What's Getting Funded?

Live funding campaigns, past results, and upcoming opportunities in the d/acc ecosystem

Published projects50
Total raised (disclosed)$282.4M

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50 Projects

Multispec Bio

Portable cell-free protein synthesis platform producing nanoparticle vaccines on-demand in four hours. Enables local vaccine manufacturing without cold-chain logistics, targeting under $1 per dose for global accessibility.

Defensive
Democratic
Decentralized
Differential
QuadrantPhysical Defense
SectorsBiodefense & Health
InvestorShift Grants
Funding$39K
Ecosystem
RoundClosed Grant
Open Source

Resonant Health

Open-source wearable devices using low-power radio-frequency signals to inactivate respiratory viruses. Releases hardware design as open-source to enable distributed manufacturing and broad accessibility.

Defensive
Democratic
Decentralized
Differential
QuadrantPhysical Defense
SectorsBiodefense & Health, Open-Source Hardware
InvestorShift Grants
Funding$20K
Ecosystem
RoundClosed Grant

Biosecurity Project - Liberia

Distributed pathogen detection system for Liberia connecting community health workers and clinics via offline-first, cryptographically secure data pipelines. Designed for epidemic resilience in low-resource settings without centralized infrastructure.

Defensive
Democratic
Decentralized
Differential
QuadrantPhysical Defense
SectorsBiodefense & Health
InvestorShift Grants
Funding$15K
Ecosystem
RoundClosed Grant
Open Source

Off-the-Record messaging version 4

Advanced protocol for secure messaging enabling remote communication with privacy protection.

Funding Announcement →
Defensive
Democratic
Decentralized
Differential
QuadrantDigital Defense
SectorsZK Systems
Investor
FundingUndisclosed
Ecosystem
RoundClosed Grant
Open Source

IdentiKey

Open-source re-encryption proxy (dCypher) enabling temporary, revocable encrypted file sharing using post-quantum cryptography. Allows granting and revoking access to encrypted data without re-encrypting the underlying files.

Defensive
Democratic
Decentralized
Differential
QuadrantDigital Defense
SectorsPrivacy & Computation
InvestorShift Grants
FundingUndisclosed
Ecosystem
RoundClosed Grant
Open Source

BloodLink

Decentralized emergency blood donation case management system for rural Bangladesh using AI urgency scoring and open-source platforms to connect donors and recipients without central coordination infrastructure.

Defensive
Democratic
Decentralized
Differential
QuadrantPhysical Defense
SectorsBiodefense & Health
InvestorShift Grants
FundingUndisclosed
Ecosystem
RoundClosed Grant

Beacon Technology Solutions

Beacon Technology Solutions develops a wall-mounted smart disinfection device using Far-UVC 222nm light technology that disinfects up to 99.99% of viruses, bacteria, and mold for use in healthcare facilities and indoor settings.

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Defensive
Democratic
Decentralized
Differential
QuadrantPhysical Defense
SectorsBiodefense & Health
InvestorIllinois Innovation Voucher Program
FundingUndisclosed
Ecosystem
RoundClosed Grant

Hylé

A Web3 infrastructure platform that allows applications to leverage flexible zk-proof verification for decentralized systems.

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Defensive
Democratic
Decentralized
Differential
QuadrantDigital Defense
SectorsZK Systems
InvestorFramework Ventures
Funding$3.4M
EcosystemEthereum
RoundSeed

Opacity Network

A ZK-based data verification platform for secure and private data handling.

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Defensive
Democratic
Decentralized
Differential
QuadrantDigital Defense
SectorsZK Systems
InvestorJump Crypto
Funding$68M
Ecosystem
RoundSeries B+

NakamaMesh

A decentralized mesh network enabling unstoppable communication without internet, servers, or censorship. Works as a backup communication system during disasters.

