Where did the seed money for DotAsia Organisation come from?
There is no “seed money” in the entirety of the meaning. DotAsia Organization is a not-for-profit initiative. Initial capital is obtained in the form of a zero-interest unsecured loan from Afilias. DotAsia will begin repaying this loan mid-way through the first year of operations, after the launch of registrations and has started receiving income. The repayment terms are favourable to DotAsia in that it is risk free and on a per-domain-year basis. The loan is also not convertible to “shares” or sharing of “retained earnings” of the organisation. This greatly reduces the financial risk for DotAsia and is an important element, among other technical and operational considerations for choosing Afilias to be the back-end registry services provider (see Q27 for more information).
