Announcing Colosseum's Accelerator Cohort 5

We are excited to unveil Colosseum's fifth accelerator cohort. The batch is composed of winning founders from the recent Solana Frontier Hackathon and our ongoing Eternal sprint. 2,857 teams submitted products in the hackathon, along with an addition 112 submissions from Eternal in H1 2026.

From the pool of winners, Colosseum selected 21 startups (roughly double the previous cohort) to invest in and accept into the accelerator program, which means the admittance rate was 0.7%. We believe each of these startups has exhibited the technical talent, speed, vision, and competitive drive required to build successful, enduring products that will significantly grow the Solana ecosystem and broader onchain economy.

In no particular order, the following startups will join Colosseum Cohort 5:

CrowdBrain, a vertically-integrated robotics DePIN built to train users in simulation, qualify them through QA, and route the best operators to real robots for teleoperation, data collection, and failure recovery.

• Location: Georgia
• X: @crowdbrainai

Cesto: An app that provides users the ability to build thematic investment baskets on Solana with real-world assets, prediction markets, and perps.

• Location: United Kingdom
• X: @cesto_co

Flovia: An analytics & intelligence platform for machine-paid APIs, turning fragmented agent payment and usage data into predictable API growth.

• Location: USA + Japan
• X: @flovia402

Senthos: A structured-product protocol for prediction markets, turning raw prediction market flow into risk-stratified, composable exposure.

• Location: USA
• X: @Senthosxyz

DashX: A stablecoin infra platform for compliant cross border payments, aimed for emerging markets like India.

• Location: India
• X: @DashXHQ

Dropset: A onchain Forex platform that harnesses the power of Solana to facilitate open and efficient exchange of multinational currencies at scale.

• Location: USA
• X: @__Dropset__

WeLikeSports: A fantasy sports platform for creating and playing custom pools (survivor, brackets, pick’em). The platform earns does not take a house rake, instead generating revenue from the interest on pooled funds.

• Location: USA
• X: @PlayWLS

ODL: An RWA platform allowing liquidator funds to buy discounted RWAs and re-sell them to tradfi buyers; initially focusing on private equity, private credit, and tech/VC secondaries.

• Location: USA
• X: @rwaodl

Housd: A platform for tokenizing real estate offerings and generate more stable yield for DeFi investors through real estate debt strategies.

• Location: Germany
• X: @housddotfinance

JK Index: A TCG marketplace and platform for collector-driven pricing, grading, and market intelligence.

• Location: USA
• X: @JKIndex_

Fraudsworth: A closed-loop game leveraging a Market Intelligence Liquidity Fund to construct a new store of value.

• Location: United Kingdom
• X: @fraudsworth

Clawpump: An agentic finance platform developed to launch agents skilled across swaps, sniping, lending, perp DEX arbitrage, prediction markets, and a long-tail of automations.

• Location: USA + Argentina
• X: @clawpumptech

One Arena: A platform developing the application layer for the TCG economy. Battle and profit via ownership onchain collectibles.

• Location: Japan
• X: @Rosentica

Stablecorp: A business infrastructure for remote founders earning in stablecoins, focusing initially on India.

• Location: India
• X: @myStableCorp

The Syndicate: A crypto game that is a skill-weighted, provably auditable mafia card league where USDC pack revenue funds transparent prize pools.

• Location: United Kingdom
• X:@SyndicateGameHQ

Nomu: A crypto-enabled platform that provides physical supply chain out of the box. Sourcing, manufacturing, QA, warehousing, global fulfillment, tax, payouts, and support all under one roof.

• Location: United Arab Emirates
• X: @NomuStores

Mana (Formerly KinnectFi): A dual-jurisdiction neobank that leverages stablecoins and DeFi for the Philippine diaspora.

• Location: USA + The Philippines
• X: @my_mana_

Traded.gg: A TCG super app built to become the aggregation and execution layer for onchain collectibles.

• Location: Indonesia
• X: @traded_gg

Peaks: A consumer app for investing in any idea. Using agents, investors can launch self-managing portfolios based on a sector, personality, or worldview.

• Location: USA
• X: @PeaksTrade

Laso: A financial platform to spend your crypto privately. No ID upload. Privacy for humans, frictionless for agents.

• Location: USA
• X: @LasoFinance

Zoneless: An open-source alternative to Stripe Connect using USDC. The platform lets marketplaces pay their sellers globally, at near-zero cost.

• Location: United Kingdom
• X: @zonelessdev

Over the 8 week program online and in our San Francisco office, these founders will progress from devnet to mainnet as they continue to iterate, test, and refine their products. The accelerator program will culminate in a private demo day for investors across the venture ecosystem. Shortly after, we will release a recording of the event for the broader crypto community.

Congrats and welcome to Colosseum’s founder community!