Tachyon is an accelerator for early-stage blockchain and Web 3.0 startups
What We Do
Twice a year, we bring together a highly selective group of founders for an intense 12-week sprint to hone their value proposition, test their assumptions with real customers, and prepare for the next phase of investment and growth. Together with our global network of experts and advisors, our experience building pillars of the core blockchain development suite, and a wide array of industry partners, we help guide founders in building validated, market-ready Web 3.0 businesses.
Introducing the Filecoin Launchpad Accelerator, Powered by Tachyon
The Filecoin Launchpad Accelerator is a full-time, fully-remote program dedicated to startups building more open, interoperable, and programmable tools, infrastructure, and applications for the distributed and decentralized web.
We support projects that build on and bridge the IPFS, Filecoin, and Ethereum communities, and the tools, middleware, and applications enabling them.
The program runs September through December 2020, with 15-20 teams provided funding, mentorship, benefits and programming around business and blockchain specific issues, culminating in a Demo Day and post-program fundraising support.
Teams leverage access to the ConsenSys and Protocol Labs networks and expertise.
Applications close at midnight EST on August 21. Apply now.
Dates: mid-September - December 2020
Investment: $80k per team
Location: Remote
Infrastructure
Core infrastructure and developer tools to support encryption, file management/retrieval and basic onboarding onto the IPFS and Filecoin network.
Middleware
Platforms that shape the integration and usage of IPFS into other applications, such as plug-and-play dApp or DeFi toolkits, and data & analytics insights into IPFS ongoing activity.
Applications
Tools that utilize IPFS as part of their core tech stack to develop end-user applications, such as file-sharing, archival tools and various dApps.
Key Dates & Deadlines
Application Window: July 10 - August 21
Interviews & Cohort Selection: Rolling interviews, selection decisions by August 28
Program Dates: Mid-September - December 2020
Program Mentors and Speakers
AIDAN HYMAN
ALEXANDER LANGE
AMANDA CASSATT
ANDREW KEYS
ANDREW HILL
ANGIE LAU
ARJUN BHUPTANI
AUSTIN GRIFFITH
BRADLEY KAM
CHRISTINE PERRY
COLIN EVRAN
CURTIS SPENCER
DAN FINLAY
DANNY ZUCKERMAN
DAVID GOGEL
ERIC TANG
ELAD VERBIN
EVERETT COOK
HARRISON HINES
IGOR LILIC
HSIN-JU CHUANG
JACOB CANTELE
JARROD DICKER
JASON NOVACK
JESSE WALDEN
JOHN CRAIN
JOSEPH LUBIN
JUAN BENET
KYLE TUT
MAGGIE LOVE
MARGUERITE DECOURCELLE
MARTA BELCHER
MATT OBER
MICHAEL KRIAK
MICHAEL WUEHLER
MICHAEL ZAJKO
MIKE GOELZER
MIN TEO
MOLLY MACKINLAY
POOJA SHAH
PRABHAAV BHARDWAJ
PRANEETH SRIKANTI
PRIYANKA DESAI
RAYMOND CHENG
ROBERT DROST
RONIEL RUMBURG
ROXANA DANILA
RYAN BUBINSKI
RYAN ZURRER
THOMAS KLOCANAS
SAMI START
STEFAN GEORGE
TARA TAN
THOMAS RUSH
ZACH HERRING
Virtual Office Hours
Have questions? View our FAQ, or schedule a time to meet the Tachyon team and learn more about the program over video chat.
Filecoin Launchpad Accelerator, Powered by Tachyon
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The ConsenSys Advantage
Since 2014, Consensys has incubated and invested in more than 100 companies across the Ethereum ecosystem, including pillars like Infura, Metamask, Truffle Suite, Pegasys, and 3box.
All Tachyon founders benefit from the ConsenSys network, our global formation of developers, entrepreneurs, enterprise experts, lawyers, and more who are working together to lay the foundations for a decentralized future, anchored on the Ethereum blockchain.
Global Network
A global network of Web 3.0 native founders & mentors
Web 3.0 Core Tools
Access and credits towards core Ethereum developer tools and services
Full-Stack Perspective
Informed counsel and perspective on regulatory and enterprise conditions for blockchain
Tachyon Team
BRIAN DELL
Head of Programs
MANSI PRAKASH
Business Associate, Investments
