1/6 We're delighted to have led the $2.6M seed round for 
@alignedlayer, with participation from @banklessvc & @papervc, as well as strategic investments from @starkwareltd & @o1labs!

Catalyzing a new generation of zk applications. Incubators of Mina Protocol. Creators of o1js. www.o1labs.org

Early-stage fund empowering pioneers to explore the frontier of web 3 and go #bankless. 

Contact: invest@bankless.ventur

We accelerate the roadmap of Ethereum by making proof verification faster and cheaper. If you have a proof we can verify it for 10% of the cost.

23. math. Ethereum. ZKML. research engineer @ World Foundation. I live to make the world better.🦇🔊🐼🦀Privacy is a human right.

Peripatetic. CTO at o1Labs building zk tools + Mina Protocol. Cofounder at zksecurity. Advising Gensyn , MoonwellDeFi

Twitter: @bkase_

Lemniscap is an investment firm specialising in investments in emerging cryptoassets and blockchain startups.

2/6 The round also included investments from angels 
@sreeramkannan, @bkase, Daniel Lubarov, @dcbuilder, @chainyoda, @weikeng, Sam Benyakoub, Size Chad & @lucaskozinski.

3/6 Aligned Layer is the first decentralised verification layer for Ethereum, powered by EigenLayer – providing infrastructure for the future of trustless applications, enabling cost-effective verification of any SNARK proof.

4/6 Ethereum wasn't originally designed for Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKPs), presenting complex challenges & limitations when it comes to integrating new primitives for evolving proving systems, meaning not every proof system can be easily verified.

6/6 Congratulations to Fede, @thisisrj and the rest of the @alignedlayer team on today's announcement! We're proud to support their mission to broaden the ZK capabilities of Ethereum while supporting the development & research community engaged in a range of proof systems.

5/6 Aligned Layer addresses this prevalent industry issue, harnessing the security of Ethereum to verify ZKPs, enabling multiple verifiers to be deployed to check any type of proof in a timely fashion.