Who funds them, what they fund and how to apply.
A $200M catalyzed capital pool funding early-stage ecosystem projects in partnership with 20+ venture firms (incl. Polychain, Dragonfly), providing deal structuring, fundraising assistance, and exchange-listing support rather than fixed grant rounds. No published award size, cadence, or application form; contact is ecofund@mantle.xyz.
Up to $20K fast-track grants, weekly review cadence
Meta Earth, a modular rollup and DID project, advertises a $100M developer ecosystem fund with rolling applications and no fixed deadline via its official grants page. The $100M figure is the project's own claim and is not independently corroborated in the signal.
Meta Pool's grants program funding DeFi, education, and TVL-growth initiatives in the NEAR ecosystem.
Three rolling tiers: $1K-$5K / $5K-$30K / $100K+
Community-run grants program funding infrastructure and developer tooling on NEAR, run through NEAR's DevHub.
NEAR's current funding page routes builders to active ecosystem programs including Protocol Rewards, DevHub Grants, Potlock rounds, and Meta Pool Grants. This record represents that live funding directory rather than the foundation's discontinued historical grant tiers.
Metrics-based rewards system for NEAR projects that ties funding directly to on-chain development activity and user adoption metrics, rather than a discretionary grants review.
NSF's SBIR/STTR program funds small businesses developing distributed ledger technologies — blockchain, DAGs, and smart contracts.
Non-dilutive R&D funding for U.S. deep-tech startups: Phase I awards up to $305k, Phase II up to $1.25M, with Fast-Track options, reaching roughly 400 companies and $200M+ deployed per year. A Distributed Ledger topic explicitly covers blockchain, DAGs, cryptography, and smart contracts; applications begin with a Project Pitch, followed by invitation to a full proposal and merit review by program directors.
Obol Technical Grants are now open for applications. The program offers funding for four specific open-source projects: DVT-TEE security research, Dappnode validator features, GotEth data indexer, and a token monitoring dashboard. All grants support development that benefits the Obol Collective and its Distributed Validator Technology ecosystem. Apply directly through the details posted on X at https://x.com/Obol_Collective/status/2029557050620211384.
Octant's recurring epoch-based public-goods funding round, distributing a matching pool via quadratic funding to participating ecosystem projects.
Olympix Arbitrum Security Grant — Teams Now Being Onboarded
Recurring wave-based grants funding Nostr protocol projects: app discovery, private calls, software distribution, client onboarding, and AI tools for open-source Bitcoin/freedom-tech developers.
Grants Council Mission Expected impact on the Intent: The Grants Council makes grants, on behalf of the Token House, in an effort to make progress towards the Intent.
In 2025, Retro Funding sharpens its focus on data-driven impact measurement , using targeted Missions to develop robust methods for evaluating specific types of contributions. The Retro Funding Missions from S7, Onchain Builders and Dev Tooling, will continue in S8.
An $80 million equity-first ecosystem fund managed by Draper Dragon for high-growth companies building on or integrating with Cardano. It focuses on real-world assets, institutional DeFi, and links between Cardano and Bitcoin, with the Cardano Foundation serving as constitutional administrator rather than fund manager.
A $20M ecosystem grant program for builders on Pharos Network (RWA tokenization, decentralized payments, DeFi, tooling/infrastructure), applied for at pharos.xyz/ecosystem; run alongside a separate $10M RealFi/RWA incubator (Builder Base Camp, with HackQuest).
Status describes whether a program is running. Application methods are recorded separately. Read the funder’s terms before applying.