Solaris Accelerator

August 2025 - December 2025

Solaris Accelerator

Solaris is the leading Solana Accelerator, designed to empower Chinese Crypto founders globally, supported by the Solana Foundation.

Apply to Cohort 2

Cohort 1 Wins

The first Solaris Accelerator cohort supported 6 early-stage Solana projects from ideation to launch. 4 teams secured funding after the Accelerator

Bolarity
built strategic partnership with Wormhole to enable cross-chain DeFi aggregation and launched a mobile app with Angel round completed
Unitas Labs
partnered with Kamino and closed Seed Round to build a JLP-based yield-bearing stable coin protocol
TypeX
win the 3rd prize of Solana Colosseum Global Hackathon, enrolled in Colosseum Global Accelerator, building the Web3-native keyboard, surpassed 5,000 daily active users
Bolarity
built strategic partnership with Wormhole to enable cross-chain DeFi aggregation and launched a mobile app with Angel round completed
Unitas Labs
partnered with Kamino and closed Seed Round to build a JLP-based yield-bearing stable coin protocol
TypeX
win the 3rd prize of Solana Colosseum Global Hackathon, enrolled in Colosseum Global Accelerator, building the Web3-native keyboard, surpassed 5,000 daily active users
Bolarity
built strategic partnership with Wormhole to enable cross-chain DeFi aggregation and launched a mobile app with Angel round completed
Unitas Labs
partnered with Kamino and closed Seed Round to build a JLP-based yield-bearing stable coin protocol
TypeX
win the 3rd prize of Solana Colosseum Global Hackathon, enrolled in Colosseum Global Accelerator, building the Web3-native keyboard, surpassed 5,000 daily active users
Bolarity
built strategic partnership with Wormhole to enable cross-chain DeFi aggregation and launched a mobile app with Angel round completed
Unitas Labs
partnered with Kamino and closed Seed Round to build a JLP-based yield-bearing stable coin protocol
TypeX
win the 3rd prize of Solana Colosseum Global Hackathon, enrolled in Colosseum Global Accelerator, building the Web3-native keyboard, surpassed 5,000 daily active users

Batch 1 wins

Cohort 1 Wins

The first Solaris Accelerator cohort supported 6 early-stage Solana projects from ideation to launch. 4 teams secured funding after the Accelerator

Bolarity
built strategic partnership with Wormhole to enable cross-chain DeFi aggregation and launched a mobile app with Angel round completed
Unitas Labs
partnered with Kamino and closed Seed Round to build a JLP-based yield-bearing stable coin protocol
TypeX
win the 3rd prize of Solana Colosseum Global Hackathon, enrolled in Colosseum Global Accelerator, building the Web3-native keyboard, surpassed 5,000 daily active users
Bolarity
built strategic partnership with Wormhole to enable cross-chain DeFi aggregation and launched a mobile app with Angel round completed
Unitas Labs
partnered with Kamino and closed Seed Round to build a JLP-based yield-bearing stable coin protocol
TypeX
win the 3rd prize of Solana Colosseum Global Hackathon, enrolled in Colosseum Global Accelerator, building the Web3-native keyboard, surpassed 5,000 daily active users
Bolarity
built strategic partnership with Wormhole to enable cross-chain DeFi aggregation and launched a mobile app with Angel round completed
Unitas Labs
partnered with Kamino and closed Seed Round to build a JLP-based yield-bearing stable coin protocol
TypeX
win the 3rd prize of Solana Colosseum Global Hackathon, enrolled in Colosseum Global Accelerator, building the Web3-native keyboard, surpassed 5,000 daily active users
Bolarity
built strategic partnership with Wormhole to enable cross-chain DeFi aggregation and launched a mobile app with Angel round completed
Unitas Labs
partnered with Kamino and closed Seed Round to build a JLP-based yield-bearing stable coin protocol
TypeX
win the 3rd prize of Solana Colosseum Global Hackathon, enrolled in Colosseum Global Accelerator, building the Web3-native keyboard, surpassed 5,000 daily active users

What our founders say

“Hongkong Demo Day was a real meaningful journey for us.

We had the chance to pitch in front of funds we hadn’t been able to reach before.

We also get supported along the Solana Hakcahton, and received check from Colosseum. The program was small in size, but the support was solid.”
Young
Co-founder of TypeX
“I joined the Founder House in Shenzhen and spent three days coding side-by-side with Solana Foundation engineers and five other teams. That experience gave me a real sense of community. We weren’t just talking about ideas — we were building together.

Through Solaris, we also connected with the broader community.”
Bolarity
Co-founder of Bolarity
“As developers, we often focus on shipping fast — but don’t spend enough time thinking about the user journey.

