MetaDAO launches consumer app funding program, first project plans to raise $100,000

MetaDAO has launched the MetaDAO Apps Program, a funding initiative aimed at consumer-app founders that offers smaller raises and a lower token-supply allocation to backers than its typical campaigns. The first project under the program is 1609SAT, an SAT test-prep app seeking $100,000, with MetaDAO committing $50,000 of that amount. MetaDAO said the app has drawn more than 400 paying students over its first three months and generates roughly $5,000 in monthly revenue. Founders in the program can begin selling earned tokens earlier, subject to performance milestones and sales restrictions. The structure matters because it lets MetaDAO test a lighter-touch, milestone-gated model for early-stage consumer apps, and the next signal to watch is whether 1609SAT fills its $100,000 target and meets the milestones tied to early token sales.