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About mtnCapital
mtnCapital is an on-chain investment fund launched by mtnDAO that uses "futarchy" (prediction market governance). Its core business: traders holding MTN tokens vote on investment proposals by buying or selling the token. If traders think a proposal (e.g., investing in a project) is good for the fund, they buy MTN, pushing its price up, and the proposal passes; if they think it's bad, they sell MTN, pushing the price down, and the proposal fails. All investment decisions are made openly this way.
The core competitive advantage is replacing traditional voting and investment committees with market wisdom. The founders believe traders making decisions based on financial incentives are more reliable than voters or committees, solving problems like voter apathy and insider influence in traditional DAOs, while making investment decisions fully transparent.
Regarding market pain points: traditional DAOs typically use token-weighted voting but suffer from participant apathy and insider manipulation; traditional VC investment decisions are opaque and inefficient. mtnCapital turns governance into an exchange, letting participants express opinions through trading, incentivizing accurate predictions.
For the recent six months (March to September 2026), there is no reliable public information available.
mtnCapital was initiated by mtnDAO co-founders Barrett and Edgar Pavlovsky as the world's first on-chain investment fund governed by futarchy (prediction market governance). On March 31, 2025, the $MTN token launched a 7-day uncapped sale on the MetaDAO Launchpad, offering 10 million tokens, with an additional 1 million minted into the treasury to support liquidity. The sale concluded on April 6, attracting 1,931 wallets and raising over $5.7M USDC, setting a record for decentralized investment fund raises. On April 9, $MTN went live for trading, with the token price tightly anchored to the fund's NAV, validating the effectiveness of futarchy governance. Subsequently, the fund processed its first governance proposals through prediction markets, including idle capital deployment, buybacks, and OTC investments, marking the market-driven investment DAO's transition into active operation.
Edgar Pavlovsky (Co-Founder): Founder of Paladin and DARK, co-founder of mtnDAO and mtnCapital. Previously co-founded Jia and Marginfi, served as ML at Strava and Data Science at Uber. Attended University of Utah.
Barrett Williams (Co-Founder): Founder of mtndao and Ranger, co-founder of mtnCapital. Previously founded Off-Piste, glxtch labs; data scientist at Arva Intelligence, Paraforge, Clearview Live; credit analyst intern at Beneficial Financial Group.