For artists
Build the network around your work. Raise for what comes next.
Your proposed CAVO profile would be a place to meet backers, curators and creative peers through your work and perspective. When funding could move the career forward, the separate backing interface would let you propose a target, use of funds and defined share of eligible revenue.
Your two interfaces
Build your network. Define your proposition.
Your creative profile gives people a reason to connect through your work, perspective and ambitions. When funding would move the career forward, a separate backing profile can state the target, use of funds and proposed share of eligible revenue. You choose whom you engage with and retain creative control.
- Meet backers, curators and creative peers
- Exchange ideas and build career relationships
- Open a distinct funding proposition when ready
What CAVO can provide
Four forms of capital around the work.
Economic capital funds the next move. Social capital opens doors. Cultural capital brings informed judgement. Symbolic capital helps serious work earn recognition.
- 01Economic capital: career funding
- 02Social capital: connections to relevant people and institutions
- 03Cultural capital: informed creative and commercial judgement
- 04Symbolic capital: advocacy, credibility and recognition
- 05Practical support: production, distribution and operations
What you decide
You set the proposition.
You tell CAVO how much funding you need, what you intend to use it for, and what percentage of your 80% revenue pool you would be prepared to offer backers for a defined period. You propose the percentage and period, subject to CAVO approval and final legal terms. Each proposition has its own agreed percentage and duration.
Worked example
How £100 of eligible revenue is divided
Explore an illustrative artist offer of 10% of the artist's 80% revenue pool. These figures show the calculation, rather than a forecast. Actual payments follow eligible earnings and the agreed terms.
- CAVO
- £2020% of eligible revenue
- Backers
- £88% of eligible revenue
- Artist retains
- £7272% of eligible revenue
The £80 artist revenue pool comprises £8 for backers (10% of that pool) and £72 retained by the artist.
What remains yours
Your work. Your identity. Your decisions.
You decide whom to meet, what to discuss, what to share and whether to open a backing proposition. Your creative independence stays yours, and personal connections grow through mutual choice. Any future revenue participation follows the artist-specific terms you agree.
What selection considers
Strong work, clear direction and a credible use for support.
- The strength and distinctiveness of the work
- The clarity of the artist's direction
- Evidence of discipline and long-term intent
- The present career stage and use for funding
- Whether CAVO's network can materially help
- Whether the proposed funding and revenue terms are realistic
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