Cardano PRIME

Milestone-based grants from a 120M ADA Cardano treasury program for teams building missing DeFi primitives on Cardano.

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Applications are reviewed as they arrive. There is no deadline to plan around.

Grant size: Size not published; No published ceiling
Paid in: USD or ADA; In milestone tranches
Funding model: Rolling; Apply any time. Reviewed as applications arrive.
Typical decision: 4 weeks; From submission to an answer

Checked Oct 1 against 3 sources. Confirm amounts and dates on cardano.org before you apply.

About the program

Cardano PRIME is a 12-month program paid for by the Cardano treasury and run by AlphaGrowth to grow DeFi on Cardano. Its target is $200 million in net-new, non-circular TVL. After an audit and gap-analysis phase it offers milestone-based grants, liquidity provider incentives and marketing support to qualifying protocols.

The grants fund teams shipping the DeFi building blocks Cardano is missing. The application lists RFP categories including wallets, bridging, vault and executor standards, curated lending, concentrated and automated liquidity, CDPs, yield-bearing stablecoins, oracles, perps, RWAs and on-chain credit, insurance, launchpads and agent infrastructure.

Both Cardano-native teams and teams moving from other chains can apply. AlphaGrowth says it looks for TVL that is verifiably new rather than recycled, sound architecture with a realistic audit plan, and a budget that fits the KPIs you commit to.

What they fund

Lending, CDPs and yield-bearing stablecoins
Liquidity infrastructure such as concentrated and automated liquidity management
Perps, oracles and bridging
RWAs and on-chain credit
Wallets, launchpads and agent infrastructure for DeFi

Who can apply

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Cardano-native teams and teams from other chains coming to Cardano
Projects from idea stage to live on mainnet can apply
You need a technical scope, KPIs, a requested amount and milestone dates
New contracts need a realistic audit plan

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How applying works

Apply
Fill in the Cardano PRIME Typeform, choosing an RFP category and stating how you will grow TVL or activity.
Rolling review
AlphaGrowth reviews applications as they arrive.
Scoping call
Shortlisted teams have a short call on scope, KPIs, amount and milestones.
Milestone funding
The build is funded in milestones, with help distributing into Cardano wallets, DEXs and lending markets.

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Checked on Oct 1 against these pages. Programs change often, so confirm the details on cardano.org before you apply.

About the program

What they fund

Who can apply

How applying works

Apply

Rolling review

Scoping call

Milestone funding

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