Grant Proposal: Collab Universe

Grant ID: 86851fqx5

Summary:

With respect to contract management across a variety of sectors, we help to digitise contracts, make them modular & flexible, capable of hosting files & media, and we facilitate payments so that creators, industry professionals and businesses can manage this in one convenient place.

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Describe what your project does or is aiming to do in 50 characters or less:
Collab Universe is an entertainment and tech company managing content, digital contracts and payments across the film, music, art and literary divisions (creators, companies and industry professionals). We are presently expanding into other sectors to capture more of the global payments & contract management market.

If available, please enter a link to your project below:
https://collabuniveres.com

How far along are you?:
We have launched with revenue, users and traction.

Why did you pick this idea to work on? Do you have domain expertise in this area? How do you know people need what you’re making?:
Due to domain expertise in the entertainment industry (music, film, literary) and SME in the area of full-stack web development. There are marked delays & inefficiencies due to cheques and wire transfers dominating global and international media markets.

What’s new about what you’re making? What substitutes do people resort to because it doesn’t exist yet (or they don’t know about it)?:
All-in-one payment & contracts solution revitalises the intersection of tech, media & finance, makes people more productive and more profitable.

What’s your vision for how your project will impact The Graph and/or web3?:
Transform The Graph into a platform that also regulates contract protocol for the entertainment industry & indexes our contracts on its Blockchain.

How will you measure success?:
We will measure success in terms of daily transaction volume increases after our Collab features are implemented

What milestones will you achieve in the coming weeks/months, with or without the grant?:
Scale to our first 10,000 users, increase revenue on in-app transactions.

Please select who you think will benefit from your project?:
Other

How much funding are you looking for? (USD):
20000

Provide a breakdown of your requested funding:
$5000 Coinbase API integration
$5000 digital products marketplace
$5000 The Graph & Collab Universe integration (blockchain, contract indexing)

Have you applied for (or already received) funding from somewhere else?:
No

If yes, please describe where you’ve received funding from and how much you have, or will, receive:
N/A

Can you share any information about current/past web3 experience?:
collabuniverse.com has launched ERC-20 CLLB tokens that are selling via https://tokens.collabuniverse.com (exchangeable for ETH, USDC and USDT)

Why are you interested in contributing to The Graph and/or web3?:
Interested in indexing data, using The Graph to index contract & blockchain data. We can also use The Graph to index payment information for users in our application.

Are you applying as a team or individual?:
Team

What type of grant are you pursuing?:
Long-term (continuous)

Please select the category your project best fits into:
Other




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Hello, looking through your grant proposal, I’m getting the impression that this is a business venture and not in line with the values of a community grant
Rather you should apply to
The Graph: Grants Application for this as it’s not a community grant

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Upon reviewing the grant proposal, the majority of the Graph AdvocatesDAO grants committee has determined that it does not align with the scope of community grants managed by the AdvocatesDAO. As a result, the review of this grant will be discontinued.

We encourage you to visit the link shared by @temitopeohassan to explore grant opportunities offered by the Graph Foundation.

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