Kenzi Wang Scholarship
US $10,000 grants and deep mentorship for global teens who’d rather ship than just study, whether that means deploying an LLM agent, standing up a DeFi protocol, or wiring up a sensor-laden prototype.
Auto-consideration for future investment of up to US $250,000 from Symbolic Capital once you show traction.
Prototype the Future
Code, Crypto, Hardware.
Secrets beat credentials. The next OpenAI or Avalanche will start as a contrarian side-project, not a class assignment.
Launch fast or learn nothing.
You haven’t really started until users have the product in hand (or on-chain). Capital is tilting hard to AI & crypto. AI drew 37 % of all VC dollars in 2024; crypto funding jumped 2× in early 2025.
Immigrants outperform.
Over half of U.S. unicorns have at least one immigrant founder, and nearly half the Fortune 500 trace back to immigrants or their kids.
Young builders are everywhere.
Hack Club alone coordinates hundreds of teen hackathons across 22 countries, proving global demand for a first cheque.
What you Get:
Grant, mentors, and network support, plus a follow-on US $10,000 sent directly to you.
Monthly office hours with Kenzi Wang and our investment team.
Private Discord of obsessed teen builders worldwide.
This is a great opportunity to get real backing, hands-on support, and a front-row seat to the startup world.
Eligibility Criteria:
Ages 15 – 19, anywhere on Earth.
Immigrant, first-gen, refugee, or simply resource-constrained.
Building or itching to build in AI, Blockchain/Web3, or Hardware (robotics, IoT, bio-sensing, anything you can prototype).
Grit outranks GPA.