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Defensive
Democratic
Decentralized
Differential
QuadrantDigital Defense
SectorsCommunication
Investor
FundingUndisclosed
EcosystemSolana
RoundToken
Open Source

Unitary Foundation

Non-profit organization building an open-source quantum computing ecosystem (unitaryDESIGN) — tools, standards, and infrastructure to make quantum computing accessible and collaborative.

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Defensive
Democratic
Decentralized
Differential
QuadrantDigital Defense
SectorsFormal Verification
InvestorShift Grants
FundingUndisclosed
Ecosystem
RoundClosed Grant
Open Source

InfiniteZero Foundation

Open protocol for federated AI model training across personal devices without sharing raw data. Contributors earn stablecoin rewards; governance managed by DAO. Designed to democratize AI training while preserving user privacy.

Defensive
Democratic
Decentralized
Differential
QuadrantDigital Defense
SectorsPrivacy & Computation
InvestorShift Grants
Funding$40K
Ecosystem
RoundClosed Grant

Rover Diagnostics

Startup developing an affordable, adaptable nucleic acid amplification testing (NAAT) platform for rapid diagnostic development and biodefense surveillance, featuring low-cost consumable cartridges for swab collection and processing.

Defensive
Democratic
Decentralized
Differential
QuadrantPhysical Defense
SectorsBiodefense & Health
InvestorNew York State Biodefense Commercialization Fund
Funding$1.8M
Ecosystem
RoundClosed Grant

Columbia University (Ian Lipkin Lab)

Academic research team combining two diagnostic assays (VirCapSeq-VERT and BacCapSeq) into a comprehensive platform for detecting viruses, bacterial pathogens, and antimicrobial resistance elements across clinical, blood screening, and wastewater applications.

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Defensive
Democratic
Decentralized
Differential
QuadrantPhysical Defense
SectorsBiodefense & Health
InvestorNew York State Biodefense Commercialization Fund
Funding$500K
Ecosystem
RoundClosed Grant

Uviquity

A company developing solid-state far-UVC disinfection technology using photonic integrated circuits (PICs) that convert blue laser light into far-UVC wavelengths for human-safe disinfection applications.

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Defensive
Democratic
Decentralized
Differential
QuadrantPhysical Defense
SectorsBiodefense & Health
InvestorEmerald Development Managers
Funding$6.6M
Ecosystem
RoundSeed

ZKP2P

Privacy-preserving trustless P2P fiat onramp interoperable with web2 payment rails like Venmo, powered by ZK proofs of DKIM signatures in payment confirmation emails.

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Defensive
Democratic
Decentralized
Differential
QuadrantDigital Defense
SectorsZK Systems, Decentralized Monetary
Investor
FundingUndisclosed
EcosystemEthereum
RoundGrant (Open)
Open Source

Ethereum Attestation Service (EAS)

An open-source, permissionless service for creating onchain/offchain attestations, aiding in trust verification with smart contracts, development tools, and community use cases like Gitcoin Passport.

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Defensive
Democratic
Decentralized
Differential
QuadrantDigital Defense
SectorsDemocratic Funding
Investor
Funding$13K
EcosystemEthereum
RoundGrant (Open)

EthStorage

EthStorage is a project focused on zero-knowledge fraud proof research and development, collaborating with QuarkChain on multi-section dispute games and alternative Op Stack zero-knowledge fault proofs using WASM.

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Defensive
Democratic
Decentralized
Differential
QuadrantDigital Defense
SectorsZK Systems
InvestorOptimism
Funding$214K
EcosystemEthereum, Optimism
RoundClosed Grant
Open Source

Precog

Blockchain-based open-source prediction market platform enabling communities to access trustworthy forecasts and coordinate decision-making through decentralized information aggregation.

Defensive
Democratic
Decentralized
Differential
QuadrantDigital Coordination
SectorsGovernance Tooling
InvestorShift Grants
FundingUndisclosed
Ecosystem
RoundClosed Grant
Open Source

Robonomics

Peer-to-peer robotics middleware replacing centralized ROS 2 communication infrastructure, enabling cross-vendor robot coordination without cloud dependency or single points of failure.

