The NEAR India Accelerator Is Here to Help Your Blockchain Startup Scale Up!
We’ve got some great news to share with you!
We’re joining hands with Lumos Labs — an innovation management startup, to set up the NEAR India Accelerator. India has a very well-renowned developer and startup ecosystem, and we’re sure that we can help this thriving community grow in terms of building innovative solutions on the NEAR blockchain and getting financial and technical support.
The NEAR India Accelerator will be a three-month-long engagement where we will connect with upcoming startups and projects that can leverage NEAR’s blockchain protocol to build solutions for real-world problems. The Accelerator will offer up to $100k in funding to the startups that make it through the end, with a vision to support their growth and development into the future.
The NEAR India Accelerator
The NEAR India 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 India Accelerator is here to help startups who want to make it in the blockchain space build impactful products and find their footing in the rapidly expanding industry.
Who can apply for the NEAR India Accelerator? Anyone with:
- A novel idea that solves a real-world problem
- A relevant blockchain use case
- A purpose-driven team
- Teams that are building projects that are past the POC stage
The main offerings of NEAR India Accelerator are:
- Up to $200,000 USD in funding (t&c apply)
- Mentorship from champions in the India 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 from NEAR Team and Guilds
We also have a prominent venture capital firm, Woodstock Fund, joining us as VC partners. Woodstock Fund is a prominent multi-asset investment fund that invests in early and growth-stage startups in the distributed ledger technology space. They will help the startups participating with investment support and by sharing their invaluable expertise with them.
In addition to the Woodstock Fund, we also have Fracton Ventures , a Web3.0 focused DAO building company, joining the Accelerator as community partners to support teams with go-to-market opportunities in the Japanese markets and pave way for startups to connect with investor networks in Japan. They will also share their expertise in the blockchain space.
If you’re a startup or someone who has a blockchain project with a vision to change the future, we encourage you to sign up for the accelerator!
We’re looking forward to supporting India’s upcoming entrepreneurs in the blockchain space. Here’s where you can learn more about the NEAR India Accelerator:
Register today!
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