Thank you for your support this year 🧬🪩
AthenaDAO's end of year newsletter
Major Milestones 🏆
This year has been absolutely incredible and thanks to your support, we've reached new heights and achieved milestones that set the stage for an even more exciting future. Let's take a look at some of our highlights this year and what you can expect to see in 2024!
👉 Genesis token auction: This September, we held our Genesis Token Auction, receiving over 100 bids and reaching 126.76% of our goal!
👉 Funding $220K USD in women’s health projects: We funded the work of both Dr. Mario Cordero (120K USD) and Dr. Joshua Johnson (102K USD) to advance ovarian aging and menopause research.
👉 2 Reproductive Health Reports: We delved deep into Ovarian Aging, PCOS, and Endometriosis, publishing two comprehensive reports and fostering important discussions in these vital areas of healthcare.
👉 2 calls for project submission: Alongside our reproductive health reports, we held two calls for project submissions: one in ovarian aging and one in PCOS and Endometriosis, receiving over 80 submissions.
Growing the Community 🌎
We’ve been fortunate enough to have some amazing community growth this year, reaching over 6000 members.
👉 492% growth in Discord members
👉 212% growth in Twitter/X followers
👉 519% growth in LinkedIn followers
👉 338% growth in Newsletter followers
What’s next to come in 2024?
We have a lot of exciting surprises coming in 2024!
👉 Pitch competition: We’ll be hosting our first-ever “reverse pitch competition”, presenting entrepreneurs with science and asking them to build a company around it. Interested in participating? Applications are open until January 2nd, 2024!
👉 Fertility planning study: We want to hear from you about your fertility journey and see if we can integrate that research to help advance this field. You can fill out the survey here.
👉 IP-Token (IPT): We are preparing an IPT to go alongside our IP-NFTs. You can learn more about what this is here.
👉 Our third call for project submissions + report: We’ll be announcing our third call for submissions very soon… keep your eyes peeled for this amazing opportunity!
👉 5 projects in senior review: from PCOS and Endometriosis to be voted for funding in January 2024.
And many, many more projects…
Thank you for your support this year 🙏
As we look ahead to 2024, we're filled with gratitude and anticipation. Your support is the driving force behind our continued growth and innovation. Here's to a new year filled with more achievements, breakthroughs, and shared success. Happy Holidays!