Announcing the Helius Startup Launchpad
Helius' mission is to increase the economic potential of the world’s developers through crypto.
Today, we're launching the Helius Startup Launchpad to accelerate Solana’s most ambitious startups.
While many founders excel at engineering, scaling a startup demands excellence across multiple disciplines at once: fundraising, marketing, legal, ops, and more.
The Helius Startup Launchpad closes this gap.
We’re partnering with Solana’s top investors and operators to provide early-stage startups with the support they need to go faster.
What's the Problem?
Solana builders are often highly technical but lack the skills or time needed to form an actual business. We've noticed that our customers are often very competent engineers, but need help on sales, go-to-market, and even legal. Catching lighting in a bottle with a great product is no easy task, which is why founders must focus on it relentlessly without slowing down. With Helius, we already give you all the technical tools you need to succeed. With this launchpad, we aim to further help you with mentoring, support, and ecosystem integrations so that you get your time and money back — and keep iterating on your products.
What We Offer
We will do whatever it takes to help you scale.
We’ve curated experts across every discipline and steep discounts to help you quickly launch your product on Helius and grow your company with confidence.
More specifically, this program provides:
- 8 months of free Business tier access
- Exclusive discounts from our partners
- Mentorship from veteran Solana operators
- Access to private working groups and education
- Warm intros to crypto's most influential investors
Our current investor and accelerator partners include Chapter One, Founders Fund, Foundation Capital, Haun Ventures, 6th Man Ventures, Propel, Solana Ventures, Colosseum, and the Solana Labs Accelerator.
We also have support from teams like Squads, Sphere, Ottersec, Moonpay, Artemis, Dynamic, and more.
Who Should Apply
While every team is encouraged to apply, this program isn't for everyone.
This program is for founders who ship fast, iterate faster, and build for the long term.
We’re looking for teams that have some combination of the following:
- Have a working product
- Are a pre-seed or seed stage company (or earlier!)
- Graduated from other web3 accelerators
- Won or placed at recent Solana hackathons
- Are referred by well-known VCs or angel investors
If this sounds like you, apply now.
Become a Partner
If you’re an investor, angel, or startup-enabling company we want to help accelerate your portcos. We also want to work with companies offering essential products and services to early-stage crypto startups.
By joining the Helius Startup Launchpad as a partner, you:
- Get early access to Solana’s most promising young startups
- Shape the development of next-generation crypto applications
- Join an exclusive network of industry leaders and decision-makers
If you’re interested in working with Solana's best startups and providing exclusive discounts, co-working spaces, mentorship, intros, or training, become a partner.
Ready to Build?
Over the next decade, every internet company will be impacted by blockchain.
This future will be shaped by today's elite founders.
If you're ready to accelerate, let's get to work.
