Shared sequencer network Astria receives $12.5 million in strategic financing

The shared sorter network Astria announced the completion of a $12.5 million financing round, led by dba and Placeholder VC, with participation from RockawayX, Maven11, 1kx, Bankless Ventures, Figment Capital and Batu, as well as angel investors Yuki, DCBuilder, Hasu, Will Price and Jason Yanowitz. These funds will be used to continue building the Astria sorting layer and Astria Stack, allowing anyone to deploy permissionless aggregation without relying on centralized sorters.

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