The Anoma Foundation, a pioneering non-profit utilizing revolutionary blockchain technology, has triumphantly concluded a $25 million fundraising campaign. Co-led by prominent blockchain-focused VC firm CMCC Global, this marks the initiation of a race to introduce the third generation of blockchains, aiming to supplant the traditional financial system and empower users.
During the funding stage, numerous influential players in the industry committed investments, including Electric Capital, Delphi Digital, Dialectic, KR1, Spartan, NGC, MH Ventures, Bixin Ventures, No Limit, Plassa, Perridon Ventures, Anagram, and Factor. Furthermore, more than 30 angel investors, ranging from founders of L1s and dApps to ZK cryptographers, have wholeheartedly endorsed the Foundation’s vision.
A New Paradigm for Building Blockchain Infrastructure Layers
The substantial financial support received underscores the broad recognition and endorsement of Anoma’s groundbreaking intent-centric architecture, which signifies a new era in constructing blockchain infrastructure layers.
Adrian Brink, Co-founder of Anoma, said: “Anoma is the first generalized intent-centric blockchain architecture that enables truly decentralized applications, from decentralized DEXs to decentralized rollup sequencers. Compared to existing architectures such as Ethereum/EVM, it makes dApps an order of magnitude more composable and an order of magnitude easier to build.”
Anoma’s intent-centricity introduces innovative building blocks that empower the full decentralization of current Web2.5 applications, including rollups, decentralized exchanges, and NFT marketplaces. This revolutionary architecture also opens doors for novel applications that were previously impossible with existing frameworks.
Charlie Morris, Co-founder and Managing Partner of CMCC Global, said: “We are thrilled to have co-led this fundraising round of Anoma. The team is pushing the boundaries of protocol design and reimagining how base layer infrastructure should operate. It is refreshing to see Anoma’s designs and philosophy against the backdrop of a homogenous group of layer-1 smart contract platforms.”
Advancement of Anoma’s Intent-Centric Architecture
The $25 million funding will fuel the advancement and refinement of Anoma’s intent-centric architecture. It will support ongoing research and development endeavors, foster adoption through developer tools for unprecedented application creation, and facilitate strategic partnerships and ecosystem growth.
Tommy Shaughnessy, Founding Partner of Delphi Digital, said: “Anoma’s intent-centric architecture represents a significant advancement across all fronts of blockchain infrastructure, including scalability, UX, privacy, and interoperability. We are excited to be part of their journey towards revolutionizing decentralized applications.”
Dialectic founder Ryan Zurrer said: “We are super excited to be investing in Anoma. Their intent-centricity and inherent focus on low-level privacy promises to unlock novel use-cases, particularly in areas such as next-generation DeFi, and represents a major step forward for the space.”
As a Swiss non-profit organization, the Anoma Foundation dedicates its efforts to funding and orchestrating the development of public goods, such as Anoma’s intent-centric architecture and Namada, a privacy-focused L1 solution. By introducing a groundbreaking approach to constructing blockchain infrastructure layers, Anoma strives to simplify the process of achieving full decentralization for web2.5 applications.
Additionally, Anoma unveils novel primitives and tools, empowering developers to create unprecedented applications that push the boundaries of innovation. Having concluded this funding round triumphantly, the Anoma Foundation stands in an ideal position to sustain its momentum as a driver of innovation in the blockchain realm.
