The APE Foundation is the steward of ApeCoin. It is not an overseer, but the base layer on which ApeCoin holders in the ApeCoin DAO can build. The Foundation facilitates decentralized and community-led governance and is designed to become more decentralized over time. It is tasked with administering the decisions of the ApeCoin DAO, and is responsible for day-to-day administration, bookkeeping, project management, and other tasks that ensure the DAO community’s ideas have the support they need to become a reality.The goal of the APE Foundation is to steward the growth and development of the APE ecosystem in a fair and inclusive way. It utilizes the Ecosystem Fund, which is controlled by a multisig wallet, to pay its expenses as directed by the ApeCoin DAO and provides an infrastructure for ApeCoin holders to collaborate through open and permissionless governance processes.ApeCoin DAO exists because decentralized governance is critical to building and managing a globally dispersed community—and therefore critical to the success of the APE ecosystem. The APE Improvement Proposal Process (see Governance) will allow ApeCoin DAO members to make decisions regarding Ecosystem Fund allocations, governance rules, projects, partnerships, and beyond. ApeCoin DAO membership is open to all ApeCoin holders.ApeCoin is an ERC-20 governance and utility token used within the APE ecosystem to empower a decentralized community building at the forefront of web3. As the open-source protocol layer of the ecosystem, ApeCoin serves several purposes:<ul><li>Governance. ApeCoin is the ecosystem’s governance token, allowing ApeCoin holders to participate in ApeCoin DAO.</li><li>Unification of Spend. ApeCoin is the ecosystem’s utility token, giving all its participants a shared and open currency that can be used without centralized intermediaries.</li><li>Access. ApeCoin provides access to certain parts of the ecosystem that are otherwise unavailable, such as exclusive games, merch, events, and services.</li><li>Incentivization. ApeCoin is a tool for third-party developers to participate in the ecosystem by incorporating APE into services, games, and other projects.</li></ul>

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ApeCoin is the governance token that empowers the ecosystem, which includes the community of Bored Ape Yacht Club and Mutant Ape Yacht Club.

Morningstar Ventures

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The Spartan Group

GBV Capital

Waterdrip Capital

Vendetta Capital

Ascensive Assets

Hypersphere Ventures

Blizzard Fund

Woodstock Fund

Figment Capital

Axia8 Ventures

CoinGecko Ventures

Nexo

Everclear (prev Connext)

Kosmos Ventures

Impossible Finance

Nabais Capital

AVentures DAO

Subsquid

3 Chaps Capital

StakeBorg

Ganesh Swami

Erik Ashdown

Derek Yoo

Aurel Iancu

Delroy Bosco

Alex Smirnov

Batuhan Dasgin

Michael Chen

Etienne

Danish Chaudhry

Alchemy

Bware Labs

IguVerse

Pantera Capital

Compound VC

Redpoint

Ribbit Capital

Polychain Capital

Alameda Research

Lightspeed Venture Partners

Arbitrum

Outlier Ventures

Protocol Labs

Hoo.com

ZBS CAPITAL

ExNetwork Capital

ChinaPolka

Big Brain Holdings

7 O'Clock Capital

Dutch Crypto Investors

Whitelist Ventures

Vespertine Capital

WeBlock

Hafen Ventures

MeMusic

Degen Zoo

GameOn Forge

Blockchange Ventures

coinIX

Castrum Capital

Kangaroo Capital

Maven Capital

FinSec Innovation Lab

Kima Network

Sociapol

SpaceN

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Name	Total	Unlocked	Locked
DAO Treasury	47%	38.2%	8.82%
BAYC/MAYC NFT Holders	15%	15%	-
Yuga Labs	15%	10.1%	4.87%
Launch Contributions Option 1	8.50%	8.50%	-
Founders	8.00%	5.41%	2.59%
Launch Contributions Option 3	3.00%	2.03%	0.97%
Launch Contributions Option 2	2.50%	1.84%	0.66%
Charity	1.00%	0.68%	0.32%

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