DeepFunding- Case Study

DeepFunding- Case Study

Apr 9, 2025

CASE STUDY

SingularityNET’s Decentralized Grant Allocation with Swae

BACKGROUND

SingularityNET is a leading decentralized AI marketplace and blockchain-based organization that enables AI developers to share and monetize their services. As part of its mission to foster innovation and ecosystem growth, SingularityNET operates a quarterly decentralized grant-making program, allocating approximately $1 million in its native token (AGI) per funding cycle to AI and blockchain projects.

However, like many Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs), SingularityNET faced challenges in managing decision-making at scale. The existing process for grant allocation and governance relied on multiple disconnected platforms—Discord for discussions, Discourse for forum-based deliberations, and Snapshot for voting. This fragmented approach led to inefficiencies, lack of engagement, and difficulties in tracking ideas, proposals, and voting outcomes.

 

The Challenge

SingularityNET needed a more structured and efficient way to:

Gather and evaluate grant proposals from its global community.

Reduce platform fatigue by consolidating discussions, refinements, and voting in a single interface.

Facilitate transparent, merit-based decision-making through structured deliberation.

Improve community engagement by simplifying participation in governance.

The Swae Solution

Swae, a platform designed to simplify collective decision-making for DAOs, was adopted by SingularityNET to streamline its grant identification and decision-making process. Swae provided an all-in-one interface for:

Proposal Submission – Community members submitted grant proposals directly on Swae.

Collaborative Improvement – Other members commented, refined, and improved proposals through structured debate.

Transparent Voting – The improved proposals were upvoted and reviewed collectively before final approval.

End-to-End Governance – All aspects of the process—from ideation to funding decisions—were conducted within one unified platform, eliminating the need for multiple governance tools.

Collaborative, creative and clear

Impact and Results

By using Swae, SingularityNET was able to:

Increase community participation by making proposal submission and evaluation more accessible.

Eliminate governance inefficiencies by reducing dependency on multiple tools (Discord, Discourse, Snapshot).

Improve decision quality through collaborative edits and refinements, ensuring that the most well-thought-out ideas received funding.

Allocate $1M in grants more effectively, empowering AI and blockchain innovators with transparent and community-driven decision-making.

Next Steps:

Beyond Grants to Full Decentralization

Following the successful implementation of Swae in its grant-making process, SingularityNET is now exploring how to use Swae for decentralized organizational decision-making. This transition would enable progressive decentralization of key governance functions—allowing stakeholders to have greater influence over strategic decisions, treasury management, and long-term ecosystem development.

Conclusion

Swae has proven to be a game-changer for SingularityNET, demonstrating how structured ideation, collaboration, and voting can dramatically improve governance in DAOs. By replacing fragmented systems with a single, transparent decision-making tool, SingularityNET has set a new standard for decentralized grant funding—and is now poised to expand this approach to full organizational governance.

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SMARTER REMOTE MEETINGS

INNOVATION & IDEA MANAGEMENT

DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION

EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT

DeepFunding- Case Study

Climate Call- Case Study

Feb 24, 2025

CASE STUDIES

Climate Call

We believe that climate solutions are most effective when they are designed by passionate people from around the world. On Climate Call, you can propose new approaches to address the climate crisis, collaborate with peers, and vote for the most promising ideas.

CUSTOMIZED DESIGN

Ignite a culture of continuous innovation, even when employees are remote

Swae’s bottom-up ideation is a repeatable process that continuously surfaces great strategy. Helps your organization achieve its’  goals by allowing intelligence to move up and down the hierarchy freely, with only the strongest ideas garnering the acceptance to go to market.

Listen to and collect more employee ideas

 Eliminate silo’s and overcome barriers to sourcing 
 Build a rich innovation pipeline

Align your organization towards strategic goals

CHALLENGES

An efficient, systematic approach to collaborating & cultivating solutions remotely

Eliminate top-down bureaucratic processes and leverage your whole workforce under one platform. Swae ensures the right ideas move forward so you can transform those breakthrough ideas into results.