The mentor calls helped us reframe our product strategy, and pushed us to define clearer use cases.

Those discussions greatly helped shaping the version of TradeOS we’re running today.”
Heemo
Co-founder of TradeOS
“Hongkong Demo Day was a real meaningful journey for us.

We had the chance to pitch in front of funds we hadn’t been able to reach before.

We also get supported along the Solana Hakcahton, and received check from Colosseum. The program was small in size, but the support was solid.”
Young
Co-founder of TypeX
“I joined the Founder House in Shenzhen and spent three days coding side-by-side with Solana Foundation engineers and five other teams. That experience gave me a real sense of community. We weren’t just talking about ideas — we were building together.

Through Solaris, we also connected with the broader community.”
Bolarity
Co-founder of Bolarity
“As developers, we often focus on shipping fast — but don’t spend enough time thinking about the user journey.

The mentor calls helped us reframe our product strategy, and pushed us to define clearer use cases.

Those discussions greatly helped shaping the version of TradeOS we’re running today.”
Heemo
Co-founder of TradeOS
“Hongkong Demo Day was a real meaningful journey for us.

We had the chance to pitch in front of funds we hadn’t been able to reach before.

We also get supported along the Solana Hakcahton, and received check from Colosseum. The program was small in size, but the support was solid.”
Young
Co-founder of TypeX
“I joined the Founder House in Shenzhen and spent three days coding side-by-side with Solana Foundation engineers and five other teams. That experience gave me a real sense of community. We weren’t just talking about ideas — we were building together.

Through Solaris, we also connected with the broader community.”
Bolarity
Co-founder of Bolarity
“As developers, we often focus on shipping fast — but don’t spend enough time thinking about the user journey.

The mentor calls helped us reframe our product strategy, and pushed us to define clearer use cases.

Those discussions greatly helped shaping the version of TradeOS we’re running today.”
Heemo
Co-founder of TradeOS
“Hongkong Demo Day was a real meaningful journey for us.

We had the chance to pitch in front of funds we hadn’t been able to reach before.

We also get supported along the Solana Hakcahton, and received check from Colosseum. The program was small in size, but the support was solid.”
Young
Co-founder of TypeX
“I joined the Founder House in Shenzhen and spent three days coding side-by-side with Solana Foundation engineers and five other teams. That experience gave me a real sense of community. We weren’t just talking about ideas — we were building together.

Through Solaris, we also connected with the broader community.”
Bolarity
Co-founder of Bolarity
“As developers, we often focus on shipping fast — but don’t spend enough time thinking about the user journey.

The mentor calls helped us reframe our product strategy, and pushed us to define clearer use cases.

Those discussions greatly helped shaping the version of TradeOS we’re running today.”
Heemo
Co-founder of TradeOS

“Hongkong Demo Day was a real meaningful journey for us.

We had the chance to pitch in front of funds we hadn’t been able to reach before.

We also get supported along the Solana Hakcahton, and received check from Colosseum. The program was small in size, but the support was solid.”
Young
Co-founder of TypeX
“I joined the Founder House in Shenzhen and spent three days coding side-by-side with Solana Foundation engineers and five other teams. That experience gave me a real sense of community. We weren’t just talking about ideas — we were building together.

Through Solaris, we also connected with the broader community.”
Bolarity
Co-founder of Bolarity
“As developers, we often focus on shipping fast — but don’t spend enough time thinking about the user journey.

The mentor calls helped us reframe our product strategy, and pushed us to define clearer use cases.

Those discussions greatly helped shaping the version of TradeOS we’re running today.”
Heemo
Co-founder of TradeOS
“Hongkong Demo Day was a real meaningful journey for us.

We had the chance to pitch in front of funds we hadn’t been able to reach before.

We also get supported along the Solana Hakcahton, and received check from Colosseum. The program was small in size, but the support was solid.”
Young
Co-founder of TypeX
“I joined the Founder House in Shenzhen and spent three days coding side-by-side with Solana Foundation engineers and five other teams. That experience gave me a real sense of community. We weren’t just talking about ideas — we were building together.

Through Solaris, we also connected with the broader community.”
Bolarity
Co-founder of Bolarity
“As developers, we often focus on shipping fast — but don’t spend enough time thinking about the user journey.

The mentor calls helped us reframe our product strategy, and pushed us to define clearer use cases.

Those discussions greatly helped shaping the version of TradeOS we’re running today.”
Heemo
Co-founder of TradeOS
“Hongkong Demo Day was a real meaningful journey for us.

We had the chance to pitch in front of funds we hadn’t been able to reach before.

