Caldera, a Web3 infrastructure platform focused on enabling developers to launch rollups and scaling solutions on Ethereum, has secured a $15 million Series A funding round led by Founders Fund. Other participants include Dragonfly, Sequoia Capital, Arkstream Capital, and Lattice Fund.

The new funding will be used to develop "Metalayer," an infrastructure platform aimed at unifying layer-2 and layer-3 networks. According to co-founder and CEO Matt Katz, Metalayer will enhance the developer experience for multi-rollup dApps, offering improved scalability, efficiency, and security.

Caldera's rollup-as-a-service platform has already onboarded over 50 networks, including Manta Pacific, Injective, ApeChain, Plume Network, Kinto, and RARI Chain. Joey Krug of Founders Fund highlighted Caldera's role in supporting both major existing projects and new teams lacking the capital to launch their own chains. Anirudh Pai of Dragonfly emphasized that Metalayer could significantly advance blockchain scalability within the Ethereum ecosystem.