📊Analysis
Once the projects on Deal-Flow have generated sufficient interest (in terms of upvotes and committed ANT tokens), they will progress to the Analysis phase.
Based on the available information about the projects (Deck, roadmap, tokenomics, etc.), CLY stakers can provide comments on projects, rate them based on essential criteria, and access the global average score, which is determined by all users. Once they submit their analysis, they can begin interacting with the NEST to commit their reserved USDC.
The scoring criteria and their respective weighting are as follows:
📰 Product/Innovation: 30%
💻 Development Stage: 10%
👨💼👩💻 Team: 20%
🤝 Investors and Ecosystem Partners: 10%
💬 Community and Marketing: 10%
📊 Tokenomics: 20%
The comments and the global average score serve a dual purpose:
On one hand, they allow users to gauge the overall community sentiment for a project.
On the other hand, projects can consult these scores and the community comments/feedback to evaluate their strengths and weaknesses, thus refining their models before launching their tokens and applications.
IMPORTANT: It is CRUCIAL to familiarize yourself with CeTokens and their distribution before moving forward with your investment.
When you invest in a project through Colony’s NEST, you receive 80% of your project's CeTokens allocation. The remaining 20% of CeTokens are distributed within the protocol, enabling the functionality of the Liquid Vesting feature on the platform and providing opportunities to boost your CeTokens allocation. Read more below:
https://docs.colonylab.io/early-stage-program/core-concepts-explanation/liquid-vesting/cetokens
NEST interactions:
Only users who have previously committed ANT tokens during the Deal-Flow phase for a specific project NEST will be able to continue interacting with that particular NEST during the Analysis phase. Without prior ANT token commitments during the Deal-Flow phase, interaction with the NEST during Analysis is not possible. Consequently, participation in the fundraising round of the project will not be feasible. Therefore, it's essential to commit your ANT tokens during the Deal-Flow phase.
Users who have already committed ANT tokens during the Deal-Flow phase can:
Continue committing ANT tokens to increase their USDC allocation size (⚠️ possible only if they haven't committed any USDC yet).
Commit USDC to confirm their commitment and secure their private/seed allocation. This must be done before the deadline/end of the countdown.
Once USDC is committed, the users' ANT tokens, previously committed in the NEST to register the USDC allocation interest, will return to their wallets and become available for committing to other projects' NESTs.
5% Penalty Fee: Users are required to commit their entire Max USDC contribution to match their locked ANT tokens used to register their USDC allocation interest. If they comply, they will automatically receive their ANT tokens directly into their wallet. Failure to do so will result in a penalty fee of 5% for any ANT tokens not exchanged for USDC. These ANT tokens can be redeemed afterward, but with the penalty fee applied.
Keep in mind that ANT tokens represent your CLY staked, so any penalty on ANT tokens will consequently reduce the number of your CLY staked.
This penalty fee will be distributed to all CLY stakers, as an additional passive revenue stream.
ℹ️ Please note that :
Users are unable to redeem their ANT tokens once the project enters the Analysis phase. Redeeming ANT tokens is only permitted during the Deal-Flow phase.
Once users commit their USDC, redeeming is not possible. However, users can redeem any excess USDC after the arbitration process is completed during the Investment Committee phase. Further details on the arbitration process can be found in the section below:
⏳Countdowns:
Countdowns inform users that the project card will soon transition to the next phase. For instance, during the Analysis phase, a displayed countdown indicates the remaining days for the project before it moves to the Investment Committee. This signifies that users have a limited timeframe to commit USDC to participate in the project's fundraising round. Once a countdown is initiated, users have several days to commit USDC tokens if they haven't already done so.
If the user doesn't commit any USDC, the 5% penalty fee mentioned previously will be applied to their ANT tokens in the NEST. For a step-by-step tutorial on utilizing the Analysis phase in Colony's application, please consult the following section:
ℹ️ Additional information:
Users who didn't commit ANT tokens during the Deal-Flow phase will also have the ability to rate a project and access its average score, but they won't be able to participate in the fundraise.
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