Solayer unveiled a $35 million ecosystem fund to back applications built on its infiniSVM network, focusing on projects that need real-time execution and can generate sustainable revenue. The capital comes from Solayer Labs and the Solayer Foundation, and the program will support both early-stage and growth teams building on the chain.
Overview of Solayer's $35 Million Fund
The fund is explicitly aimed at applications where speed and finality materially change on-chain possibilities, rather than speculative narratives. Solayer will prioritize projects that demonstrate sustainable business models and real protocol revenue, using transaction volume as a signal that the throughput is genuinely needed.
Funding will be available to teams at different stages of development, with an emphasis on products that require immediate settlement and low latency. That focus narrows the target to use cases where real-time behavior is a core technical requirement, not an incidental advantage.
infiniSVM: A High-Performance Blockchain
infiniSVM is a layer-1 blockchain compatible with Solana’s tooling but designed for faster execution and near-instant settlement. Solayer said the network has demonstrated throughput above 330,000 transactions per second and finality of roughly 400 milliseconds.
- Compatibility: works with Solana developer tools and integrations.
- Throughput: demonstrated above 330,000 transactions per second.
- Finality: roughly 400 milliseconds for transaction settlement.
Key Priorities for the Fund
The fund will prioritize DeFi applications, payments rails, AI-driven systems and tokenized real-world assets where speed and finality materially change what can be done on-chain. Solayer noted that projects such as tokenized U.S. Treasuries and AI-powered trading products are already in development, illustrating the types of use cases the fund targets.
Rather than chasing speculative growth, Solayer will judge success by whether teams operate as durable businesses that produce protocol revenue and sustained transaction volume. That approach aims to favor applications that rely on infiniSVM’s throughput and settlement characteristics.
Statements from Solayer’s Leadership
Joshua Sum, Solayer’s chief product officer, described the technical goal as solving for real-time behavior, immediate guaranteed settlement and low latency. He contrasted infiniSVM’s approach with blockchains that still batch transactions and said the aim is to replace batching with actual real-time clearing.
Sum also emphasized measurable business outcomes: protocol revenue, project sustainability and transaction volume will serve as the fund’s success metrics. These criteria reflect the fund’s preference for projects that both need and validate infiniSVM’s performance.
Why this matters
If you run mining or validation hardware that supports low-latency services, the emergence of a fund focused on real-time applications signals a demand niche for infrastructure with high throughput and fast finality. infiniSVM’s compatibility with Solana tooling can reduce integration work for teams already building in that ecosystem, potentially creating new development and operational opportunities.
For many small domestic miners with standard rigs, this announcement may not change daily operations immediately, since the fund targets applications and teams rather than general mining incentives. However, projects prioritized by the fund—like tokenization and AI-driven trading—are precisely the kinds of workloads that benefit from the throughput and settlement characteristics described by Solayer.
What to do?
Monitor technical developments from Solayer and infiniSVM to understand whether your hardware or services match the latency and throughput needs of funded projects. If you operate nodes, validators or provide hosting for application infrastructure, evaluate compatibility with Solana tooling and consider testing on infiniSVM as opportunities appear.
Follow funded projects and ecosystem updates to spot demand for capacity or services, and review related coverage on ecosystem funding and tokenization to stay informed. For example, read reporting on broader Solana investments and tokenized assets on Solana to get additional context about where capital and products are flowing: Solana investment and tokenized assets on Solana.
