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"Soneium For All" Incubator Launched

Norbert Gehrke

Norbert Gehrke

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"Soneium For All" Incubator Launched

Building on our momentum of over 100 live dApps on Soneium, 7 million wallets, and up to 1.5 million transactions per day, Soneium is partnering with Astar Network and Startale Cloud Services to launch its new developer program focused on Consumer & Gaming. Soneium For All offers access to Soneium’s growing ecosystem and helps solve the key challenges facing blockchain developers: funding, user acquisition, and technical implementation.

Why Join Soneium For All?​

Soneium For All helps blockchain developers succeed by:

  • Community building: Grow your community with Soneium's marketing support
  • Quickly go-to-market: Deploy working prototypes to users by Q3 2025
  • Technical support: Access Soneium's infrastructure and developer resources
  • TGE opportunities: Backed by real user adoption and product-market fit

This approach reflects Soneium's vision to empower creators worldwide through onchain technology and advances Soneium’s vision of an open internet that transcends boundaries.

Incubation Partners​

Soneium partners with Astar Network and Startale Cloud Services to provide dedicated grant funding, infrastructure support, and technical resources that will accelerate Consumer & Gaming dApps on Soneium.

Astar Network​

Astar is joining Soneium For All with a $30K grant pool to support and accelerate the adoption of the ASTR token on Soneium.

To be eligible for Astar’s grant, projects must integrate ASTR into their application or product as a utility or payment token. Grants will be awarded to selected winners, with distribution conditional on the successful deployment of the proposed service on Soneium Mainnet.

Startale Cloud Services​

  • Complimentary access to Startale Cloud Service's freemium plan, including the Private RPC Endpoint access up to 300M compute units and Startale Account Abstraction on Soneium Minato, for all participating projects.
  • 3 months of free Growth Plan access and early access to our mainnet AA Toolkit for selected teams.
    • To be eligible for this benefit, projects must integrate the Startale Account Abstraction on Soneium Minato.
  • Technical support in the community Slack channel, together with Dynamic

A number of industry leaders have joined Soneium For All to offer winning applicants perks, discounts, and 1-on-1 support: Antier Solutions, Areta Market, Blockscout, ChainLink, Common.xyz, Cyfrin, Dynamic, Guild.xyz, Nethermind, Oak Security, Odin Audit, Orochi Network, Privy, Redstone, SQD, Stork Network, Superboard, Terminal 3, and Zerion.

Program Timeline

  • Application opens: June 9, 2025
  • Application deadline: June 30, 2025
  • Winners announced: Late July - Early August 2025
  • Projects launch: August 2025 onward

*The timeline for the winners' announcement and project launches is subject to change.

What Soneium Is Looking For​

  • Consumer & Gaming focus: Onchain isn’t just about NFTs—think gamified trading, prediction mechanics, memes, or entirely new consumer experiences
  • MVP or demo–ready: At least six months of runway and ideally VC backing
  • TGE on Soneium by Ecosystem Projects: A TGE designed to drive adoption and sustained user growth
  • Marketing & community building on Soneium: Demonstrated organic, ecosystem-native user growth onchain

Preference for teams with a proven ability to rally single-chain communities around gameplay, story, or shared culture, bringing fresh, vibrant energy to the ecosystem.

Winner Benefits​

  • Flagship Marketing: Community campaigns across Astar and Soneium official channels; AMAs, livestream sessions, blog spotlights, and getting listed on our ecosystem page and a dedicated TG group with dedicated BD and Marketing POCs.
  • Ecosystem Exposure: Features in future quests and invitations to hackathons and community events.
  • Infrastructure Perks: Custom deals with infrastructure partners and technical guidance to accelerate development.
  • Additional Funding Opportunities: Demo Day Soneium’s VC network and Sessions with Sony Innovation Fund, Official Investment Supporter.
  • Milestone-Based Grants: Total pool of $60k awarded post-deployment

Next Steps​

Ready to level up on Soneium? Visit the application page and prepare your demo. Soneium will review submissions, showcase the most promising teams, and announce its Soneium For All cohort by early August.

By fueling rapid, authentic Consumer & Gaming projects, Soneium For All brings all participants closer to Soneium’s vision of an open internet that transcends boundaries, powered by creators everywhere.

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