ChainCatcher news, DeFi risk management firm Gauntlet founder Tarun Chitra's new startup Aera has announced the completion of an $8 million funding round, led by Bain Capital Crypto with participation from Jump Trading.It is reported that Aera is an autonomous, data-driven fund management protocol designed to help decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) manage their finances. Chitra stated that Aera's goal is to enable DAOs to respond quickly to market changes while not sacrificing the principles of decentralization, providing them with crowdsourced portfolio management advice.

ChainCatcher news, according to Coindesk, a screenshot of a conversation between an employee from investment firm Arca and DAO management platform Aragon shows that the Swiss entity behind Aragon, the Aragon Association, considered selling the project to anonymous bidders in June after experiencing community governance disputes.It is reported that the screenshot is part of a 24-page investigative report written by cryptocurrency trading company Patagon Management LLC regarding the Aragon Association, which also includes allegations of the Aragon Association's missteps over the years, including squandering its various crypto assets valued at $180 million, and questioning whether the organization complies with Swiss nonprofit laws, but these allegations have not been immediately verified.

ChainCatcher news, ApeCoin DAO secretary Vulkan posted an organizational chart on Twitter, detailing the salaries of the DAO leadership. The image shows their monthly salaries ranging from $7,000 to $75,000, with one Twitter user describing such salary levels as "crazy" and potentially "burning money."In response, ApeCoin DAO board member and Animoca Brands co-founder Yat Siu tweeted that the compensation paid by ApeCoin DAO was initially designed to correspond with "the responsibilities and obligations of the positions," and at that time, the closest examples found were those of directors in publicly listed companies.Siu stated that due to factors such as risk and responsibility, the salaries of directors vary, with higher compensation in different industries, and pointed out that the cryptocurrency and Web3 industries carry many risks and responsibilities. Siu believes it is somewhat unfair to compare the salaries of ordinary workers with those of positions serving a DAO like ApeCoin, which is valued in the billions. (source link)

ChainCatcher message, based on the BNB Chain, the Level Finance community's proposal to "transfer over 200 million native LVL tokens to DAO management" has opened for voting, which will end on March 31, 2023, at 16:00. As of the time of this publication, the support rate for this vote is 100%. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, the DAO management tool Catapult has completed a $5 million seed round financing, led by Blockchain Capital, with participation from Eden Block, Orange DAO, and Reverie, as well as Stani Kulechov from Aave and Ryan Berken from Teller.It is reported that Catapult was initially developed as an entry tool for the decentralized community Index Coop, utilizing on-chain data to build rich anonymous member profiles that are searchable and allow for better coordination and communication among members. (The Block)