Contribution Labs, Inc.

What Contribution Labs, Inc. does

Contribution Labs, Inc. operates Megaphone, a Web3 campaign and allowlist platform designed to convert social attention into onchain growth for crypto brands. The platform enables crypto protocols, NFT projects, Web3 gaming studios, and consumer brands to collect verified user data (emails, wallets, social handles), run points- and referral-based engagement campaigns, qualify audiences for token sales and NFT mints, and distribute tokens and NFTs to participants. Megaphone claims to be trusted by hundreds of leading on-chain brands and millions of consumers, with marquee customers including Base (Coinbase), Forbes, Animoca Brands, OneFootball Club, and SQD.

Megaphone is built on blockchain infrastructure integrating social OAuth (Twitter/X, Discord, Telegram), cryptocurrency wallet connections (RainbowKit, Viem, Wagmi), and onchain data verification (Alchemy). Core product modules include Forms (bot-resistant data collection), Campaigns (a quest engine with points, leaderboards, and viral referrals), Token Claims (airdrop distribution of ERC-20 tokens), Commemorative NFTs (configurable as soulbound or transferable), and Commemorative ERC-20 Tokens (deployable via bonding curves). The platform monetizes through transaction fees on NFT minting and token claim facilitation rather than published subscription pricing, and operates a self-serve product-led and community-led go-to-market motion.

The company is venture-backed, privately held, incorporated in Delaware with operations based in San Francisco. Investors include Alchemy, Kindred Ventures (Steve Jang), Gil Capital (Elad Gil), Scalar Capital (Linda Xie), A.Capital (Kartik Talwar), Naval Ravikant, and Quantstamp (Richard Ma). Only one funding event is publicly disclosed — a ~$2.425M seed round in August 2022 — and the company operates with a 1-10 person team.

Name

Contribution Labs, Inc.

Legal name

Contribution Labs, Inc.

Website

https://megaphone.xyz

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Contribution Labs, Inc. operates Megaphone, a Web3 campaign and allowlist platform that helps crypto brands, NFT projects, and protocols collect verified user data, run points and referral campaigns, and distribute tokens and NFTs to qualified onchain audiences.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Web3 Marketing Software

NAICS

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518)

SIC

Finance Services (6199)

akta.pro primary industry

Wallet Infrastructure (SDKs, Wallet-as-a-Service) (FSADACAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Wallet Connectivity & Session Protocols (WalletConnect, deep links, QR, auth sessions) (FSAPACAF)

Keywords

• Crypto marketing platform
• Web3 allowlist management
• Token airdrop distribution
• Onchain community growth
• Nft minting campaigns

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Platform Service Fees (NFT Minting): When users mint commemorative NFTs or tokens through a campaign, they may be required to pay a platform service fee (in cryptocurrency). These fees are set by the campaign organizer or by Megaphone's standard fee schedule and are non-refundable. The fee is a payment for the use of the platform services and not for the value of the NFT/token itself.
2. Platform Service Fees (Token Claims): Facilitating token airdrop claims may involve a small platform service fee payable in cryptocurrency at the time of claim. Brand tokens themselves are provided free by the issuing brand; users only pay Megaphone's distribution facilitation fee plus blockchain gas fees.
3. Commemorative ERC-20 Token Distribution Fees: Some commemorative ERC-20 tokens may be distributed or sold via bonding curve or automated market maker contracts, with Megaphone taking a fee from the distribution mechanism. These are gamified distribution mechanisms rather than investment platforms.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Megaphone is a self-serve Web3 campaign and allowlist platform that enables crypto brands and projects to collect verified user data (emails, wallets, socials), run onchain-verified quests with points and leaderboards, and distribute commemorative NFTs and ERC-20 tokens. The platform natively understands blockchain primitives, verifying onchain eligibility such as token ownership, staking positions, and net worth before allowing campaign participation or token claims.

Product overview

Contribution Labs, Inc. operates Megaphone as a unified Web3 campaign and allowlist platform designed for crypto brands seeking onchain growth. The platform consists of interconnected modules: Forms (for data collection including emails, wallets, and socials), Campaigns (for running quests with points/leaderboards and social media integrations), Token Claims (for airdrop distribution of ERC-20 tokens), and Commemorative NFTs/ERC-20 Tokens (for minting collectible digital assets). Brands use the platform to qualify users, verify onchain actions, and distribute rewards across social and blockchain channels.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Megaphone Platform

Quantifiable outcome

• 1.4M+ campaign participants reached in a couple months for a single brand campaign (OneFootball Club)
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration13 records

Feature7 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Coinbase Wallet: Coinbase Wallet is a self-custody wallet from Base/Coinbase's parent. It is a downstream consumer of Megaphone's campaign tooling (Base is a flagship customer) and represents the wallet-side counterpart of the Megaphone ecosystem.
• Alchemy: Alchemy is the leading blockchain infrastructure provider and an investor in Megaphone. It supplies the RPC, indexing, and token/NFT APIs Megaphone uses for onchain verification, making it an upstream enabling technology partner.
• Privy: Privy provides wallet onboarding, authentication, and embedded wallet infrastructure for Web3 apps. It is listed as a Megaphone integration partner and an enabling layer for the wallet connection flows Megaphone relies on.

Broad incumbents

• Typeform: Typeform is a general-purpose form and survey builder used for marketing lead capture. It competes indirectly with Megaphone's Forms module but lacks native wallet/onchain verification, making it a fallback rather than a true alternative for crypto brands.
• HubSpot: HubSpot is a broad marketing automation and CRM platform. While it does not serve the Web3-native workflow directly, it represents the incumbent marketing stack Megaphone could displace or integrate with as brands formalize Web3 growth programs.

Emerging players

• Bento: Bento is a Web3-native CRM and community tooling provider for creators and protocols, with overlap on allowlists, audience management, and campaign workflows relevant to Megaphone's customer base.
• Holder: Holder provides onchain questing and loyalty tooling for Web3 communities, with a focus on holder verification and engagement. It is an emerging competitor targeting the same allowlist and onchain engagement workflows as Megaphone.

Direct peers

• Zealy (formerly Crew3): Zealy is a community-quest and engagement platform used by Web3 protocols to drive participation through missions, leaderboards, and rewards. It overlaps with Megaphone's campaign and referral functionality for crypto-native communities.
• Galxe: Galxe is the largest Web3 quest and allowlist platform, letting users complete onchain/offchain tasks to earn points and NFT-based credentials. It is the closest direct competitor to Megaphone across allowlist, quest, and credentialing functionality.
• Layer3: Layer3 runs Web3 quests, learning missions, and community campaigns that reward users with onchain credentials and token rewards. It directly competes with Megaphone's quest engine and allowlist product for brand and protocol customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks2 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/megaphone_hq
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/megaphone-hq

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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