Empower your people with transparency

Recognize top talent

 Track metrics and progress reports in real time
Develop, prioritize and decide, all in one place

AI ASSISTED PROPOSAL

An efficient, systematic approach to collaborating & cultivating solutions remotely

Eliminate top-down bureaucratic processes and leverage your whole workforce under one platform. Swae ensures the right ideas move forward so you can transform those breakthrough ideas into results.

Empower your people with transparency

Recognize top talent

 Track metrics and progress reports in real time
Develop, prioritize and decide, all in one place

IDEAS

Ignite a culture of continuous innovation, even when employees are remote

Swae’s bottom-up ideation is a repeatable process that continuously surfaces great strategy. Helps your organization achieve its’  goals by allowing intelligence to move up and down the hierarchy freely, with only the strongest ideas garnering the acceptance to go to market.

Listen to and collect more employee ideas

 Eliminate silo’s and overcome barriers to sourcing 
 Build a rich innovation pipeline

Align your organization towards strategic goals

INSIGHTS & ANALYTICS

Ignite a culture of continuous innovation, even when employees are remote

Swae’s bottom-up ideation is a repeatable process that continuously surfaces great strategy. Helps your organization achieve its’  goals by allowing intelligence to move up and down the hierarchy freely, with only the strongest ideas garnering the acceptance to go to market.

Listen to and collect more employee ideas

 Eliminate silo’s and overcome barriers to sourcing 
 Build a rich innovation pipeline

Align your organization towards strategic goals

Swae is your trusted and secure choice for engaging your remote workforce

Engage your remote workers with a fully digital solution for smart listening for ground breaking ideation, all while being protected by enterprise-grade security. 

Demonstrate accountability
Tackle disengagement
Embrace a transparent digital solution
Foster trust

Explore more ways to use Swae

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SMARTER REMOTE MEETINGS

INNOVATION & IDEA MANAGEMENT

DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION

EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT

DAOs & Decentralised Governance

Feb 21, 2022

Swae for DAOs & Decentralized governance

Smarter DAOs use decentralized decision making tools 

Stakeholders want a voice in decision making and transparency in how decisions are made. Swae helps innovative DAOs listen to these needs so they can reap the rewards of good ideas.

Try Swae for free
Decentralized Organizations
Crypto & DeFi
Member Owned Communities
Blockchain & NFT

The simple way, is the smart way

The old way

A complex, disconnected, multi-faceted approach

The Swae way

A single & transparent source of truth

• Complex Process
• Data easily lost
• Uncertain Traceability
• Confusing Accountability
• Uncertain levels of Trust

• Streamlined Process
• Actionable Outcomes
• Traceable Accountability
• High Participation
• High Trust
• High Inclusivity

Engaging members transparently
is more important than ever 

Swae’s platform and Proposal development system can significantly improve the inefficiencies and poor user experience associated with raising, deliberating, and voting on Proposals using traditional tools like Discord, Discourse, Tally, Snapshot, Forums and the like.

Swae has a very streamlined and accessible format for Proposals that invites users to table ideas, and invites others to suggest edits, raise questions, point out any concerns and strengths, discuss and vote on the idea; all in one transparent, single source of truth.

It helps keep collective input manageable and traceable for helps you keep all your ideas well organized under various themes and challenges. 

Swae is the one decision, that can help improve every decision. 

How DAOs connect with their token holders using Swae

Grant & Funding Proposals

(Progressive Decentralization)

TOKEN HOLDER Consultations

PROPOSALS
& VOTING

Policy Creation & CHANGES

Decentralized Governance

Did you know there are 1.7M governance token holders

and 523k active voters in the DAO ecosystem

Feb 2022: Source deepdao.io

If you’re a DAO, we’re already speaking your language…

A decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) is an entity with no central leadership and work without traditional hierarchical management- that’s why we built Swae. DAOs are usually internet-native organizations, collectively owned and managed by their members, governed by a community organized around a specific set of rules, enforced with full transparency, inclusivity and accountability.

