Cofounder of Colosseum
Simple Token Agreement, Market Protected Over the past decade, Y Combinator transformed startup fundraising with the SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity), a more practical alternative to convertible notes and priced rounds. As crypto venture kicked off, the SAFT (Simple Agreement for Future Tokens) emerged to handle token issuance, but
Colosseum is thrilled to announce the results of the Solana Cypherpunk Hackathon, a global online competition focused on bringing the next wave of high-impact products into the Solana ecosystem. Cypherpunk was the 12th Solana Foundation hackathon and the 4th run by Colosseum. The competition brought together founders and developers from
We are excited to release all of the details regarding Solana's Cypherpunk Hackathon! The global competition will be powered through Colosseum’s online platform and runs from September 25 through October 30, 2025. As with previous Colosseum hackathons, participants will compete for prizes, pre-seed funding, and acceptance into
We are excited to unveil Colosseum's third accelerator cohort. The batch is composed of winning founders from the recent Solana Breakout Hackathon and our ongoing Eternal challenge. 1,412 teams submitted products in the hackathon, along with an addition 61 submissions from Eternal in H1 2025. From the
Colosseum is thrilled to announce the results of the Solana Breakout Hackathon, a global online competition focused on bringing the next wave of high-impact projects into the Solana ecosystem. Breakout was the 11th Solana Foundation hackathon and the 3rd run by Colosseum. The competition brought together founders and developers from
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We are excited to release all of the details regarding Solana's Breakout Hackathon! The global competition will be powered through Colosseum’s online platform and runs from April 14 through May 16, 2025. As with previous Colosseum hackathons, participants will compete for prizes, pre-seed funding, and acceptance into
Colosseum grows the crypto ecosystem by organizing global, online hackathons that generate waves of product experimentation on a consistent basis. In line with that mission, we run 2 hackathons annually for the Solana Foundation and accept a batch of winners into Colosseum’s accelerator following each competition. In less than
In this episode of the Colosseum Podcast, Chase sits down with Hardhat Chad, the cofounder of Ore, a project that brings "digital gold" to Solana. Chad shares the unique challenges and triumphs of building a Bitcoin-inspired protocol on a proof-of-stake chain, the strategic decisions behind choosing Solana, the
We launched Colosseum in early 2024 with the goal of empowering developers to compete, experiment, and build products across a broad spectrum of crypto use cases through our online hackathons. In partnership with the Solana Foundation and numerous ecosystem organizations, we’ve built the largest hackathons in crypto and helped
We are excited to release Episode 1 of Colosseum's new podcast! The show will dive deep into stories and startup insights from the elite founders building in the crypto ecosystem today. With that focus in mind, we invited Anatoly Yakovenko, the godfather of Solana, onto the podcast as
We are excited to unveil Colosseum's second accelerator cohort. The batch is composed of founders from the recent Solana Radar Hackathon. 1,359 teams submitted products in the competition, with 39 of them awarded prizes by the judges. From the pool of winners, Colosseum selected 13 startups to
Colosseum is thrilled to announce the results of the Solana Radar Hackathon, a global online competition focused on bringing the next wave of high-impact projects into the Solana ecosystem. Radar was the 10th Solana Foundation hackathon and the 2nd run by Colosseum. The competition brought together founders and developers from