Funding Seeker Marketplace: How Mission-Driven Organisations Get Funded
How levy-eligible organisations can publish a Funding Seeker listing in Pulse, what the progress bar tracks, and how community members discover and support them.
What is the Funding Seeker Marketplace?
The Funding Seeker Marketplace is a section of the Pulse feed where mission-driven organisations — not-for-profits, cooperatives, DAOs, social enterprises, and collectives — can publish a listing asking the community to direct levy contributions their way.
It sits alongside IP ideas and project updates in Pulse. Any user scrolling Pulse can discover a Funding Seeker, read their pitch, and redirect their personal 5% Respect Levy to that organisation with one click.
Who can list as a Funding Seeker?
Only companies with a mission-driven governance model can appear here. Eligible models:
- Not-for-Profit — No profit distribution; surplus reinvested in mission.
- Cooperative — Member-owned and democratically governed.
- DAO — Reputation or token-governed; protocol-native rules.
- Social Enterprise — For-profit with a locked primary social mission.
- Collective — Informal group with shared purpose.
Traditional companies cannot list. The mechanism is designed to channel collective resources towards organisations that exist to serve a mission beyond shareholder return.
How does a Funding Seeker listing work?
- Create a company with a mission-driven governance model.
- Go to your Company Profile → Funding Seeker Listing panel (founders only).
- Toggle the listing active, set a funding target (LTU), a monthly need, and write a pitch (max 500 characters).
- Click Save Listing — the card immediately appears in Pulse.
The card shows: organisation name and governance type, your pitch, a live funding progress bar (LTU raised vs. target), your monthly need, and a "Direct my Levy here" button.
How does funding accumulate?
When a user directs their levy to your organisation, every LTU burn event they trigger sends 5% of the resulting royalty directly to your company's funding balance. This is recorded as a levy_receipt event in your royalty history, visible on your Company Profile.
Can I deactivate my listing?
Yes. Toggle the listing off in the Funding Seeker panel — the Pulse card is removed immediately. Users who previously directed levy to you will continue to do so until they change their preference. Levy preference is user-controlled, not organisation-controlled.
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