Accelerate Your Startup on Solana

Scale, speed, and support. Everything your startup needs to succeed. Join the Helius Startup Launchpad and get 8 free months of our Business plan, intros to investors, mentorship from Solana's leading operators, and countless exclusive vendor discounts.
Our mission is to increase the economic potential of the world’s developers through crypto.

Build a generational startup on Solana

Crypto founders often excel at engineering but have limited experience managing all the business functions required to scale. This ends now.

Discounts

Get exclusive discounts from Helius and our partners including audits, treasury management, embedded wallets, and more.

Mentorship

Unblock your growing pains with expert advice from veteran operators across every discipline including marketing, sales, talent, operations, and design.

Introductions

Work with angels and partners at crypto's most influential VC firms to get warm intros to investors, marquee customers, talent, strategic advisors, and more.

Strategy

Work with strategic advisors to profitably scale your company including help with product, pricing, branding, tax, and legal.

Access

Get access to private group chats to connect with other founders, investors, and operators in Solana.

Education

Attend VIP workshops and private office hours to get hands-on guidance for everything from pitch deck reviews to advanced compute unit optimizations.
SAVE MONEY. SHIP FASTER.

Exclusive Perks

Don't let a small budget stop you from building a world-class product. Get enterprise tools at founder-friendly prices.

  • Helius — 8 months free Business tier access ($4,000 value)
  • Squads — 20% off treasury management tools
  • Ottersec — 10% off audits and consultations
  • Switchboard — no oracle integration fees
  • Loop — 0% fees for your first $5,000 of payments

Plus MoonPay, Sphere, Dynamic, IO.NET, and more!

Our Partners

WHO SHOULD APPLY

Eligibility Criteria

This program is for founders who ship fast, iterate faster, and build for the long term. We're looking for teams with some combination of the following:

  • Have a working product
  • Have not raised a Series A or later
  • Graduated from other startup accelerators (e.g. Colosseum, Alliance, Solana Labs)
  • Are referred by VCs and well-known angels
  • Have won or placed at recent Solana hackathons

If you have what it takes, apply now.

"Helius has been awesome. When daos.fun went viral, we needed to scale fast. Helius was the only provider that responded immediately on a Saturday night, and has been available 24/7 to help us with any issue."

baoskee founder of daos.fun
@baoskee
Founder, daos.fun

FAQs

How do I redeem my 8 months of free Business tier access?
Are additional Helius credits covered by the Business tier discount?
Are existing Helius customers eligible for the Startup Launchpad?
My company raised a Series A round. Are we eligible?
When is the application deadline?
I won or placed in a recent Solana hackathon. Am I automatically accepted?

Ready to build?

Apply to the Helius Developer Launchpad.
Or sign up to become a partner.