This article is tailored towards Web3 developers who are looking for support for their development through grants, funding, and incubator programs. We update this article regularly, but developers always need to do their own research to verify whether a grant is still active or still accepting participants or potential candidates.
Last update: October 21st, 2025 – added MultiversX, Hadron, Merge Club, Lisk, Trust Wallet, X1 Ecochain, & Scroll.
Algorand Ventures
Variable $
Projects building on Algorand can apply for funding from Algorand Ventures. Developers need at least a viable business case, technical expertise, a team with sufficient experience and a demo or minimal viable product (MVP).
Amber Group “BUIDL_QUESTS 2025”
over $10 million in funding
Amber Group’s flagship hackathon returns with a $10M+ support package focused on AgentFi—AI-powered autonomous agents on-chain. Open to developers worldwide, the program includes cash prizes, liquidity support, and a finale in Singapore.
Anoma: Intents Builders Program
25 million $XAN
The Intents Builders Program is designed to support teams pioneering the future of an intent-centric Web3. Accepted teams gain access to exclusive benefits and become key contributors to Anoma ecosystem. The program has 25 million $XAN available to distribute to developers in need of tech support, grants, ecosystem collabs and more.
Aptos Foundation Grant Program
Up to $25,000
Aptos invites builders to apply for grants to enhance community engagement, foster educational initiatives, and champion the cause of Aptos and decentralization. They offer 4 different grant programs, each with a different purpose, including ecosystem grants, innovative projects, security and gasless transactions.
Bahamut Grants
up to $100,000
The Bahamut Foundation Grants Program provides milestone-based support and funding to organizations that aim to decentralize, grow, and support the Bahamut network, and advocate the world of Web3.
Base Onchain Summer
$250,000 prize pool
Celebrate the most innovative and widely-used apps on Base, rewarding winners with $250,000 in prizes, BaseCamp⁰⁰² invites, and social spotlights. There’s two main tracks: live consumer apps & live mini apps. Applications close on 2 September 2025.
BNB Chain Grants and MVB Program
Up to $200,000 per project
BNB Chain wants to empower developers in open-source initiatives to benefit the wider BNB community. Grantees can expect marketing exposure, tech support, ecosystem partnership building, and of course financial support.
Celo Community Fund: Prezenti
$5,000 – $25,000
The Celo Community Fund wants to support developers building on Celo, and Prezenti is the next generation version of their fund. They focus on community tools, on/off ramps, research and education, among various other initiatives. On average they have supported 59 projects with more than $18,000 each. A new round of grants will open up in October 2024.
Apply here (currently closed)
Conflux Foundation Bounties
$1,000 – $1,800 per bounty
Conflux blockchain is a layer-1 network focused on stablecoin and payment infrastrucure for consumer-grade payments. The Conflux Foundation has launched a bounty program, where they issues challenges that come with financial rewards.
Cronos Ecosystem Grants
Variable $
The Cronos Ecosystem Grants program aims to support early-stage projects on Cronos by bootstrapping initial product development, and by providing technical support. Grants will work with milestones, each unlocking a share of the grant. Your project needs to fit in the following categories: DeFi, entertainment or collectibles, AI and AI agents, RWA or the reinvention of Web2 experiences.
DaGama Grant Program
$450,000 pool
DaGama has launched a $450,000 grant program for developer teams and individuals, looking at killer features and monetization models, partnerships between companies, AI-powered data analysis, and dapps that are multichain.
Dfinity Developer Grants Program
Variable $
The Developer Grants Program aims to catalyze the growth of the Internet Computer ecosystem and make the Internet Computer accessible and approachable to more developers around the world by providing support to promising developers and teams. Decentralized AI, or DeAI, is now one of the focal points at Dfinity.
DIA Oracles Grants
Variable $
The DIA Oracle Grant has been created as an initiative to accelerate dapp development across blockchains by covering oracle gas fees for builders. This program means to remove costs for developers and users alike, fostering chain growth and user adoption. Each chain has its own dedicated vault, which earns rewards to fund oracle gas updates. Any developer building an oracle-dependent dapp on the 20 supported chains, may apply.
