Climate Biotech Fireside Chat: New Funding and Innovation Models in Biotech: Combining Blockchain and Decentralized Coordination

​We’re thrilled to welcome Albert Anis for a discussion about climate biotech. For as long as there’s been a Homeworld Collective, there has also been ValleyDAO, which Albert founded in 2021. Albert is a great mix of biologist, community organizer, crypto degen and entrepreneur: 

​Albert is the Founding Steward at ValleyDAO which is the world’s first innovation ecosystem that uses blockchain to orchestrate community funding and translation of climate synthetic biology research.

​ValleyDAO is built on the idea that biology is developing alongside our concepts of money, law and governance. Cryptocurrencies, now part of the global discourse of a decade now, have been a source of lofty dreams, a few big wins and a sea of scams. Unflinchingly reviewing the failures can help us focus on the massive potential, especially as the traditional sources of scientific funding become uncertain.

​ValleyDAO (DAO = Decentralized Autonomous Organization) has been crypto-native since its inception, and by doing so has pioneered a vibrant online community via a discord and directly funded real researchers doing real work in biotech.