Horizen EON source record.
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Horizen Builder Ecosystem Fund
| Funder | Horizen EON |
|---|---|
| Who this may be for | AI-interpreted · not the funder's words This programme is aimed at teams building onchain privacy applications, including those migrating from other chains or building new projects with genuine market demand. Written by a local AI model (qwen3.5:9b-q4_K_M) from the saved page only. It is an interpretation, not a statement by the funder and not eligibility advice. |
| Scope (our category) | Chain & ecosystem grants (matched words: ecosystem fund, building on, mainnet) Privacy & zero-knowledge (matched words: zero-knowledge) Public goods & retroactive funding (matched words: public goods) Assigned by us from the saved page: matched words, a meaning-similarity score, or (marked) an AI tie-break. Not a statement by the funder. |
| Saved page class | programme page Page class describes the saved route only. It does not state whether a programme is open, closed, suitable, available, or an endorsement. |
| Status | applications are now open applications are now open · saved page text; phrase proposed by a local model and verified verbatim by code |
| Amount | Up to $150K Per-project funding Up to $150K Per-project funding · saved page text; phrase proposed by a local model and verified verbatim by code |
| Deadline | not stated by funder |
| Eligibility | Season 2 funds the builders who meet core ecosystem needs, bring proven products to a new home, and ship privacy as a working feature Season 2 funds the builders who meet core ecosystem needs, bring proven products to a new home, and ship privacy as a working feature · saved page text; phrase proposed by a local model and verified verbatim by code |
| Held-source observation | Last material byte change observed 1 days ago · last observed 20260927T192805Z · source signal only |
| Held grant-history observation | No explicit programme-to-dataset mapping with a dated held record is available. This does not state there is no grant history. |
Held source excerpt
Horizen Builder Ecosystem Fund × What we're funding Program structure Why Horizen FAQ Apply Season 2 HORIZEN × THRIVE · BUILDER ECOSYSTEM FUND Private onchain finance is built on Horizen. Horizen is an ecosystem for privacy-forward onchain applications — built on Base, EVM-native, with privacy at the app layer. Season 2 funds the builders who meet core ecosystem needs, bring proven products to a new home, and ship privacy as a working feature. Apply for funding Why Horizen Preview the application ( PDF | Google Doc ) Season 2 scope 100K+ ZEN Per-project funding Up to $150K Per-project funding For Select Projects What we're funding Protocols & apps with real privacy and demand. Every application is judged on the same core questions — is there genuine demand for what you're building, how is privacy meaningful, and can your team ship it? We favor projects that implement Vela if using a TEE architecture (trusted execution environment) and zkVerify if using zero-knowledge proofs, though this is not a hard requirement. […] the held page continues.
docs_evidence/funding-radar/official-pages/20260927T192805Z/chain-horizen-eon.html · sha256 c320f5806a1be57365b9b7a2c3dd20e950d19b376ed668fb04bbb511ed0bebd2 · saved and fingerprinted 20260927T192805Z · direct download of the public page · held page title and funding-related excerpt
Open funder link labelled “Apply” →
saved page anchor text containing apply/application/submit
The funder statement is retrieved evidence only. Held-source observation is a byte-change signal only. Neither signal determines eligibility, fit, application strength, likely outcome, or programme availability.