This document provides a comprehensive breakdown of the total capital required to successfully implement the 1% Treaty and establish the Decentralized Institutes of Health (DIH). It is a supporting document for the overall strategy described in the War on Disease Landing Page. The figures presented here are the basis for our $1.2B - $2.5B total fundraising goal.
The capital raised is not for ongoing operations; it is a one-time "activation energy" required to overcome the political inertia of the current system. This investment is designed to unlock a perpetual, multi-generational funding stream of $27+ billion annually for global health.
Note on Diligence Documents: This document provides the high-level strategic budget. A detailed, bottom-up operational budget and a description of our full, spreadsheet-based financial model are available in our Operational Budget & Financial Model Documentation.
The budget is structured around a 36-month timeline and is divided into four primary operational categories.
The range reflects the variable nature of political campaigns and the potential to scale our efforts. A smaller, more targeted raise of $1.2B is considered the minimum viable amount, while a $2.5B raise would allow for a massively parallel, global campaign with a significantly higher probability of success.
The raise will be conducted in tranches, with each tranche tied to the achievement of specific, verifiable milestones.
Phase 1: Seed Round ($250M - $400M)
Phase 2: Series A ($500M - $1B)
Phase 3: Growth Round ($500M - $1.1B)
The budget is not a monolithic block but is designed to be deployed in phases, directly corresponding to our fundraising tranches. This ensures that capital is used efficiently and that spending scales only with the achievement of verifiable milestones.
This initial phase is designed to build the core infrastructure and prove the model in a limited number of high-impact pilot regions.
| Category | Lower Bound | Upper Bound | Justification & Pay-for-Success Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operations (Core Team) | $10M | $15M | Justification: Salaries for a lean founding team (15-20 people). Pay-for-Success: Team will receive modest cash salaries + large, vested VICTORY bond grants, aligning their success with the mission's. |
| Platform & Tech MVP | $50M | $75M | Justification: Engineering and security costs for the referendum platform MVP. Pay-for-Success: Contractor fees paid with a 50% cash / 50% vested token split, plus performance bonuses. |
| Legal & Framework (Pilots) | $40M | $60M | Justification: Retainers for top-tier law firms in 3-5 pilot countries. Pay-for-Success: Engagements structured with massive "success fees" paid in VICTORY bonds upon treaty ratification. |
| Pilot Independent Expenditure | $100M | $150M | Justification: Fund targeted campaigns in 1-2 key electoral districts to prove the model. Pay-for-Success: Structured as a competitive prize for the firm that delivers the best results (e.g., polling shift). |
| Referendum Points System | $5M | $10M | Justification: Infrastructure for the non-financial points system. Pay-for-Success: Inherently pay-for-success as value is contingent. |
| Contingency | $45M | $90M | Justification: A necessary buffer for a high-uncertainty political startup. |
With the model proven, this phase scales the operation to all G7 nations and aims to achieve the 3.5% global participation threshold.
| Category | Lower Bound | Upper Bound | Justification & Pay-for-Success Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scaled Independent Expenditures | $300M | $600M | Justification: Expand political campaigns to all G7 nations. Pay-for-Success: Introduce a Competitive Prize Ecosystem: the first 3 groups to secure ratification in a G7 nation win massive prizes ($100M, $50M, $25M), creating a competitive market for success. |
| Strategic Incentive Alignment | $50M | $100M | Justification: Capital to structure superior investment deals to co-opt key players in the MIC. Pay-for-Success: The entire budget is for performance-based incentives. |
| Platform Scale-Up | $100M | $150M | Justification: Scale platform to handle 300M+ users. Pay-for-Success: Continued use of holdbacks and performance bonuses. |
| Global Legal Expansion | $40M | $80M | Justification: Expand legal operations to all target nations. Pay-for-Success: Continued use of success-fee-based retainers. |
| Contingency | $10M | $70M | Justification: Operational buffer for scaled global campaign. |
This final phase is the all-out push to ensure treaty ratification in the remaining major powers and to fully capitalize the DIH treasury.
| Category | Lower Bound | Upper Bound | Justification & Pay-for-Success Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global Saturation Campaigns | $300M | $750M | Justification: Overwhelming political and media pressure in final holdout nations. Pay-for-Success: Continued use of the competitive prize model. |
| MIC Co-Opting (Final Tranche) | $50M | $100M | Justification: Final strategic incentives to secure key corporate and political endorsements. Pay-for-Success: Entirely success-based. |
| Treasury & Governance Launch | $100M | $150M | Justification: Final preparations for DIH treasury launch, including security audits and insurance. Pay-for-Success: Developer bonuses tied to flawless first $1B disbursement. |
| Contingency | $50M | $100M | Justification: Final buffer for the most critical phase of the campaign. |