Arbitrum Mentorship Program Applications Close Today
Arbitrum Mentorship Program Applications Close Today
🚨 Doors closing today
Final day to apply for Arbitrum's 8-week Mentorship Program starting April 13th.
What's offered:
- Hands-on mentorship from industry leaders including Robinhood Chain, Variational, Dai, and Pendle
- Direct access to top VCs (Pantera Capital, Electric Capital, Lightspeed, IOSG, Arca)
- Infrastructure credits and tooling from AWS, Alchemy, Dune, MoonPay, QuickNode
- $100K+ in prizes at Demo Day
Program focus:
- Product strategy and go-to-market design
- Liquidity and network design
- User acquisition and distribution
- Fundraising preparation
Who should apply: Early-stage teams (MVP, pre-seed, or seed) building new onchain primitives and contributing to the programmable economy on Arbitrum.
The Arbitrum Mentoring Program concludes with a Demo Day, where teams present to leading investors and ecosystem partners. Top three teams will receive $100K in non-dilutive awards, recognizing standout execution and progress.
Over 8 weeks, teams get hands-on support across product strategy, go-to-market, liquidity design, distribution, and fundraising. Receive guidance from teams like @variational_io, @USDai_Official and @pendle_fi who are actively building onchain businesses.
What's next for our founders and builders? Our 3-day, in-person Founder House kicks off this week in NYC (March 6), helping teams including Buildathon winners ship onchain. Then on April 13th, our 8-week Mentoring Program begins, supporting 15 early-stage teams launch on the
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We’re giving teams everything needed to go from stealth → onchain. Get technical support, infra credits, and tooling from @awscloud, @Alchemy, @Dune, @moonpay, @Quicknode + more. Learn more about the Arbitrum Mentoring Program here: blog.arbitrum.foundation/introducing-th…
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Starting on April 13th, teams will be paired with a dedicated mentor and supported through structured sessions and periodic check-ins throughout the program from @variational_io, @pendle_fi, @fhenix, @GMX_IO and @RobinhoodApp Chain. Teams receive structured support on: -
Applications for the Arbitrum Mentorship Program close April 7th! We want to help bootstrap the next generation of onchain businesses with access to capital. Founders building on the Arbitrum Platform will get direct access to top crypto VCs including: - @PanteraCapital -
ICYMI: Applications are open for the Arbitrum Mentorship Program. Starting April 13, early-stage teams get an 8-week path from idea → launch on the Arbitrum platform with: • Product strategy & go-to-market design • Network design and liquidity strategy • User acquisition
If you’re building the next onchain business, this is where you start. Apply now or tag a team that should be part of the Arbitrum Mentorship Program. The Arbitrum Mentoring Program kicks off April 13th.
Introducing the Arbitrum Mentorship Program. An eight-week program starting April 13th, where 15 early-stage teams get access to: - A clear path from idea to launch on the Arbitrum platform with infra guidance, ecosystem support, and distribution channels - Hands-on mentorship
Applications close April 7th. If you’re building the next generation of onchain markets, this is where to start. Read more about the Arbitrum Mentoring Program below: blog.arbitrum.foundation/introducing-th…
If you’re an early-stage team at MVP, pre-seed, or seed and looking to go onchain, apply for our Mentoring Program today: Applications close on April 7th. Lets go onchain together. tally.so/r/aQdj2W
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Founder House connects founders to: - Mentorship from Robinhood & Arbitrum Ecosystem - Shared liquidity and mature primitives on Arbitrum - A platform designed to operate predictably as your business scales Learn more: openhouse.arbitrum.io
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3 days left to apply for Arbitrum NYC Founder House. An IRL builder experience starting on March 6th for early-stage teams looking for: - Up to $340K in prizes + grants - Hands-on mentorship (product, infra, GTM) - Direct access to ecosystem leaders like Robinhood, Alchemy &
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Yesterday: founders locked in building onchain. Today: the final day of NYC Founder House. Teams will present what they built over the past few days before we close with a ceremony and dinner. The next generation of onchain businesses is being built on the Arbitrum platform.
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$100K in rewards are up for grabs for early-stage teams building onchain products across agentic DeFi, tokenization and more. Arbitrum’s 8-week Mentoring Program starts April 13th. Get support across: - go-to-market - liquidity design - distribution & VC fundraising Plus
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