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SevenX Ventures Joins Caldera's Seed Funding Round for Customizable Layer-Two Rollup Solutions

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Blockchain infrastructure provider Caldera has announced that SevenX Ventures has joined its seed funding round as an additional investor. SevenX Ventures is an experienced venture capital firm that supports early-stage tech and blockchain startups. The firm's deep commitment to crypto and established presence in Asia make it an ideal partner for Caldera as the company develops its platform for customizable layer-two rollup solutions.

Caldera specializes in building high-performance app-specific rollups, offering high throughput, low latency, and customizable features for decentralized apps. The company has been running rollups in production on Ethereum and Polygon mainnet for select customers since last year. Caldera's partnership with SevenX Ventures is expected to play a significant role in helping the company achieve its goals in enabling teams to launch customizable layer-two rollups.

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