We’re raising $100K from donors and foundations, in $10–50K contributions, to launch the OASA Village Fund and select its first cohort of ten villages. Every dollar you put in is lent to a village to secure and develop its land, repaid from the sale of utility access tokens, topped up by 1% of every transaction on Closer, and lent again to the next village — toward 100,000 hectares in trust by 2050.
Contributions go to OASA, a Swiss non-profit association. No financial return — returns are measured in hectares, water, species and villages still standing.
$100K
Seed · raising now
Loans
Repaid via access token sales
1%
Of Closer transactions → fund
10
Villages · fall 2026
Lend
The OASA Fund is a lending instrument. Seed capital is lent to cohort villages to secure and develop land held in common. Villages repay from the sale of utility access tokens — use rights and governance, never equity — and every repayment flows back into the fund, not to any investor.
1%
Closer commits 1% of every transaction across all villages on the platform — carved out of its 5% fee — directly into the fund. Every booking, membership and event in the network tops up the fund. As the network grows, the fund refills itself.
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Repaid loans are lent again to the next land project. The fund keeps cycling debt while the hectares under stewardship keep growing — and as villages repay from access token sales, the fund itself grows. One seed, a cascade of commons.
$100K
From donors & philanthropists in $10–50K contributions, to launch the fund and select the cohort.
10 villages
First cohort of strongly aligned land projects receives land loans plus the best digital tools available.
Token raise
A larger, token-based raise opens follow-on capacity for early supporters and grows the cohort.
OASA’s mission is 100,000 hectares under regenerative stewardship by 2050 — removed permanently from the speculative market and held in trust. Villages are the unit of scale. Each one is anchored by a real, diversified economy — hospitality, agriculture, education, energy — that makes the commons self-sustaining and feeds the fund that seeds the next one.
25 ha
Today · TDF
1,000 ha
2030
100K ha
2050
9–35 Mt
CO₂e over 30 years
Billions
Litres held in living soil
3–9K
Rural livelihoods
€100M
Annual commons revenue
Conservative, literature-based estimates for a mature 100,000-hectare Mediterranean footprint, from OASA’s impact thesis Regenerative Sovereignty at Scale. Ranges, not promises.
Land in perpetual commons — no individual title, no equity, no profit distributions. Utility tokens carrying use rights and governance, never financial returns. The seven principles of the OASA Constitution as the minimum standard, Guardians of Nature with veto power, every decision weighed against seven future generations. Open books to the network, annually.
The OASA Village Fund is a revolving lending instrument for regenerative land projects. Seed capital is lent to cohort villages to secure and develop land held in common. Villages repay from the sale of utility access tokens — use rights and governance participation, never equity — and every repayment is lent again to the next project. When villages use Closer for bookings, a 4% fee on commercial transactions funds the platform and 1% flows straight back into this fund. The fund keeps cycling debt while the land under stewardship keeps growing.
100%
Of repayments lent again
Tokens
Repay the debt via access rights
1%
Of Closer bookings → fund
10
Villages this fall
Traditional Dream Factory (Alentejo, Portugal) is the flagship — Europe’s first token-powered regenerative village: bird species returned, wells recharged, compacted clay turned to living soil. The land is in trust. It runs entirely on Closer, alongside multiple other communities on the platform. Closer has been supported by Regen Network and Climate Collective.
25 ha
In trust
300+
Token holders
€1.5M+
Raised via tokens
1.5M L
Rain harvesting capacity
Donors and foundations active in regenerative land, community ownership and climate — comfortable with $10–50K first checks, with appetite for larger follow-on tickets as the cohort proves out.
Why a lending fund, not grants?
A grant is spent once. A loan to a village is repaid from access token sales and lent again, so the same dollar develops land project after land project while the fund keeps growing.
Other ways to help: warm introductions to family offices, foundations and mission-aligned funds; nomination letters for grant applications. Email Sam directly or use the form.
Sam replies personally within a few days to set up a call.
A donation to OASA, a Swiss non-profit association. There is no financial return. Contributions capitalise the fund’s lending pool and the cohort’s legal and operational support. Returns are measured in hectares under stewardship, water retained, species returned and villages still standing.
Into the lending pool that finances the ten cohort villages’ land projects, and into selecting and onboarding the cohort: legal counsel mapping structures onto local law, Closer deployment, and the annual reporting that keeps books open. OASA publishes the split to backers.
Two ways. Closer commits 1% of every transaction across all villages on the platform — carved from its 5% fee — directly into the fund, so network activity refills it. And capital lent to a village is repaid from the sale of utility access tokens (use rights and governance, never equity) and lent again to the next one. The fund keeps cycling debt while developing more land, and grows as projects repay.
For villages using the OASA trust, the land stays in trust. It cannot be seized by creditors chasing equity or flipped by a majority faction. Stewardship transitions; the commons survives. Villages using another structure must disclose it openly to qualify.
In spring 2027 the cohort villages open a larger, token-based raise. Tokens carry use rights and governance — a night’s stay, a vote — never equity. Early backers of the fund get priority access to participate.
The Village Fund is the philanthropic first layer of the stewardship flywheel. The larger catalytic capital programme — completing the TDF prototype and securing new sites at scale — is documented in the catalytic capital deep dive.
$100K seed round · $10–50K tickets · first cohort fall 2026
Back the fundSam — OASA Village Fund Director · [email protected]