- Renzo secures $3.2 million in seed funding backed by cryptocurrency leaders to power its revolutionary liquid restaking protocol.
- Over 2,000 users deposit $20 million in ETH at Renzo, cementing its position as a leader in the emerging restaking market.
Renzo, the DeFi protocol specializing in liquid restaking, has announced a successful seed funding round, raising a significant investment of $3.2 million. The funding was led by Maven11, backed by prominent native cryptocurrency funds such as Figment Capital, SevenX, IOSG and Paper Ventures, this funding will strengthen Renzo’s liquid restaking protocol on EigenLayer.
Interest in liquid restaking on EigenLayer has reached its peak, with more than 2,000 users depositing $20 million in ETH (equivalent to 9,000 ETH) into Renzo since its implementation in late December, cementing its position in the restaking market.
Lucas Kozinski, Founding Contributor of Renzo, expressed his gratitude towards the investors in sharing the vision of making restaking accessible to all. Kozinski noted:
“With their support, we will make Renzo the most trusted choice for Ethereum restaking by leveraging the new capabilities offered by EigenLayer.”
The fundraising has attracted interest from prominent investors who appreciate Renzo’s strategy in security and transparent finance. Balder Bomans, Founder and Managing Partner at Maven11, emphasized Renzo’s dedication towards decentralization, highlighting his focus on liquid and decentralized governance processes at Eigenlayer.
Renzo uses a combination of smart contracts and operational nodes to deliver automated liquid restaking strategies in EigenLayer. This approach enables efficient liquidity management and capitalizes on Ethereum staking participation , exploring additional restaking opportunities. In addition, Renzo enables ETH and liquid staking tokens (LSTs) to be re-staked and used as DeFi collateral to earn compound rewards.
With a firm commitment to decentralization, Renzo will be governed by a DAO that manages operators, AVS restaking strategies and protocol parameters. Future versions of the protocol will include support for cross-chain restaking, integration with loan markets, liquidity aggregators and vaulting products, with a special focus on institutional on/off ramps.
Renzo uses ezETH, a restakenized ETH position that users can generate by depositing LSTs or ETH into smart contracts on the platform. This fully-backed ERC20 token can also be used in the DeFi space to generate rewards in ETH, USDC and Actively Validated Services (AVS) tokens, offering unique versatility.
With this successful funding round, Renzo solidifies its position as a leading player in the liquid restaking space. For more information about Renzo and to follow its developments, you can visit www.renzoprotocol.com Twitter @RenzoProtocol
