Bounties, grants & programs for builders.
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Solana Foundation Grants
Funding for open-source development, research, and public-goods tooling that grows the Solana ecosystem.
Ecosystem Support Program (ESP)
Non-financial and grant support for projects, research, and tooling that strengthen the Ethereum ecosystem.
Optimism Retro Funding
Retroactive public-goods funding distributing OP tokens to builders and projects that have benefited the Optimism ecosystem.
Base Builder Funding
Onchain funding and rewards for developers shipping apps and tooling on Base, Coinbase's Ethereum L2.
Filecoin Dev Grants
Open grants, tracked publicly on GitHub, for development, integrations, and research that advance the Filecoin network.
NLnet Open Calls
Grants (typically up to €50K) for free/open-source projects in privacy, internet infrastructure, and related public-interest tech.
Essential Open Source Software for Science (EOSS)
Grants supporting maintenance and growth of open-source software tools that are foundational to biomedical and scientific research.
Y Combinator
Twice-yearly startup accelerator. Standard deal is $125K for 7% plus an uncapped MFN SAFE, with mentorship and Demo Day.
AI Grant
Accelerator for AI-native startups, providing investment plus large compute credits from partner cloud providers.
a16z Crypto Startup Accelerator (CSX)
Accelerator for early-stage crypto and web3 founders, combining funding with hands-on guidance from the a16z crypto team.
Z Fellows
One-week program for early founders and builders that includes a $10K investment and mentor introductions.
Encode Accelerator
Remote-first accelerator for early-stage web3 and AI startups, offering mentorship, technical support, and investor access.
Alliance
Crypto-focused accelerator and founder community providing investment, mentorship, and a demo day for web3 startups.
Base Camp
Token- and equity-stage accelerator for web3 startups, offering investment, token design support, and go-to-market help.
Immunefi Bug Bounties
Web3 security bug-bounty marketplace where researchers report smart-contract and protocol vulnerabilities for rewards.
Superteam Earn
Bounties, projects, and grants from Solana-ecosystem teams for developers, designers, and content creators.
Gitcoin Grants
Quadratic-funding rounds where community donations plus matching pools reward open-source and public-goods projects.
Algora OSS Bounties
Open-source bounty platform where maintainers attach cash rewards to GitHub issues and pay contributors on merge.
Questbook Grants & Bounties
Decentralized grants and bounties platform where web3 ecosystems run programs and pay builders onchain.
HackerOne AI Red Teaming & Bounties
Bug-bounty and AI red-teaming engagements where security researchers test models and applications for vulnerabilities.
ETHGlobal Hackathon Bounties
Sponsor-funded prize pools and bounties offered to builders at ETHGlobal's online and in-person hackathons.
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