What Giveth.io does

Giveth is a nonprofit, community-driven platform founded in 2016 that enables zero-fee peer-to-peer crypto donations between project owners and donors. It serves nonprofits, NGOs, public-goods projects, and individual crypto donors across humanitarian, environmental, education, journalism, and Web3-infrastructure verticals, with operating footprints spanning the US, Spain, Nigeria, Myanmar, Iran, and Peru and a community hub (Giveth House) in Barcelona. The core product is the Giveth Platform — a multi-chain web application deployed on Ethereum, Gnosis Chain, Optimism, and Polygon zkEVM that routes donations directly from donor to project wallets via smart contracts, with no platform fees and no intermediaries. Verified projects are eligible for the GIVbacks reward program, which streams GIV tokens back to donors over time (up to 80% of donation value), while GIVpower lets token holders stake and lock GIV to boost project rankings. Adjacent products include GIVfarm (yield staking), GIVstream (token distribution running until December 23, 2026), Causes (AI-mediated themed donation pools launched August 2025), Quadratic Funding rounds, recurring donations via Superfluid, the PoolTogether vault integration, and DeVouch third-party verification. The GIV token, launched in 2019, is the governance and reward asset tying the ecosystem together.

Giveth runs a community-led, product-led, and event-driven go-to-market, relying on Discord, Twitter/X, Medium (1.1K followers), GIVnews on Paragraph (4.1K+ subscribers), YouTube, and physical presence at Web3 events such as ETHDenver, Devcon, ETHBarcelona, and ETHCC. The platform currently generates no fee revenue: it is predominantly funded by donations and grants, and any donor earns GIVbacks rather than paying fees. Two future revenue lines are disclosed — GIVFi (yield on unclaimed donation funds) and Gurves (bonding curves collateralized by GIV that allow projects to launch their own tokens) — which together signal a planned evolution from a grant-funded nonprofit donation platform into a sustainable center for Web3 impact investing. Strategic partners include Gnosis Chain, Gitcoin, Commons Stack, Token Engineering Commons, PoolTogether, Superfluid, Public Nouns, Sandbox DAO, and ShapeShift DAO.

Name

Giveth.io

Legal name

Giveth

Website

https://giveth.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Giveth is a nonprofit, zero-fee crypto donation platform founded in 2016 that connects nonprofits, public-goods projects, and individual crypto donors via a multi-chain smart-contract architecture, with a native GIV token, GIVbacks donor rewards, GIVpower staking, and Quadratic Funding rounds.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cryptocurrency Donation Platform

NAICS

Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321), Other Grantmaking and Giving Services (813219)

SIC

Finance Services (6199)

akta.pro primary industry

Grants, Funding & Budget Allocation Platforms (FSAPAHAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Staking Pools & Delegation Platforms (FSADAOAJ), Digital Gift Cards, Vouchers & Stored-Value (Crypto) (FSADAIAN)

Keywords

• Cryptocurrency donation platform
• Blockchain philanthropy
• Public goods funding
• Decentralized governance
• Web3 fundraising

Headquarters

HQ city

Barcelona

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donations and Grants: Giveth is predominantly funded by donations and grants while continuing to build towards its vision. The platform itself takes no fees from user donations.
2. GIVFi (Planned): Future product planned to generate yields on unclaimed crypto donation funds, to the benefit of both users and the Giveth platform.
3. Gurves (Planned): Bonding curves collateralized by GIV that will complete Giveth's evolution from nonprofit donation platform to sustainable center for impact investing. Projects will be able to launch their own tokens.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Giveth is a zero-fee cryptocurrency donation platform that enables peer-to-peer donations with 100% of funds going directly to projects and no platform intermediaries. The platform supports multi-chain transactions (Gnosis Chain, Optimism, Polygon zkEVM, Ethereum) and is built around the GIV token ecosystem, which includes donor rewards (GIVbacks), staking-based project boosting (GIVpower), yield farming (GIVfarm), and AI-powered themed donation pools (Causes).

Product overview

Giveth.io is a zero-fee cryptocurrency donation platform structured as a unified platform with an integrated economic ecosystem. The core platform (Giveth Platform) enables peer-to-peer crypto donations with zero fees across multiple blockchain networks, supporting project creation, donation processing, and verification. This core is extended by the GIVeconomy — a suite of products anchored by the GIV token, including GIVbacks (donor reward program returning up to 80% of donations as GIV), GIVpower (staking-based project boosting), GIVfarm (yield staking), and GIVstream (token distribution). Additional offerings include Causes (AI-powered themed donation pools), Quadratic Funding rounds, Recurring Donations, PoolTogether vault integration, and DeVouch verification. The platform also operates GIVnews as an editorial sub-brand and Giveth Docs for documentation. All components share the same web3 wallet-based architecture and multi-chain infrastructure (Gnosis Chain, Optimism, Polygon zkEVM).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• GIVeconomy: The native economy of the Giveth platform featuring GIV tokens, GIVbacks rewards, GIVpower staking, and GIVstream reward distribution until December 23, 2026.
• GIVbacks
• GIVpower
• Causes
• GIVnews

