Funding
Grant application form
Before applying for any grant, let’s prepare yourself for 2 things:
1/ A great pitch deck, by answering our hint as below:
What is your biz model? Estimated TVL, user base, Minimum viable community? What is the plan to achieve it?
What are the Unique selling points/ different features from the competitors? Problem trying to solve/ Roadmap & Grant requirement?
Why does NEAR have to give you the grant?
Contact info: Project Description / Project Website / Online Presence/ Project Contact Telegram Handle / Project Email
2/ A project’s prototype or testnet for testing
Finally, if the project met the above conditions, you can contact NEAR Project Ops to check & give you some advice to finetune your proposal before applying to improve your chance.
Ecosystem funding
NEAR
Code language: Rust
Fast grant < 50k$ (4 weeks)
Big grant > 50k$ (more than 4 weeks)
Grant for the non-DeFi project: Grant application form
Grant for DeFiproject: Proximity application form
Equity funding: email to funding@near.foundation
*For the Defi project, additional requirements for a big grant:
Existing token with 1M$ + liquidity, > 10M$ TVL.
Defi dapp with audited.
Successful projects from other chains
AURORA
Code language: EVM
Fast grant < 50k$ (4 weeks)
Big grant > 50k$ (more than 4 weeks)
Based on the project, no detailed amount
Project with originality, no copy-paste and KYC to receive grant
Grant for both the defi & non-defi project:
*Document
OCTOPUS
Code language: Substrate, EVM, or blockchain with IBC bridge
Only for the non-defi project:
The accelerator grant, 50k$/ project: Grant application form
IDO airdrop support, up to 200k $OCT per project, toward retail investors when buying appchain tokens.
* What is Octopus Network in 2 minutes?
Other specific grant types
Grants Milestone Review
For every grant milestone achieved, the grant recipient has to submit evidence of the milestone achieved to grants@near.foundation.
The Grants Team will check to ensure that the milestone is achieved and satisfied before the release of funds by our finance team to grant recipients :
1. Please use the following template and make a copy to submit the milestone check : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1is1a8qdUmC23SCiTIjrIkqGugH1577U-wgbUN9TMVS4/edit?usp=sharing
2. Fill in the document below and share with us set to SHARE - GET LINK (Everyone with this link can - comment) https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf_HvEjHRd0lbScduM9O5qdQhSAiu6y-bi6eMIQyAzwml5dZg/viewform
Once received, please allow up to 5 working days for our technical reviewer to review and get back to you with any questions. Once all the steps are fully completed, we will send milestone email confirmation to you and invoice team for payments.
Connecting to NEAR Venture Capital network?
After getting the above grant, you are qualified to apply for VC capital from our VC network. And also conduct marketing within the NEAR ecosystem. Please check GROWTH or hit the button below to join the sub-channel for further guidance.