When was Layer founded?

Layer was founded in 2024 and raised its 1st funding round within a year of its incorporation.

Where is Layer located?

Layer is headquartered in New York City, United States.

How many employees does Layer have?

As of Aug 31, 2026, the latest employee count at Layer is 3.

Is Layer a funded company?

Layer is a funded company, having raised a total of $***** in its 1st and only funding round, a Seed round on Oct 03, 2024.

When was the latest funding round of Layer?

Layer's latest funding was a $***** Seed round on Oct 03, 2024, with participation from 9 investors.

Where does Layer rank among its competitors?

Layer ranks 35th amongst 559 active competitors, of which 120 are funded. It stands 7th in terms of total funding among its competitors. The most recent competitor to raise funding was Digital Asset, which secured $365M in Jun, 2026.

Who are the top competitors of Layer?

Layer's top competitors include Consensys, Alchemy and IoTeX. Among them, Digital Asset secured the most recent funding round in June, 2026.

Layer - 2026 Company Profile, Funding & Competitors

Company Details

Developer of decentralized applications. It leveraging web assembly to enable the easy deployment and management of full-stack, decentralized applications. The platform empowers developers to govern and orchestrate data flows, patterns, and machine learning models at the edges of the network.

Website: www.layer.xyz/
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Email ID: *****@layer.xyz

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Founded Year

2024

Location

New York City, United States

Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$6M in 1 round

Latest Funding Round

Seed, Oct 03, 2024, $*****

Investors

1kx & 8 more

Ranked

35^th among 559 active competitors

Employee Count

3 as on Aug 31, 2026

Similar Companies

Consensys & 738 more

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Layer has raised a total funding of $6M over 1 round. Its latest funding round was a Seed round on Oct 03, 2024 for $*****. 9 investors participated in its latest round. Layer has 5 institutional investors and 4 angel investors.

Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Layer:

Date of Funding	Funding Amount	Round Name	Post-Money Valuation	Revenue Multiple	Lead Investors	Other Investors
Oct 03, 2024	7877771	Seed	4059871	4839927	9390496	2448454

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Layer's employee count trend

Layer has 3 employees as of Aug 26. Here is Layer's employee count trend over the years:

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Top competitors of Layer include Consensys, Alchemy and IoTeX. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Layer, ranked by Tracxn score:

Rank	Company Details	Short Description	Total Funding	Investors	Tracxn Score
1st	Consensys 2014, Fort Worth (United States), Series D	Developer of blockchain and web3 software platform	$725M	Marshall Wace, Temasek & 58 others	80/100
2nd	Alchemy 2013, San Francisco (United States), Series C	Provider of complete blockchain developer platform	$564M	Silver Lake, Addition & 37 others	78/100
3rd	IoTeX 2017, Tortola (United Kingdom), Series A	Developer of blockchain infrastructure for real world artificial intelligence	$50M	SNZ, Borderless Capital & 37 others	77/100
4th	Digital Asset 2014, New York City (United States), Series F	Provider of Canton Network, the public blockchain with institutional-grade privacy for tokenized real-world assets	$817M	Goldman Sachs, Salesforce Ventures & 51 others	72/100
5th	Sui Foundation 2022, Cayman Islands, Funding Raised	Developer of Layer 1 blockchain and smart contract development platform	-	DNA Capital, Bixin Ventures & 9 others	67/100
6th	Startale 2019, Singapore (Singapore), Series A	Developer of blockchain infrastructure and digital asset management software applications	$70M	Sony Network, SonyVentures.com & 10 others	63/100
7th	Spydra 2021, Bengaluru (India), Seed	API driven Decentralization-as-a-Service platform	$2.81M	Logx Venture Partners, Singularity AMC & 4 others	62/100
8th	Zilliqa 2017, Singapore (Singapore), Seed	Blockchain-based platform for NFT and Defi application development	-	NGC Ventures, FBG Capital & 38 others	60/100
9th	Galxe 2021, San Mateo (United States), Series A	Web3 credential data network	$10M	DRAGONFLY, Multicoin Capital & 28 others	60/100
10th	Lisk 2016, Zug (Switzerland), Funding Raised	Blockchain-based application development platform for entrepreneurs and developers	-	Monday Capital, Blockchain R&I & 6 others	60/100
35th	Layer 2024, New York City (United States), Seed	Developer of decentralized applications	$6M	Stake Capital, Fabric Ventures & 7 others	47/100