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.
“Built by Entrepreneurs, for Entrepreneurs”
In-the-trenches Advice: We are founders. We’ve been founders. And we give our founders advice as entrepreneurs who have been in the trenches building companies.
Transforming Engineers into Entrepreneurs: We help highly technical founders become better startup founders.
Do As I Do, Not As I Say: We don’t give our founders any advice that we don’t do ourselves. We set the bar for excellence in how our team operates.
Filecoin Launchpad Accelerator
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.
Applications for our upcoming 2022 cohort are now open. Teams from around the globe will be provided funding, mentorship, benefits, and programming around business and blockchain-specific issues, culminating in a Demo Day and post-program fundraising support kicking off in June 2022.
Teams will be able to leverage access to the ConsenSys and Protocol Labs networks, technical know-how and expertise.
Global teams receive:
Funding : $120K for 7% equity. Tachyon invests upto $250K in your follow-on round coming out of Demo Day.
Global Community: Metamask, dYdX, Ethereal Ventures, and more
Tools: Infura, CDili (ConsenSys Diligence), 3Box, Messari and more
Mentorship from Experienced Entrepreneurs: Sandeep Nainwal (Polygon), Juan Benet (Procol labs), Kevin Owocki (Gitcoin), Jesse Johnson (Aavegotchi), Andrew Hill (Textile.io) and more
Key Dates & Deadlines
Application Deadline: No deadline to apply, accepting applications on rolling basis.
Interviews & Cohort Selection: Rolling interviews, selection decisions by 25th, March 2022.
Program Dates: Starts from 4th April 2022. (12 weeks)
Our program mentors and speakers represent some of the most influential contributors to Web 3.0
And our notable alumni remain connected to the community, serving as mentors to the new cohorts
Have Questions?
View our FAQ to learn more about the program. You can also book a 1-1 Zoom call with Tachyon staff to know more.
Tachyon Team
SHAWN CHENG
Mesh Partner, Portfolio Management & Alumni Support
