ZAO Fund for Emerging Culture
Get curated
The ZAO Fund backs creators building collaborative culture at the intersection of art, emerging tech, and community - and who collaborate with The ZAO to do it. Get curated and your sales can unlock match, at that week's Match Multiple.
How your $1 gets matched
$1
from a fan buying your $10 Artifact (you keep the full $10)
+ match
from each Fund that curates you - including the ZAO Fund - sized by your recent sales
+ match
from the Artizen Endowment, at that week's Match Multiple, up to your cap
Get curated by multiple Funds and the match stacks - one $10 sale can unlock $20, $30, or more depending on available platform support. Source: Artizen newsletter (news.artizen.fund).
Who qualifies
- -Collaborate with The ZAO in some way - and say how on your application (a performance, a cross-post, joining a ZAO space or livestream, building together, or another real collaboration)
- -Creator-owned and independently operated
- -Uses emerging tech (blockchain, AI, decentralized tools, immersive media) in a meaningful way
- -Shows active collaboration or real community participation
- -Builds in public - shares process, progress, or outcomes openly
- -Operates within a non-extractive, fair-compensation framework
- -Culminates in a public-facing, real-world activation (performance, installation, gathering, exhibition, release, or showcase)
The first one is what makes this fund different: tell us how you'll collaborate with The ZAO.
How to get curated
- 1Submit your project on ArtizenSubmit to the ZAO Fund (and every other Fund you qualify for - the match stacks).
- 2Make a great ArtifactSquare, NO text, a GIF or video performs best. It is the one thing buyers see.
- 3Get votes + curatedThe community votes; the top projects get curated into the competition.
- 4Tell us how you collaborate with The ZAOReach out - that is the difference-maker for this fund, and we will help you raise more.