the securities laws of such jurisdiction.