Ligero是一家致力於數據隱私和安全性零知識證明（ZKP）技術的加密初創公司，已在種子資金回合中籌集了400萬美元。

Galaxy Ventures和1KX共同領導的回合，來自富蘭克林·鄧普頓（Franklin Templeton），新生，阿陰莖，機器人風險投資，數字貨幣集團和ZKV

Crypto startup Ligero, which is focused on zero-knowledge proof (ZKP) technology for data privacy and security, announced Wednesday that it has raised $4 million in a seed funding round.

Crypto Startup Ligero專注於數據隱私和安全性的零知識證明技術（ZKP）技術，他週三宣布已在種子資金融資中籌集了400萬美元。

Galaxy Ventures and 1kx jointly led the round, which also saw participation from Franklin Templeton, Nascent, Anagram, Robot Ventures, Digital Currency Group and ZKV, Ligero said. The firm began raising for the round in March and closed in July, but the timing of the announcement coincides with the launch of its core product, Ligetron, co-founder Matt DiBiase told The Block.

Ligero說，Galaxy Ventures和1KX共同領導了這一賽季，這也看到了富蘭克林·鄧普頓（Franklin Templeton），新生，阿陰系格拉姆（Anagram），機器人風險投資公司，數字貨幣集團和ZKV的參與。聯合創始人馬特·迪比亞斯（Matt Dibiase）告訴街區，該公司於3月開始籌集並於7月關閉，但宣布的時機與其核心產品的推出。

The seed round was structured as a simple agreement for future equity (SAFE) with token warrants, raised at a $20 million valuation cap, DiBiase said. There are “no plans for a token at the moment,” he added.

Dibiase說，種子輪的結構是與代幣認股權證的未來股權（安全）的簡單協議，以2000萬美元的估值上限提出。他補充說，“目前沒有一個令牌的計劃”。

As part of the deal, Wei Dai, research partner at 1kx, has joined Ligero’s board of directors, DiBiase said.

Dibiase說，作為交易的一部分，1KX的研究合作夥伴Wei Dai加入了利格羅董事會。

With this round, Ligero has raised a total of $5.15 million, including a $1.15 million round in 2019.

在這一輪比賽中，Ligero總共籌集了515萬美元，其中包括2019年的115萬美元回合。

What is Ligero?

什麼是利格洛？

Founded in 2018, Ligero builds tools to simplify ZKP development, deployment and scaling without compromising security or compliance. Its core product, Ligetron, is a zero-knowledge virtual machine (zkVM) designed for high-speed performance across both browsers and advanced hardware.

Ligero成立於2018年，構建了簡化ZKP開發，部署和擴展的工具，而不會損害安全性或合規性。它的核心產品Ligetron是一款零知識虛擬機（ZKVM），旨在在瀏覽器和高級硬件上進行高速性能。

Ligetron “is for ZK what DeepSeek is for LLMs [large language models],” Ligero claimed. Ligetron benchmark tests show Ligetron achieving 66× faster LLM inference and 1,024× better memory efficiency than competitors, according to Ligero.

Ligero聲稱，Ligetron“是針對ZK的LLM [大型語言模型]的DeepSeek。”利格羅（Ligero）稱，Ligetron基準測試顯示，Ligetron的LLM推斷速度更快，比競爭對手更快地推斷LLM推理和1,024倍的記憶效率。

For ZK rollups and validiums, Ligetron can handle 1,000 transactions per second (TPS) on a single NVIDIA L40S GPU while using less than 2 GB of CPU RAM, with linear scaling across multiple GPUs, Ligero said. Even a browser-based implementation can achieve around 100 TPS, it added, pointing to potential applications in mobile-based ZK rollups.

Ligero說，對於ZK匯總和有效量，Ligetron可以在單個NVIDIA L40S GPU上每秒處理1,000筆交易，同時使用少於2 GB的CPU RAM，並在多個GPU上進行線性縮放。它補充說，即使是基於瀏覽器的實現也可以實現約100 TP，這指出了基於移動的ZK匯總中的潛在應用。

The development of Ligetron took about seven years. After raising its first round in 2019, Ligero built a dark pool auction platform using multiparty computation (MPC), co-founder, CEO and CTO Muthu Venkitasubramaniam told The Block.

Ligetron的發展花費了大約七年。在2019年舉行了第一輪比賽后，Ligero使用多方計算（MPC），聯合創始人，首席執行官和CTO Muthu Muthu Venkitasubramaniam建立了一個深色池拍賣平台。

In 2020, Ligero received a four-year grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) under the Securing Information for Encrypted Verification and Evaluation (SIEVE) program to improve ZKP. This research became the foundation of Ligero’s current technology, leading to its focus on ZK innovation, Venkitasubramaniam said.

2020年，Ligero獲得了國防高級研究項目局（DARPA）的四年贈款，並獲得了加密驗證和評估（SIEVE）計劃的確保信息，以改善ZKP。 Venkitasubramaniam說，這項研究成為Ligero當前技術的基礎，導致其專注於ZK創新。

“The next-gen DeFi, gaming, ML [machine learning] applications, and real-world asset tokenization will crucially depend on scalable privacy,” according to Venkitasubramaniam. “Existing privacy-focused chains are simply too cumbersome for practical use and lack composability. Existing ZK-SNARKs powering L2 technology are not suited for true privacy applications given that they can’t run client-side and require significant hardware on the server side. By contrast, Ligetron is the first and only memory-efficient ZKVM that can be deployed on any device — from a Raspberry Pi to an NVIDIA H100 — delivering consistent and scalable performance.”

Venkitasubramaniam表示：“下一代DEFI，遊戲，ML [機器學習]應用和現實世界中的標記將至關重要地取決於可擴展的隱私。” “現有的以隱私為重點的連鎖店對於實際使用而變得太麻煩了，缺乏合成性。鑑於它們無法運行客戶端並且需要在服務器端需要重要的硬件，因此現有的ZK-SNARKS為L2技術提供動力L2技術不適合真正的隱私應用程序。相比之下，Ligetron是可以在任何設備上部署在任何設備上的第一個也是唯一的內存效率ZKVM（從Raspberry Pi到NVIDIA H100）提供一致且可擴展的性能。”

Ligero’s closest competitors are Aztec Noir and Polygon Miden, Venkitasubramaniam said. Ligero’s ZK tools are designed to secure scalable data privacy across industries, from DeFi and global finance to gaming and real-world asset tokenization, by integrating privacy into both on-chain and off-chain workflows, according to the firm.

Venkitasubramaniam說，Ligero最接近的競爭對手是AZTEC Noir和Polygon Miden。該公司稱，Ligero的ZK工具旨在通過將隱私集成到鏈上和鍊鍊工作流程中，從而確保從DEFI和全球財務到遊戲和現實資產令牌化的行業可擴展數據隱私。

Ligero plans to expand its team by adding three to four roles in engineering and business development to support future growth, DiBiase said.

Dibiase說，Ligero計劃通過在工程和業務發展中增加三到四個角色來擴大其團隊，以支持未來的增長。