Grants for builders on Celo in 2026
Prezenti is the grant program in our tracker for Celo builders. It funds Celo apps that already have traction and, through its Frontier Pool, AI and agent-economy infrastructure. Grants start at $25K and are paid in USDm. Data from our web3 grant tracker, last verified 2026-09-27.
What gets funded on Celo
Focus (tracker): Celo apps with traction; AI & agent-economy infrastructure (Frontier Pool).
Ticket: $25K+ (Anchor Pool about $25K–$50K by stage; Frontier Pool $25K+), paid in USDm. No equity is taken.
Stage: live with usage. Round: the tracker lists the current round as open until 29 Dec 2026. On 2026-09-30 the official page also carried a notice that applications are currently closed, so confirm the status on prezenti.xyz before you prepare an application.
From the official page (prezenti.xyz, checked 2026-09-30):
- Anchor Pool (open application): stage-based grants for teams with real traction. Stage 2 (10K–100K daily transactions): about $25K. Stage 3 (100K–500K daily transactions): about $50K. Stage 4 (500K+ daily transactions): case by case.
- The Anchor Pool looks for verifiable evidence of real usage (transactions, users, revenue) and for revenue-generating applications.
- Frontier Pool (open application): AI and agent-economy infrastructure that other builders and agents rely on, such as agent identity and discovery, agent-to-agent transactions, AI-native developer tooling, verification and trust.
- The Frontier Pool looks for a working deployment on Celo mainnet, use by other builders or agents rather than end users, and verifiable onchain activity; open-source is preferred.
- Boost Pool: invite-only, for projects with a proven track record in other ecosystems.
- Status: the page shows a round open until 29 Dec 2026 and, at the same time, a notice that applications are currently closed and Season 3 has concluded. Confirm which of the two applies before you start an application.
Celo grant programs: amounts, stage, type
| Program | Ticket | Stage | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prezenti (Celo)Official: prezenti.xyz | $25K+ (Anchor Pool ~$25K–$50K by stage; Frontier Pool $25K+) | Live with usage | Community fund |
Equity, per the tracker: “No” for this program. Terms change, so confirm on the official page before you apply.
Which route fits your team
- Celo app with measurable daily usage — Anchor Pool: the amount follows your traction stage.
- Agent or AI infrastructure live on Celo mainnet — Frontier Pool: $25K+.
- Proven project from another ecosystem — The Boost Pool is invite-only, so there is no open application.
- Not live yet — Both open pools ask for usage or a mainnet deployment. For an idea- or prototype-stage project, see the next section.
Chain-agnostic options
Ecosystem programs fund work on their own chain. The options below do not depend on the chain you build on, and none of them stops you from applying to the Celo program above as well.
ZK Prime Capital grants. $5K–$75K, no equity, idea or prototype stage welcome, reply within 5 business days. The same application document you write for Prezenti (Celo) is accepted, and there is no exclusivity. If the milestone ships, the fund can continue into a $50K–$250K round, 3–6 months of incubation and a token launch. How the program works.
Prezenti’s Frontier Pool funds agent infrastructure that is already live on Celo mainnet. ZK Prime funds on-chain AI agents from idea or prototype stage: see grants for on-chain AI agents. Also: DeFAI funding and ZK infrastructure grants.
Public-goods rounds. For open-source and public-goods work, the tracker lists quadratic funding rounds that are not tied to one chain: Gitcoin and Giveth.
Everything in one table. The web3 grants tracker compares all 27 programs by ticket, equity and stage; each has a program guide.
Building on Celo? Apply to ZK Prime in parallel
Same document, no exclusivity. $5K–$75K non-dilutive grants for on-chain AI agents, DeFAI and ZK infrastructure at idea or prototype stage; reply within 5 business days.
Apply with the same doc ▸Frequently asked questions
How much funding can builders on Celo get?
Our tracker lists the ticket for Prezenti (Celo) as: $25K+ (Anchor Pool ~$25K–$50K by stage; Frontier Pool $25K+). Confirm current amounts on the official page; last verified 2026-09-27.
Do Celo grant programs take equity?
No. Our tracker lists Prezenti (Celo) as non-dilutive: no equity is taken. ZK Prime Capital grants are non-dilutive as well.
Can a pre-launch team apply to Prezenti?
Our tracker lists Prezenti at the stage “Live with usage”: the Anchor Pool is for Celo apps with traction, and the Frontier Pool is for AI and agent-economy infrastructure. A pre-launch team can fund the build with a program that accepts idea and prototype stage, such as ZK Prime ($5K–$75K, no equity), and apply to Prezenti once there is usage to show.
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Source: ZK Prime web3 grant tracker, last verified 2026-09-27; official pages checked 2026-09-30. Writing the application: one-page template. Spotted an outdated detail? Open a PR.