Coinbase’s Layer-2 blockchain Base is writing ten $100,000 checks to early-stage crypto teams through its latest accelerator cohort, Base Batches 004. The program, announced on August 19, pairs the funding with an eight-week bootcamp designed to help startups find product-market fit, grow their user base, and learn how to raise money from investors.
Applications are open now and close on September 9, 2026. The cohort will wrap up with a Demo Day in New York City, where the selected teams will pitch to a room full of investors.
What Base Batches actually looks like
Ten teams get $100,000 each, totaling $1 million in deployment. Base is specifically targeting projects that build on its network across five verticals: trading, payments, agents, financing, and asset issuance.
The previous cohort, Batch 003, ran in April 2026 and selected 12 teams from more than 1,100 applicants. Batch 003 culminated with presentations in San Francisco.
