Near Blockchain Accelerator

NEAR Blockchain Accelerator

Build great business solutions with NEAR blockchain and get upto $200k in funding!

We're looking for startups with

A novel idea that solves a real-world problem

A relevant blockchain usecase

A purpose-driven team

Are building projects that are past the POC stage

What is the
NEAR Blockchain
Accelerator?

The NEAR Blockchain Accelerator is a platform that opens up innovators in the blockchain space to opportunities, expert mentorship, technical support, and funding.

As a high-performance blockchain that operates on proof-of-stake and is sharded, NEAR Protocol comes with the authority of helping developers and startups push the limits of using blockchain technology. Together with Lumos Labs - an innovation management startup, the NEAR blockchain Accelerator is here to help startups who want to make it in the blockchain space build impactful products and find their footing in the blockchain space.

Meet the Startups joining the Accelerator Bootcamp

Argo Protocol

Founded by Prashant Maurya and Mitrasish Mukherjee, ArGo is a platform that enables enterprises, organisation, developers to easily ship their data on decentralised infrastructure with ease

PredictRAM

Founded by Subir Singh, PredictRAM facilitates Predictive Analysis of financial and economic events using AI,ML. They're based in New Delhi, India

NFTGate

Founded by Arjun Naidu, NFTGate is unlocking the future of NFTs mainstream with gatepad, gate incubation, gate gaming exchange. They're based in Bangalore, India

Moopay

Founded by Kamaljeet Singh, a simple, Low fee Payments in Any Currency with a Single Blockchain Wallet. They're based in Chandigarh, India

StartFi

Founded by Rabie Almatarneh, StartFi is a content management platform using NFTs where a marketplace and a launchpad help content creators and celebrities mange their assets. They're based out of Tallinn, Estonia.

Meet the Mentors

Ganesh Swami

Ganesh Swami is currently the CEO at Covalent, a leading blockchain data analytics startup. A serial entrepreneur, Ganesh has been in the data space for over a decade. He studied Engineering Physics at Simon Fraser University and currently resides in Vancouver, Canada.

Jason Shah

Jason Shah is currently Product Lead at Airbnb. Shah previously led product teams at Yammer, Microsoft, and Amazon. Additionally Shah founded and exited two startups in the education and collaboration sectors. Shah advises and invests in early stage companies as a Scout with Sequoia Capital. Shah lives in the Bay Area and studied sociology and computer science at Harvard University.

Didier Pironi

Didier is the co-founder and CEO of Suiteki, a crypto trading solutions provider. He has many years of experience as a business development analyst and has previously worked as a senior associate for PwC. He currently lives in London, UK.

What NEAR Blockchain Accelerator Offers

Upto $200,000 USD in funding (t&c apply)

Mentorship from champions in the startup and blockchain space

Go-to-market support with access to the NEAR ecosystem

Technical support to integrate with NEAR Protocol

Marketing and PR support

Developer support documents

Get to know NEAR Protocol

Beginner's Guide to NEAR Protocol

NEAR Protocol's Tech Doc

NEAR <> Ethereum bridge

Near Certified Developer Programme

NEAR Academy