Optimum Completes $11 Million Seed Round, Led by 1kx

Optimum has completed a $11 million seed round of financing, with 1kx leading the investment, and Robot Ventures, Finality Capital, Spartan, CMT Digital, SNZ, Triton Capital, Big Brain, CMS, Longhash, NGC, Animoca, GSR, Caladan, Reforge and others participating. Optimum is a decentralized, performance-enhancing memory layer for any blockchain, incubated by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (CoinDesk)

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