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Pronounced / “oo-JAH-mah”
The principle of cooperative economics, an idea that a community who feels like extended family can build up business, patron one another, and be successful as a family


Our marketplace is the kind of partnership in passion where the community is the market, and where value is made

How we help

  • Give Credit Where Credit Is Due

    Certify artistic ownership

  • Finally Get Paid For Paying Attention

    Collect rewards for supporting your fav artist

  • Discover New Talent

    Track market engagement
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    Authentication

    Artists can use Ujamaa to generate certificates of authenticity and other digital assets to validate the quality of their work and establish royalties

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    Funding awards

    Ujamaa is an awardee of the ALGO Grant for Applications & Use Cases

    Algorand

    The world's most powerful and sustainable blockchain

    Algorand's institutional grade blockchain infrastructure is the first and only to achieve decentralization, scalability, and security without compromises and while being environmentally sustainable.

    4s Block time -----> Near-Immediate settlement

    0.001 ALGO -----> Near-free transactions

    Timeline

    Q2 2021

    Founded by CEO

    Q4 2021

    Alpha Development

    • Bizdev & market fit
    • IP & talent hiring
    • Designers, CFO, & Legal
    • MVP build begins

    Q2 2022

    Engineering team buildout

    • UI/UX begins
    • Site & socials Live
    • Proprietary Smart contracts
    • Backend services

    Q1 2023

    User growth & corporate partnerships

    Q3 2021

    Grant award:
    Algorand Foundation

    Q1 2022

    21 Million Savage

    • Miami rooftop event
    • Muralist live painting

    Q3-Q4 2022

    Team growth & MVP testing

    • Invite-only app launch
    • Art Basel event

    Q2 2021

    Founded by CEO

    Q3 2021

    Grant award:
    Algorand Foundation

    Q4 2021

    Alpha Development

    • Bizdev & market fit
    • IP & talent hiring
    • Designers, CFO, & Legal
    • MVP build begins

    Q1 2022

    21 Million Savage

    • Miami rooftop event
    • Muralist live painting

    Q2 2022

    Engineering team buildout

    • UI/UX begins
    • Site & socials Live
    • Proprietary Smart contracts
    • Backend services

    Q3-Q4 2022

    Team growth & MVP testing

    • Invite-only app launch
    • Art Basel event

    Q1 2023

    User growth & corporate partnerships

    Team

    We built our MVP with grant award seed capital will get us to market, faster

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    Arthur T Grayson III

    Founder & CEO

    Nuclear engineering (US Navy/MIT), neuropsychology (Harvard/NIH), muralist, product owner

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    Louis Frye

    Co-Founder & CBDO

    Senior wealth manager, Financial strategist, Professsional basketball player

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    Clarissa Grayson-Robinson

    Co-Founder & CIO

    UX Engineer & Researcher, ethnography nerd, agile-focused frontend geek

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    Francisco Neto

    CTO

    Database architect, engineering manager,sysadmin, never sleeps

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    Addie Wagenknecht

    Advisor, Web3 Development

    Hackhouse founder, DEEPlab, artist, Mozillafellow, CERN fellow

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    Charles Moore

    Advisor, Art Curation

    Gallery curator, author of The Black Art Market,Doctoral candidate at Columbia

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    Tricia Wang

    Advisor, Venture Development

    Co-Founder at Sudden Compass, VC advisor, founder adviser, tech ethnographer

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