Launchpad

The Bio Launchpad is a token launchpad for user-owned research networks known as BioDAOs. It allows BioDAOs to distribute their token, build a treasury, attract an early community of stakeholders and access an automated liquidity layer that ensures stable trading conditions post-launch.

The launchpad is structured in three phases: Curation, Funding, and Liquidity.

1. Curation: BIO holders lock BIO tokens to signal support for a project and “curate” it for launch.

2. Funding: If a project meets the curation requirements, it proceeds to the Funding phase, where it raises capital via a price threshold auction or a bonding curve sale.

3. Liquidity: upon a successful raise, the Liquidity phase releases the new BioDAO’s token into the market by seeding an onchain liquidity pool.

Key Goals of the Bio Launchpad:

• Communtiy Vetting: Enable the BIO community to signal support to high-potential BioDAOs for launch.

• Initial Funding: Provide seed capital to new BioDAOs at inception through community-driven funding rounds.

• Demand: Create early demand and engagement for BioDAOs by involving BIO holders from the start.

• Ease of Use: Ensure a simple, user-friendly process for both project teams and contributors, lowering barriers to participation.

• Future Fundraising: Set the stage for successful future fundraising rounds by establishing market interest and a support base.

• Team Alignment: Align BioDAO founding teams with community investors, incentivizing teams to deliver value (e.g. teams also hold tokens that vest or depend on Launchpad outcomes).

• Launchpad Retention: Allow the Bio Protocol community to retain an interest in each launched BioDAO, so network value grows with each success.

• Reliable Liquidity: Ensure new BioDAO tokens have deep liquidity post-launch, preventing illiquid markets and enabling fair price discovery.