# Zest Protocol Labs

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/zest-protocol-labs

- Industry: Financial Services
- Headquarters: George Town, Cayman Islands
- Website: www.zestprotocol.com/
- Total disclosed funding: $3.5M
- Latest round: Seed (May 13, 2024)
- Investors on record: 11

## About

Based in George Town, Cayman Islands, and founded in 2022, Zest Protocol operates as an on-chain lending protocol for Bitcoin, allowing users to earn or borrow BTC. It offers BTC Earn & Borrow, a product that enables users to put their BTC to work and earn more BTC or borrow against their holdings.

Zest Protocol offers an on-chain Bitcoin lending infrastructure, which is an on-chain liquidity protocol that allows users to borrow and lend Bitcoin. The company’s blockchain platform allows users to earn interest on their Bitcoin (BTC) or borrow against their BTC. The protocol’s smart contracts are built on the Stacks blockchain.

## Funding rounds

- Seed, May 13, 2024, $3.5M — Gravity Fund, Elixir Capital, Draper, Primal Capital, YZi Labs, Miton, Hyperithm, Trust Machines, Bitcoin Frontier Fund, Flow Traders, Tykhe Ventures

## Investors

- Gravity Fund (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/gravity-fund) — Seed
- Elixir Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/elixir-capital) — Seed
- Draper (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/draper) — Seed
- Primal Capital — Seed
- YZi Labs (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/yzi-labs) — Seed
- Miton (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/miton) — Seed
- Hyperithm — Seed
- Trust Machines — Seed
- Bitcoin Frontier Fund (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/bitcoin-frontier-fund) — Seed
- Flow Traders (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/flow-traders) — Seed
- Tykhe Ventures — Seed