Acknowledgements (#6528)

README.md

@@ -240,6 +240,26 @@ instant preview. To achieve these goals, we follow three core design principles:
   Luckily we have [`comemo`], a system for incremental compilation which does
   most of the hard work in the background.
 
+## Acknowledgements
+
+We'd like to thank everyone who is supporting Typst's development, be it via
+[GitHub sponsors] or elsewhere. In particular, special thanks[^1] go to:
+
+- [Posit](https://posit.co/blog/posit-and-typst/) for financing a full-time
+  compiler engineer
+- [NLnet](https://nlnet.nl/) for supporting work on Typst via multiple grants
+  through the [NGI Zero Core](https://nlnet.nl/core) fund:
+  - Work on [HTML export](https://nlnet.nl/project/Typst-HTML/)
+  - Work on [PDF accessibility](https://nlnet.nl/project/Typst-Accessibility/)
+- [Science & Startups](https://www.science-startups.berlin/) for having financed
+  Typst development from January through June 2023 via the Berlin Startup
+  Scholarship
+- [Zerodha](https://zerodha.tech/blog/1-5-million-pdfs-in-25-minutes/) for their
+  generous one-time sponsorship
+
+[^1]: This list only includes contributions for our open-source work that exceed
+    or are expected to exceed €10K.
+
 [docs]: https://typst.app/docs/
 [app]: https://typst.app/
 [discord]: https://discord.gg/2uDybryKPe
@@ -259,3 +279,4 @@ instant preview. To achieve these goals, we follow three core design principles:
 [packages]: https://github.com/typst/packages/
 [`comemo`]: https://github.com/typst/comemo/
 [snap]: https://snapcraft.io/typst
+[GitHub sponsors]: https://github.com/sponsors/typst/