Ecosystem funds are how chains buy applications. Empoorio has not launched one and this page is not going to pretend otherwise. Here is what a builder actually gets.
What does not exist
- A venture fund of any size.
- Grants paid in fiat or in DMS with value.
- Convertible grants, token warrants, or equity instruments for builders.
- Any accelerator or incubator.
What exists
A runtime to build on without permission. 140 native pallets on a public testnet — DEX, lending, escrow, NFTs with enforced royalties, account abstraction with paymasters, identity, compliance, storage, AI oracle — plus a working EVM on chain id 2026. Deploying to it costs testnet DMS, which is free on request from the team (there is no public faucet yet).
A grants programme, designed. Ten pilot slots across DeFi, NFT/gaming, AI, tooling and identity. What a grantee receives: testnet DMS with an elevated allowance, a private support channel with the core team (24-hour weekday response), a slot in the explorer's playground, public mention, and early review of pallet and SDK integrations. What a grantee commits to: 100 verifiable testnet transactions, open source, a demo, a reproducible README, at least one native pallet. Not open yet, because the faucet and a stable explorer it promises are not deployed — its own document says so.
A hackathon, designed. 48 hours, three tracks, prizes in testnet DMS only, with future considerations explicitly subject to governance once a mainnet exists. Same prerequisites, same status.
The treasury, eventually. 150 M DMS at mainnet genesis, funded thereafter by 20 % of fees, spendable at up to 10 % per year through on-chain proposals. That is the ecosystem's funding mechanism by design — governed, capped, on chain — and it does not exist until there is a mainnet.
Why not raise a fund
Because the project has chosen to have no private round and no venture allocation — one public sale at one price is its distinguishing rule. A fund that invests in ecosystem projects is typically capitalised from exactly the allocation this project does not have. Support therefore takes the forms above: infrastructure, attention, and a treasury the community governs.
For a builder deciding today
Build on the testnet; the pallets are real and the team answers. Expect no money. Expect to be listed publicly if you ship something with real transactions. Expect the grants programme to open when its prerequisites are true, and read its document — it will tell you honestly if they are not yet.
The previous page
Announced a $10 M fund from a third party for another ecosystem. This one announces nothing, describes what is available, and will be updated when the treasury has a balance a proposal can spend.
Based on TESTNET_GRANTS_PROGRAM.md, TESTNET_HACKATHON_PLAN.md, TOKENOMICS_CANONICO.md and MAINNET_GATE.md.