Google Cloud broadens Web3 startup program with 11 blockchain firms

Technology conglomerate Alphabet has expanded the Google for Startups Cloud Program. 

As of Apr. 25, the programme present includes Web3 firms specified arsenic Alchemy, Aptos, Base, Celo, Flow, Hedera, Nansen, Near, Polygon, Solana, and thirdweb. The aforesaid day, blockchain analytics steadfast Nansen announced that it has partnered with Google Cloud to supply real-time blockchain information for startups. Its database presently contains implicit 250 cardinal wallet labels. 

Currently, Google Cloud has 2 merchandise suites for Web3 startups, distinguished by whether the firms person raised funding. Pre-seed companies tin person up to $2,000 Google Cloud credits valid for 2 years with entree to events specified arsenic Paris Blockchain Week, Consensus, and TOKEN2049 Singapore, wherever Google volition participate.

For seeded startups, benefits see $200,000 implicit 2 years for Google Cloud and Firebase usage arsenic good arsenic $12,000 successful Google Cloud Enhanced Support credits and 12 months of escaped Google Workspace Business Plus. Furthermore, Web3 projects, including Aptos, Celo, Flow, HBAR Foundation, Near, and Solana Foundation, would supply grants of up to $1 cardinal each successful fiat oregon tokens to specified firms.

Seeded firms tin besides entree up to $3 cardinal successful backing from Polygon Ventures. Meanwhile, the Base Ecosystem Fund volition supply precedence reviews for entrepreneurs, portion Coinbase Ventures volition besides present them to its listing teams and applicable task capitalists. Other perks see up to $10,000 successful Alchemy credits with VIP enactment and gasless declaration deployment with thirdweb. 

Alex Svanevik, co-founder and CEO of Nansen, commented that "We are capable to supply real-time quality to level the crypto playing field," acknowledgment to the concern with Google Cloud. 

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