A blockchain infrastructure startup, Layer, has successfully raised $6 million in a seed funding round. This project is led by 1kx and joined by Fabric Ventures, Arrington Capital and Stake Capital group. The company aims to utilize this money on advancing Ethereum’s Capability by innovating developer tools for full-stack dApps using web assembly.
Pioneering Blockchain Infrastructure
Layer, A company found by blockchain veterans Sam Cassatt, Jake Hartnell and Ethan Frey, aims to fix the limitations of contracts by forming more complex Decentralized Applications (dApps). This projects aims to solve surrounding smart contracts performance and scalability through the combination of blockchain security with off-chain services like AI agent and decentralized messaging server.
Sam Cassatt, co-founder of Layer Stated:
“We wanted to complete the full narrative arc of decentralized architecture, and give the world the tools necessary to build any application, with any performance requirements in this trust-minimized way.”
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Angel Investors and Layer SDK
Angel investors, including Sreeram Kannan from EigenLayer, Mike Silagadze from Ether.fi, and Paul Taylor, a former BlackRock executive also helped raise a funding of $6 million. These industry insiders are showing effort and support towards the release of “Layer SDK”, which will help developers to build full-stack blockchain applications with Ethereum as its base.
Addressing Smart Contract Vulnerabilities
This project is about to be launched when concerns about vulnerabilities in smart contract are rising. Trugard Labs, a blockchain firm identified over 34,000 high-risk vulnerabilities in smart contract being used on various blockchains, including Ethereum and BNB chain.
Layer aims to minimize potential risks and improve Smart contracts functionability with enhanced security. This is a critical development in the growing decentralized finance (DeFi) ecosystem.