Smart Funding Allocation

What Grant Management is

Ecosystem funds exist to grow a network, but too many of them run on forms, chat threads and spreadsheets that nobody can audit. Aethel Grant Management replaces that patchwork with one workspace for the whole lifecycle, from the first application to the final milestone payment.

Applicants know where they stand, reviewers see every proposal in the same format, and your community can follow where the money goes. Payments are released per milestone, so funding always follows delivery. Whether you run one open round a year or several focused tracks at once, the same workspace scales with you, and past rounds stay searchable for anyone who wants to learn from them.

How it works

1. Launch a program. Set the budget, the categories you want to fund and the questions every applicant must answer.
2. Collect proposals. Applicants submit through a branded portal and can save drafts before they apply.
3. Review together. Reviewers score proposals against shared criteria, leave comments and vote in a clear approval flow.
4. Fund by milestone. Approved grants are split into milestones, each paid once its deliverables are accepted.
5. Measure the impact. Dashboards show spend by category, milestone progress and the outcomes each grant produced.

Accountability built in

Every proposal, score, vote and payment is stored in one timeline, so you can answer the question "why was this funded?" at any time. Conflict-of-interest checks keep reviewers away from proposals they are connected to, reminders keep milestones on schedule, and exportable reports make it easy to share results with your community, your council or your auditors at the end of each funding round.

Who it is for

Grant Management is designed for teams that fund other builders:

• Foundations running ecosystem and developer grant programs.
• DAOs that want community oversight of treasury spending.
• Accelerators and venture studios managing cohorts of funded projects.

Common questions

Can the community see the decisions?

You choose what is public. Many programs publish approved grants, amounts and milestone status while keeping reviewer notes private.

Can we customize the application form?

Yes. Each program has its own form with required and optional questions, file uploads and eligibility checks, and you can reuse a form as a template for the next round.

How are payments made?

Milestone payments can be sent in stablecoins or your native token, either directly from a multi-approval treasury or through escrow.

Starting or scaling a grants program? Reach out to our team and we will help you set up your first round.