Doma “Forge” DomainFi Program
$1 million in USDC
D3 Global’s new grant program supports builders working on tokenized domains and Web3 identity using the Doma Protocol. With a $1M USDC fund and developer residencies, it’s a key launchpad for the emerging DomainFi sector.
Elysium Accelerator Program
Variable $
With the Elysium Accelerator Program, developers can elevate their web3 project to the next level through mentorship, advisory, network opportunities, marketing amplification, and more from blockchain experts.
EOS Foundation Funding Program
Variable $
The EOS Foundation wants to fund the EOS Network through multi-pronged, symbiotic, and community-driven initiatives. Through direct investments, sponsored working groups, and long term product development, they want to create positive sum games, which allow EOS to continue maturing a best-in-class blockchain ecosystem.
Filecoin Retroactive Public Goods Funding – Round 3
585,000 FIL, or approx $1 million
Filecoin is providing retroactive funding to projects building on their protocol, think about topics like decentralized storage, open-source tools, and Web3 data projects. Distribution of funding is voted by badge holders. Showcases take place in September, while voting opens up in October 2025.
Galxe’s Gravity $50 Million Ecosystem Fund
Variable $
The Gravity Ecosystem VC Alliance is inviting developers to start building on Gravity, tapping into the millions of users already engaged with the Galxe rewards platform. A fund of $50 million is available to support developers. Projects need to be natively integrated, aligned with the wider ecosystem, and there’s a priority focus towards DeFi, including lending, derivatives, yield aggregators, DEXes and bridges. In addition, the fund would like to see Telegram Mini Apps, and fully decentralized gamified systems.
GnosisVC Ecosystem Fund
Variable $
GnosisDAO and external partners have created a $40 million venture fund aimed at accelerating early-stage blockchain projects. The fund wants to prioritize investments in projects working on real-world assets, or RWA, tokenization. In addition there’s a focus on decentralized infrastructure and financial payment rails.
Immutable x Digital Worlds Foundation Fund
Variable $
The Immutable x Digital Worlds Foundation Fund is a $500 million fund to exponentially accelerate the growth and success of web3 projects & games built on Ethereum’s leading Layer 2 protocol, Immutable, via Ventures and providing access to Digital Worlds’ Grants. Successful Grant recipients will receive access to monetary support, milestone-based IMX rewards, and access to deep blockchain gaming support and expertise.
Iron Fish Grants Program
$500 up to $50,000+
Iron Fish is building a seamless, safe and encrypted blockchain environment. With their Iron Fish Grants Program they want to attract developers to make impactful projects. They are particularly interested in projects that enhance user experience with Iron Fish, increase interoperability with other chains, or otherwise expand the use-cases of Iron Fish.
Kaia / Klaytn Grants Programs
Variable $
Kaia, formerly known as Klaytn, offers grants across 4 different funds. The Kaia Ecosystem Fund is dedicated to fostering Kaia ecosystem services and developer communities, while the Kaia Infrastructure Fund is about development services. In addition there’s the IOS Program, to help developers with the go-to-market strategy for their project, and finally there’s the D21 Program aimed at DeFi services.
Kadena $50 Million Grant Program for AI and RWA
Variable $
Kadena is a scalable PoW Layer-1 blockchain focused on RWA tokenization and the intersection between AI and blockchain technology. Their grant program is split into two streams. The first $25 million goes to Solidity-based dapps (DeFi and GameFi) on the Chainweb EVM network and to AI projects. The other $25 million goes to tokenization solutions and RWA, such as tokenized debt, real estate etc.
Kroma Foundation Grant
Variable $
The Kroma Foundations wants to provide financial assistance to support projects that need additional resources to succeed. The grants aim to foster development within the Kroma ecosystem and support projects that align with their vision to expand and enhance Kroma ecosystem.
