Cardano Foundation Begins 10-Week Dublin Program for Eight Ventures

The Cardano Foundation opened a 10-week accelerator in Dublin in early November, bringing eight ventures into a program aimed at developing tools for verifying goods, identities and data on Cardano.

Each venture receives CHF 10,000, along with mentorship and other resources from the foundation. The teams are divided between Core and Spotlight tracks under a shared focus on trustworthy real-world information and products.

Projects cover digital product passports, which record details such as a product’s origin; supply-chain traceability, which tracks goods as they move; and identity verification. Other work involves responsible artificial intelligence and oracle tools that bring outside information onto blockchains.

The cohort places added emphasis on regulatory compliance, including requirements tied to the European Union’s digital product passports. The accelerator operates through the Cardano Foundation’s Venture Hub, which supports commercially viable projects in the Cardano ecosystem.

Applications opened in May and closed in June. The foundation announced the selected ventures in September, ahead of the Dublin kickoff. The program is scheduled to culminate in a Demo Day in early February 2027, when participants will present their work to potential investors and stakeholders.