Credible's ICO closed with a first: the raise was executed through STAMP, a framework built by
@colosseum. It hints at a new pipeline for MetaDAO.
Introduced in December 2025, STAMP gives startups a standard way to raise private capital before launching on
@MetaDAOProject.
1. The problem it solves
Crypto fundraising still runs on two separate contracts: a SAFE for the equity and a token warrant for the token. The problem is that neither was designed for a token-native business.
And the result is the ambiguous ownership rights we all know and dislike. Tokenholders cannot tell whether revenue, intellectual property or acquisition proceeds will accrue to them or to the equity layer.
That’s exactly what STAMP solves, since it removes the equity layer and replaces it with a clean structure built around a single instrument.
2. The token as sole claim
In practice, investors fund a legal entity created through MetaDAO and hold an enforceable claim on a fixed share of the future token supply.
With STAMP, the token becomes the sole economic claim.
At the ICO, the remaining capital and the project's IP transfer to the DAO-controlled treasury, governed through MetaDAO's decision markets.
3. An open standard
Built by Colosseum, STAMP is available to anyone: any founder, fund, angel, or syndicate can pick it up, adjust it to their own needs, and use it.
The goal here is to replicate the playbook that made the SAFE win, with a free, standardized contract that spares everyone the deal-by-deal negotiation.
In a way, the terms also act as a filter. Investors who sign accept caps, lockups, and governance shared with public tokenholders. Founders, in return, know that no equity layer can later compete with the token.
4. A pipeline for MetaDAO
To understand why this matters for MetaDAO, we need to look at who built it.
Colosseum already has access to thousands of early-stage Solana teams through its hackathons and accelerator. With STAMP, those startups now have a direct path to launch on MetaDAO.
Beyond the mechanics, STAMP also addresses one of the most persistent criticisms of MetaDAO: the adverse selection argument, or the idea that only weaker projects, unable to raise from VCs, would choose to launch there.
STAMP actually undercuts that argument by making private capital and a MetaDAO launch complementary rather than mutually exclusive, as Credible’s raise demonstrated.