DeFi for Teams

Manage money, together.

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An All-in-One Payment Suite

From simple transactions to complex financial operations, we've got you covered. Whether you're running a small team or a large DAO, our intuitive tools adapt to your needs.

Flexible payments

pay your waY

Whether it's a one-off payment or a complex transaction using multiple tokens and customizable schedules, Colony's payment suite has you covered.

Batch payments

Many payments, one transaction

Process multiple payments in one go. Upload a CSV file to make batch payments to different recipients using multiple tokens, saving you time and reducing errors.

Streaming salaries

Remittance in Real-time

Set up continuous payments at agreed rates without upfront funding. Perfect for salaries, retainers, or recurring payments.

Smart splits

Divide funds easily

Easily divide a pot of funds between many recipients. Set up equal splits, custom percentages, or automatically allocate based on team reputation.

Staged payments

ESCROW Project funding

Manage multi-phase projects with confidence. Allocate funds upfront and release them in stages as milestones are met.

Crypto to fiat

No bank account? No problem.

You send $USDC, they receive $USD or €EUR in their bank account, reducing overheads and simplifying operations.

Teams and budgets

Divide your on-chain organization into focused teams, enhancing accountability and efficiency.

Streamline operations by assigning specific responsibilities, resources, and decision methods to each team while maintaining overall organizational coherence.

Decision methods

Make your organization efficient and adaptable by tailoring how decisions are made.

By combining decision methods with Colony’s nested team structure, organizations can maintain a decentralized ethos at the core while enabling swift action at the edges, creating a balance between decentralization and operational efficiency.

Decision
method
Control
Trust
Speed
Security
Individual
Quick but requires high trust and has lower security
Full power for permitted actions
High
Individual controls all funds
Fast
Immediate action
Low
Single point of failure
Multisig (M of N)
Balanced approach with shared responsibility
Requires simple majority
Medium
Shared among signatories
Medium
Coordination required
Medium
Majority must be compromised
Lazy voting
Most decentralized, highest security, but slowest process
Permissive but decentralized; action proceeds unless opposed
Low
Decentralized
Slow
Usually takes several days
High
Majority of reputation must be compromised

Chain support

Colony's multichain interoperability enables organizations to control assets and contracts across most EVM-compatible blockchains while keeping costs low through Arbitrum-based governance.

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Pricing

Colonies are free to create, and there are no upfront or monthly subscription fees.

No limits on size

No user caps, team sizes, or transaction limits

Ongoing maintenance

No monthly fees

No gas costs

On-chain gas costs are covered on Arbirtum

Transaction fees

Small percentage on select transactions (clearly indicated)

Backed by the best

Colony is supported by the best in the industry.

Green Field logoEden Block logoThe Ready logoAnmi Capital logo
Bixin Ventures logoSignum Capital logoThe Lao logoContinue Capital logoLD Capital logo