Program · Accelerator
dLab Blockchain Accelerator
dLab Blockchain Accelerator is SOSV's accelerator offering early-stage venture capital and mentorship for blockchain startups.
- Application state
- Accepting
Overview
What dLab Blockchain Accelerator offers
What dLab Blockchain Accelerator is
dLab is a blockchain and Web3 accelerator providing early-stage venture capital, hands-on mentorship, and intensive programming for founders building decentralized technology solutions. Founded in 2018 through partnership between SOSV (tech accelerator) and EMURGO (Cardano R&D firm), dLab operates both intensive in-person and virtual programs.
Operational profile
Program status and context
Program status describes the program itself. Application availability and deadlines remain separate.
- Operational status
- Active
- Program type
- Accelerator
- Host organization
- dlab
- Last reviewed
- June 25, 2026
What Accelerator means
An accelerator is a structured, short-term program designed to speed up a startup's progress toward product-market fit, traction, fundraising, or scale.
Open the glossary entryTerms and economics
Published program terms
- Investment
- $200,000
- Price
- Free
- Compensation
- Micro Fund
Compensation and economics
dlab offers a micro-fund model with up to $250K in funding for selected startups.
Focus and fit
Who the program is for
Program thesis
dlab backs technical founders building critical infrastructure and novel applications for a more open, transparent, participatory internet. Its current thesis is protocol-agnostic and global, centered on web3, blockchain, decentralization, DeFi, DePIN, on-chain identity, and crypto-native applications.
Eligibility
dlab targets pre-seed and seed-stage web3/blockchain startups globally. Current official wording is broad: founders exploring web3 and blockchain frontiers and looking for pre-seed funding are invited to describe what they are building.
Selection approach
Current official intake is a founder contact path on dlab.vc asking founders seeking pre-seed funding to explain what they are building.
- Stages
- Pre-seed · Seed
- Regions
- Global
- Audience
- Founders · Builders
- Geographic eligibility
- Global
- Career stage
- Early Career · Mid Career · Senior
Format and cadence
How participation works
- Presence
- Remote
- Main location
- New York City, New York, United States
- Duration
- 14 weeks
- Engagement
- Full Time
Availability and engagement
Application timing and route
- Application state
- Accepting
- Admissions
- Rolling
- Application materials
- Written Statement
Value and support
What participation may provide
Publicly described support is context, not a guarantee of current delivery or future benefit.
What participants may receive
Current dlab benefits are best summarized as pre-seed capital plus hands-on support. The current homepage describes discovery-stage venture capital and hands-on help for web3 and blockchain founders.
Common questions
Program details at a glance
dLab Blockchain Accelerator is published in Upseed as a accelerator program hosted by dlab. Upseed treats the Program and its host Organization as separate records so each can have its own status and sources.
Source and update disclosure
Know what this page is based on
Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
June 25, 2026
Known limits
Terms, deadlines, and application states can change. Confirm current details at the published destination before acting. Upseed does not yet classify every Program destination as official.
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