DAOs aren’t only about payment systems and other financial instruments, but reimagine how both the financial, consumer & corporate world operates.

DAOs aim to be governed by democratic or highly participatory processes, with decisions generally bring made from the bottom-up, via proposals the group proposes and votes on during a specified period.

Large blockchain-based ecosystems envision a future where groups coordinate remotely (and occasionally anonymously) irrespective of numerous social biases, relying exclusively on collaboration and decision making software.

That’s where Swae comes in….

Stay productive and aligned with all your members

Leverage the wisdom of crowds to let your members vote on the project’s roadmap and maintain governance over every proposal. 

Synthesize proposals

Align token holders around the big picture

Align on objectives

Evaluate opportunities faster

Strategize on what to invest budget into next

Reshape member expectations by transforming how they participate in complex decisions that affect them and the organization as a while.

Avoid creating policies and decisions in a vacuum

Quickly get and share important information

Evaluate and align, fast

Keep pace with the digital evolution of core DAO features

Swae is your trusted and secure partner for engaging all voices

Get productive member involvement with a fully transparent solution for trail-blazing ideas and voting on proposals, all while being protected by enterprise-grade security.

Demonstrate accountability
Tackle disengagement
Embrace a transparent digital solution
Foster Trust

Set the Mission, get decision-ready solutions

Set your token holders to task on your biggest (and smallest) challenges, and you’ll be amazed by the ideation and innovation within your municipality.

Testimonials from our partners bringing decentralized and community-led grant funding, policy creation, and governance to life with Swae

Swae Partners with the Igarapé Institute and the UN launching a global digital consultation to strengthen international cooperation.

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“Swae is a critical platform to take these kinds of debates to the next level. Swae will not just help develop new ideas, it will also ensure a high degree of diversity and inclusion in the consultation itself.”

Robert Muggah

Founder, Igarape Institute

“Swae offers the possibility of bringing together representatives at different geographic locations. Moreover, Swae helps by supporting the collective, transparent, and anonymous discussion of CCL-related ideas among all representatives.”

Dr. Iván S. Razo-Zapata

COCOA Collaborative Innovation BV

Swae’s platform was used by Adapt Chile in a digital consultation engaging the Chilean Network of Municipalities on 6 new pillars of Chilean Climate Change Law.

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Swae helped the Bosch Alumni Network use past awardees to crowdsource due diligence and determine future project funding.

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“It had a clear signal to the community, this is what we need.
We want to have decisions that involve the perspectives of the community.”

Darius Polak

Managing Director

Bosch International Alumni Centre

Remote Working & Collaboration

Sep 23, 2021

Swae for REMOTE WORKING & COLLABORATION

Sourcing ideas for smart decision-making, no matter where you live

Work from anywhere with Swae. With all your ideation and decision-making tools in one place, your teams can stay productive no matter when and where they’re working. 

Try Swae for free
For Innovation Managers
For COOs
For People Leaders
For Employees

Did you know that a staggering 82% of company leaders will allow employees to work from home at least part-time, even after the pandemic ends?

Engaging your remote workers is more important than ever 

Give your remote workers a meaningful voice

and reap the rewards

 Smart people leaders who engage their remote workers with efficient ideation and  collaboration tools experience:

3x

more engaged in their work.

3x

more likely to share market ready ideas with colleagues and managers.

2.6x

more likely to remain in their role for over 1 year.

2x

less likely to be absent, than employees who are disengaged.

66%

more productive than employees who are disengaged.

