Liquid Staking Protocol aPriori Secures $8M Seed Round Led by Pantera Capital

aPriori, a liquid staking protocol, has successfully raised $8 million in a seed round led by Pantera Capital, bringing its total funding to $10 million. Other notable participants include OKX Ventures, CMS Holdings, ABCDE, Gumi Cryptos Capital, Flow Traders, Laser Digital, Chorus One, Everstake Capital, and Staking Facilities.

The fundraising values aPriori at a fully diluted token value of at least $100 million. The protocol, which leverages maximum extractable value (MEV) to enhance validator incentives, plans to launch its testnet and mainnet in alignment with the Monad blockchain's timeline. Monad's mainnet is expected to go live in 2024.