Sui Programs and Funding
Funder
Sui Foundation
Type / status
other · open
Amount
25,000 USD
Deadline
unknown
Ecosystems
sui
Categories
researchdev toolinginfradao governance
Tech stack
moverusttypescript
Apply
Source
Fit
43% · weak fit · The Venture23 Aleo team's expertise in ZK, privacy, and cross-chain infrastructure aligns with Sui's focus on Move/Rust and technical challenges, making them a credible applicant for dev_tooling or infra RFPs, though they operate in a different ecosystem.
Trust
98% · model self-report 85% · first seen 2026-09-09 · v1
Verified
2026-09-15 · page still up, no closing language
Sui offers multiple funding opportunities for builders, including the Hydropower accelerator program, Academic Research Awards providing $25k for blockchain research, and Request for Proposals (RFPs) for solving specific technical challenges. These programs support early-stage founders, researchers, and teams building core primitives or ecosystem-wide applications on Sui. Applications are made through linked program pages, with no equity taken upfront for Hydropower and direct strategic investments available for high-impact projects.
Eligibility: Early-stage founders, researchers, and teams building on Sui; specific programs target academic research, technical challenges, or high-impact ecosystem development.
Pipeline
Trust breakdown (3/3 checkable facts verified)
| Signal | Weight | Result | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| amount | 0.25 | 100% | figure appears in source |
| apply link | 0.075 | 100% | link in source |
| funder | 0.075 | 100% | named in source |
| source quality | 0.15 | 100% | official page or repo |
| model confidence | 0.1 | 85% | model self-report |
Fit breakdown (against the ORG_* profile)
| Signal | Weight | Result | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| model fit | 0.5 | 70% | model rated 70% |
| ecosystem overlap | 0.25 | 0% | sui vs aleo |
| category overlap | 0.15 | 33% | research, dev_tooling, infra, dao_governance vs zk, privacy, infra, dev_tooling, security, interoperability |
| tech overlap | 0.1 | 33% | move, rust, typescript vs rust, leo, zk |
Sources (1)
| Role | Document | From | Fetched |
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| primary | Sui | Programs and Funding | Sui programs & funding | 2026-09-09 |
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# Programs & funding Elevate your project with accelerator programs, strategic guidance, and deep ecosystem insight. Whether you're raising funds, growing users, or boosting traction — Sui provides the support to scale with purpose.  Ecosystem programs ## Join a program designed to help early-stage founders launch, grow, and raise on Sui. [ ### Hydropower Sui Foundation’s official accelerator, offering hands-on support, mentorship, and connections to capital. No equity is taken up front for joining the program. ](https://hydropower.sui.io/) Funding your vision We know fundraising can be one of the toughest parts of building. That’s why we focus on connecting serious founders with meaningful, long-term support - not grants. [ ### Academic research awards If you're doing research that pushes forward the science or security of blockchain tech, you can apply for the $25k research award through this program. ](https://suifoundation.notion.site/Sui-Ecosystem-Academic-Research-Awards-18537af41c6e80688ca0ff37cf2e617b) ### Direct investment from Sui Foundation For high-impact projects aligned with Sui’s long-term goals, the Foundation may make direct, strategic investments—typically in teams building core primitives or ecosystem-wide apps. [ ### Request for Proposals (RFPs) Apply to solve specific technical or ecosystem challenges that the Sui Foundation is actively funding. ](https://sui.io/request-for-proposals) Venture capital partners Sui proudly partners with investors who support our ecosystem. The following funds publicly back Sui builders: [](https://comma3.co/)[](https://www.hashed.com/)[](https://www.gate.com/ventures)[](https://www.kucoin.com/kucoin-ventures)[](https://www.okx.com/ventures)[](https://www.protagonist.co/)[](https://www.yzilabs.com/)[](https://www.figmentcapital.io/)[](https://www.bigbrain.holdings/)[](https://www.coinbase.com/ventures)[](https://www.karatage.io/)[](https://www.franklintempleton.com/) Sui ecosystem fundraises Sui celebrates the growth of its builders. Highlighting