# Alliance

> Alliance is a New York-based accelerator and investment community for early-stage crypto and fintech founders. It combines a 10-week hybrid program, mandatory SAFE funding, hands-on product and fundraising help, a selective Demo Day, and a private network that now counts more than 700 founders. Its pitch is less classroom than compounding access: alumni become customers, advisers, references and connectors for the cohorts behind them.

- **Founded:** 2020
- **Headquarters:** New York City, United States
- **Founders:** Jacob Franek (Co-Founder and COO), Imran Khan (Co-Founder and General Partner), Qiao Wang (Co-Founder and General Partner)
- **Team size:** 11-50 employees; LinkedIn listed 23 employees in August 2026, while supplied company data reports 25.
- **Products:** Alliance Accelerator, Early-stage investment, Alliance founder community, Demo Day, Founder perks
- **Notable:** Funded more than 200 startups across at least 16 cohorts., Built a private community of more than 700 crypto and fintech founders., Portfolio companies listed by Alliance include 0x, Synthetix, Pendle, Rain, Pump, Zerion, Tensor, Manta Network and Caldera.

## Products & services

- **Alliance Accelerator** — A 10-week hybrid program with two weeks of onboarding in New York, seven remote weeks of lectures, check-ins and one-to-one mentorship, and a final New York Demo Day.
- **Early-stage investment** — The current website offers admitted startups $400,000 through a SAFE at a $4 million post-money valuation with a 1:1 token side letter; newer cohort promotions have advertised $500,000, so terms are cohort-specific.
- **Alliance founder community** — A private network of more than 700 crypto and fintech founders, including founder-only forums, peer support, introductions and operating knowledge.
- **Demo Day** — A curated in-person and online presentation to crypto and technology investors, angels and experts, with pitch preparation beginning during the program.
- **Founder perks** — More than 90 negotiated deals and credits across cloud, AI, finance, productivity and crypto infrastructure providers.
- **Good Game Podcast and founder education** — Public essays, founder interviews and a podcast hosted by Imran Khan and Qiao Wang that share operating lessons beyond the private network.

## Achievements

- Funded more than 200 startups across at least 16 cohorts.
- Built a private community of more than 700 crypto and fintech founders.
- Portfolio companies listed by Alliance include 0x, Synthetix, Pendle, Rain, Pump, Zerion, Tensor, Manta Network and Caldera.
- Received 1,503 applications for its 12th cohort and accepted 21 teams, a reported 1.4% acceptance rate.
- Alliance says the median startup raises $3.5 million at a $25 million post-money valuation after the program.
- Opened a physical Alliance headquarters in SoHo, New York, as a working and gathering space for founders.
- Portfolio company Liquifi was acquired by Coinbase, according to Alliance's company directory.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Alliance's current site identifies ALL19 as the next cohort, scheduled to start January 11, 2027, and says applications are reviewed year-round.
- **2026-07** — Alliance announced 16 startups in its ALL17 cohort and opened applications for ALL18; a LinkedIn promotion advertised $500,000 for each accelerated startup.
- **2026-04** — Alliance published Finding Unlikely Allies, an essay using portfolio company Rain to explain how startups can turn platform dependencies into distribution partnerships.
- **2026-01** — Portfolio company Bleap raised a $6 million seed round to expand its onchain finance application.
- **2025-12** — Qiao Wang published Alliance's fintech request-for-startups thesis, arguing that crypto and AI can unlock new financial products for physical-first and underbanked consumers.

## Links

- Website: https://alliance.xyz
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/alliancexyz
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/alliance
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AllianceDAO

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Last updated: 2026-08-15