It's easy to build a great idea on the wrong foundation.
A pre/seed investor is more than a check. The good ones are your first users, your hardest critics, and your way into a network that compounds.
Align makes that the default — a network where founders get momentum, investors get conviction from the inside, and everyone is working toward the same thing.
Ashpool closes a $12M seed round to expand institutional settlement coverage.
Settlement latency drops below 400ms after the move to a single-writer ledger.
Two of the largest onchain treasuries move their reserve operations to Ashpool.
The team publishes its reserve attestation methodology for public review.