Avail, a pioneering Web3 data availability and consensus layer, has successfully concluded a $27 million seed funding round, showcasing strong investor confidence in its mission to enhance blockchain interoperability and scalability. The round was spearheaded by Founders Fund and Dragonfly, with significant contributions from other leading venture capital firms such as SevenX, Figment, Nomad Capital, and a cohort of angel investors. This funding milestone, announced on February 26, underscores the industry’s recognition of Avail’s potential to transform the Web3 ecosystem.
The investment will fuel the acceleration of Avail’s ambitious project, the “Avail Trinity,” which encompasses three foundational products: the data availability layer, the nexus unification layer, and the fusion security layer. This trio aims to address the critical challenges of scalability, interoperability, and security within the Web3 space, promising a more unified and efficient blockchain infrastructure.
Founders Fund partner Joey Krug highlighted the significance of Avail’s modular approach to blockchain technology, emphasizing its potential to drastically improve scalability and solve fragmentation issues plaguing the current ecosystem. Avail’s innovation lies in its ability to decouple various blockchain layers, thereby facilitating a more flexible and scalable infrastructure for future projects.
Anurag Arjun, co-founder of Avail, pointed out the increasing importance of such unification frameworks as the blockchain industry evolves towards greater reliance on layer-2 rollups for scaling. He envisions a future where deploying an app-specific rollup is as straightforward as deploying a smart contract today, necessitating seamless communication between an ever-growing number of chains to avoid user experience fragmentation.
As of now, the total value locked (TVL) in L2 rollups stands at $24.93 billion, showcasing the rapid growth and adoption of these technologies. Avail, originally launched by Polygon Labs in 2021 and later becoming an independent project, has been at the forefront of these developments. In July 2023, Avail introduced a testnet bridge to Ethereum, paving the way for the creation of validiums—low-cost layer 2 solutions that enhance scalability without compromising on security or data integrity.
Led by Arjun and Prabal Banerjee, a former Polygon research lead, Avail’s journey represents a significant step forward in the quest for a more interconnected and scalable Web3 world, promising a future where blockchain’s full potential can be unleashed.