recent, successful fundraises by ecosystem teams: Venture and angel fundraises Investors DCG Big Brain Holdings +31 more Node Capital, Amplify Partners, Liquid2 Ventures, FalconX, Tykhe Block Ventures, Lightshift, Token Bay Capital, Collider, Zero Knowledge Ventures, NoLimit Holdings, Rubik Ventures, Dispersion Capital, Insignius Capital, Impatient Ventures, Cerulean Ventures, Earl Grey Capital, HDI Ventures, Flowdesk, TPC Ventures, Purechain Capital, Solr DAO, Heroic Ventures, Naval Ravikant, NotVCs, G-20 Group, Artifact Capital, DSRV, Encapsulate, Sui Foundation and many more. [  $21m+ Total Raised ## Ika Raised over $21 million in funding and a peak private valuation of $600M FDV. Working to build the fattest parallel MPC network. Read more ](http://ika.xyz/) Investors Polychain SIG +3 more Tower Research, and Wintermute. [  $17m Total Raised ## Bluefin Raised $17 million from a group of major venture firms and trading companies. Building a decentralized trading platform. Read more ](https://bluefin.io/) Investors Coinbase Ventures +5 more Gate Ventures, MEXC Ventures, and KuCoin Ventures. [  $100m Total Raised ## Momentum Raised a strategic funding round valued at $100 million. The round was led by OKX Ventures and included participation from key investors. Read more ](http://mmt.finance) Investors Alliance DAO +18 more Zhuoxun Yin, Mechanism Capital, Mert Mumtaz, DCF GOD, Bodhi Ventures, Karatage, Mr Block, Comma3 Ventures, Balaji Srinivasan, Will Price, Big Brain Holdings, and others. [  $6m Total Raised ## Suilend Raised $6 million in a Seed funding round led by Robot Ventures with participation from key investors. Read more ](http://suilend.fi) Investors Foresight Ventures +22 more Echo, Polygon, Sandeep Nailwal, Sentient core contributor and Symbolic Capital co-founder Kenzi Wang, 0G Labs CEO Michael Heinrich, Allora Labs CEO Nick Emmons and Nuffle Labs co-founder Altan Tutar. [  $6m Total Raised ## Talus Network Raised $6 million in strategic funding led by Polychain Capital at a $150 million valuation. Building a high-throughput blockchain protocol designed for decentralized agents. Read more ](https://talus.network/) Investors Selini Capital +6 more Four Pillars, Alpha DAO, Auros, Mysten Labs. [  $4m Total Raised ## DoubleUp Raised $4 million in a Seed funding round led by Karatage. Read more ](https://www.doubleup.fun/) Investors Kucoin Labs +19 more Oak Grove Ventures, Side Door Ventures, UOB Venture Management, Signum Capital, Cypher Capital, Mysten Labs, Kyros Ventures, Criterion, 8186 Capital, 7UpDao, LBank Labs, ViaBTC, Cetus Protocol, AC Capital, and Zellic. [  $3m Total Raised ## Scallop Protocol Raised $3 million co-led by CMS Holding and 6th Man Venture. Building a lending and borrowing protocol. Read more ](https://scallop.io/) Investors Sfermion Draper Dragon +5 more Hermeneutic, Sui Foundation, Axelar Foundation and Flow Foundation. [  $2.5m Total Raised ## Printr Raised $2.5 million in the firm's first financing round, from Sfermion, Draper Dragon, Bitscale, Hermeneutic, Sui Foundation, Axelar Foundation and Flow Foundation. Read more ](https://www.printr.money/) Investors Comma3 Ventures +14 more GeekCartel Capital, Nomad Capital, Coin98 Ventures, Cetus Protocol, Maverick, Viabtc, Assembly Partners, Gate.io, Hailstone Labs, Benqi, LBank Labs and Mysten Labs. [  $2m Total Raised ## Navi Protocol Raised $2 million to expand its innovative all-in-one lending, borrowing and LSDeFi platform. The funding round was co-led by OKX Ventures, dao5 and Hashed, with participation from other notable investors. Read more ](https://naviprotocol.io/) Investors Hashed +13 more Animoca Ventures, Sui Foundation, Flow Traders, Dewhales Capital, Cetus, Scallop, etc. [  Total Raised ## Haedal Successfully completed its seed round funding, with participation from industry-renowned investors. Read more ](https://www.haedal.xyz/) Investors Ewin Capital 071 Labs +5 more Scallop, Bucket, Aftermath, AlphaFi and Sui Foundation. [  Total Raised ## Nemo Successfully closed an ecosystem funding round led by Comma3 Ventures, with participation from many other investors. Read more ](https://www.nemoprotocol.com/) Investors Comma3 Ventures +7 more Sui Network, Arche Fund, Antora Tech, Cetus Protocol, Navi Protocol, Haedal Protocol, Suilend Protocol [  $2m Total Raised ## Ferra Raised $2 million pre-seed round led by Comma3 Ventures and Arche