We also get supported along the Solana Hakcahton, and received check from Colosseum. The program was small in size, but the support was solid.”
Young
Co-founder of TypeX
“I joined the Founder House in Shenzhen and spent three days coding side-by-side with Solana Foundation engineers and five other teams. That experience gave me a real sense of community. We weren’t just talking about ideas — we were building together.

Through Solaris, we also connected with the broader community.”
Bolarity
Co-founder of Bolarity
“As developers, we often focus on shipping fast — but don’t spend enough time thinking about the user journey.

The mentor calls helped us reframe our product strategy, and pushed us to define clearer use cases.

Those discussions greatly helped shaping the version of TradeOS we’re running today.”
Heemo
Co-founder of TradeOS
“Hongkong Demo Day was a real meaningful journey for us.

We had the chance to pitch in front of funds we hadn’t been able to reach before.

We also get supported along the Solana Hakcahton, and received check from Colosseum. The program was small in size, but the support was solid.”
Young
Co-founder of TypeX
“I joined the Founder House in Shenzhen and spent three days coding side-by-side with Solana Foundation engineers and five other teams. That experience gave me a real sense of community. We weren’t just talking about ideas — we were building together.

Through Solaris, we also connected with the broader community.”
Bolarity
Co-founder of Bolarity
“As developers, we often focus on shipping fast — but don’t spend enough time thinking about the user journey.

The mentor calls helped us reframe our product strategy, and pushed us to define clearer use cases.

Those discussions greatly helped shaping the version of TradeOS we’re running today.”
Heemo
Co-founder of TradeOS

“Hongkong Demo Day was a real meaningful journey for us.

We had the chance to pitch in front of funds we hadn’t been able to reach before.

We also get supported along the Solana Hakcahton, and received check from Colosseum. The program was small in size, but the support was solid.”
Young
Co-founder of TypeX
“I joined the Founder House in Shenzhen and spent three days coding side-by-side with Solana Foundation engineers and five other teams. That experience gave me a real sense of community. We weren’t just talking about ideas — we were building together.

Through Solaris, we also connected with the broader community.”
Bolarity
Co-founder of Bolarity
“As developers, we often focus on shipping fast — but don’t spend enough time thinking about the user journey.

The mentor calls helped us reframe our product strategy, and pushed us to define clearer use cases.

Those discussions greatly helped shaping the version of TradeOS we’re running today.”
Heemo
Co-founder of TradeOS
“Hongkong Demo Day was a real meaningful journey for us.

We had the chance to pitch in front of funds we hadn’t been able to reach before.

We also get supported along the Solana Hakcahton, and received check from Colosseum. The program was small in size, but the support was solid.”
Young
Co-founder of TypeX
“I joined the Founder House in Shenzhen and spent three days coding side-by-side with Solana Foundation engineers and five other teams. That experience gave me a real sense of community. We weren’t just talking about ideas — we were building together.

Through Solaris, we also connected with the broader community.”
Bolarity
Co-founder of Bolarity
“As developers, we often focus on shipping fast — but don’t spend enough time thinking about the user journey.

The mentor calls helped us reframe our product strategy, and pushed us to define clearer use cases.

Those discussions greatly helped shaping the version of TradeOS we’re running today.”
Heemo
Co-founder of TradeOS
“Hongkong Demo Day was a real meaningful journey for us.

We had the chance to pitch in front of funds we hadn’t been able to reach before.

We also get supported along the Solana Hakcahton, and received check from Colosseum. The program was small in size, but the support was solid.”
Young
Co-founder of TypeX
“I joined the Founder House in Shenzhen and spent three days coding side-by-side with Solana Foundation engineers and five other teams. That experience gave me a real sense of community. We weren’t just talking about ideas — we were building together.

Through Solaris, we also connected with the broader community.”
Bolarity
Co-founder of Bolarity
“As developers, we often focus on shipping fast — but don’t spend enough time thinking about the user journey.

The mentor calls helped us reframe our product strategy, and pushed us to define clearer use cases.

Those discussions greatly helped shaping the version of TradeOS we’re running today.”
Heemo
Co-founder of TradeOS
“Hongkong Demo Day was a real meaningful journey for us.

We had the chance to pitch in front of funds we hadn’t been able to reach before.

We also get supported along the Solana Hakcahton, and received check from Colosseum. The program was small in size, but the support was solid.”
Young
Co-founder of TypeX
“I joined the Founder House in Shenzhen and spent three days coding side-by-side with Solana Foundation engineers and five other teams. That experience gave me a real sense of community. We weren’t just talking about ideas — we were building together.

Through Solaris, we also connected with the broader community.”
Bolarity
Co-founder of Bolarity
“As developers, we often focus on shipping fast — but don’t spend enough time thinking about the user journey.

