According to PANews, the decentralized ZK proof verification layer Aligned Layer announced on the X platform that the project has completed a $20 million Series A financing, led by Hack VC, with participation from dao5, L2 Iterative Ventures (L2IV), Nomad Capital, Finality Capital Partners, Symbolic Capital, Theta Blockchain Ventures, J17 Crypto, Everest Ventures Group (EVG), Decima, GM Ventures, Protagonist and other strategic partners and angel investors. Aligned Layer is the first decentralized zero-knowledge proof verification layer on Ethereum, with technical support provided by Eigen Layer. The funds will be used to expand the team and accelerate the launch of the Aligned Layer mainnet, which is expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2024. Earlier on April 15, AlignedLayer completed a $2.6 million seed round of financing.