Sensemaking Analysis
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Regen Coordinationâs approach to sensemaking is rooted in active experimentation, continuous iteration, and deep engagement with the communities and networks we serve.
Multi-Stakeholder Engagement and Network Intelligence
Regen Coordination acts as a connective bridge across projects, communities, and networksâfacilitating shared learning, resource pooling, and the emergence of common strategies. Our spaces for structured dialogue, including the Regen Coordination Forum Hub, weekly Coordination Council calls, and direct engagement with local communities, DAOs, and ecosystem leadersâincluding Celo, Gitcoin, Ma Earth, ReFi DAO, Greenpill Network, Open Civics, BioFi, Bloom Network, and AgroforestDAOâhelp form collective intelligence, develop shared narratives, align strategies, and position our work for deeper funding alignment. Emerging resources like our Local ReFi Toolkit ensure that learnings are captured and shared back into the network, supporting ongoing collective development and capacity building.
Learning Through Action and Reflection
Each funding round we lead or support is treated as a sensemaking exerciseâan opportunity to gather data, test hypotheses, and refine our understanding of the ecosystemâs needs, challenges, and opportunities. Every major round is followed by a detailed retrospective to capture not only outcomes and statistics, but also key learnings, challenges, and opportunities for improvement â see GG21 Regen Coordi-Nation Genesis, GG22 BioFi Pathfinders, GG23 AI ImpactQF + ReFi Mediterranean, Regen Rio de Janeiro. Within these rounds we have led implementation of new onchain impact reporting with Common Approach + Karma GAP, piloted ImpactQF for more equitable capital allocation, experimented with Tunable Quadratic Funding and Signal Boosting and much more. We systematically collect feedback from participants and the wider community (e.g., GG23 Feedback, Web3 Tooling Survey, etcâŚ), ensuring that the voices of grantees and community partners directly inform our next steps.
At the same time, our team maintains strong ties with leading ecosystem funders and is deeply embedded in the operational realities of blockchain public goods (e.g., through direct core team involvement in Celo Public Goods). This gives us specialized insight into the evolving needs and priorities of both funders and builders, allowing us to design programs that are impactful and aligned with ecosystem partners.
Emergent Development Spaces
Through this ongoing process, and in addition to problem spaces outlined earlier in this report, several major development spaces have emerged as central to Regen Coordinationâs work:
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Impact Measurement & Reporting: The need for transparent, credible, and scalable systems to measure and communicate the impact of diverse, decentralized projects. This led to the development and deployment of onchain impact reporting (Common Approach, Karma GAP) and the pioneering of ImpactQF, which blends quadratic funding with verified impact data.
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Web3 Capital Retention: Addressing the challenge of capital âleakageâ by designing mechanisms that encourage local communities to retain and circulate value within Web3 rails, fostering regenerative blockchain economies. Effective systems for tracking Total Value Flowed (TVF) will help allocate ecosystem grant capital more effectively, prioritizing communities that strengthen Web3 capital retention and circulation. To support this, we are also initiating a âRegional Web3 Adoption SWOT Analysisââmapping strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for Web3 adoption in different regions, including factors like stablecoin accessibility, local fiat onramps, and culturally adapted payment tools.
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Tooling, Accessibility, and UX: Recognizing that mainstream adoption depends on intuitive, accessible tools, we actively collaborate with infrastructure partners to improve usability, develop multilingual resources, and support local leaders with guides, toolkits, and playbooks.
By continuously synthesizing insights from diverse networks and local contexts, Regen Coordination provides essential sensemaking capacity for guiding the evolution of Ethereum Localism and effective capital allocation within this domain. Our approach ensures that the real needs, opportunities, and challenges faced by communities are surfaced and addressed, enabling the ecosystem to adapt and grow in ways that are grounded in lived experience. This ongoing cycle of learning and reflection not only helps identify where capital can have the greatest impact, but also builds the trust and shared understanding necessary for large-scale, strategic resource allocation.