Who funds them, what they fund and how to apply.
A rolling 1inch DAO incubator for teams building Aqua strategies and swapVM instructions. It offers milestone-based grants of up to $50,000 per team from a $436,000 pool, plus a negotiated revenue share. Applications remain open while funding is available.
The Artificial Superintelligence Alliance's ASI:Accelerator Programme gives applicants access to AI insights, enterprise-grade infrastructure, and dedicated mentorship, alongside separate grant programs run by member projects SingularityNET and Fetch.ai.
a16z crypto's intensive, in-person accelerator for early-stage crypto and web3 startups, investing $500,000 for 7% equity and providing mentorship, workshops, and access to the a16z network, culminating in a Demo Day. Runs two cohorts per year in rotating cities.
Defactor's Accelerator Grant Fund offers roughly $250,000-260,000 to real-world-asset (RWA) projects tokenizing onchain, launched jointly with RWA.io as a global acceleration initiative.
Techstars and the Cardano Foundation launched the Founder Catalyst Program, a new accelerator initiative for Web3 founders building on Cardano.
Sui Foundation's official non-dilutive accelerator, offering hands-on mentorship and connections to capital for teams building on Sui.
ConsenSys launched the Linea Ecosystem Investment Alliance with 30+ venture capital firms to support builders on Linea, announced alongside Linea's mainnet launch and separate developer grants.
Ethereum Foundation program embedding strategic advisors with a small set of prior grantees for 12 months of sustainability planning and execution. The two-year objective is to help critical open-source teams diversify funding and reduce dependency on a single grant source.
A long-term, milestone-based TRON DAO funding and incubation program (up to $5M) for projects building on TRON and BTTC, spanning tracks including infrastructure/security, gaming, cross-chain, payments/DeFi, and AI & automation.
Ripple's 12-week hybrid accelerator for startups building on the XRP Ledger, offering up to $200k in non-dilutive grants plus mentorship and investor access, with focus areas in DeFi, real-world assets, payments, and AI. Successor to XRPL Grants (140+ projects funded since 2021); runs multiple cohorts annually with a unified application.
Arbitrum's 2026 Mentorship Program was an eight-week cohort for 15 early-stage teams, with ecosystem mentorship, investor access, and a $100,000 Demo Day award pool. The program began April 13, 2026 and its application and cohort period have ended.
Arbitrum Open House London combined a three-week online Buildathon with a three-day Founder House, technical workshops, mentorship, product sessions, and live pitches. The combined prize and grant pool was $415,000 across general, Robinhood Chain, agentic AI, and milestone-based grant tracks.
Base announced Base Batches 003 as a funding and mentorship program for onchain builders, with Startup, Student, and Robotics tracks and up to $50,000 in funding per selected participant. The recorded Startup Track application window closed in March 2026; no current general application page has been confirmed.
ChainGPT Builder’s Program Season 3 was announced as a Web3 builder intake offering API credits, technical support, and access to the ChainGPT AI stack. The only sourced evidence is a social announcement with no verified standing application route or later season, so the named season is recorded as concluded.
Four-month accelerator providing $50,000 plus mentorship and technical workshops to early-stage teams building proof-of-concept digital financial services for underserved populations using Open Payments and the Interledger Protocol.
Mantle previously ran Flagship Buildathon programs and a Scouts nomination season. The former grants URLs now serve Mantle's institutional RWA marketing site and no longer describe a public grant or apply path. Scouts Season 2 closed 30 June 2025.
Accelerator for startups building DeFi, payments, and RWA products on Stellar or for EMEA; up to $150,000 in XLM initial development funding from the Stellar Development Foundation, with possible follow-on grants.
Milestone-based accelerator funding up to $200k/team for pre-token Sui projects, co-run by Brinc and CoinList. The first cohort application window closed January 17, 2025. No later cohort has opened.
Status describes whether a program is running. Application methods are recorded separately. Read the funder’s terms before applying.