Cypher Capital, a multi-strategy crypto investment firm, today announced its role in a $3.5 million seed funding round for Echelon, an innovative decentralized lending protocol. The seed round attracted additional support from strategic partners including Amber Group, Laser Digital, Saison Capital, Selini Capital, Interop Ventures, and Re7.
This investment demonstrates Cypher Capital’s commitment to supporting advanced solutions in decentralized finance (DeFi) and blockchain technology. Echelon aims to enhance DeFi lending by improving capital efficiency, integrating with other DeFi applications, and providing innovative yield strategies on Move-based blockchains such as Movement and Aptos.
Echelon has demonstrated that their project is truly driving innovation in the DeFi space,” said Harsh Agarwal, Investment Lead at Cypher Capital “Echelon’s focus on capital efficiency, user-friendly design, and its potential to integrate real-world assets makes it a standout in the evolving DeFi landscape. We are excited to support their efforts in developing high-performance lending markets.”
Echelon’s protocol features advanced functionalities including increased borrowing power on correlated assets, isolated pools for niche asset markets, and direct in-wallet integration for streamlined yield strategies. The platform is designed to target institutional-grade markets while ensuring affordable borrowing rates and innovative yield opportunities.
This funding will help us build additional lending and risk management products, expand to new networks, and provide global access to dollar denominated yields,” said Glen Rose, cofounder of Echelon. “We’re excited to build core primitives on high performance Move-based chains.”
With the new funding, Echelon plans to enhance its offerings by developing strategies backed by treasury and real-world assets (RWAs), implementing cross-chain deposit vaults, and expanding its team of full-stack and smart contract engineers.
About Cypher Capital
Cypher Capital is a leading early-strategy venture firm focused on investing in Web3 infrastructure and applications that will drive the new digital economy. Guided by environmental, social, and governance for every investment decision, Cypher is shaping the future of digital currency, public markets, and Web3.
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About Echelon
Echelon is a high-efficiency decentralized lending protocol that enables users to borrow and lend assets through non-custodial pools. Its platform enhances capital efficiency and borrowing power while providing secure, overcollateralized positions. Echelon supports isolated pools for long-tail assets and offers streamlined leverage staking and RWA-backed vaults, positioning itself as a leader in the next generation of DeFi protocols.
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