
NEAR Foundation
Empowering builders to create a more open, interconnected world
About NEAR Foundation
NEAR Foundation is a Swiss non-profit that oversees NEAR Protocol ecosystem development. They fund grants, support builders, and drive adoption of the NEAR blockchain—a carbon-neutral, sharded, proof-of-stake Layer 1.
Relationship with POTLOCK
NEAR Foundation invested in POTLOCK and acts as a deep ecosystem partner, funding multiple quadratic funding rounds and supporting public goods initiatives across the NEAR ecosystem.
Funding Round: NEAR Retroactive Builders Round
Related Partners
Build DAO
Build DAO builds tooling for NEAR ecosystem
Meta Pool
Meta Pool runs validators and staking on NEAR
Creatives DAO
Creatives DAO operates on NEAR blockchain
Marketing DAO
Marketing DAO promotes NEAR ecosystem growth
Stellar
Both are major blockchain foundation backers
Holonym
Holonym provides identity for NEAR ecosystem
Digital Public Goods Alliance
Both champion open-source public goods
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