Arbitrum Mentorship Program Applications Close Today

🚨 Doors closing today

By Arbitrum
Apr 20, 2026, 3:55 PM
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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.​

Apply now

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