According to official news, Aligned Layer, a decentralized zero-knowledge proof verification layer for Ethereum developed based on EigenLayer, announced the completion of a $20 million Series A financing, led by Hack VC, with participation from dao5, L2IV, Nomad Capital, Finality Capital Partners, Symbolic Capital, Theta Blockchain Ventures, etc. The Aligned Layer mainnet is scheduled to be launched in the second quarter of 2024.
Earlier news, Aligned Layer completed a $2.6 million seed round of financing, led by Lemniscap, with participation from Bankless Ventures, Paper Ventures, Sreeram Kannan, Brandon Kase, Daniel Lubarov, DCbuilder, Chainyoda, Weikeng Chen, Sami BENYAKOUB (samnode_), Peter Fittin (SizeChad) and Lucas Kozinski, and strategic investment from StarkWare and O(1)Labs.