According to BlockBeats, on September 17, The Block reported that Fermah, a developer of the universal proof generation layer, completed a $5.2 million seed round of financing, led by a16z's CSX and Lemniscap, with participation from Bankless Ventures, Longhash Ventures, P-OPS team, Public Works, ZK Validator, Lambda Class, Daedalus, Zero DAO, Velocity Capital, Daemon Ventures, and angel investors including Balaji Srinivasan and Sandeep Nailwal.