$25Kearned from creator fees in just the first three weeks
CapIX Protocol surged to a $2.5M market cap within weeks of launching on Kickstart.
EasyA turns hackers into billion-dollar founders
“The biggest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that’s changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.” — Mark Zuckerberg
EasyA turns hackers into billion-dollar founders
Cognition AI
$26B valuation
Walden pitched decentralized AI on the blockchain at EasyA's Harvard hackathon in 2022 and won the top prize.
Cognition AI raised over $1B at a $26B valuation, building Devin, the world's first AI software engineer.
Listen Labs
$500M valuation
Alfred Wahlforss won one of the top prizes at EasyA's Hack Boston at Harvard in 2022. He went on to build BeFake, a viral AI app, before co-founding Listen Labs.
Listen Labs raised a $69M Series B at a $500M valuation from Ribbit Capital and Sequoia Capital, building AI that conducts customer interviews for Microsoft, Canva, and Perplexity.
BlindPay
YC-backed
The BlindPay team built a stablecoin off-ramp at the EasyA Consensus Hackathon in Austin, Texas.
BlindPay got into Y Combinator (W25) and raised $3.3M from Circle and YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim. They've processed over $125M in transfers across 100+ countries.
Gecko Security
YC-backed
Artemiy and Jeevan won multiple EasyA hackathons in London, Austin and at Harvard.
Gecko Security was accepted into Y Combinator, building tools that let developers ship secure code fast.
Axal
$2.5M raised
Ash Ahmed, Harvard grad and EasyA gigabrain, won top prize at EasyA's Hack Web3 hackathon at Harvard.
Shortly after, he got into by a16z Crypto Startup School, and just 3 months after graduating raised $2.5M to build Axal.
MintStars
$600K raised
Jessica Van Meir, Harvard PhD student and Gates Cambridge Scholar, won one of the top pitch prizes at EasyA's Hack Boston at Harvard in 2022, exploring blockchain solutions for the creator economy.
MintStars raised $600K from Polygon Labs and SpankChain, building a crypto-native creator platform where creators keep 100% of their earnings using USDC stablecoin payments.
RMD
Draper University
Andrey and Trevor pitched at the EasyA Consensus Hackathon in Austin in 2024 and won a $150,000 grant.
They were selected to attend the prestigious Draper University and closed their seed round to build the future of Web3 onboarding.
Spike
Nelson and Abi first pitched their idea at an EasyA hackathon at Harvard.
They went on to found Spike, Harvard's most popular prediction market.
Xeno
Tom built his first ever Web3 application at an EasyA hackathon in London, and iterated at EasyA hackathons in San Francisco and Hong Kong
Tom found product market fit with Xeno, building instant payment rails with stablecoin-powered PoS systems.
“The biggest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that’s changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.” — Mark Zuckerberg
During EasyA
Walden pitched decentralized AI on the blockchain at EasyA's Harvard hackathon in 2022 and won the top prize.
During EasyA
Alfred Wahlforss won one of the top prizes at EasyA's Hack Boston at Harvard in 2022. He went on to build BeFake, a viral AI app, before co-founding Listen Labs.
During EasyA
The BlindPay team built a stablecoin off-ramp at the EasyA Consensus Hackathon in Austin, Texas.
During EasyA
Artemiy and Jeevan won multiple EasyA hackathons in London, Austin and at Harvard.
During EasyA
Ash Ahmed, Harvard grad and EasyA gigabrain, won top prize at EasyA's Hack Web3 hackathon at Harvard.
During EasyA
Jessica Van Meir, Harvard PhD student and Gates Cambridge Scholar, won one of the top pitch prizes at EasyA's Hack Boston at Harvard in 2022, exploring blockchain solutions for the creator economy.
During EasyA
Andrey and Trevor pitched at the EasyA Consensus Hackathon in Austin in 2024 and won a $150,000 grant.
During EasyA
Nelson and Abi first pitched their idea at an EasyA hackathon at Harvard.
