Flow State is a digital coop and impact funding platform that makes public good contributions more sustainable.
We’re focused on two big ideas:
- Streaming allocation mechanisms - Using the full potential of programmable money to deliver continuous funding where and when needed
- Digital cooperative legal structure - Combining a traditional legal structure with web3 rails to reward impact creators and funders with rights to the org’s future cash flows (in a transparent, compliant way—👋, Gensler)
Our flagship product, Streaming Quadratic Funding (SQF), brings the free-rider-incentive-busting quadratic funding mechanism to a real-time, continuous form. With SQF...
- Public good builders earn sustainable funding by delivering on their mission—fewer distractions hunting/shilling grants and more focus on growing impact and cultivating long-term supporter relationships.
- Donors make high-conviction funding decisions where and when they find something they care about rather than in chaotic, time-constrained voting periods. Think of it like a QF-supercharged Patreon where supporters are actively enabling future value creation rather than providing one-off charity.
- Ecosystems attract, retain, and amplify talent. No one likes funding uncertainty, administrative delays, or capital inefficiency. Streaming grants are a competitive advantage on both sides of the impact funding equation.
Background
SQF was initiated as a feature for/by the Geo Web with support from Superfluid and Gitcoin Allo. The community response convinced us to pursue the ideas introduced in the pilot as a stand-alone project. Our core team of contributors includes:
- Graven Prest - Product & Operations
- Gary Sheng - Community & Business Development
- Stefano De Berardinis - Engineering
- Xian Zheng - Engineering
We’re public goods builders through and through. We know the struggle. We’re excited to bring our hard-earned grantee perspective, streaming funding tools, and unique legal structure to (the open-source) market and transform how public goods are funded and built.
What We’ve Been Working On
- A no-code interface for configuring and managing SQF rounds (think Grants Stack for streaming grants)
- Allo-integrated grantee applications and round operator review
- A new, scalable SQF donation UI
- Custom-generated Farcaster Frames for grantees (with live matching multiplier calculation)
- Supporting multiple onchain voter eligibility methods
- Our digital coop structure
- Superfluid-integrated patronage distributions
- Transparent incentives for member funders, grantees, and ecosystems
- Soon-to-launch SQF rounds with select partners
- Designs for streaming quadratic voting, direct streaming grants, and more!