Base Batches - Startup Track
An eight-week virtual programme for pre-seed teams building on Base. Selected teams are offered a $100K investment from the Base Ecosystem Fund and pitch at Demo Day in New York.
What you get
“$100K investment from the Base Ecosystem Fund”
Can you apply
The Startup Track targets early stage teams, specifically those who are pre-product, pre-launch, or pre-seed and have raised less than ~$250k.
When
Not open right now, and no next round has been announced.
Past rounds
- Batch 004closed 9 Sept 2026
- Base Batches 2026closed 9 Mar 2026
What Base funds
Funds builders on Base at every stage, with a strong bias toward rewarding shipped work: weekly activity-based rewards for experiments, fast retroactive ETH grants for live projects, and a cohort-based founder track for teams going full-time.
Everything Base funds →Details
"A program designed to help builders kickstart their business." Admitted Startup Track teams receive a "$10k grant", and "A minimum of 3 teams will receive a $50k investment from the Base Ecosystem Fund" - the investment is separate from the grant and its terms are not published. The programme runs eight weeks virtually after a kick-off week, ending in a Demo Day in San Francisco. Base Batches also runs a Student Track (undergraduate students worldwide) and a Robotics Track; their terms are not published on the same page and are not modelled here.
Read off the Base page on 29 Aug 2026. Funders move amounts and eligibility without announcing it, so confirm any figure here before you count on it.