Pharos Launches $10M+ RealFi Incubator With Dragon Draper, and Lightspeed
Hong Kong, Hong Kong, February 3rd, 2026, Chainwire
Program kicks off in Hong Kong with focus on on-chain financial infrastructure
Pharos Network, an inclusive financial Layer 1 blockchain designed to host billions of dollars in real-world assets, today announced the launch of Native to Pharos, a $10+ million builder incubator program aimed at accelerating innovation across its on-chain financial ecosystem.
The Native to Pharos incubator is designed to support early-stage teams building decentralized financial applications and infrastructure on the Pharos blockchain. Backed by $10+ million in funding and supported by partners including Hack VC, Draper Dragon, Lightspeed Faction and Centrifuge, the program targets projects operating at the intersection of real-world assets, DeFi, and blockchain infrastructure.
Participants accepted into the incubator will receive hands-on technical mentorship, strategic guidance for product launch and scaling, and access to a network of investors and ecosystem partners. Specifically, we equip builders with AI-driven resources to optimize efficiency, offering developer-friendly tools that make integration simple and seamless. The program is structured to provide long-term support, enabling teams to build sustainable businesses while contributing to the growth of Pharos’s on-chain financial ecosystem.
“Pharos is committed to building a thriving RealFi ecosystem and empowering builders who share our vision,” said Wish Wu, co-founder and CEO of Pharos. “The Pharos Incubator is designed as a full-spectrum partnership, offering mentorship, technical resources, go-to-market support, fundraising guidance, and access to financial and legal expertise. Our goal is to help teams succeed while fostering collaboration across the broader Pharos community.”
The incubator’s first recruitment drive will kick off in Hong Kong, where Pharos will host its initial cohort launch activities. In partnership with Web3Labs and Consensus, Pharos will participate in GWDC, Hong Kong’s first large-scale Web3 hackathon, as part of its builder outreach and ecosystem expansion efforts.
For its inaugural cohort, Pharos is prioritizing projects that can uniquely benefit from its core architecture, including native deep parallel execution and a modular, compliance-aware design optimized for real-world assets. The program is actively seeking teams building decentralized perpetual and spot exchanges, yield and vault infrastructure that integrates tokenized RWAs, and prediction markets focused on real-world outcomes.
Through the incubator, Pharos aims to attract builders developing high-performance financial applications that require low latency, composability, and scalable on-chain execution. By aligning technical support, capital, and ecosystem access, the program is intended to accelerate the deployment of production-ready financial protocols on Pharos.
The Native to Pharos program is now open for applications. Additional details and application information are available at Pharos Website.
About Pharos
Pharos is an inclusive financial Layer 1 blockchain built for RealFi, where institutional-grade and real-world assets circulate on-chain and remain composable with decentralized assets. The network combines modular architecture, deep parallel execution, and built-in compliance to support real-time on-chain finance at scale. Built by leadership and engineers from Ant Group, Pharos is backed by Hack VC, Faction VC, and other global traditional finance investors.