The mentor calls helped us reframe our product strategy, and pushed us to define clearer use cases.

Those discussions greatly helped shaping the version of TradeOS we’re running today.”
Heemo
Co-founder of TradeOS

Mentors

Lily Liu

President @ Solana Foundation

Siong

Co-founder @ Jupiter

Co-founder

@ Jupiter

Co-founder @ Jupiter

Mark

Co-founder @ Kamino

Co-founder

@ Kamino

Co-founder @ Kamino

Chris

Founder & CEO @ SonicSVM

Founder & CEO

@ SonicSVM

Benson

Partner @ OKX Ventures

Partner

@ OKX Ventures

Partner @ OKX Ventures

Richard

Founder @ Huma Finance

Founder

@ Huma Finance

Founder

@ Huma Finance

Mert

CEO @ Heliuslabs

CEO

@ Heliuslabs

Can

co-founder @ Backpack

co-founder

@ Backpack

co-founder @ Backpack

Adam

advisor @ Solana Foundation

Emily

Founder @ Byreal

Founder

@ Byreal

Founder @ Byreal

Yetta

Partner @ Primitive Ventures

Founder

@ Mango Labs

Partner @ Primitive Ventures

James

Co-founder @ Jambo

Co-founder

@ Jambo

Co-founder @ Jambo

Weekee

Co-founder @ Virtuals

Co-founder

@ Virtuals

Co-founder @ Virtuals

Joanna

Co-founder @ SOON Network

Mikel

Europe Growth Lead @ Backpack

Jason

COO @ OSL

COO

@ OSL

COO @ OSL

Siya

CMO @ Hashkey

CMO

@ Hashkey

CMO @ Hashkey

Dov

Founder @ Mango Labs

Founder

@ Mango Labs

Founder @ Mango Labs

Dean

Core Dev @ Solana

Core Dev

@ Solana

Core Dev @ Solana

Yaoyao

APAC Growth @ Solana Foundation

Jack

Founder @ Wonderstruck

Founder

@ Wonderstruck

Tony C

Venture investor

Kevin Liang

Partner @ Sky9 Capital

Partner

@ Sky9 Capital

Brendan

DevRel @ Injective Labs

DevRel

@ Injective Labs

Victor

Co-founder @ Manta Network

Our Program

Week 1 - 2

Onboarding

Start developing the relationships with peers and mentors that you’ll leverage during acceleration and beyond.

Resource Sharing

Gain access to founder-only forums, perks, video library and more. Get support from Program Managers (PMs) and Thought Partners (TPs). Co-living and co-building in Solana Startup Village, visit important partners in HK.

Week 3 - 4

Mentor Madness

Build connections with the 20 top founders and investors in the industry and choose a few to work closely with throughout the program.

Meet the mentors in Singapore.

Week 5 - 10

Mentorship & Lectures

Learn how to build in crypto and grow your product. Start attending weekly check-ins and live lectures.

Week 11 - 12

Demo Day

Present your product to crypto’s leading VCs, angels & experts.

Graduation

Become Solana and HackQuest community founders, receiving post-program support.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who should apply?

All crypto startups will benefit from the program, regardless of their stage. Your accelerator and mentorship experience might differ slightly, however, depending on whether you're an early-stage or later-stage team. We assist early-stage teams with navigating customer development and refining their product strategy. These teams are often working on large markets but need to figure out how to best capture the opportunity. For later-stage teams with a solid product thesis, our value-add comes from deep domain expertise in crypto-native areas like token economics, regulations, and go-to-market. In addition, both early and later-stage founders typically tell us that Alliance helped them expand their crypto network and connect with other top-tier builders, leading to direct impact in sales, user testing, partnership, and fundraising efforts.

When should I apply?

What time commitment is expected?

Who should apply?

When should I apply?

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Team behind Solaris Cohort 2

Solar, supported by the Solana Foundation, is the Solana Chinese community dedicated to driving the growth of the Solana ecosystem in Chinese-speaking regions. Solar regularly organizes various ecosystem-focused events and localized developer education initiatives, empowering the community and providing comprehensive support to builders in the Chinese-speaking world.

HackQuest is a one-stop, self-guided Web3 developer education platform. HackQuest offers expert-curated learning paths with on-chain certificates co-issued by leading Web3 ecosystems including Solana, Arbitrum, Mantle Network, Linea, and Sui. Community builders are supported beyond through co-learning camps, meet-ups, hackathons, accelerators.

Sonic is the first atomic SVM (Solana Virtual Machine) chain engineered to enable sovereign game economies on Solana.

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