Funding Announcement →
Defensive
Democratic
Decentralized
Differential
QuadrantPhysical Defense
SectorsOpen-Source Hardware
InvestorShift Grants
FundingUndisclosed
Ecosystem
RoundClosed Grant
Open Source

GainForest.Earth

AI-assisted governance system for emerging cities (DeepGov) combining community input, configurable AI representatives, and quadratic voting to support democratic decision-making in edge cities and charter cities.

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Defensive
Democratic
Decentralized
Differential
QuadrantDigital Coordination
SectorsGovernance Tooling
InvestorShift Grants
FundingUndisclosed
Ecosystem
RoundClosed Grant

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Academic medical institution developing a novel surveillance tool for detecting antibiotic resistance with high sensitivity and specificity, initially focusing on urinary tract infection monitoring.

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Defensive
Democratic
Decentralized
Differential
QuadrantPhysical Defense
SectorsBiodefense & Health
InvestorNew York State Biodefense Commercialization Fund
Funding$498K
Ecosystem
RoundClosed Grant

Niagara University

Academic institution developing Cholestosome carrier technology to deliver zinc intracellularly for a general antiviral therapeutic response across viral infections.

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Defensive
Democratic
Decentralized
Differential
QuadrantPhysical Defense
SectorsBiodefense & Health
InvestorNew York State Biodefense Commercialization Fund
Funding$261K
Ecosystem
RoundClosed Grant
Open Source

Open-source EDA tools development

A Horizon Europe program managed by the Chips Joint Undertaking that drives the development of open-source Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools to foster innovation in digital and analogue chip design and enhance Europe's semiconductor ecosystem.

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Defensive
Democratic
Decentralized
Differential
QuadrantPhysical Defense
Sectors
Investor
FundingUndisclosed
Ecosystem
RoundGrant (Open)
Open Source

Ethereum Attestation Service

Core OP Stack infrastructure for making attestations onchain or offchain. EAS has been natively integrated into the OP Stack codebase with predeploy addresses for registering schemas and making attestations, unlocking opportunities for identity, reputation, governance, and voting applications.

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Defensive
Democratic
Decentralized
Differential
QuadrantDigital Defense
SectorsGovernance Tooling
Investor
FundingUndisclosed
EcosystemEthereum, Optimism
RoundRetro Grant
Open Source

OpenSolar

An integrated system of robust and affordable public financing for solar infrastructure using blockchain and hardware engineering. The project aims to transform Puerto Rico's public schools into solar-power emergency shelters through an open source platform leveraging decentralization technology.

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Defensive
Democratic
Decentralized
Differential
QuadrantPhysical Coordination
SectorsDecentralized Energy
Investor
FundingUndisclosed
Ecosystem
Round-

Veridise

A startup that uses formal methods to improve blockchain security and conduct smart contract audits.

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Defensive
Democratic
Decentralized
Differential
QuadrantDigital Defense
Sectors
InvestorPolychain Capital
Funding$4.7M
EcosystemEthereum, Polygon, Solana, Cosmos
RoundSeed

Pi Squared

Pi Squared builds a universal ZK (zero-knowledge) circuit powered by Proof of Proof technology for cryptographic applications.

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Defensive
Democratic
Decentralized
Differential
QuadrantDigital Defense
SectorsZK Systems
InvestorPolychain Capital
Funding$12.5M
Ecosystem
RoundSeed

Certora

Certora develops unique technology which supplements your programming experts and manual auditors by automatically detecting security vulnerabilities

Funding Announcement →
Defensive
Democratic
Decentralized
Differential
QuadrantDigital Defense
SectorsZK Systems
InvestorEthereum Foundation
FundingUndisclosed
EcosystemEthereum
RoundClosed Grant

Institute for Security and Technology

Non-profit research organization developing Security Level 5 (SL5) model-weight security prototypes for AI labs, including hardware and software fixes to protect AI model weights from theft or misuse.

