Startup Team

3–10 membersTreasury Under $100K

High trust, fast decisions, lean governance.

A founding team, dev shop, or hackathon crew that knows each other and needs to move quickly without governance overhead.

Best for

Founding teams & co-ops

Dev shops and agencies

Hackathon & grant teams

Small investment clubs

Parameter	Value	Why
Voting period	1 day	Small group coordinates fast.
Grace period	1 day	Room to ragequit without slowing ops.
Quorum	50%	A real majority of a small crew should show up.
Sponsor threshold	1 share	Any member can sponsor a proposal.
Min. retention	66%	Standard ragequit-veto protection.
Proposal offering	0 QUAI	No spam risk inside a trusted group.

Onboarder (multiplier + allowlist)
Gate new members; mint shares for QUAI tribute.

Run everything through governance
With so few members, there's no need for extra navigators — proposals cover all operations.
Keep shares transferable
Trust is high; liquidity matters more than locking governance down.

Community DAO

20–50 members

A mix of active contributors and passive holders.

Protocol DAO

50–200 members

Consequential decisions that demand timelocks.

Investment DAO

10–100 members

Security is paramount.

Agent DAO

2–50 agents

Fast, programmatic decisions inside guardrails.

Launch with these defaults pre-filled — then customize anything before you deploy.