Flow State is a streaming funding platform & digital coop that makes working for and investing in the public good 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 invest in 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.

Team

• Graven Prest - Product & Operations
• Gary Sheng - Community & Business Development
• Stefano De Berardinis - Engineering

Flow State Updates

• Our first partner-led SQF round is launching on October 24th and running through January 1! It's sponsored by Octant with 15 ETH (with additional matching funders to be announced). The grantees will be graduates of Octant's new Accelerator Program. The Accelerator's focus is all about finding sustainability as a public goods builder, so SQF is a perfect fit!
• Our second partner-led SQF round is already funded for $40k and will launch this fall. More details to be announced soon!
• We've completed work on our no-code management platform for SQF rounds. We'll open it up for permissionless use soon, but until then drop us a message, if you're interested in running a round.
• We finalized the legal & governance structure of our digital cooperative. If you're interested in learning more about becoming a member and earning patronage for funding and building public goods, hit us up.
• We're in education mode, teaching new grantees and prospective round funders about streaming grants. More rounds will be launching soon!