ColoradoJam

The idea

Governments want to pilot emerging technology but can rarely fund speculative experiments. Startups want government references but can't survive procurement timelines. ColoradoJam bridged the two: an incubator, privately funded by the Bufficorn Ventures DAO, that pairs blockchain and Web3 teams with Colorado state government to fund and launch pilots.

My role

I helped create ColoradoJam while at the Governor's Office of Information Technology, working across the Governor's office and state departments to make government a willing pilot partner. After moving to Bufficorn Ventures as Investment Steward, I managed the program from the funding side: evaluating teams, structuring pilots, and acting as the liaison between government and private industry.

Why it's unusual

It is one of the few programs anywhere funded by a DAO to run government technology pilots, and it demonstrated a repeatable model for public-private experimentation without taxpayer risk.