Layer 2 that employs the Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) Protocol and Optimism Stack to serve as the Interoperability Hub for Ethereum
Blockchain Capital, Maven 11, Distributed Global
Coinbase Ventures, Placeholder, Digital Currency Group, North Island Ventures, Figment Capital
Rio Network
18 Dec, 2023, 00:00
Seed
Liquid Restaking Network
Polychain Capital, Blockchain Capital, Breyer Capital
Archetype, Blockchain Coinvestors, Coinbase Ventures, Chorus One Ventures, Coinsummer, Fenbushi Capital, Finality Capital Partners, Hack VC, Hash3, Hashkey Capital, Maelstrom, Mirana Ventures, NGC Ventures, Proofgroup, Reciprocal Ventures, Robot Ventures, Rubik Ventures, SNZ Holding, Stake Capital, Tangent, Alex Crowe, Amman Bhasin, Brian Tubergen, Clayton Menzel, David Gan, Eric Wall, Jai Bhavnani, James Prestwich, Jason Yanowitz, John Adler, John Zettler, Ken O'Friel, Matt Jobbe Duval, Matt Luongo, Michael Ippolito, Mike Neuder, Mirko Schmiedl, Mustafa Yilham, Pranay Mohan, Rob Witoff, Smokey, Will Wolf, Xinsu Dong
Risc Zero
19 Jul, 2023, 00:00
$40m
Series A
RISC-V virtual trusted/trustless (it’s complicated) computer based on zero-knowledge cryptography, specifically zk-STARKs
Eden Block, Orange DAO, Reverie, Stani Kulechov, Ryan Berkun, Brevan Howard, Jenil Thakkar, Brandon Kumar, Raf Solari, Shreyas Hariharan, Shaun Ng, Simon Jones, Jack du Rose, Henri Stern, Jason Shah, Saad Rizvi
Across
23 Nov, 2022, 00:00
$10m
Private token sale
Cross-chain bridge
$200m
Hack VC, Placeholder, Blockchain Capital
zkSync
16 Nov, 2022, 00:00
$200m
Series C
User-centric zk rollup platform
Blockchain Capital, Dragonfly Capital
Lightspeed Venture Partners, Variant Fund, a16z
Celestia
19 Oct, 2022, 00:00
$55m
Series A & B
The first modular blockchain network to power scalable, secure Web3 app
Bain Capital Crypto, Polychain Capital
Placeholder, Galaxy Digital, Delphi Digital , Blockchain Capital, NFX, Protocol Labs, Figment, Maven 11 Capital, The Spartan Group, FTX Ventures, Jump Crypto, Balaji Srinivasan, Eric Wall, Jutta Steiner
Stardust
18 Oct, 2022, 00:00
$30m
Series A
Powering games in the metaverse
Framework Ventures
Acrew Capital, Blockchain Capital, Distributed Capital Partners
Pinestreet Labs
13 Oct, 2022, 00:00
$6m
Crypto Wallet
Polychain Capital
Blockchain Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Genesis Trading, CoinList, Figment, BECO Capital