Join the next generation of elite builders powering category-defining cutting edge DeFi products on Sui

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Applications for the DeFi Moonshots Program are now open and being considered on a rolling basis. If you’re interested apply here.

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🔍 What is the DeFi Moonshots Program?

The Moonshots Program is designed to attract and support an elite cohort of highly skilled DeFi builders and bet on cutting edge products early on. It aims to reward truly novel product design and innovative DeFi dApps.

Program Goals

• Enable organic revenue generation for third party DeFi teams on Sui.
• Reduce the barriers to entry for skilled builders.
• Support the growth of Sui’s DeFi landscape through novel products.

👨‍🚀 What kind of Moonshot teams are we excited about?

The Moonshots Program is for both pre- and post-launch DeFi teams that are building a product poised to become the flagship product within its category. Successful applicants must show a credible path towards sustainable revenue, and a primitive architecture that encourages composability across the ecosystem.

We are eager to support teams that meet at least one of the product criteria AND a combination of some of the team criteria:

Product Criteria

• Novel Financial Primitives: Products that enable trading/ interaction with financial instruments that didn’t exist before, with a clear architectural explanation of what is new in their design.
• Capital Efficiency Breakthrough: Products with a credible technical approach to (a) multi-x improvement in capital utilization or liquidity vs. existing dApps, or (b) significant improvement in slippage or spreads vs. protocols for similar volume, with a genuine technical innovation (novel liquidity provisioning, cross-margin architecture, etc.).
• Organic Capital Unlock: Products with a clear thesis for bringing net new capital that wouldn't be on-chain otherwise. Teams that have identified a specific user segment or capital source (RWA, TradFi, underserved market).
• High-Value Consumer Product: Products targeting specific high-value user segments designed for user retention and activity beyond TVL accumulation.