Edge City Fellowship
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By Telamon Ardavanis
$10 displayed raised · 4 fund applications (3 funded) · 2 seasons · best rank #1163 in Season 7
A fellowship funding exceptional builders under 25 to spend a month at Edge City working…
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About
A rolling fellowship selecting high-agency builders under 25 - scientists, founders, artists, researchers - and fully funding their flights, accommodation, and ticket to spend a month inside an Edge City popup village building something that matters.
Impact
Past fellows include a Kenyan robotics founder making STEM accessible for the deaf, a Thiel Fellow in women's health, and a PhD merging biomechanics with art. We find exceptional young people early and put them where their best work can happen.
Progress
25+ fellows across 4 cohorts run across Edge villages in Thailand, California, & Patagonia. Fellows continuously call it a turning point and one of the most impactful things they could have done. Read their reflections here: www.edgecity.live/blog
Team
Edge City is a nonprofit co-founded by Janine Leger (Gitcoin Grants, Zuzalu) and Timour Kosters (Seed Club Ventures). We've run 8+ popup villages globally, hosting 12k+ people and built one of the most trusted frontier communities in the world.
Funding
| Sales | Venus | S+V | Match | S+V+M | Venus extras | Prize | V2+M+P | V2/S | (V2+M)/S | (V2+M+P)/S | Raised | Available | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 6 | $10,567 | $0 | $10,567 | $29,487 | $40,054 | $0 | $20 | $29,507 | 0.0x | 2.8x | 2.8x | $0 | — |
| Season 7 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $10 | $10 | — | — | — | $10 | — |
| Total | $10,567 | $0 | $10,567 | $29,487 | $40,054 | $0 | $30 | $29,517 | — | — | — | $10 | — |
Fund applications
| Season | Fund | Status | Applied |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 6 | Edge City Fund for Experimental Living | funded | 2026-02-27 |
| Season 6 | Terminus Fund for Network States | funded | 2026-03-01 |
| Season 6 | Paradigm Fund for Frontier Tech | submitted | 2026-03-01 |
| Season 6 | ZAO Fund for Emerging Culture | funded | 2026-03-01 |
Season totals as displayed on the platform's public accounting — not a statement of amounts paid out. V2 = Venus sales + Venus extras. The original page also broke each season down by fund drive and showed an Available (unclaimed) balance; that level of detail survives only on the preserved snapshots.
Leaderboard page (offline): https://artizen.fyi/projects/edge-city-fellowship
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Top siblings
Projects that applied to the same funds.
| Project | Shared funds | Raised | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | ToGather Project, Documenting Living Systems Better communities are being built right now. This platform is where their experience bec… | Edge City Fund for Experimental Living, Paradigm Fund for Frontier Tech, Terminus Fund for Network States +1 | $8,193 |
| 2. | Neurodevelop: Neuromodulation for everyone Neurodevelop is a scientific and technological project that uses knowledge of human physi… | Edge City Fund for Experimental Living, Paradigm Fund for Frontier Tech, Terminus Fund for Network States +1 | $1,790 |
| 3. | Element of Chawaza Artistic fusion of culture, landscape, sound and tech that evokes a profound sensory expe… | Edge City Fund for Experimental Living, Paradigm Fund for Frontier Tech, Terminus Fund for Network States +1 | $1,356 |
| 4. | The International Artists Project Documentary First Documentary to Tell the Stories of Music Artists Born in Every Country on Earth | Edge City Fund for Experimental Living, Paradigm Fund for Frontier Tech, Terminus Fund for Network States +1 | $563 |
| 5. | Akuya I am an upcoming artist and this is my first track of the year, i need help for the produ… | Edge City Fund for Experimental Living, Paradigm Fund for Frontier Tech, Terminus Fund for Network States +1 | $234 |
| 6. | The Eyes of Argus Open-Source Cognitive Security Infrastructure: a protective layer between the human mind… | Edge City Fund for Experimental Living, Paradigm Fund for Frontier Tech, Terminus Fund for Network States +1 | $10 |
| 7. | Edge Esmeralda 2026 A month-long gathering in Northern California for people building a brighter future (May… | Edge City Fund for Experimental Living, Paradigm Fund for Frontier Tech, Terminus Fund for Network States +1 | $0 |
| 8. | adopt a tree Building climate-smart communities by teaching kids tree planting and agroforestry skills. | Edge City Fund for Experimental Living, Terminus Fund for Network States, ZAO Fund for Emerging Culture | $14,777 |
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