what's nitro?

Nitro is a selective Web3 founders' club and accelerator program that equips committed builders with $500,000 in capital per team on day one, sourced from premier venture firms including Paradigm, Electric Capital, Dragonfly, and Castle Island Ventures. The intensive three-month curriculum features one month in-person in New York City dedicated to product teardowns, user interviews, growth experiments, and pitch refinement, followed by two months of remote support emphasizing execution, partnerships, fundraising preparation, and weekly mentor office hours, ending with a demo day attended by over 250 curated Web3 investors. Targeting 15 elite teams with live products who ship rapidly, acquire early users, and focus on sustainable growth across any blockchain, Nitro fosters an ambitious peer group and lifelong community without taking equity or charging fees. Mentorship draws from proven leaders such as Alex Svanevik (Nansen), Devin Finzer (OpenSea), Haseeb Qureshi (Dragonfly), and Jiho Zirlin (Sky Mavis), enabling participants to compress development timelines and achieve product-market fit.