Lisk: EMpower
Up to $250,000 per grant
Lisk has labelled $15,000,000 as funding for their EMpower grants program. They want to offer support for projects in emerging market (Africa, LATAM and South East Asia) as long as these have real-world utility. They are looking for early stage projects with potential Series A investment round potential.
LUKSO Grants Wave 2: Hack the Grid
Variable $, $150,000 in total funding
LUKSO wants to take their The Grid and Universal Profiles to a next level by providing incentives for developers to build on LUKSO. Wave 2 — Hack The Grid focuses exclusively on accelerating development for The Grid by combining features of milestone-based grants with a hackathon-like structure to ramp up the creation of mini dapps in the LUKSO ecosystem.
Read more (currently closed)
Mantle Grants
Up to $20,000 in MNT
Mantle is an ecosystem that aims to foster a strong developer community through its wide range of initiatives supporting projects across their development lifecycle. Mantle offers a Scouts Program that seeks to find the best of the best, while the Public Grants are about supporting early-stage projects with $20,000 in MNT tokens.
Apply here (Season 2 currently ended)
Merge Club: Grants
$100 – $1,000
Merge Grants offers support to developers working on tight budgets. Rolling applications and grants are distributed after a 15-minute interview. Merge Grant is a micro-grant initiative designed to give ambitious builders resources as they pursue compelling projects.
MultiversX: Growth Games
$1,500,000 in funding available
MultiversX has launch a grant program called Growth Games, where they have 3 tracks to support developers: Build, Accelerate, and Launch. Funding for these track differs, from $250,000 for Accelerate to $750,000 for the Build track.
NEAR Ecosystem Grants
Various
The NEAR Foundation works through various initiatives, while the community also contributes, offering a wide range of funding and grants. Some initiatives focus on DeFi, others on NFTs. No matter in which stage the development of a project is, through the Ecosystem Grants on NEAR they can find support.
Oasis Grants Program
Variable
Oasis Protocol is looking for EVM-compatible dapps building on their Sapphire network. These projects should contribute to the wider Oasis network. In addition, developers who are building development tools can also apply for a grant.
Optimism OP Superchain Grants
Up to 500,000 OP
Optimism offers a wide variety of grants for projects in different stages. At the time of writing there are open grants for Audits, Growth, Retro Funding: Dev Tooling, and Retro Funding: Onchain Builders. The last two assume you already launched a project, and based on your impact you will be rewarded by the committee.
Polkadot: DeFi Builders Program
Various
Velocity Labs and Polkadot launched the DeFi Builders Program where developers can apply for funding, mentorship, and other forms of support to launch their DeFi solutions on Polkadot Hub. The first cohort is limited to just 5 teams.
Polygon Community Grants Programs
Various
The Community Grants Program is a community grants program to support builders, teams and creators committed to the growth of the Polygon community. Polygon has established various ways for developers to get access to grants and funding, including the Quadratic Accelerator Program and the Farcaster Frames Innovator Track. Season 2 is live right now with a 35 million POL reward pool.
Polygon x Hadron Payments and RWA Accelerator Program
Various
Those who are developing in the RWA sector or improving payment experiences on the blockchain, may be able to apply to the Hadron Payments and RWA Accelerator Program together with Polygon.
Quranium DeQUIP Grant Program
$5,000,000 funding pool
Quranium is building quantum-secure infrastructure, aimed at real-world dapps, developer tools, mainnet growth on EVM-compatible L1. Team offers undisclosed grants, and monitors development progress through milestone-based mentorship. The team will distribute $5,000,000 to 15 projects, with the aim to develop a product within 16 weeks (approx. 4 months).
Scroll Community Grants Program
max $10,000 per project
Scroll DAO Community Council introduces the Community Grants Program. This is an effort to support communities worldwide with their community activations. The focus of these activations alongside Scroll should remain in allowing your audience to explore the Scroll ecosystem, its products, assets, or programs. Deadline: 19 December 2025.
