15 separate ecosystem rounds is a lot (although nice synergy between this and GR15), and this seems to be doubling down on complexity.
You’re right that it’s complex, and we don’t plan to continue to scale rounds up like this on the centralized platform long-term. That said, we have intentionally scaled up ecosystem rounds in the short-term as we work towards Grants 2.0 and being able to assess the needs of what ecosystems will want/require as we build out the protocol.
Why is there a separate open gaming and lootverse round? What is the a16z round - is that just a place where people get to donate money to a16z funded projects? And why are some borderline L2s (Celo, Polygon, Cosmos) funding their own rounds – are these rounds becoming just another place where deep pockets throw a few bones out to encourage development that further their own interests?
In short, Open Gaming & Lootverse are funded by different partners and have different eligibility requirements. Will let @connor @azeem who own most of these relationships elaborate further on the specific intentions for the different rounds.