Real web3 hackathons, grant rounds, buildathons and accelerators, each with a live countdown and the apps from the yard that can enter it.
4 races close in the next 7 days
Entries are open. Soonest deadline first.
Announced and dated. Own your app now, and you are ready on day one.
Standing hackathons and programs with no fixed deadline. Apps ready today come first. Accelerators, funds and grants have their own shelves below.
Programs that run again, with no dates announced yet. They move onto the board the day dates are published.
Accelerators and pre-seed funds that back builders. 2 have deadlines, the rest take applications any time. 10 say they back founders before traction. Each card says where they back founders.
amounts as each program states them, never a promise
They back Technical founders building ambitious crypto or crypto adjacent companies, including pre-product teams and teams mid pivot.
Anywhere, partly in New York
Deal$400KThey back Full time founders from anywhere who fit one of the city or theme programs and want a structured mentor network.
Anywhere
Deal$220KThey back Product or technical founders with vision and grit who can recruit a team, at idea or pre-revenue stage.
Anywhere
Check sizeUp to $1MThey back Technical founders building enterprise infrastructure, security, or crypto infrastructure, even before a company exists.
Region not stated, check before applying
Check size$500K to $15MThey back Technical builders validating an idea, including solo founders, who can ideally work in person in San Francisco.
In person in San Francisco
Check size$500K to $2M+They back Founders at the earliest stage who can explain why they are the right people, even before a product exists.
North American founders
Check sizeCheck size not publishedThey back Immigrant founders who want to build in the US and are pre-product, pre-traction, or pre-revenue.
Immigrant founders building in the US
Check size$300K to $500KAmount not confirmedThey back US based software founders in enterprise, fintech, dev tools, health, or vertical AI who have not raised a seed round.
US founders only
Check size$500K to $4MThey back Deeply technical engineers building B2B AI applications or infrastructure who have raised under $1M.
Region not stated, check before applying
Check size$500K to $1.5MThey back Founders, including solo founders, who have raised under $2M and will relocate to the San Francisco Bay Area.
Must relocate to the Bay Area
Deal$500K to $2MThey back Technical founders in the US or Canada building vertical AI, deep tech, health, or bio companies.
US and Canada founders
Check size$500K to $3MThey back Founders with a credible onchain business on Base in trading, payments or agents.
Anywhere
Check sizeFundingThey back Crypto teams with at least an MVP in agentic AI, DePIN, DeFi, or real world assets.
Anywhere
DealCheck size not publishedThey back Pre-seed founders anywhere in the world, with some fintech and blockchain related companies in the portfolio.
Anywhere
Check size$250KThey back Founders in any sector who can move fast with a small, standard check; past crypto bets include Ledger and Sorare.
Anywhere
Check size150KThey back Founders anywhere building ambitious science fiction style technology who need a first believer.
Anywhere
Check size$500KThey back Ambitious first time founders at the very start, across many industries.
Anywhere
Check sizeCheck size not publishedThey back Founders building consumer, AI, or crypto products at the earliest stage; warm intros help.
Region not stated, check before applying
Check sizeCheck size not publishedThey back Indian startups raising early rounds that can pitch to a large angel syndicate.
India
Check sizeCheck size not publishedThey back North American founders raising a first institutional seed round, ideally through a referral.
North American founders
Check sizeCheck size not publishedThey back Solana startups.
DealInvestment22 grant programs fund builders on a chain or in an ecosystem, most of them one milestone at a time. Grants take no equity.
free money for useful work, paid by the ecosystem
They back A live or near live app on Base with Builder Codes integrated, in one of Base's focus categories, that drives onchain transactions.
Anywhere
FundingUp to $5KThey back Solo builders with a public shipping record and a plan to deploy on Celo mainnet.
Anywhere (not restricted)
FundingUp to $1.4KThey back Open source or free public goods for Solana, with a budget, milestones and a reason it must be on Solana.
Anywhere
FundingFundingThey back Open source tooling, research or public goods that match a listed wishlist area or RFP.
Anywhere
FundingFundingThey back Consistent, visible shipping on Celo each month.
Anywhere
FundingFundingThey back Visible, verified shipping: contracts deployed on Base and public code contributions.
Anywhere
Funding2 ETHThey back An MVP or proof of concept and a concrete three month plan on Starknet.
Anywhere
FundingUp to $25KThey back A clear small scope you can ship quickly on Solana, ideally from a region with an active Superteam chapter.
Varies by chapter (for example India, Vietnam, Balkans, Nigeria, UAE); some grants open globally
FundingUp to $10KThey back Early Avalanche projects that can ship and show progress to a community committee.
Anywhere (Team1 spans 40+ countries)
FundingUp to $10KThey back Arbitrum apps close to launch that need security review or gasless onboarding.
Anywhere
FundingFundingThey back Production minded apps on Arc in agent payments, stablecoin FX, P2P payments, treasury, prediction markets or lending.
Anywhere
FundingUp to $100KThey back Teams that match a posted Sui RFP or early founders ready to launch on Sui.
Anywhere
FundingFundingThey back Open source tools or apps that match the BNB Chain grant wishlist and show technical depth.
Anywhere
FundingUp to $200KThey back A strong team with a scalable product and a sustainable model on BNB Chain.
