Grants

$40M committed to builders shipping on ansemlabs. No bureaucracy — clear milestones, fast decisions, no equity required.

Builder Grant

2 weeks
$5K – $50K

Early-stage prototypes, hackathon winners, and indie devs shipping novel apps.

Ecosystem Grant

4 weeks
$50K – $250K

Production teams building DeFi, infra, gaming, or social with clear traction milestones.

Research Grant

3 weeks
$25K – $150K

Cryptography, consensus, MEV, and zero-knowledge research with publishable output.

Strategic Investment

6 weeks
$250K+

Late-stage protocols with revenue, large user bases, or critical infrastructure.

Recent recipients

ZeroLend
Ecosystem track
$180K
PixelForge
Builder track
$25K
Helix Research
Research track
$95K
Sonar Indexer
Builder track
$40K
Pulse Wallet
Ecosystem track
$120K
Arc Protocol
Strategic track
$500K

Ready to apply?

Submit a short proposal — what you're building, who it's for, milestones, and budget. We respond within 7 days.

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