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How to Transform Web3 Capital Allocations Through Successful Grant Funding Programs and Strategies, with Meg Lister @ Gitcoin Labs (Audio)

19 Mar 2025

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Meg Lister is a leading voice in Web3 funding, transforming capital allocation as a Managing Director at Gitcoin Labs to drive financial returns for ecosystems and builders while ensuring long-term, sustainable growth. She specializes in designing multi-layered funding strategies that support every stage of a project’s lifecycle—quadratic funding for onboarding, retroactive funding for retention, and direct grants for scaling—empowering Ethereum ecosystem participants to achieve more.Gitcoin (May 2023 – Present): Leads Grants Lab, the core business unit powering Gitcoin’s multi-mechanism funding infrastructure. She initially joined to oversee Grants Stack, one of Gitcoin’s flagship products, and was quickly promoted to lead its consolidation and strategy.Flipside Crypto: As VP of Product & Ops, she launched a flagship analytics product that secured a $50M Series A, making on-chain data more accessible and actionable for ecosystem builders.WordStream: Scaled the company post-Series A, earning five promotions, launching a $1M ARR business unit, and contributing to its acquisition by Gannett.Meg is reshaping Web3 funding models by creating efficient capital distribution mechanisms that support ecosystem-wide goals, ensuring Ethereum builders and enterprises have the resources needed to innovate, scale, and succeed.Why VC Funding Model Fails Web3 ProjectsExperience driving Web3 capital efficiency: Media mentions: 

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