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Current Grant Timeline

Season 3:
Anchor
Round
Open
12th Aug 2026 - 29th Dec 2026
Notification: Within 2-4 weeks of submission. Grants will be offered on a rolling basis until funds have been disbursed.
Timeline
Open Anchor Round
12th Aug 2026 - 29 Dec 2026
Inform outcome to applicants
Within 2-4 weeks of submission, offered on a rolling basis.
Close out/ end of grants
4 months after contract signatory
The current round is open until 29th Dec 2026
Pools
Check your eligibility to apply below
Boost Pool
Applicants must be invited by the Celo Foundation to apply for this. This pool is designed for projects with a proven track record in other ecosystems that we aim to fast-track for deployment on Celo. Delivered by Prezenti in partnership with the Celo Foundation’s DevRel team, the program offers a streamlined process and targeted, high-impact funding to accelerate onboarding.

‍Anchor round: estimated number of grants to be allocated: 10-14
General information
  • Invitation only: Applications must be invited by the Celo Foundation (directly or via the Celo DevRel team, who will notify Prezenti).
  • Strict requirements: Live app (ideally a miniapp to fast-track launch on MiniPay). Must deploy on Celo mainnet.
  • Ideal requirements: Existing miniapp, enabling long-term support with marketing and campaigns. Strong community to bring existing users into the Celo ecosystem.
  • Exclusions: The Boost Pool does not fund ongoing salaries, pure marketing spend, events, liquidity provision, token listings, or general VC investment.
Anchor Pool
The Anchor Pool is our open application grant program designed to support teams demonstrating real traction and meaningful contribution to Celo's ecosystem growth — with priority given to projects that grow daily transactions, grow TVL, leverage MiniPay's distribution, and increase revenue to the Celo chain.

‍Anchor Pool: estimated number of grants to be allocated: ~2–4
Eligibility for this pool
  • Stage 2 (10K–100K daily transactions): ~$25K grants for Valora apps and Mini apps
  • Stage 3 (100K–500K daily transactions): ~$50K grants for seed-stage or scaled products
  • Stage 4 (500K+ daily transactions): Case-by-case funding for mature ecosystem applications
What this pool is not
  • Ongoing salaries, core costs, pure marketing spend, events, liquidity provision, token listings, or general VC investment.
  • Applications gaming transaction counts without generating underlying value eg spamming micro USDT transfers to addresses with little previous history
  • Projects without verifiable traction or credible usage evidence
  • Teams that cannot articulate how they contribute to transaction growth or TVL
General information
  • One off grant in USDm to all successful applicants
  • Payments will be split 20% at project onset, and 80% after agreed delivery.
  • For unsuccessful applications there will be some detailed feedback; we are subjectively reviewing projects individually
  • Applicants will sign a contract with Prezenti and be KYC’d.
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Frontier Pool
The Frontier Pool is an open application grant program for projects building AI and agent economy infrastructure on Celo. It targets foundational infrastructure — protocols, tooling, and services — that other builders and agents rely on, rather than end-user applications.

WE DO NOT WANT LOW EFFORT VIBE CODED APPLICATIONS BUT RATHER THE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE USE OF AGENTIC TOOLING.

‍Frontier Pool: estimated number of grants to be allocated: 4–6
General information
  • Deployed on Celo mainnet. Working deployment required and verified by the Prezenti team.
  • Infrastructure focus. Tooling, protocols, or services used by other builders or agents — not standalone end-user apps.
  • Technical credibility. Demonstrated understanding of the problem and a credible technical approach. Open-source or publicly documented projects preferred.
  • Ecosystem contribution. Clear articulation of how the project makes Celo more capable as a platform for AI and agent activity.
  • ERC-8004 registration. Required for agent projects to ensure discoverability across the agent ecosystem. AI infrastructure projects are exempt from this requirement.
  • Self Agent ID. Required for sybil-resistant, verifiable agent identity on Celo.
  • Verifiable onchain activity. Easily verifiable transactions on Celo mainnet demonstrating real usage.
  • Ecosystem contribution. Clear articulation of how the project makes Celo more capable as a platform for AI and agent activity.
Eligibility for this pool
  • Deployed on Celo mainnet. Working deployment required and verified by the Prezenti team.
  • Infrastructure focus. Tooling, protocols, or services used by other builders or agents — not standalone end-user apps.
  • Technical credibility. Demonstrated understanding of the problem and a credible technical approach. Open-source or publicly documented projects preferred.
  • Ecosystem contribution. Clear articulation of how the project makes Celo more capable as a platform for AI and agent activity.
  • ERC-8004 registration. Required for agent projects to ensure discoverability across the agent ecosystem. AI infrastructure projects are exempt from this requirement.
  • Self Agent ID. Required for sybil-resistant, verifiable agent identity on Celo.
  • Verifiable onchain activity. Easily verifiable transactions on Celo mainnet demonstrating real usage.
  • Ecosystem contribution. Clear articulation of how the project makes Celo more capable as a platform for AI and agent activity.
What this pool is not
  • Ongoing salaries, core costs, pure marketing spend, events, liquidity provision, token listings, or general VC investment.
  • End-user applications without an infrastructure component (consider the Anchor Pool)
  • Projects not deployed on Celo mainnet
  • Wrappers or thin integrations over existing tools without meaningful new functionality
General information
  • One off grant in USDm to all successful applicants
  • Payments will be split 20% at project onset, and 80% after agreed delivery.
  • Evaluation by Prezenti in consultation with the Celo Foundation's DevRel team
  • Discretionary pool — quality over quantity, fewer high-quality grants over broad distribution
  • For unsuccessful applications there will be some detailed feedback; we are subjectively reviewing projects individually
  • Applicants will sign a contract with Prezenti and be KYC’d.
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We are currently closed for applications
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