Taiko, jo ek Ethereum Layer 2 scaling solution provider hai, ne abhi $15 million ka Series A funding round announce kiya hai jisme Lightspeed Faction, Hashed, Generative Ventures, aur Token Bay Capital ne lead kiya. Apne latest round ke close hone se Taiko ne total $37 million capital raise kar liya hai across three rounds.
Series A round ka closing Taiko ke highly-anticipated mainnet launch se just pehle hua hai. Is latest round mein Wintermute Ventures, Presto Labs, Flow Traders, Amber Group, OKX Ventures, GSR, WW Ventures, aur bhi kai notable participating investors ne hissa liya.
Top Tier Investors
LightspeedFaction, jo ek blockchain-focused venture capital firm hai, ne recently apna inaugural $285 million fund launch kiya hai. Hashed Asia mein sabse bade crypto-focused venture funds aur ecosystem builders mein se ek hai, jiska headquarters South Korea mein hai.
"Naye Rollups ke explosion ke beech, Taiko apne passionate community aur based sequencing architecture ke saath stand out karta hai, jo uniquely L2 value chain ko simplify karta hai, trust assumptions ko streamline karta hai aur developer adoption ke liye friction ko remove karta hai," kaha Lightspeed Faction ke Founding Partner Samuel Harrison ne.
"Hashed Taiko ke blockchain scalability mein leadership se bahut impressed hai apne Ethereum-equivalent ZK-Rollup technology ke saath. Team ki achievements, jisme vibrant community engagement aur successful testnets shamil hain, unke vision par hamare confidence ko underscore karti hain," kaha Hashed ke Founding Partner Ryan Kim ne.
Generative Ventures ek venture capital firm hai jo decentralized networks aur machine intelligence par kaam karne wali companies mein invest karne par focus karti hai. Token Bay Capital blockchain investment strategies mein apni expertise ke liye renowned hai.
Generative Ventures ke Managing Partner Will Wang ne yeh bhi add kiya: "Ethereum ki scaling blockchain ecosystem ke liye mainstream next-generation global financial system banne ka ek important prerequisite hai. Hamara continuous aur firm support Taiko ke liye, jo three rounds of investment ke through demonstrate hua hai, Taiko ke philosophy aur execution ko hamare recognition ko reflect karta hai."
More About Taiko?
Taiko ek Ethereum-equivalent ZK-Rollup hai, jo Ethereum ko scale karta hai by supporting all EVM opcodes ek Layer 2 architecture mein jo decentralized, permissionless, aur secure hai.
Jabse yeh 2022 mein founded hua hai, Taiko ne successfully six testnets execute kiye hain jisme 1,100,000+ unique wallets, 30,000+ proposers, aur 14,000+ provers ne hissa liya. Aaj Taiko ecosystem mein 100+ live apps hain, jinko Discord par 850,000+ members ke vibrant community ka support hai.
"Pehla Ethereum-equivalent-based rollup build karna ek aisa kaam tha jiske liye multi-year adventure ki zaroorat thi, yeh hum jaante the," kaha Taiko ke Co-Founder aur CEO Daniel Wang ne. "Ab, jaise hum mainnet launch ke kareeb aa rahe hain, hum realize karte hain ki yeh ek zabardast ride rahi hai. Hum apne products ko jitni jaldi ho sake ship karne aur industry ko yeh dikhane ke liye determined hain ki jo impossible mana jata tha, woh waqai possible hai."
Final Thoughts
Taiko ne six testnets conduct kiye hain, jinmein se har ek protocol ke alag-alag aspects par focus kiya gaya tha. In sabhi testnets mein, Taiko ko hundreds of thousands of community members se substantial support mila. Yeh members dapps build karke, nodes operate karke, proposers aur provers ke roop mein serve karke, aur various ways mein protocol ke saath engage karke contribute karte hain — yeh sab permissionless tha.
"Ethereum ko sabse native way mein scale karne ka hamara commitment woh cheez hai jise investors aur partners support karne ke liye bahut keen rahe hain," kaha Taiko ke Co-Founder aur COO Terence Lam ne. "Hum un sabhi ka shukriya ada karna chahte hain jo hamare vision ko share karte hain aur Ethereum ko duniya mein lane ke hamare journey mein humein support karte rehte hain."
Taiko ne is saal ki shuruat mein apna 6th testnet, Katla, launch kiya. Katla Taiko ke Based Contestable Rollup (BCR) design ka pehla testnet hai, jo ek configurable, multi-proof rollup architecture hai jisme contestation mechanism aur based sequencing feature karta hai. Katla Taiko ke upcoming mainnet launch ka foundation serve karta hai.
Future mein, Taiko Based Booster Rollup (BBR) develop karega, ek design jo liquidity fragmentation issue ko tackle karta hai by allowing developers to deploy on Ethereum aur natively across all L2s scale karne deta hai.