How organizations use Swae for remote work and collaboration

Strategic Planning

Employee Feedback

Innovation Challenges

Stakeholder Feedback

Swae works

Invest in Swae for remote innovation management and ideation

Wisdom within your workforce

%

…say Swae helped them convey ideas better that other collaboration platforms they’d used or have access to

Tackle costly disengagement

%

…report Swae increased their engagement, motivation and happiness by helping them have a meaningful voice in decisions

Stay competitive & avoid disruption

%

…believe Swae surfaced ideas that would not have otherwise surfaced [using other tools or processes]

Easy collaboration for remote teams

%

…say Swae made collaboration easier, and sharing ideas more accessible in their whole community

Ignite a culture of continuous innovation, even when employees are remote

Swae’s bottom-up ideation is a repeatable process that continuously surfaces great strategy. Helps your organization achieve its’  goals by allowing intelligence to move up and down the hierarchy freely, with only the strongest ideas garnering the acceptance to go to market.

Listen to and collect more employee ideas

 Eliminate silo’s and overcome barriers to sourcing 
 Build a rich innovation pipeline

Align your organization towards strategic goals

An efficient, systematic approach to collaborating & cultivating solutions remotely

Eliminate top-down bureaucratic processes and leverage your whole workforce under one platform. Swae ensures the right ideas move forward so you can transform those breakthrough ideas into results.

Empower your people with transparency

Recognize top talent

 Track metrics and progress reports in real time
Develop, prioritize and decide, all in one place

Swae is your trusted and secure choice for engaging your remote workforce

Engage your remote workers with a fully digital solution for smart listening for ground breaking ideation, all while being protected by enterprise-grade security. 

Demonstrate accountability
Tackle disengagement
Embrace a transparent digital solution
Foster trust

Set the Mission, get great solutions

Set your employees to task on your biggest (and smallest) Missions, and you’ll be amazed by the ideation and innovation within your workforce.

Swae delivers direct impact

$1M+

avg. value of innovation ideas revealed over 12 months.

70%+

increase in engagement of your employees*.

$1M

direct cost saving ideas have been generated.

3 month

payback period.

25-50%

improvement in time saved by administrators managing idea generation program.

50%

improvement in sourcing investable decisions*.

Results based on aggregated findings and impacts reports from client implementations.
*Over and above other engagement tools & approaches used.

Real examples of our partners bringing innovation and idea management to life, remotely

Swae Partners with the Igarapé Institute and the UN launching a global digital consultation to strengthen international cooperation.
READ MORE >
“Swae is a critical platform to take these kinds of debates to the next level”, he added. Swae will not just help develop new ideas, it will also ensure a high degree of diversity and inclusion in the consultation itself.”

Robert Muggah

Founder, Igarape Institute

“Swae offers the possibility of bringing together representatives at different geographic locations. Moreover, Swae helps by supporting the collective, transparent, and anonymous discussion of CCL-related ideas among all representatives.”

Dr. Iván S. Razo-Zapata

COCOA Collaborative Innovation BV

Swae’s platform was used by Adapt Chile in a digital consultation engaging the Chilean Network of Municipalities on 6 new pillars of Chilean Climate Change Law.

Explore more ways to use Swae

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SMARTER REMOTE MEETINGS

INNOVATION & IDEA MANAGEMENT

DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION

EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT

Ready to tap into your citizens voice and use them for ground breaking public policy?

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Innovation & Idea Management

Sep 22, 2021

Swae for Employee Innovation & Idea Management

Unleash the innovation already within 

High performing, innovative businesses know ideas can come from anywhere. Swae’s open approach to innovation encourages employees to share and build on ideas, and think outside the box when approaching solutions to daily problems.

Try Swae for free
For Innovation Managers
For CEOs
For Strategy Managers

Did you know over 94% of managers are unhappy with their company’s innovation performance?

Enabling innovation is key to
your organization’s survival 

Smart innovation leaders know their competition for customers, market share and talent is fierce and a formal process for sourcing employee innovation is more important than ever.