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Defensive
Democratic
Decentralized
Differential
QuadrantDigital Defense
SectorsFormal Verification
InvestorShift Grants
FundingUndisclosed
Ecosystem
RoundClosed Grant

CleanTech Adsorbi

A cleantech company that develops air purification technology, with origins in art conservation applications. The company is building a pilot plant for scaling their adsorption-based air purification solution.

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Defensive
Democratic
Decentralized
Differential
QuadrantPhysical Defense
SectorsBiodefense & Health
Investor
Funding$1.2M
Ecosystem
RoundSeed

RetroPGF Round 3

Optimism's retroactive public goods funding program that allocated 30M OP tokens to 501 builders, writers, creators, educators, and contributors across the Optimism ecosystem for impact provided in four categories: OP Stack, Collective Governance, Developer Ecosystem, and End User Experience.

Funding Announcement →
Defensive
Democratic
Decentralized
Differential
QuadrantDigital Coordination
SectorsDemocratic Funding, Governance Tooling
Investor
FundingUndisclosed
EcosystemEthereum
RoundRetro Grant
Open Source

INTELLIGENT

A collaborative EU project providing open source technology for peer-to-peer energy trading and flexibility management using blockchain technology for grid-aware, secure, and automated exchange.

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Defensive
Democratic
Decentralized
Differential
QuadrantPhysical Coordination
SectorsDecentralized Energy
Investor
FundingUndisclosed
Ecosystem
RoundClosed Grant

Daylight

A company building a decentralized solar energy network across the United States that offers solar power as a subscription service.

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Defensive
Democratic
Decentralized
Differential
QuadrantPhysical Coordination
SectorsDecentralized Energy
InvestorFramework Ventures
Funding$75M
Ecosystem
RoundStrategic

Shift Grants

A funding program designed to support scientific and technology initiatives advancing d/acc (decentralized acceleration) through multiple cohorts and funding rounds.

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Defensive
Democratic
Decentralized
Differential
QuadrantDigital Coordination
SectorsDemocratic Funding
InvestorVitalik Buterin
FundingUndisclosed
Ecosystem
RoundGrant (Open)

NovaNet

A collaborative ZKP prover network for zkML and verifiable compute that enables cryptographically verifiable commercial agents with privacy-preserving and verifiable agentic workflows.

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Defensive
Democratic
Decentralized
Differential
QuadrantDigital Defense
SectorsZK Systems
InvestorFinality Capital Partners
Funding$3M
Ecosystem
RoundSeed
Open Source

Zero Network

A parachain specializing in privacy that supports confidential transfers and privacy preserving smart contracts.

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Defensive
Democratic
Decentralized
Differential
QuadrantDigital Defense
SectorsZK Systems
InvestorWeb3 Foundation
FundingUndisclosed
EcosystemPolkadot
RoundClosed Grant

RACE: Resilient Anonymous Communication for Everyone

A DARPA program researching technologies for a distributed messaging system that provides confidentiality, integrity, availability, and privacy preservation for participants within a given network.

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Defensive
Democratic
Decentralized
Differential
QuadrantDigital Defense
Sectors
Investor
FundingUndisclosed
Ecosystem
RoundGrant (Open)

Filecoin ProPGF Batch 2 (General Track)

A grant program allocating $3.22M toward Filecoin core infrastructure, developer tooling, and ecosystem builders. Selected 16 of 102 applicants.

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Defensive
Democratic
Decentralized
Differential
QuadrantDigital Defense
Sectors
Investor
Funding$3.2M
EcosystemFilecoin
RoundClosed Grant

Symmetry Institute

Research organization investigating the vascular basis of brain computation — studying how vascular dynamics influence memory and cognition using non-invasive ultrasound mapping. Aims to advance the science of consciousness and cognitive augmentation.

