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Solana ecosystem projects: 555 on NAUT, 325 with a funding round

By NAUT Research · · 6 min read

555 Solana ecosystem project pages tagged Solana on NAUT, 325 with a funding round, read 12 November 2026. Logos: Orca, Honeyland, 375ai, Moemate, Zebec Protocol, TARS AI, Zeta Markets, Drift Protocol, Nosana, Matrix One, Cryowar, Tensor.

NAUT tracks 555 Solana ecosystem projects, counted on 12 November 2026: project pages that carry the Solana chain tag, of which 435 have a live token and 325 have at least 1 funding round on NAUT's record. 264 of them carry Solana as their sole chain tag, and the 79 of those with a full NAUT profile are ranked below by NAUT's trust score and grouped by sector.

How this list was built: on 12 November 2026 NAUT read every live, unmerged project company in its database tagged Solana. That returned 556 rows. 1 is the Solana chain's own page, which is left out of every count here, and investors are excluded. Of the 264 Solana-only projects, 177 have a live token and 129 have a round. 185 of the 264 cannot be ranked yet, because their row lacks a trust score, a description of 20 characters or more, or a page slug, so the ranked list covers the other 79. An outside check read 20 claims about 11 of the projects named here, plus the Solana page; the other 31 named projects rest on NAUT's record alone. Rounds are the rows on NAUT's record for each company, and a trust score is NAUT's own score, shown to 2 decimals.

Which Solana ecosystem projects rank highest on NAUT?

These are the 20 Solana-only projects with the highest NAUT trust score, ranked by that score, highest first. 18 of the 20 have a live token, and 19 have at least 1 round on NAUT's record.

# Project Sector Score Token Rounds
1 DEX 6.89 ORCA 2
2 Gaming 6.57 HXD 7
3 AI 6.46 EAT 5
4 Stablecoins 6.37 None live 2
5 AI 6.34 MATES 2
6 DeFi 6.32 ZBC 6
7 Infrastructure 6.12 TAI 3
8 DEX 6.06 ZEX 3
9 DeFi 6.01 DRIFT 3
10 AI 5.99 NOS 3
11 AI 5.99 MATRIX 7
12 Gaming 5.93 CWAR 7
13 No sector tag 5.80 None live 4
14 DeFi 5.80 TNSR 1
15 RWA 5.78 AART 2
16 Money Market 5.77 JET 4
17 Gaming 5.77 ELIX 6
18 AI 5.72 GRASS 4
19 Gaming 5.72 ATLAS 7
20 DEX 5.72 MET 0

What the outside check found on these 20:

  • 4 descriptions held up against the project's own site or press: TARS AI (its site reads "The AI Architecture Protocol On Solana"), Drift Protocol (its site calls itself "Solana's premier trading hub"), Zeta Markets, a DEX on a Solana layer 2, and Matrix One, a Solana AI character protocol.
  • UXD Protocol and Nosana: each one's own site now describes a different product from NAUT's stored description, so read the site before you pitch.
  • 375ai and Zebec Protocol: outside sources describe fewer rounds than NAUT's record holds, so open each round on the page before you cite a count.
  • Moemate: NAUT's page flags the project as defunct (site and socials deleted), so do not pitch it.

Which Solana projects score highest, top 10?

NAUT trust score, top 10 Solana-only projects
  1. Orca6.89
  2. Honeyland6.57
  3. 375ai6.46
  4. UXD Protocol6.37
  5. Moemate6.34
  6. Zebec Protocol6.32
  7. TARS AI6.12
  8. Zeta Markets6.06
  9. Drift Protocol6.01
  10. Nosana5.99

Orca leads at 6.89, and the top 10 span DEX, gaming, AI, stablecoin and payments projects.

How do Solana ecosystem projects split by sector?

Grouped by the first sector tag on each NAUT page, the 79 ranked Solana-only projects fall into 16 groups. DeFi is the largest tagged group with 13, and all 13 have a round on NAUT's record.

