Areta Governance is a leading governance strategy firm focused on ecosystem growth. Our mission is to sustainably grow the number of quality apps in crypto ecosystems. To address this, we tackle the biggest challenge faced by DAOs and Foundations — ineffective capital allocation. Our connected investment bank with deep strategic expertise, enables us to serve our partners holistically, rather than working in isolated governance silos.

We have had the privilege to work alongside industry leaders such as Uniswap, Arbitrum, Safe, Aave, ZKsync, Polygon, and dYdX.

Delegate Address: aretagov.eth

Governance Leads: Bernard Schmid, Siddharth Shah

Active Delegate Platforms: Aave, Safe, Arbitrum, ZKsync, Scroll

Delegate Focus: Ecosystem Growth, Governance Optimization, Information Flow to Investors

Active Ecosystems: Aave, ****Uniswap, Arbitrum, Safe, dYdX, ZKsync, Scroll

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Connect with us on Telegram at @bmitte or send an email to [email protected].

We are always eager to explore professional delegation and collaborative opportunities with projects that align with our areas of focus and interest.

Introduction to Areta

Areta Governance is a leading governance strategy firm focused on ecosystem growth. We have had the privilege to serve industry leaders such as Uniswap, Safe, Aave, and dYdX. Our mission is to sustainably grow the number of quality apps in crypto ecosystems by lowering barriers for builders and providing them with resources and support from inception to growth.

We do this through Smart Capital Activation, a tailored approach to capital allocation backed by dedicated design, strategy, and execution. Our current focus is on:

• Builder Support Programs, such as subsidy funds for security audit costs, RPC services, and essential infrastructure, tooling, or support mechanisms that enhance developer participation;
• Funding Competitions with elimination-based funding rounds, providing support to early-stage projects and accelerating the maturity of the best-performing projects;
• Growth-Stage Incentive Programs providing sustainable, KPI-driven rewards for later-stage projects directly aligned with onchain performance.

With this approach, we aim to smartly allocate capital across the builder funnel, getting capital, distribution, and support services to builders and sustainably activate capital for growth where it makes sense.

We have had the privilege to work for some of the leading ecosystems in the space. Examples of our work on the governance side include leading the first cross-ecosystem growth initiative for Uniswap and Arbitrum, leading governance optimization initiatives for Safe, dYdX, and Arbitrum, and conceptualized and managed the first-ever Security Audit Subsidy Funds in crypto for Arbitrum and Uniswap. On the transaction side, we led the first acquisition of Coingecko, the sale of Solscan to Etherscan, and the strategic wind-down of Gro DAO.

Select Experiences

1. Uniswap-Arbitrum Grant Program: Launch of Cross-Ecosystem Growth Initiative for Uniswap and Arbitrum. Read more here.
2. Uniswap Foundation Security Fund: $1M initiative created to strengthen security across the Uniswap ecosystem by subsidizing security audit costs for projects building Uniswap v4 hooks, extended to $4.8M in Feb’25. Read more here.
3. Contributor Efficiency System: Development of Safe DAO Contributor Efficiency System. Read more here.
4. Services Procurement Framework: Management of Service Provider Selection and RFPs for Arbitrum. Read more here.
5. Aave Delegate: Incentivized Delegates for the Aave DAO. Read more here.
6. Operations Trustee: Trustee to dYdX’s Operations Trust. Read more here.

Delegate Statement

Areta’s key tenets as delegates are as follows: