Rialo Secures $20M Seed to Advance Real-World Blockchain
Subzero Labs’ Rialo has closed a $20 million seed round led by Pantera Capital, with participation from Mysten Labs, Coinbase Ventures, Hashed and others. Rialo is a next-generation real-world blockchain developer platform that natively embeds off-chain data and services into its protocol. Developers can call HTTPS APIs, credit scores and external data directly in smart contracts without third-party oracles. The platform supports RISC-V smart contracts and Solana VM compatibility, native timers, cross-chain operations and sub-second confirmations with stable, predictable fees. Users log in via email or social accounts, and built-in Web2 features include two-factor authentication and scheduled transactions. Led by CEO Ade Adepoju and CTO Lu Zhang, the team of former Meta, Apple, Google and Solana engineers aims to lower barriers for enterprise and consumer blockchain adoption by simplifying integration.
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This funding milestone and the platform’s native real-world data features significantly lower technical barriers, likely driving developer and enterprise adoption. Solana VM compatibility further channels usage toward SOL as transaction gas, boosting demand. In the short term, positive sentiment around this advanced blockchain infrastructure could lift SOL-related markets; in the long term, increased on-chain activity and integrations may sustain growth and network effects.