Quicknode

May 28, 2025 — 4 min read

We’re excited to spotlight EcoFundMe, a decentralized platform making climate finance transparent, trackable, and tokenized. Built by a mission-driven team, EcoFundMe connects donors with verified green projects using real-time impact metrics, DAO-based fund disbursement, and on-chain governance. Through the Quicknode Rollup Accelerator, the team launched an MVP, integrated MPC and EigenLayer AVS, and laid the groundwork for a Testnet rollout.

Q & A with EcoFundMe 👇

Who are you, and what’s the mission behind EcoFundMe?

We’re the founding team behind EcoFundMe: Justice Essiel (Co-Founder & CTO), Samuel Osei-Amponsah (Co-Founder), and Danbi Kim (Founding Member & UI/UX Developer). Our mission is to democratize climate financing by building a transparent, decentralized platform that connects environmentally conscious donors with verified global green projects.EcoFundMe is a DeFi-integrated platform designed to make every contribution count. With features like real-time donation tracking, carbon impact metrics, and the tokenization of contributions, we empower individuals and communities to fund climate action transparently and efficiently. Our vision is to create a future where local impact can be globally supported—on-chain, in real time.

What drew you to Quicknode’s Rollup Accelerator, and how has it shaped your journey so far?

We joined the accelerator because we saw it as the perfect launchpad to scale EcoFundMe’s infrastructure and learn from world-class builders in the Web3 space. Quicknode’s focus on performance, scalability, and developer-first tools aligned perfectly with our vision of building a fast, user-friendly funding platform. In just a few weeks, we’ve been able to refine our product strategy and better understand the technical landscape around rollups. We are been able to build a validity rollup on EcoFundMe in the form of a composable DAO to allow donors to vote on campaign next milestone disbursement of funds as well as others like Eigen AVS integrations with Multi-Party Computation integration for bridging our RWA first approach on tokenization. We also have a cli that allows developers to write simple EVM based smart contracts in Smart Contracts in Typescript. We are going to keep on improving that to keep developer experience at the heart of our chain.

What’s been the highlight of your experience in the accelerator over the past few weeks?

The standout moment was the session on marketing and PR with Jason Yanowitz. As a young team trying to build a brand in Web3 and climate finance, his insights on narrative, positioning, and attention dynamics were invaluable. It helped us see that product alone isn’t enough. We need to shape perception and own our story if we want to build trust and scale impact.

What key milestones have you hit during the program, and what lessons have stuck with you?

We completed our MVP prototype, mapped out key ecosystem partners, and refined our pitch to align with Web3-native funding models. A major lesson has been the power of clarity in both messaging and mission—if users and partners don’t instantly understand your “why,” you lose them. We’ve also learned to keep shipping, keep listening, and stay adaptable.

What’s next for EcoFundMe, and how do you plan to make waves in Web3?

Going forward with the launch of our Testnet Ecochain, Also work on our chain infra changes to migrate to mainnet among other technical additions like harnessing our already existing MPC - Eigen AVS infra to build an RWA DEX for the projects to trade real world assets like tokenizing their carbon footprints and liquidating, staking or yield farming on our chain

Learn more at ecofundme.com and follow on X: @ecofundme