Solayer has announced the launch of a $35 million ecosystem fund aimed at supporting blockchain applications built on its infiniSVM network, with a focus on real-time execution and commercially viable use cases. The fund is backed by Solayer Labs and the Solayer Foundation and will target both early-stage and growth-stage teams developing on infiniSVM. The network is a layer-1 blockchain designed to be compatible with Solana tooling while offering significantly higher throughput and faster settlement times. According to Solayer, infiniSVM has demonstrated transaction capacity exceeding 330,000 transactions per second with settlement finality of around 400 milliseconds. The company positions the fund as a way to accelerate applications that depend on low latency and immediate clearing rather than speculative blockchain use cases that rely on narrative-driven growth.
The fund’s investment strategy centers on projects that already show signs of durability, including clear revenue models and sustained on-chain activity. Solayer executives have said the goal is to support applications that function as real businesses rather than experimental protocols. Priority areas include decentralized finance infrastructure, payment systems, AI-driven onchain products and tokenized real-world assets. These categories are seen as areas where faster execution and guaranteed settlement can materially expand what is possible on public blockchains. Early development examples referenced by the company include tokenized U.S. Treasury products and AI-powered trading systems that rely on rapid data processing and execution. By emphasizing transaction volume and protocol revenue, Solayer aims to align capital deployment with long-term network usage rather than short-term user incentives or speculative token launches.
Solayer describes infiniSVM as an alternative to traditional blockchain architectures that rely on batching transactions, a design the company compares to legacy financial settlement systems. By enabling continuous, real-time clearing, the network is intended to support applications that require immediate finality and predictable performance under heavy load. Company leadership has framed this approach as necessary for blockchain infrastructure to compete with conventional financial and data systems at scale. The ecosystem fund is positioned as a mechanism to attract teams that specifically need these capabilities rather than adapting their products to slower networks. As competition among high-performance blockchains intensifies, Solayer’s funding initiative reflects a broader industry shift toward infrastructure that prioritizes execution speed, reliability and sustainable economic activity over experimental growth strategies.