Anywhere
FundingInvestmentThey back Live DeFi apps on Unichain with real TVL, or useful infra and v4 hooks.
Anywhere
FundingUp to $7.5KThey back Shipped apps on Base.
FundingNot announcedThey back Superchain growth.
FundingNot announcedThey back Payments, aggLayer and apps.
FundingNot announcedThey back Onchain builders and dev tooling.
FundingNot announcedThey back User-owned AI and chain abstraction.
FundingNot announcedThey back Teams with a working MVP on Aptos, a roadmap, milestones and a budget.
Anywhere; US persons limited to non-token funding
FundingUp to $150KThey back Intelligent contracts and AI.
FundingNot announcedChains where deploying or building may count toward a possible future token. Airdrops are never guaranteed. No token may ever arrive, and rules can change. Each card shows its signal and the source.
speculative, every one of them
What may count Apps with Builder Codes that generate real onchain transactions on Base.
Anywhere
TokenNo set amountNo token. Official statement from Coinbase (2025): Base is exploring a network token but has no definitive plans. No 2026 token announcement found. There is no official Base points program; any airdrop tied to deploying is speculation. Official rewards are the grants and Builder Codes attribution.
What may count Production apps on Arc using USDC and Circle tools.
Anywhere
TokenNo set amountARC token announced, sold in a $222M private presale at a $3B FDV (May 2026), but no public distribution, claim or airdrop has been announced. Gas is paid in USDC. Claims that testnet activity or community points will count are speculation.
What may count Monthly shipped progress on Celo.
Anywhere
TokenNo set amountToken live (CELO). Proof of Ship is an official monthly reward for shipping, and Prezenti sponsors AI tools for 5 builders until Dec 29, 2026.
What may count Open source tools and consumer or DeFi apps on BNB Chain.
Anywhere
TokenNo set amountToken live (BNB). No airdrop for builders; the confirmed programs are grants, MVB and hackathons.
What may count DeFi and tokenization apps on Ink.
Anywhere
TokenNo set amountInk Foundation officially announced an INK token and airdrop (Jun 2025, 1B fixed supply). As of late Aug 2026 it was reported unlaunched with no TGE date. Whether builders or deployers get any allocation is not stated.
What may count Mature products with traction for Nitro.
Anywhere
TokenNo set amountToken live (MON, since late 2025). Nitro cohort 1 (up to $500K per team) finished; cohort 2 was 'opening soon' as of Aug 2026 with no date. No builder airdrop.
What may count Verified public shipping.
Anywhere
TokenNo set amountTALENT token is live. Builder Rank (replaced Creator Score Jan 2026) is official; weekly ETH Builder Rewards ran with Base, 2026 terms unconfirmed. A high rank has been used by other programs to filter builders, but no chain has promised an airdrop for it.
What may count Not taking builder applications.
Anywhere
TokenNo set amountToken live (MEGA, Apr 30, 2026). Mega Mafia ended and no successor builder program was found. No current builder rewards.
What may count Tokenized stock and finance apps on Robinhood Chain.
Anywhere
TokenNo set amountNo token, no official points, no snapshot. Robinhood committed $1M to 2026 Arbitrum Open House builder events. Only third party points exist (Lighter LIT points for trading). Any Robinhood Chain airdrop is speculation.
What may count Consumer apps that get Abstract users to interact.
Anywhere
TokenNo set amountNo token. XP is official and live. Abstract has not set a TGE date or officially promised XP converts to a token; guides that say so cite no primary source. A separate Builder XP launch (Aug 2026) is reported by one source only.
What may count Payment and agent payment apps.
Anywhere
TokenNo set amountNo token; reporting said Tempo would not issue a token initially, and fees are paid in stablecoins. No points or builder rewards program found. Any airdrop is pure speculation.
What may count DeFi apps with TVL on Unichain.
Anywhere
TokenNo set amountUses UNI. No new token. Builder incentive is Unichain grants up to $7,500.
What may count Stablecoin apps.
Anywhere
TokenNo set amountToken live (XPL, launched Sep 2025). No official builder rewards program found in this run.
What may count Not applicable.
Anywhere
TokenNo set amountToken live (LINEA, Sep 2025). I found no current official builder grant or points program in this run.
One email a week: new apps in the yard, races closing soon, and what fits your shortlist. Unsubscribe any time.
Send a short brief: the idea, the chain, your budget and deadline. A real person replies usually within a day with questions or a fixed quote. Custom builds typically start at $1,200, and you pay nothing until you approve the quote.
The stamp shows the type: hackathon, buildathon, grant round, accelerator, fund, airdrop-ready chain. The fuse burns down a 30-day window. It turns amber inside 14 days and red with a spark inside 7, and the note in the margin says the day it closes. The big inked figure is the headline prize or funding, shortened from the organizer's own wording. Tap the card for the full terms.
Submit as is: the race allows existing projects, disclosed. Head start: fresh code rule, so use the app to learn the pattern and rebuild during the event. Grant ready: grants and accelerators that fund shipped work. Check the rule: the rule is not stated yet.
Prizes, grants and airdrops are never guaranteed. Entering is positioning as a builder, not buying a payout. Questions? Ask the yard.
