We back conviction, not pitches.
WeCombinator is an invitation-only DAO that backs early on-chain projects through the Conviction Curve. Anyone can submit a project; members stake $WECO behind the ones they believe in, and treasury capital streams in continuously as conviction climbs.
The old way funds a moment. The curve funds momentum.
One pitch, on one day, in front of one committee, decides years of runway. The Conviction Curve replaces that single bet with a continuous signal the DAO’s members keep writing — and can keep revising.
| Cohort funding | The Conviction Curve | |
|---|---|---|
| The decision | A partner vote on demo day | A live, time-weighted signal from members |
| Timing | Fixed rounds and deadlines | Always open; capital moves per block |
| If belief fades | The cheque has already cleared | The stream slows as conviction decays |
| Transparency | Term sheets behind closed doors | Every stake and stream sits on-chain |
| Who allocates | A few partners | Every member, through their stake |
Funding that moves the moment conviction does.
No demo day, no application window, no partner vote. Capital is allocated by a curve that members move with their stake — continuously, transparently, and reversibly.
Submit a project
Anyone can submit a pitch with a goal and milestones. No invitation is needed, and there are no deadlines to miss.
Members review it
Every submission is visible to the DAO’s members, who decide whether to stake behind it.
Members build conviction
Staked $WECO earns conviction the longer it stays behind a project. Unstake anytime — conviction then decays back down.
Capital streams
Once conviction crosses the curve’s threshold, treasury capital streams to the project per block, scaling as the curve climbs.
The Conviction Curve’s parameters — decay half-life, streaming threshold, and per-project cap — are owned and tuned by the DAO’s members. That tuning is the protocol: change the curve, and you change which projects the DAO can afford to believe in.
Whether you build it or back it.
The same mechanism serves both sides: anyone can pitch without an invitation, and members move capital without waiting on a committee.
Raise without giving up the company.
- Submit without an invitation and keep your full cap table — no equity, no board seats, no countersignature.
- Receive streamed capital instead of a one-time cheque, so funding scales as you prove the work.
- Publish milestones once; hitting them is what compounds conviction and widens the stream.
Direct the treasury yourself.
- Membership is by invitation. Members hold $WECO and stake it behind work they believe in.
- Allocate without a committee — a member’s stake is the vote and the funding in a single action.
- Unstake whenever you want. Conviction decays gradually rather than stranding a team overnight.
$WECO does three jobs.
$WECO is held only by the DAO’s members and is not offered, sold, or distributed to the public. Within the DAO, it is how capital is directed, how submissions are curated, and how the curve itself gets tuned.
Stream capital
Stake behind a project to build its conviction and open a continuous stream from the treasury.
Curate submissions
Surface strong submissions, flag weak ones, and mentor the teams you back. Reputation travels with your stake.
Tune the curve
Propose and vote on the decay, threshold, and caps that shape every allocation the DAO makes.
Members own the curve.
The DAO doesn’t pick winners by hand. It picks the shape of the curve — and the curve does the rest. Any member can open a proposal to retune it.
The curve, in plain terms.
Is this equity or a grant?
Neither. Capital streams from the DAO treasury against milestones you publish, and you keep your full cap table. There is no equity, token allocation, or board seat attached.
What is “conviction,” exactly?
Time-weighted stake. The same $WECO contributes more conviction the longer it stays behind a project, so steady belief counts for more than a burst of hype that leaves the next day.
What stops a project from draining the treasury?
Two governance-set limits: a streaming threshold a project must cross before any capital moves, and a per-project cap on how much can ever stream. Capital flows only while conviction holds, and slows automatically as it decays.
Can members change their mind?
Anytime. Unstaking removes your conviction, and the affected project’s stream adjusts at the next block. Nothing locks you in.
Who can submit a project?
Anyone. You don’t need an invitation or $WECO to submit, and there are no rounds or deadlines. Once submitted, your project is visible to members, who decide whether to back it.
How do I become a member?
Membership is by invitation only. There is no public sign-up.
Can I buy $WECO?
No. $WECO is held by members and is not offered, sold, or distributed to the public. Anyone offering you $WECO is not acting for us. See the legal notice below.
If the contracts are public, what makes the curve proprietary?
The code is open and verifiable. What the DAO owns and defends is the tuned parameter set — the specific shape of the curve that governance maintains over time. The mechanism is public; the calibration is the edge.
Submissions are always open.
Anyone can submit a project — no invitation required. Share your goal and milestones, and members decide whether to back it.
Prefer plain email? Send your pitch to info@wecombinator.xyz.
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