Documentation
Below you can find the main resources and materials produced so far in the Regen Funding Support (RFS) journey:
- 📘 Regen Funding Support Handbook — financed by Regen Network (current sponsor).
- 📝 First iteration report — funded by Regen Tokenomics DAO.
- 🎤 Presentation of second iteration — funded by Regen Network Development.
- 🧩 Process & workflow draft (Notion) — early design and experimentation notes.
- 🎥 Video recording — First Regenerative Funding Meetup (Catalunya).
- 🎧 Audio recording — Second Regenerative Funding Meetup (Catalunya) (video unavailable due to connection issues).
- 🎥 Video recording — Third Regenerative Funding Meetup (Catalunya)
Project Evolution
Regen Funding Support (RFS) began in October 2024 and has evolved significantly since its inception.
The initiative was initially incubated by Commons Agency — a systems design and research collective — and is now being fully stewarded by ReFi Barcelona, a worker cooperative that will continue the work.
Early development was funded first by Regen Network Tokenomics DAO (≈1.2k € — report here) and later by Regen Network Development PBC (≈7k € — presentation here).
This relationship and co-design process continues, and Regen Network remains a sponsor for 2025.
The initial concept — the Regen Fundraising Open Dashboard — aimed to connect funders, regenerative projects, and fundraisers in one global platform.
Testing showed this approach was ineffective at a global scale: the funding landscape is too diverse and dynamic for a single centralized system to serve all stakeholders well.
The project then pivoted to a local-first model: Regen Funding Support now focuses on empowering regenerative projects and hubs directly, helping them:
- understand and articulate their funding needs,
- access and curate relevant opportunities,
- and connect with aligned networks.
We produced a 40-page handbook and a simple first website.
Our research showed that effective funding intelligence must be locally stewarded — no single global platform can keep up with the diversity of opportunities across regions and regenerative fields (agriculture, watershed restoration, renewable energy, etc.) without major, ongoing resources.
Current Research Questions
- What processes most effectively enable local nodes to autonomously discover and access regenerative funding opportunities?
- Which tools best support these nodes in managing, curating, and sharing funding intelligence?
- What collaborative practices foster effective and sustainable cooperation between nodes?
- How can decentralized knowledge-sharing scale support across diverse bioregions and thematic areas?