Web3 Foundation Grants — Wave 10 Recipients

Web3 Foundation is celebrating its 10th round of grants accepted through its Open and General Grants programs. With 27 new grant agreements signed in the second quarter of 2021, we’re now nearing close to 300 grantees since the beginning of the Foundation’s grants program in 2019. We’re humbled and thankful for the amount of interest in these technologies and the excellent work done by all participating teams.

While the number of grant applications ebbs and flows, the quality of applications is continuously rising. In order to attract the best teams, we’re constantly trying to improve the application experience and the quality and speed of feedback. In the past quarter, we have:

• hired more technical evaluators,
• updated our READMEs and application template to clarify the application process,
• streamlined the payment process,
• added USDT as a payment option,

and much more. If you have a suggestion on what our grants programs might be missing, please reach out to us on Github, by email or on Element!

It’s is exciting to see the number of talented teams contributing to the Polkadot, Kusama and Substrate tech stack, whether it’s voluntary, self-funded, through one of our grants programs or through other public funding sources, and we’re continuously looking for new projects to support to continue the expansion of the Web 3.0 ecosystem. If you’re interested, we invite you to apply (as explained below) or, if you have any preliminary questions, reach out to us via email.

Recipients 🚀

We maintain a list of all grant winners on our grants repository here. Below are all 27 grant recipients of Wave 10.

Developer Tooling

• DOTMog Team: UnitySDK for Substrate
• Klevoya: Substrate WASM Smart Contract Fuzzer
• HypeLabs: UpLink
• Phala Network: Open Node Framework
• Yatima Inc.: Lambda-VM and programming language for Substrate

Wallets, Interfaces

• GamePower: NFT Collectibles Wallet
• Find Signal PTE.: YieldScan Phase 2
• Zondax: Ledger Asset App
• ChainBridge Network: Doter (A browser extension wallet for Polkadot)
• SubDAO Labs: SubDAO Chrome Extension
• Jackson Harris III: Staking Rewards Viewer
• CryptoLab: Staking Reward Collector

New runtime modules and dapps

• Subspace Labs: Proof-of-Capacity Consensus for Substrate
• Polkadotters: Subauction
• PolkaMusic: Operating decentralized music businesses on blockchain
• element36: FIAT on-off-ramp
• Ruby Protocol: Cryptographic Infrastructure for Data Monetization
• Moonbeam Network: Pallet-dPoS for Parachain Staking
• Dora Factory: Build MolochDAO v1 and v2 on Substrate
• BCANN: Blockchain system for Assigned Names And Numbers
• MyBank Labs: Platform Bank, Social Network Bank, MyDeX and Credit Scoring System
• Sukhavati Labs: Sukhavati PoC Module
• Perun Network: Perun Channels
• NewOmega: A blockchain game that cannot be shut down (Milestone 3 and 4)
• Webb Tech: Webb Mixer Extended
• Sub0 PTE: Canyon Network (Permanent decentralized storage)
• ZeroDAO Network: Decentralised reputation systems and social networks
• Stake Technologies: ZK Plonk

Apply Now!

We intend to continue awarding grants, so it is never too late to apply! For an overview of projects in the ecosystem and broad project ideas we’re interested in funding, you can take a look at our open source tech stack. The best way to get your proposal accepted is to outline a great roadmap. Going over our guidelines as well as the application template will give you a general idea of what we look for in a grant application.

For more information on how to apply, tips on putting together a great application, and project ideas, head over to the grants program repository on GitHub. We look forward to receiving your application!