No VCs, no ads — just builders getting paid directly for the work you already rely on.
at.fund — We can just pay for things
No VCs, no ads — just builders getting paid directly for the work you already rely on.
Nobody pays for open source. We can force them to. | Seldo.com
Thirty years of voluntary funding schemes haven't paid open source maintainers because asking doesn't scale. The real money already flows — to JFrog, Docker, Sonatype — at the registry layer. The fix: registries charge companies for supply (they already do), then route a slice automatically to the maintainers who make that supply worth having.
“Pricing Profitable Projects,” an article by Dan Mall
Make it work for them and you—in that order.
Marque Fund - Open Collective
A fund that sponsors non-profits, open-source projects, and more with a domain of their own.
OpenVC | Find investors for your startup — raise for free.
Browse 16,000+ investors on OpenVC — the best fundraising platform for startups. Send decks, get replies, and secure capital. All for free.
Highline Beta | Corporate Venture Studios & Venture Building
We build ventures and venture studios with corporate partners and family offices through rigorous process, entrepreneurial grit, and capital.
UK Horizons: FRC — Renaissance Philanthropy – A brighter future for all through science, technology, and innovation
Successful coordinated research programmes, like those at ARPAs, have often resulted from exceptional contractors. Many of the best contractors leveraged organisational models uncommon in academia or VC-funded startups. They combined technical ambition, a willingness to build real technology for actual users, and flexible management structures all under one roof to tackle ambitious R&D problems which made the programs a success. These organisations were driven by the pursuit of an ambitious North Star technical vision, not revenue-maximisation. And they pursued this vision with a mix of contracts and grants. We call organisations that do this Frontier Research Contractors (FRCs). Two of ARPA’s most impactful programmes, the original internet and autonomous vehicle projects, were both led by FRCs. FRCs are also often referred to as 'BBNs' by researchers, inspired by the early internet (ARPAnet) contractor, Bolt, Beranek & Newman.
StratosFund (@stratosfund.at)
Funding for open source projects in the Atmosphere! Help bring your most requested features to life! stratosfund.at
Introducing stratosfund.at! A new funding model to help open source projects in the #Atmosphere get PAID to bring your most requested features to life. 🤑💸💰 Let your favorite apps know what features you want most and how much you would pay if they build them. 📣 Join today! 1/2
StratosFund - Fund open source projects in the Atmosphere
stratosfund.atFully agree that it needs to be easier for builders to get paid 🪙 so we integrated @at.fund! We detect if you have your @at.fund setup and if so, we'll show a "❤️ Support this builder" badge in your ID card. Example: sifa.id/p/taurean.bryant.land @taurean.bryant.land 👇 We can just build things! 🏗️👷
Andy Schwab
My takeaway from Atmosphere: it needs to be WAY easier for builders to get paid So I built at.fund at.fund detects the tools you use, and tells you how to fund the builders who make those tools. And if you're a builder, it takes seconds to add records to that tell your users how to fund you 👍
at.fund
novel funding mechanisms
funding models that doesn't depend on VC. funding models that keep things accessible and open but yet provide enough incentive for people to pay
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The Real Reason that Substack is Collapsing
