Grants and accelerators

Right now (September 2026)

This section is dated and changes with every edition. The rest of the page does not.

Crypto World's Fair — Colosseum · 14 September – 12 October 2026. Online, free, open to every ecosystem. Winners get a guaranteed interview with Colosseum for its accelerator — an interview, not admission: the FAQ says so in those words. Admitted startups receive US$250,000 of investment, an 8-week programme (the first two weeks in person in San Francisco) and a demo day with investors. Registration: colosseum.com/worldsfair. Between hackathons there is Colosseum Eternal: your own 4-week sprint, US$25,000 for the best and consideration for the accelerator.

Superteam Argentina's local hackathon — Cohort 0 · 28 September – 12 October. Inside the Colosseum hackathon: 5 days of virtual workshops (product, onchain program, pitch, fundraising, go-to-market), mentors and office hours with founders and engineers from the ecosystem, pitch training and a direct line to the accelerator and the funds. US$10,000 prize pool. Register the project at superteam.ar/link.

Grants (no equity)

• Superteam Earn — Grants: instagrants of up to US$10,000 from the Solana Foundation, run by each local Superteam. Applying takes 15 minutes; an answer in under a week; paid by milestone in USDC.
• Solana Foundation: milestone grants, convertible grants and RFPs.
• Protocol grants: Metaplex, Jupiter, Tensor and others — the living list is on Earn.

Accelerators

	Investment	Note
Colosseum	US$250K	The ecosystem's own · 8 weeks · 74+ startups · ~0.7% admission (20 of 3,000+ in 2026)
Alliance	US$400K	The most selective in crypto. SAFE at US$4M post-money + 1:1 token side letter. Pump.fun, Tensor, Kamino
Y Combinator	US$500K	The standard deal. Axiom (W25) is the most recent Solana case

The Solana Foundation and Superteam Argentina help you get there: grants, pitch training and direct intros to the programmes.