Base Batches - Startup Track
An eight-week virtual founder programme for pre-seed teams building on Base, with a $10k grant on admission and a $50k investment for a minimum of three teams.
What you get
“$10k grant”
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
- 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.