Crosschain infra startup Sprinter raises $5.2m seed round
- ByStartupStory | November 7, 2025
Sprinter, a cross-chain infrastructure startup founded by Ethereum developers, has raised $5.2 million in a seed funding round. Led by Robot Ventures, the round also included investments from A Capital, Atka Capital, Topology, Bond St Ventures, and Uniswap Labs Ventures, along with notable angel investors such as Ameen Soleimani (0xbow), Eva Beylin (Optimism), and Chen Zituo.
The startup focuses on enhancing the functionality of blockchain “solvers,” which are off-chain bots, algorithms, and market makers that carry out on-chain operations for users. Sprinter is currently in a private beta stage, developing two main products: Sprinter Stash, a cross-chain credit protocol that allows solvers and market makers to access liquidity without needing to lock collateral; and Sprinter Solve, an API service offering quote-based exchanges for decentralized applications (dApps), wallets, and protocols.
Liquidity providers can deposit USDC into Sprinter Stash to earn fees from solvers, creating a shared liquidity pool that supports efficient transaction execution. The company also plans to launch its native token, SPRINT, which will incentivize liquidity providers, solvers, and community members through governance and staking mechanisms known as veSPRINT.
The founding team includes prominent Ethereum contributors such as ChainSafe Systems CEO Aidan Hyman and former ENS developer Dean Eigenmann, emphasizing technical credibility in protocol engineering and blockchain infrastructure.
With this funding, Sprinter aims to expand its private beta, onboard more liquidity providers, test cross-chain integrations, and refine its governance before launching SPRINT publicly. The initiative addresses critical needs in decentralized finance (DeFi) by improving transaction execution quality and efficiency across multiple blockchains.
Sprinter’s seed round success illustrates continued strong investor interest in crypto infrastructure startups focused on enhancing cross-chain interoperability and solving back-end transaction challenges underpinning the DeFi ecosystem.
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