Defensive
Democratic
Decentralized
Differential
QuadrantPhysical Defense
Sectors
InvestorShift Grants
Funding$39K
Ecosystem
RoundClosed Grant

R3 (RNA Readiness + Response)

A $60M program jointly funded by Wellcome Leap focused on RNA readiness and response initiatives.

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Defensive
Democratic
Decentralized
Differential
QuadrantPhysical Defense
SectorsBiodefense & Health
InvestorWellcome Leap
Funding$60M
Ecosystem
RoundClosed Grant

Engineered Healthspan

A dependency-gated framework for systemic age reversal using a six-phase state transition protocol (E→C→S→R→P) grounded in control theory, where sequence and phase ordering matter more than individual compounds.

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Defensive
Democratic
Decentralized
Differential
QuadrantPhysical Defense
SectorsBiodefense & Health
Investor
Funding$20M
Ecosystem
RoundSeries A

Creative 3D Technologies

An advanced manufacturing company that develops a modular 'Factory in a Box' platform to bring factory-scale manufacturing into a single modular system.

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Defensive
Democratic
Decentralized
Differential
QuadrantPhysical Defense
Sectors
InvestorNJP
Funding$5M
Ecosystem
RoundSeed

Glow

A platform that uses game theory and crypto to increase solar farm profitability and efficiency, enabling millions of solar farms to reinvest earnings into building more clean energy infrastructure.

Funding Announcement →
Defensive
Democratic
Decentralized
Differential
QuadrantPhysical Coordination
SectorsDecentralized Energy
Investor
FundingUndisclosed
Ecosystem
Round-

flexa

A virtual power plant platform that combines millions of homes into an optimized grid network to unlock sustainable energy potential. flexa builds technology to optimize household energy consumption and grid usage in real-time.

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Defensive
Democratic
Decentralized
Differential
QuadrantPhysical Coordination
SectorsDecentralized Energy
Investor
FundingUndisclosed
Ecosystem
Round-

VPP4ISLANDS

Virtual Power Plant for Interoperable and Smart Islands - a project that exploits renewable energy sources like sun and wind through virtual power plants that remotely aggregate distributed energy resources to ensure stability of smart grids and enable decarbonization of islands.

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Defensive
Democratic
Decentralized
Differential
QuadrantPhysical Coordination
SectorsDecentralized Energy
Investor
FundingUndisclosed
Ecosystem
RoundClosed Grant

RFG-7: Tooling for 6551 - Tokenbound accounts

A request for grant proposal to build tooling for ERC-6551 tokenbound accounts, which gives ERC-721 NFTs smart contract wallet functionality enabling them to own assets, make attestations, and participate in governance.

Funding Announcement →
Defensive
Democratic
Decentralized
Differential
QuadrantDigital Coordination
SectorsGovernance Tooling
Investor
FundingUndisclosed
EcosystemEthereum, Optimism
RoundGrant (Open)

Localism Fund

A funding initiative to empower local hubs, networks, and place-based groups around the world using Ethereum and Web3 technologies.

Funding Announcement →
Defensive
Democratic
Decentralized
Differential
QuadrantDigital Coordination
SectorsGovernance Tooling, Democratic Funding
Investor
Funding$155K
EcosystemEthereum, Celo
RoundGrant (Open)

Partisia Blockchain Foundation Grants Program

A grants program offering up to 3 million $MPC tokens to blockchain builders creating unique applications using secure multiparty computation technology not possible on other chains.

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Defensive
Democratic
Decentralized
Differential
QuadrantDigital Defense
Sectors
Investor
Funding$1.2M
EcosystemPartisia
RoundGrant (Open)

TransCrypts

A Canadian blockchain self-sovereign identity (SSI) startup focusing on digital identity and credential verification.

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Defensive
Democratic
Decentralized
Differential
QuadrantDigital Defense
SectorsDecentralized Identity
InvestorPantera Capital
Funding$15M
Ecosystem
RoundSeed