Eclipse raised $50M in a Series A funding round led by Placeholder and Hack VC to launch the mainnet.

Mar 11, 2024•over 1 year ago

Amount Raised

$50 Million

Round Type

series a

San FranciscoBlockchainInformation TechnologySoftware

Investors

Fenbushi CapitalDbaMaven 11Delphi DigitalPolychain CapitalHack VcPlaceholder

Description

Eclipse, a modular blockchain company, secured a $50 million Series A funding round, led by Placeholder and Hack VC, with a total funding of $65 million. Other investors including Polychain Capital, Delphi Digital, Maven 11, DBA, and Fenbushi Capital also participated. The company plans to launch mainnet in Q2 of 2024 and sponsor hackathons, accelerators, and community events.

Company Information

Company

Eclipse

Location

Rond Point Schuman

San Francisco, California, United States

About

Eclipse is a San Francisco-based technology company founded in 2022 by Neel Somani and Sam Thapaliya. Eclipse enables developers to deploy their own customizable rollups using the Solana virtual machine, using any chain for security or data storage. Their public testnet will go live in 2023 in the Celestia ecosystem, and will be rolled out across blockchain ecosystems thereafter. Developers who are interested in Eclipse's technology can sign up for the mailing list on Eclipse's website and follow Eclipse's Twitter.

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