Fund (the investment arm of Coin98). Read more ](https://ferra.ag/) Investors Arche Fund Flowdesk \+ more Mantle EcoFund, Mirana Ventures, L1D, Sfermion, and Flowdesk, Arche Fund [  $2m Total Raised ## Printr Raised an additional $2< in a seed extension round, bringing its total funding to $4.5 million. Read more ](https://www.printr.money/) Investors HashKey Capital SNZ Holding +3 more SevenX Ventures, Puzzle Ventures, Topspin Ventures. [  $6m Total Raised ## Magma Finance Raised $6 million in strategic funding to build an adaptive liquidity engine. Backed by high-conviction partners: HashKey Capital, SNZ Holding, SevenX Ventures, Puzzle Ventures, Topspin Ventures. Read more ](https://magmafinance.io/) Investors GSR\_io Sui Network +5 more Mozilla Ventures, gmjp, DGDV, Balaji Srinivasan, Sebastien Borget. [  Total Raised ## Webacy Successfully closed a new round of funding with key investors like GSR\_io and Sui Network. Read more ](https://www.webacy.com/) [](#)[](#) Acquisitions [  Bluefin acquired 7K's aggregator backend technology. Through the partnership, Bluefin launched Bluefin7K - a Sui-native aggregator that routes through a network of DEXs and Bluefin’s RFQ engine, offering users the best rates and the deepest liquidity on Sui Network. Read more ](https://7k.ag/swap)[  Navi Protocol announced the acquisition of Volo, a premier liquid staking service provider. Read more ](https://x.com/volo_sui)[  Bluefin acquired a significant stake in @insidex\_trade - the all-in-one trading terminal on Sui. Read more ](https://t.co/RQcxymlBMt) Alternative fundraising methods [  Launched the Popkins NFT collection exclusively on Sui. Selling 25k NFTs at $200 a mint, the team generated $5M when they minted out of the collection. ](https://claynosaurz.com/) Sui ecosystem use cases Sui builders drive growth through wallet campaigns and strategic partnerships. Explore their success stories: [ ## xBTC campaigns on Sui OKX launched the “xBTC Phase 1 on Sui” campaign on June 24, 2025, offering over $2.8 million in rewards for supplying xBTC, USDC, or SUI to NAVI, Bluefin, or Momentum. This attracted liquidity to xBTC-SUI and xBTC-USDC pools and incentivized borrowing on NAVI. As a result, the campaign boosted xBTC adoption, increased DeFi activity on Sui, and promoted further ecosystem growth. Read More ](https://web3.okx.com/earn/activity/xbtc-sui-season1) [ ## xBTC OKX borrow campaign NAVI Protocol and OKX launched a $700,000, two-month campaign on Sui starting June 24, 2025, to promote xBTC lending and borrowing. They introduced supply incentives for xBTC, followed by USDC and SUI borrowing rewards. Participants earn real-time rebates and APR boosts based on xBTC collateral. The initiative aims to grow xBTC's DeFi utility, increase Sui liquidity, and establish BTCFi as a key part of the Sui ecosystem. Read More ](https://app.naviprotocol.io/campaign/xbtc-okx-9) [ ## OKX cryptopedia OKX Cryptopedia launched the “Momentum” campaign on June 25, 2025, offering $935,000 in MMT rewards through August 24. Users earn MMT by completing tasks like social actions, swapping or staking tokens, and providing liquidity to key pools. With over half a million participants, the campaign drives user onboarding, strengthens liquidity for major Sui pairs, and positions MMT as a core token in Sui’s DeFi ecosystem. Read More ](https://x.com/MMTFinance/status/1938288186884792712) [ ## TBTC: powering BTCfi on Bluefin Bluefin launched the “TBTC: Powering BTCFi on Bluefin” campaign to grow Bitcoin-based DeFi and the tBTC ecosystem on Sui. Through a Galxe quest, users complete social tasks and provide $10+ liquidity to the tBTC/LBTC pool to earn rewards like tokens, loyalty points, and NFTs. Additionally, Bluefin offers over 11,000 SUI and 1.7M BLUE tokens for adding liquidity to xBTC pools. The campaign boosts user engagement, expands liquidity in BTC trading pairs, and advances BTCFi adoption on Bluefin. Read More ](https://x.com/bluefinapp/status/1942985668742820165) Funding your vision Want to know which projects are getting the most traction? Or who you should be learning from? [  ### Top projects by ecosystem impact See which apps are gaining traction across DeFi, tools, NFTs, and more. ](https://suivision.xyz/projects)[  ### Live mainnet leaderboard View real-time data on the most active and successful apps on Sui. ](https://suiscan.xyz/mainnet/apps/leaderboard)