During EasyA
Tom built his first ever Web3 application at an EasyA hackathon in London, and iterated at EasyA hackathons in San Francisco and Hong Kong
Cognition AI
Listen Labs
BlindPay
Gecko Security
Axal
MintStars
RMD
Spike
Xeno
$28B+in combined valuation and backed by the world's best VCs
Now
Cognition AI raised over $1B at a $26B valuation, building Devin, the world's first AI software engineer.
Now
Listen Labs raised a $69M Series B at a $500M valuation from Ribbit Capital and Sequoia Capital, building AI that conducts customer interviews for Microsoft, Canva, and Perplexity.
Now
BlindPay got into Y Combinator (W25) and raised $3.3M from Circle and YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim. They've processed over $125M in transfers across 100+ countries.
Now
Gecko Security was accepted into Y Combinator, building tools that let developers ship secure code fast.
Now
Shortly after, he got into by a16z Crypto Startup School, and just 3 months after graduating raised $2.5M to build Axal.
Now
MintStars raised $600K from Polygon Labs and SpankChain, building a crypto-native creator platform where creators keep 100% of their earnings using USDC stablecoin payments.
Now
They were selected to attend the prestigious Draper University and closed their seed round to build the future of Web3 onboarding.
Now
They went on to found Spike, Harvard's most popular prediction market.
Now
Tom found product market fit with Xeno, building instant payment rails with stablecoin-powered PoS systems.
In 2022, EasyA set out to build a place where anyone could launch their ideas and build incredible startups. Each month, we host hackathons in world-leading hubs like San Francisco, London, Singapore, Austin, and Hong Kong, where hundreds of developers come together to build the future of technology.
But EasyA doesn't end at the hackathons. Our community of over one million developers, our network of top-tier VCs, and our hands-on mentorship from Phil and Dom continue to support founders well beyond. EasyA alumni have founded startups valued at over $28 billion and raised from a16z, Founders Fund, Y Combinator, and many more top VCs.
Launch a token. Earn from every trade.
From the moment you launch your token, every trade pays you. 1% of every buy and every sell goes straight to you for as long as your token trades.
Then the rest of the EasyA Kickstart ecosystem supports you. Mentors, a one-million-strong community of builders, and a network of the best investors on earth help you succeed.
1%
of every trade, paid to you, for the life of your token
Founders are already winning.
The world's best builders choose to launch on Kickstart.
$15Kearned from creator fees in just the first three weeks
Kaimo, a tool that gives AI agents a checkout, launched on Kickstart and started paying its founder from the very first trades.
Most launchpads take a fee and disappear. We don't.
When you launch with Kickstart, you get the whole EasyA Kickstart machine behind you.
A seat in the halls of power
We've hosted our founders at the House of Lords, introducing them to Members of Parliament and peers including Kwasi Kwarteng, Sir Gavin Williamson, Lord Ranger and Lord Taylor. No launchpad opens doors like this.
A million-strong community
Over one million developers, hands-on mentorship from Phil and Dom, and a founder network that has been there before.
Exclusive founder dinners
Intimate dinners where our founders break bread with the investors, operators and policymakers who can change the trajectory of their project.
Podcasts and the spotlight
We put our founders on camera and on the mic, telling their story to our audience and amplifying every launch across our channels.
The best VCs on earth
EasyA alumni have raised from a16z, Founders Fund, Y Combinator and more. When you are ready to raise, we make the introductions.
Hear from our gigabrains
“On behalf of the entire team here, we wanted to extend a sincere thank you for all of your support during the earliest stages of the Lockbox. The two hackathons we did last semester were monumental in turning a random late-night idea into a functional MVP. Along the way, the people we ran into at these hackathons and the people you introduced to us gave us preliminary idea validation. The prize money kept us afloat until we could raise more money. Above all else, these hackathons gave us conviction. Conviction in our idea, in ourselves, and in our capabilities to execute. And for that, we are incredibly thankful.”
“Thanks to Phil Kwok, Dom Kwok, and the whole EasyA team for helping me start this amazing journey and sharing it! Long road ahead for Axal, but I’m so grateful to have met such truly selfless and kind people.”
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The best time to launch is now.
We welcome everyone, whether you're a first-time founder or seasoned developer. All you need is an idea.
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