The Community

Solving Climate With

Synthetic Biology

ValleyDAO is an open, global community offering funding and translational support for synthetic biology research.

Join the Community

Our mission

We believe in the power of collective action to solve climate challenges using synthetic biology

Synthetic biology leverages biological organisms to sustainably manufacture products such as animal-free meat, nutrients, clothes, fuels, fertilizers and medicine. We believe that development and adoption these technologies is going to be paramount in solving the existential threats of climate change and food security.

ValleyDAO is a global and open community that funds and collectively incubates academic and independent research projects. Our decentralised community helps researchers maximize the impact of their work by taking their research results beyond the bench and into the real world.

We have streamlined the application process to make it easier for you to receive the support you need to make a difference.

Apply for Research Funding

Our Partners

As Seen In

As Seen On

Featured Projects

Production of Oils and Fats in Oleaginous Yeast

Rodrigo Ledesma-Amaro
Imperial College London

Microbially produced oils and fats have a wide range of applications, such as the production of biofuels, infant formula, and ethical palm oil. Ledesma-Amaro's project aims to improve the production yield of oils in yeast while simultaneously decreasing expensive downstream processing.

Learn more

Sustainable Biofluorination of Organic Molecules

Pablo I. Nikel & Mariela P. Mezzina
Denmarks Technical University

Fluorinated organic molecules are difficult to manufacture sustainably due to requiring harsh chemical conditions. Nikel’s group has developed a process to biomanufacture a diverse set of fluorinated molecules that can be used in the electronics, healthcare, automotive, and wearables industries.

Learn more

SynbioCAD: A Software for Bioproduction Pipelines

Jean-Loup Faulon & Joan Hérisson
University of Paris-Saclay

SynbioCAD is a software for designing metabolic routes for bioproduction that can save technicians hours of work. It enables end-to-end pathway design and engineering, from strain and target selection to the generation of scripts driving liquid handlers for plasmid assembly and strain transformations.

Learn more

Our Ecosystem

How can ValleyDAO’s community and network support your research?
1
The submitted research projects are assessed and voted on by the community. Projects given the green-light receive funding and translational support.
2
Intellectual property generated through funded research is then commercialised. This could be through creating a startup together with the inventor or by sub-licensing to industry partners. Inventors are supported by our expert community throughout this whole process.
3
Proceeds from our projects are allocated to the researchers and reinvested by the ValleyDAO community into future research projects. This approach ensures a sustainable funding model, where earnings are continuously channelled back into pioneering research.
What is a DAO?
What kind of research does ValleyDAO fund?
How can ValleyDAO support my research?
Who is in the ValleyDAO community?
Will ValleyDAO launch a crypto token and, if so, what will it be used for?
Do I need any qualifications to join and contribute to ValleyDAO? Will my contribution be compensated?
I don't have the time to actively contribute, but still want to help out. How can I donate?

FAQ