Background:

The EthColombia Quadratic Funding round was run in conjunction with Devcon V in Bogota, Colombia.

This was the biggest QF round to be run, with $290,000+ allocated to projects working on Public Goods and an ATH contributor count of nearly 6,000! The allocation of funds was determined by votes from the community. Voting was open to anyone who verified their ID via BrightID, with individuals required to contribute a sum above US$1.

Voting process:

This round was open to everyone. Anyone with a wallet could participate in this round.

Details:

QF round timelines Launch date
Smart contracts Live, Website live Sept 19
Website open to project application Sept 22
Sign up deadline Oct 14
Applicant KYC Oct 15 - Nov 4
Voting Nov 7 - Nov 20
Tallying, results announced Nov 21 - Nov 29
Fund allocation / claims open Nov 30

Project application criteria:

✅ Project focused on, and benefits LatAm Public Goods

✅ Must have raised under $$1M in funding

✅ Application submitted by someone in a leadership role

✅ Eth savvy (will be able to off ramp)

⛔ Not taking in projects with tokens

⛔ No scams

⛔ No clones

Voting process:

Results recap

Projects: Project applications: 114 Approved by judges: 58 (Approx. 51% approval rate) KYC docs sent and application approved: 39 (67% of approved applicants responded) No response to KYC doc request: 19

Contributors: Total contributions: $292,300 DAI