{"id":10363,"date":"2024-01-24T08:20:59","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T08:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinengineer.io\/blog\/?p=10363"},"modified":"2024-01-24T08:21:25","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T08:21:25","slug":"polymer-labs-raises-23-million-in-series-a-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/polymer-labs-raises-23-million-in-series-a-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Polymer Labs Raises $23 Million in Series A Funding!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-sourcepos=\"3:1-3:154\"><strong>Polymer Labs<\/strong>, a Layer 2 network that will provide composability as a service for Ethereum and its rollups, raised $23 million in a Series A funding round.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"3:1-3:154\">You might like: <a href=\"https:\/\/coinengineer.net\/blog\/core-scientific-to-continue-trading-on-nasdaq\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><em>Core Scientific to Continue Trading on Nasdaq!<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"5:1-5:232\">Polymer Labs said on Tuesday that the round was led by Blockchain Capital, <strong>Maven 11<\/strong>, and Distributed Global, with participation from <strong>Coinbase Ventures<\/strong>, Placeholder, <strong>Digital Currency Group<\/strong>, North Island Ventures, and <strong>Figment Capital<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"7:1-7:282\">It is unclear when Polymer started raising for the round or when the project closed. Co-founder Peter Kim declined to comment on the timeline. He also declined to comment on the structure of the round, whether it was equity, token, or equity plus token-warrant round, and valuation.<\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"9:1-9:220\">Polymer&#8217;s Series A seed round occurred two years ago, raising <strong>$3.6 million<\/strong>. Kim said the project is in the development phase of its Ethereum composability infrastructure and plans to launch the Testnet in about 2 months.<\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"11:1-11:29\"><strong>Ethereum Interoperability Hub<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"13:1-13:174\">Polymer Labs is building an &#8220;Ethereum interoperability hub&#8221; to connect all blockchains, starting with Ethereum, with the goal of creating the next generation of the internet.<\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"15:1-15:321\">Polymer noted that existing <strong>Layer 2<\/strong> networks and interoperability token bridges are widely used but not robust against attacks, adding that the Layer 2 aggregation will enable protocols on different chains to &#8220;communicate efficiently and securely, improving their functionality without introducing new trust assumptions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"17:1-17:155\">The company is using the centrally managed <strong>Cross-Chain<\/strong> Communication protocol, the <strong>Cosmos<\/strong> standard for blockchain interoperability, and the <strong>Optimism Stack<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-sourcepos=\"19:1-19:133\">Polymer said that eventually, any developer building any Web3 application on any chain will be able to use the interoperability tool.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div id=\"chat-history\" class=\"chat-history-scroll-container ng-tns-c1304298479-2 ng-trigger ng-trigger-resetChat show-bottom-shadow\">\n<div class=\"conversation-container ng-tns-c1304298479-2 visd-patch ng-star-inserted\">\n<div class=\"ng-tns-c3288265132-24\">\n<div class=\"response-container ng-tns-c3311575876-25 response-container-has-multiple-responses\">\n<div class=\"presented-response-container ng-tns-c3311575876-25\">\n<div class=\"response-container-content ng-tns-c3311575876-25\">\n<div class=\"response-content ng-trigger ng-trigger-responsePopulation ng-tns-c3311575876-25 ng-animate-disabled\">\n<div class=\"markdown markdown-main-panel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p><em>Also, in the comment section, you can freely share your comments and opinions about the topic. 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