Products and services

• Giveth Platform A zero-fee cryptocurrency donation platform enabling changemakers to accept crypto donations with 100% peer-to-peer transfers, no fees, and no middlemen. Supports multiple blockchain networks with wallet-based onboarding.
• GIVeconomy The native economic ecosystem of the Giveth platform built around the GIV token, encompassing GIVbacks donor rewards, GIVpower project boosting via staking, GIVfarm yield rewards, GIVstream token distribution, and DAO governance.
• Causes A themed donation pool feature allowing creators to curate 5–50 verified projects under a shared mission. Powered by an AI donation agent that evaluates and redistributes funds to projects demonstrating the greatest impact. Creators pay 1,000 GIV to launch and earn 3% of all distributions.
• GIVnews A blockchain-for-good editorial publication powered by Paragraph, delivering content on the future of giving, public goods funding, and the GIVeconomy to a subscriber base of 4.1K+ readers.

Quantifiable outcome

• ~$7.17M in donations distributed to 8,278+ projects from 29,276+ donors
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

AI capability2 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered moderate, minor and core.

• Public NounsmoderateGTM or Marketing Partner · 27 August 2025Public Nouns Operations is a sponsor of the first Causes QF Round, contributing to the $20,000+ matching pool. Public Nouns has been funding public goods experiments for nearly 3 years.
• Sandbox DAOminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 27 August 2025Sandbox DAO is a sponsor of the first Causes QF Round, contributing to the $20,000+ matching pool.
• Gnosis ChaincoreTechnology or IntegrationGnosis Chain is a blockchain network where Giveth operates with low gas fees. GIV token and GIVpower are deployed on Gnosis Chain.
• The Commons StackcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership for building regen economies. Commons Stack supports Giveth's evolution from nonprofit platform to sustainable impact investing center. Collaborated on bonding curve research (Augmented Bonding Curve).
• GitcoincoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGitcoin is a partner in the Web3 public goods funding ecosystem. Both platforms support quadratic funding and open source projects.
• ShapeShift DAOmoderateGTM or Marketing PartnerShapeShift DAO is listed as a partner and sponsor of the first Causes QF Round with $20,000+ matching pool.
• PoolTogethermoderateStrategic or Co-development PartnerGiveth partners with PoolTogether to offer donors chance to win ETH prizes while supporting public goods. PoolTogether Vault integration on Giveth.
• SuperfluidmoderateTechnology or IntegrationSuperfluid partnership enables recurring donations on Giveth with real-time $SUP token rewards for donors.
• Token Engineering CommonscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTEC raised $1.5M in summer 2021 and has supported several public goods initiatives. Partnered on bonding curve and token engineering research. Their token has outperformed Ether according to Giveth documentation.

Scale indicators13 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Gitcoin: Gitcoin is the leading Web3 quadratic-funding and public-goods grants platform. It directly overlaps with Giveth on QF rounds, donor rewards, and funding Ethereum ecosystem projects, and is explicitly listed as a core strategic partner of Giveth.
• Endaoment: Endaoment is a crypto-native donor-advised fund that lets donors contribute crypto to nonprofits with verified 501(c)(3) status. It competes with Giveth on zero-fee / low-fee crypto giving for nonprofits and shares similar verified-project onboarding.
• Angel Protocol: Angel Protocol is a decentralized philanthropy platform using smart contracts for endowment-style nonprofit funding. It competes with Giveth on transparent, yield-generating, on-chain charitable giving infrastructure.
• The Giving Block: The Giving Block is the leading crypto-donation infrastructure provider for nonprofits, enabling charities to accept Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other tokens. It is the closest traditional-fintech analogue to Giveth's crypto-donation use case.

Emerging players

• Octant: Octant is a Web3 public-goods funding platform that allocates yield from staked ETH to projects chosen by token holders. It overlaps with Giveth on quadratic-style mechanisms and public-goods focus but uses a staking-yield model rather than direct donations.
• Pledgecamp: Pledgecamp was a decentralized crowdfunding platform that used reputation and milestone-based escrows. While a different mechanism, it operates in the same Web3 crowdfunding-for-good category and shares Giveth's donor-protection narrative.
• PoolTogether: PoolTogether is a no-loss lottery protocol and a listed Giveth partner; the Giveth PoolTogether Vault lets donors fund public goods while competing for ETH prizes. Same Ethereum-native ecosystem, adjacent use case (prize-linked giving).

Broad incumbents

• Optimism RetroPGF: Optimism's Retroactive Public Goods Funding is a much larger, well-capitalized public-goods funding program on an L2 where Giveth already operates. It competes for the same donor and project attention and operates with significantly larger matching budgets.
• GoFundMe / GoFundMe Giving Partners: GoFundMe is the dominant mainstream donation/crowdfunding platform. While fiat-based and not a direct Web3 competitor, it competes for the same nonprofit and personal-cause fundraising volumes that Giveth targets via crypto.

Others

• Superfluid: Superfluid powers Giveth's recurring donations feature with real-time $SUP token rewards. It is an enabling infrastructure partner rather than a competitor but is highly relevant to Giveth's recurring-giving roadmap.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/givethio
• GitHubgithub.com/Giveth
• YouTubeyoutube.com/givethio
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/11260167
• Instagraminstagram.com/giveth.io
• Facebookfacebook.com/givethio

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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