Somnia Network Developer Cohort
Flexible, $10 million in the funding pool
Somnia Network is an EVM-compatible L1 network, processing more transactions much faster than other chain solutions. Somnia invites developers to port their dapps to Somnia, offering an environment with sub-cent gas fees. They are looking for fully on-chain games, SocialFi projects, interoperable virtual societies in the metaverse, DeFi services and other real-time applications.
SKALE $100 Million Ecosystem Fund
Various
SKALE Network has launched various funds to support and promote development on their network, including the Innovator Program for AppChains. In addition, the fund puts focus on Games, DeFi and AI. Their ecosystem fund has $100 million, which will be distributed to promising projects over multiple years.
Stellar Grants Program
Up to $100,000
As part of its commitment to bringing new individual users and businesses to the Stellar ecosystem, the foundation has launched a variety of grants.
Swisstronik Grants Program
Up to 2.5 million $SWTR
Build cross-chain dapps with minimum resources on a L1 network that combines legal compliance with user privacy. Build or migrate Ethereum-based apps to Cosmos with Swisstronik in the following categories: DeFi, infrastructure, reg-tech and Web3. Rewards differ per category, up to 2.5 million SWTR.
Tezos Foundation Grants
Various
Tezos Foundation hands out grants to projects in various tracks, including security and privacy. But also developer tools, education, training, and tools for running validator nodes.
TON Bounties
Up to $100,000
Developers and bug hunters who find something critical in the TON main services (wallets, bridge, standard smart contracts) can send their bugs to the team to receive a reward. The same goes up for when you find vulnerabilities in the TON blockchain.
Trust Moon: Web3 Accelerator
Various
Supported by leading industry players like Binance, YZi Labs, BNB Chain, Polygon, MoonPay, AWS and more, Trust Moon is designed to help ambitious projects launch and scale. Trust Wallet puts focus on DeFi, trading, payments, stablecoins, RWAs, gaming, SocialFi, tooling and infrastructure, and of course AI.
U2U Network x Cicada Grant Program
$1,000,000 in funding
Apply now for funding, market-making support and strategic backing from Cicada’s $1,000,000 grant program – exclusive to U2U ecosystem builders. The focus is on early-stage projects, user adoption and ecosystem expansion.
Vara Network: The Gear Foundation
$10,000 up to $30,000 in most cases
The Gear Foundation Grants Program supports project development, growth and innovation across the Vara ecosystem by providing financial aid and project support. Grantees will receive financial support, developer tools, tech support and advisory services.
Web3X Incubation Batch 6
Up tp $100,000 per project
Web3X launched an incubation program for APAC-focused startups building on chains like Creata, Metis, Hedera, and BNB Chain. The program offers financial support, mentorship and grants for after the incubation period.
X1 Ecochain: Grant Program
$10,000 – $100,000 per project
This program offers non-dilutive grants, infra credits, and GTM support for dapps, DePIN pilots, and core infrastructure on X1 Ecochain. There’s a total budget of $5,000,000.
XRPL Grants
$10,000 up to $200,000
XRPL Grants is now accepting applications on a rolling basis. XRPL Grants funds software developers interested in building technical standards and solutions to help grow the XRP Ledger Community, leveraging the XRPL’s open source technology.
ZetaChain Developer Grants
Milestone based
The ZetaChain Grants Program aims to support innovative, decentralized businesses that help grow the ZetaChain ecosystem. The milestone-based funding grant will support dapps with scalable, novel approaches for onboarding non-crypto natives into web3 and aims to create value for the broader ZetaChain ecosystem. They put focus on for example identity and social dapps, DOAs, games, DeFi, and general crypto user experience.
Apply here (new bounties coming soon)
Zircuit Grants Program: Build 2025
$450,000 in grants
Zircuit is looking to provide grants to projects building Web3 super apps in topics like DeFi and staking infrastructure on zk-rollups. They offer 2 tracks; super apps and ecosystem growth. The first has 2 positions with $135,000 in grants per position, while the second has 5 times $45,000 available.