Sector Ranked Token Round Top scores
No tag 17 4 14 , ,
DeFi 13 10 13 , ,
Gaming 11 7 10 , ,
DEX 10 6 9 , ,
AI 8 8 7 , ,
DePIN 4 4 4
Infrastructure 3 3 3 ,
Money Market 2 1 2 ,
SocialFi 2 2 2 ,
Tools 2 2 2 ,
L1 to L3 2 2 2
Stablecoins 1 0 1
RWA 1 1 1
Meme 1 1 0
Intelligence 1 1 1
Launchpad 1 0 1 Outside the top 60 by score

17 ranked projects carry no sector tag on NAUT yet, so search them by name. Orca and Meteora (prev. Mercurial Finance) are shown as DEX here; their NAUT rows also carry a centralized exchange tag that does not fit a DEX.

Which multichain projects also run on Solana?

291 of the 555 tagged projects list Solana among 2 or more chains, and 163 of those have a full NAUT profile. These are the 10 with the highest NAUT trust score, ranked by that score.

Project Sector Chains Score Rounds
DeFi 8 7.84 3
DeFi 4 7.78 9
Infrastructure 2 7.55 6
DEX 22 7.55 3
AI 6 7.48 2
AI 8 7.25 18
DeFi 9 7.01 5
AI 3 7.01 1
DEX 3 6.97 5
Gaming 7 6.97 1

What this tells a BD team

  • Start with the 79 ranked Solana-only projects: each has a description, a trust score and a page you can open, though Moemate is flagged defunct.
  • DeFi (13), gaming (11) and DEX (10) are the 3 largest tagged groups, so a DeFi or trading service has the most Solana-only targets.
  • 72 of the 79 have at least 1 round on NAUT's record.
How a BD team can work this list
  1. Pick a sectorUse the sector table: 13 DeFi, 11 gaming and 10 DEX projects among the 79 ranked.
  2. Rank inside itStart from the highest trust score, such as Zebec Protocol at 6.32 in DeFi.
  3. Read the siteFor UXD Protocol and Nosana, the outside check found a different product on the site.
  4. Open the teamEach project's NAUT page shows the team and rounds on record.

What this tells a founder or investor

  • A founder raising for Solana startups can benchmark against peers: 325 of the 555 tagged projects have a round on NAUT's record.
  • An investor sourcing on Solana can sort the 264 Solana-only projects by sector, then check the 185 that cannot be ranked yet by name.
  • Multichain peers such as Chainflip (9 rounds) and ChainGPT (18 rounds) show how many rounds a cross-chain team has on NAUT's record.
How a founder or investor can use this list
  1. Find your peersFilter the sector table to your group, such as the 8 AI projects led by 375ai.
  2. Check their roundsOpen each page to see the rounds NAUT holds, such as 7 for Matrix One.
  3. Find the backersEach round on a NAUT page links its investors where NAUT holds them.

Related reading on NAUT: Solana investors: 13 funds backed 18 rounds worth $177.85M and Solana Breakpoint side events: 38 in London, 12 are fitness.

Can you pull this data through the NAUT API?

Yes: GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects/orca returns 1 company with its team, and GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects?q=solana&token=launched&limit=100 runs a project search for "solana" limited to launched tokens, both sent with Authorization: Bearer $NAUT_KEY. Each data or search call costs 5 credits, and the Essential plan at $49 a month holds 3,000 credits, per the API docs and pricing. Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn for the people behind these projects unlock on any paid NAUT plan, so start a 7-day trial.

Solana ecosystem projects FAQ

Which projects run on Solana?

NAUT tracks 555 Solana ecosystem projects as of 12 November 2026, and 264 of them carry Solana as their sole chain tag. The highest NAUT trust scores among the Solana-only projects belong to Orca (6.89), Honeyland (6.57) and 375ai (6.46).

How many Solana ecosystem projects have a funding round?

325 of the 555 Solana-tagged projects on NAUT have at least 1 funding round on NAUT's record as of 12 November 2026, and 129 of the 264 Solana-only projects do. Among the 79 ranked Solana-only projects, all 13 tagged DeFi have a round.

Which Solana defi projects score highest on NAUT?

Among the 13 ranked Solana-only projects tagged DeFi on NAUT, the highest trust scores on 12 November 2026 belong to Zebec Protocol (6.32), Drift Protocol (6.01) and Tensor (5.80).

Where can I find Solana projects and the people who run them?

NAUT lists 555 Solana-tagged project pages as of 12 November 2026, each with the team and funding rounds on record, and the NAUT API returns any one of them with GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects/<slug>. Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn unlock on any paid NAUT plan, so start a 7-day trial.

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