The Union Foundation has kicked off the Union Grants Program with its first three grant recipients: Escher Finance, Fluton, and Dextr. These projects—some of which originated in the first Union Fellowship—are among the earliest projects building on Union.
Here’s what the Grants Program entails and why these projects were selected.
The Union Grants Program
The Union Grants Program is designed to support teams building on the Union network. Projects are sourced from initiatives like the Union Fellowship and U Combinator, deal flow sharing with our partners, as well as connecting with top builders developing applications.
Supporting these builders benefits Union by diversifying the ecosystem, attracting more founders and devs, boosting transaction activity, increasing TVL, and expanding Union’s coverage across different verticals. For grant recipients, the program provides funding, capital raising support, strategic and technical guidance, introductions to partner networks, and marketing exposure to accelerate their development.
Initial Grant Recipients
The following projects were selected as the first Union Grant Program recipients:
Escher Finance
Website: escher.finance Twitter: x.com/escher_fi
Staking is fragmented and inefficient, limiting the potential of a $300 billion market. Escher solves this with a modular, interoperability-first staking protocol built on Union. With seamless cross-chain liquidity movement, users can stake, restake, and manage assets without unnecessary complexity. Escher recently sold out part of their pre-seed funding round via echo.xyz.
Fluton
Website: fluton.io Twitter: x.com/Flutonio
Fluton is the first confidential, intent-centric, cross-chain liquidity protocol, enabling secure transactions across both EVM and non-EVM ecosystems. Using Fully Homomorphic Encryption, Fluton ensures transaction details remain private and protected from MEV exploitation, preserving fairness and efficiency.
Dextr
Website: dextr.exchange Twitter: x.com/dextr_exchange
Traditional AMMs suffer from fragmented liquidity, high slippage, and exploitable mechanics. Dextr’s AVMM redefines decentralized trading with oracle-driven pricing, liquidity abstraction, and MEV-resistant execution. Integrated with Union for cross-chain settlement, Dextr AVMM provides fair, capital-efficient markets for traders and LPs.
More Grants, More Builders
Further grant recipients will be announced in the coming weeks. Expect research articles on the technology underpinning these projects from Union R&D as well.
Future Union Fellows will be selected through U Combinator—applications for which are open until 15 March.
For those looking to build with Union, check out union.build, and follow @union_build and @UnionFDN for more updates.