# aPriori

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/apriori

- Industry: Financial Services
- Headquarters: San Francisco, US
- Website: www.apr.io
- Total disclosed funding: $28M
- Latest round: Series A (Aug 28, 2025)
- Investors on record: 17

## About

Based in the US and founded by Ray S (CEO) and Olivia Z in 2023, aPriori operates as a liquid staking platform on the Monad blockchain. aPriori is a liquid staking protocol developed for the Monad blockchain, emphasizing maximum extractable value (MEV) to enhance validator incentives. The platform aims to launch its testnet and mainnet concurrent with Monad's mainnet release in 2024, allowing users to stake Monad tokens, earn rewards, and utilize a liquid stake pool across decentralized finance applications.  In August 2025, aPriori raised USD 20 million in Series A from investors Ambush Capital, Gate Labs, Inc., GEM, IMC Strategic Investments, HashKey Capital, Primitive Venture, Big Brain Holdings, and Pantera Capital. The company plans to utilize the August 2025 funding for high-frequency trading infrastructure deployment, liquid staking platform expansion, decentralized exchange aggregator development, and trading ecosystem partnership integration.

## Funding rounds

- Series A, Aug 28, 2025, $20M — Pantera Capital, Gate Labs, Inc., HashKey Capital, Primitive Ventures, Ambush Capital, IMC Strategic Investments, Big Brain Collective
- Seed, Apr 1, 2024, $8M — Pantera Capital, ConsenSys Ventures, CMS Holdings, LLC, Gumi Cryptos Capital, Chorus One AG, Staking Facilities Ventures, OKX Ventures, Everstake Capital, ABCDE Capital, Laser Digital Asset Management, Flow Traders

## Investors

- Pantera Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/pantera-capital) — Seed, Series A
- ConsenSys Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/consensys-ventures) — Seed
- CMS Holdings, LLC (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/cms-holdings-llc) — Seed
- Gumi Cryptos Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/gumi-cryptos-capital) — Seed
- Chorus One AG — Seed
- Staking Facilities Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/staking-facilities-ventures) — Seed
- OKX Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/okx-ventures) — Seed
- Everstake Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/everstake-capital) — Seed
- ABCDE Capital — Seed
- Laser Digital Asset Management — Seed
- Flow Traders (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/flow-traders) — Seed
- Gate Labs, Inc. — Series A
- HashKey Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/hashkey-capital) — Series A
- Primitive Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/primitive-ventures) — Series A
- Ambush Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/ambush-capital) — Series A
- IMC Strategic Investments (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/imc-strategic-investments) — Series A
- Big Brain Collective — Series A