Overview
About Base Ecosystem Fund.
Base Ecosystem Fund is the strategic investment arm of Base. In partnership with Coinbase Ventures, we invest in pre-seed and seed stage startups that choose Base as their home. Our approach is borderless and uncompromisingly team-centric, focusing on accelerating the elite builders on Base.
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Mission
Our mission is to catalyze the Base economy by backing ambitious founders focused on delivering venture scale outcomes.
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Investment Strategy
We invest in the world's top talent building the next generation of enduring and high-performance onchain primitives & businesses that drive real economic activity and define the onchain future.
“The BEF team has been a valuable partner. From the start, we've shared a commitment to building durable onchain infrastructure and a thriving ecosystem on Base.”
Alex Cutler
·Aerodrome
Resources
Where early-stage capital meets deep ecosystem alignment.
White Glove Support
Hands-on support from our ecosystem team to unlock partner integrations and amplify distribution.
Exclusive Perks
Unlock credits from our partners including AWS, Azure, Alchemy, Spindl ad credits and more.
Coinbase Access
Get priority access to Coinbase Prime, Coinbase Business, and Coinbase Onramp API.
Opportunities
Supporting founders at every stage of their journey.
From idea to public tokens, we offer support to help you build, raise, and scale.
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Idea
Base Batches
Base's in-house Accelerator program
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Pre-seed & Seed
Ecosystem Fund
Pre-seed & seed stage capital for the most promising founders.
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Growth
Coinbase Ventures
Growth stage investing for the most exceptional founders in all of crypto and web3.
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Private Fundraise
Echo
Private fundraising infrastructure for the next generation of crypto companies.
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Public Token Sale
Sonar by Echo
Onchain token sale infrastructure that enables projects to run token sales directly to their community.
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Listing
Coinbase
Request a review for CEX listing and token sales on Coinbase.
Start building on Base.
Build on the open economy. Fast, liquid and always on.