52%

of Fortune 500 companies have disappeared in the last 15 years, demonstrating lack of innovation kills.  

.

79%+

of organizations that encourage innovative thinking are 79% more likely to sustain momentum and bottom-line results.

57%

of organizations report the top challenge they face regarding corporate innovation is fostering an internal culture of experimentation.

How organizations drive employee innovation and idea management with Swae

Strategic Planning

Employee Feedback

Innovation Challenges

Swae works

Invest in Swae for employee led innovation management and ideation

Wisdom within your workforce

%

…say Swae helped them convey ideas better that other collaboration platforms they’d used or have access to

Tackle costly disengagement

%

…report Swae increased their engagement, motivation and happiness by helping them have a meaningful voice in decisions

Stay competitive & avoid disruption

%

…believe Swae surfaced ideas that would not have otherwise surfaced [using other tools or processes]

Easy collaboration for inclusive teams

%

…say Swae made collaboration easier, and sharing ideas more accessible in their whole community

Ignite a culture of continuous innovation

Swae’s bottom-up ideation is a repeatable process that continuously surfaces great strategy. Helps your organization achieve its’  goals by allowing intelligence to move up and down the hierarchy freely, with only the strongest ideas garnering the acceptance to go to market.

Inspire and engage your people

Track metrics and progress reports in real time

Cultivate, stress test, challenge & support

Align your organization towards strategic goals

Cultivate solutions with an efficient, systematic approach

Eliminate top-down bureaucratic processes and leverage your whole workforce under one platform. Swae ensures the right ideas move forward so you can transform those breakthrough ideas into results.

Build a rich innovation pipeline

View all your ideas in one place

Overcome barriers to sourcing

Develop, prioritize and decide

Swae is your trusted and secure choice for employee led innovation

Engage productive employee innovation with a fully digital solution for smart listening for ground breaking ideation, all while being protected by enterprise-grade security. 

Demonstrate accountability
Tackle disengagement
Embrace a transparent digital solution
Foster Trust

Set the Mission, get decision-ready solutions

Set your employees to task on your biggest (and smallest) challenges, and you’ll be amazed by the ideation and innovation within your workforce.

Swae delivers direct impact

$1M+

avg. value of innovation ideas revealed over 12 months.

70%+

increase in engagement of your employees*.

$1M

direct cost saving ideas have been generated.

3 month

payback period.

25-50%

improvement in time saved by administrators managing idea generation program.

50%

improvement in sourcing investable decisions*.

Results based on aggregated findings and impacts reports from client implementations.
*Over and above other engagement tools & approaches used.

Real examples of our Partners bringing employee innovation & idea management to life

“What started out as an idea platform has now evolved to be a driver of employee engagement, allowing us employees from different roles, grades and locations to collaborate, share ideas and have their voices heard.”

Kai ling Ting

Etihad Airways, Strategy & Innovation, Digital and Innovation

Swae helped Etihad drive employee engagement by providing their employees with a platform to share their voice.

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Lifelabs partnered with Swae to help solve an industry wide talent retention and attraction issue

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“Swae is a tool I have been hoping to see developed for many years. It dispels many of the implicit and explicit biases often seen in brainstorming exercises.”

Jamie Lepard

Lifelabs

Business Continuity Program Manager

“We hope Swae will help us fill gaps by giving team members a voice and highlighting what’s most important to our people. This will also empower leadership to know what’s most important, respond to ideas and make decisions.”

Angela Nobel

EMC Insurance

VP of Innovation

Swae is helping EMC Insurance unleash workforce creativity & crowdsourcing ideas to drive culture and strategic innovation initiatives.

READ MORE >

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REMOTE WORKING & COLLABORATION

DEBIASING DECISION MAKING

CITIZEN POLICY & CONSULTATION

CUSTOMER
CROWDSOURCING

Say hello to smart decision making. 

Learn how Swae can support your organization.

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