BitcoinFi Accelerator: Winter 2025
An Article by:
Thesis*
Date:
November 24, 2025
Supernormal Foundation, alongside Boost VC, Draper Associates, and Thesis*, is opening applications for the third cohort of the BitcoinFi Accelerator. We're looking for founders ready to participate in a focused program dedicated to building products that connect users, capital, and real activity to Bitcoin.
Over five weeks online and one week in person, we will back 5 to 7 teams with $150K upfront investment, hands-on technical support, and access to a network that already spans the BitcoinFi stack.
Applications are open till January 25, 2026.
What the Winter 2025 Accelerator looks like
The BitcoinFi Accelerator: Winter 2025 is a six-week hybrid program. Five weeks run online with weekly milestones. One week takes place in person, where teams sit with mentors, partners, and investors and work through product, technical, and fundraising questions at full depth.
Each accepted team receives a $150,000 upfront investment.
The partners remain the same ones who supported Batch 1 and Batch 2: Boost VC, Draper Associates, Thesis*, and Supernormal Foundation. Boost VC brings a portfolio of over 300 companies across cryptocurrency and frontier technology. Draper has a track record of backing companies like Tesla, SpaceX, and Coinbase long before they were consensus picks. Thesis* has spent over a decade shipping both Bitcoin infrastructure and consumer apps, from Mezo to Lolli, Slice, and Taho.
What we learned from the first two batches
The Batch 1 Demo Day and Batch 2 Demo Day provide a firm overview of the teams from the first two cohorts, who collectively raised more than $14M in the year following their graduation from the accelerator.
Founders work best when Bitcoin is a feature rather than an afterthought. AIsa treated Lightning and stablecoins as rails for AI agents that need to move value in real time, instead of forcing users to move funds manually on a schedule.
Oviato launched their product, which creates secure, passkey-based wallets and authentication through a lightweight SDK that works across Bitcoin, EVM, and more. Mavapay showed that Lightning can support real commerce in African markets where fees and reliability are not theoretical concerns. Palladium focused on making bitcoin-backed borrowing sustainable instead of promotional. Tomorrow took estate planning, something people avoid thinking about, and turned it into programmable, tax-aware trusts that can handle digital assets.
Sats Terminal, a Bitcoin liquidity aggregation platform, raised $1.7 million in pre-seed funding in April 2025 and has since launched Borrow by Sats Terminal, which aggregates all major Bitcoin loan providers, making it easy for users to compare and secure the best rates for Bitcoin-backed loans. Sati enabled users to send and receive bitcoins on WhatsApp, starting in LATAM, and has grown to over 25,000 users, driven by partnerships with Xverse and retail stores. Coffer Network provides non-custodial smart accounts for Bitcoin holders, powered by native multi-signature scripts. It enables users to earn yield and access cross-chain DeFi opportunities while retaining complete control of their assets. With permissionless exits and developer-friendly SDKs, Coffer supports both individual users and businesses.
You can find a full list of projects and descriptions at the BitcoinFi Accelerator website.
The new cohort builds on the foundation laid by prior projects.
Who we want to hear from
We are focused on three groups.
First, Bitcoin project founders who are already building on Bitcoin or a Bitcoin-aligned L2: DeFi protocols, consumer financial apps, Lightning and payments infrastructure, mining and energy coordination, custody and treasury tools, or anything that routes real economic activity through Bitcoin.
Second, EVM project founders who see clear demand for bitcoin inside their existing product. You might be running a lending protocol, a yield platform, a wallet, or a payment application, and hearing the same thing from users or partners: they want bitcoin in the mix. The accelerator is a place to work through that integration with people who spend their days thinking about Bitcoin, not an afterthought in a multi-chain roadmap.
Third, founders from other L1s and L2s, including ecosystems like Solana, who see Bitcoin as a source of collateral, liquidity, or settlement, and want to extend their product without rewriting it from scratch.
We care about clarity of problem, speed of execution, and a sharp view on how Bitcoin fits your product. We do not require large existing TVL or revenue.
Apply Now
Apply at this link: https://form.typeform.com/to/RdEy2qCH?typeform-source=bitcoinfi.network
Applications open: November 20, 2025
Deadline: January 25, 2026
Program starts: March 2026