Summary
As part of the VDP-54 governance process, we have requested that each strategic contributor provide a memo outlining their interest in VitaDAO and how they see their participation both financial and otherwise.
Below please find the submission from BeakerDAO
Who are you? What is the size of your proposed capital contribution?
In exchange for VITA governance tokens, Beaker DAO LLC (“Beaker” or “Beaker DAO”) proposes to contribute $75,000 as well as the DAO’s community support, knowledge, and expertise in the DeSci space.
Mission
Please describe for us, your view of the longevity and healthspan field, and how you perceive VitaDAO’s role in it.
As one of the foremost longevity and healthspan DeSci organizations, VitaDAO is poised to revolutionize the space by funding and advancing longevity research and development and drug discovery. Beaker DAO seeks to promote the efforts of VitaDAO in the broader scientific community and encourage conversation and collaboration in Beaker DAO’s shared space. Beaker DAO, as a premier community of scientists, project founders, researchers, and science enthusiasts sees an opportunity for a new and promising collaboration with VitaDAO that aligns well with Beaker’s community values and investment strategy.
Your Context
Why does your organization have an interest in this field? How does your organization see itself participating to advance the field?
Beaker DAO’s mission is to build the largest and highest quality community of scientists, builders, and investors in the DeSci space, with the goal of creating a safe and trusted environment for collaboration. In practice, Beaker DAO members hope to educate the market about the work of DAO-supported projects and the DAO’s DeSci community members, thereby advancing the speed of scientific progress.
Your Thesis
What is your interest in VitaDAO? How do we fit into your operational thesis?
Beaker DAO’s members range from scientists to doctors to project founders and DeSci enthusiasts, and the DAO is supported by service provider Tribute Labs, Inc. VitaDAO fits well within Beaker DAO’s vision of a community to contribute to and promote scientific progress. Beaker DAO is composed of individuals passionate about contributing and building in areas like emerging biotech DAOs, service DAOs, and software and infrastructure supporting the DeSci movement.
How do you plan to support VitaDAO, beyond your capital contribution?
BeakerDAO plans to contribute in the following ways:
- access to dealflow Yes
- ability to support incubation and commercialization efforts of the intellectual property (IP) Yes
- ability to raise awareness for our mission and grow our community Yes
- Other
Beaker DAO’s strong community of passionate scientists, researchers, doctors, project founders, builders and investors in the DeSci space are able to highlight VitaDAO’s mission and support VitaDAO’s community.
Participation plan
Explain how you plan to participate in VitaDAO. Will you participate in governance (token-based voting)? Do you plan to allocate resources to working inside our working groups? Do you have your own initiatives that you feel would bring value to VitaDAO?
- participating in governance (token-based voting on proposals) Yes
- participating in governance (discussions and revisions of proposals) Possibly
- allocating resources to working inside our working groups Possibly
- Other
Beaker DAO’s participation plan is still a work in progress. The extent to which the DAO will be participating in VitaDAO is an ongoing discussion as we work to establish who will represent Beaker DAO within the VitaDAO community.
[Suggested representative: Dr. Dhiveshan Govender]