Movement Labs Succeeds at Fundraising

Movement Labs, a developer focusing on L2 Ethereum solutions, is bucking a few broader fundraising trends.

Movement Labs, a company building L2 Ethereum solutions, is having success in its fundraising efforts despite a few broader trends.

In recent months, there has been a downturn in VC funding within the crypto space. However, this latest funding round reflects that investors are still betting on the future of L2 solutions.

Movement Labs has been able to attract a lot of attention over the past months. The firm itself has also been active on the investment scene, contributing to other prospectus projects.

For instance, after the firm’s Series A seed round was complete, it made substantial contributions to Borderless Capital’s DePin Fund. In the same month, Movement also made plans to target the South Korean mobile gaming market.

The company’s Series B round began at an undisclosed time, but company representatives claim it will end in late January. While Donald Trump’s election created a global crypto bull market that was obviously a major factor in this funding round, another key piece of the puzzle is the firm’s recently launched MOVE token.

Since its launch in early December, MOVE has seen chaotic price actions. The asset’s value climbed sharply a few days after its launch but has since undergone wild swings in a very short time.

Despite this volatility, Movement Labs officials claim that it will play a crucial role in future development, and they have high hopes for the token’s future.

In a recent interview, cofounders Rushi Manche and Cooper Scanlon also explained their choice to use the Move programming language within Ethereum’s blockchain infrastructure.

The pair alluded to other Move-based projects and their failure to gain broad traction, which helped cause Aptos’ CEO Mo Shaikh to resign last month. These lessons are informing future plans.