Plume has completed a $20 million Series A funding round co-led by Brevan Howard Digital, Haun Ventures, Galaxy Ventures, and Lightspeed Faction.

Plume, the first fully modular integrated Layer-1 blockchain focused on real-world asset finance (RWAfi), today announced the completion of a $20 million Series A funding round. The round was led by Brevan Howard Digital, Haun Ventures, Galaxy Ventures, and Lightspeed Faction, with participation from prominent firms including Superscrypt, Hashkey, Laser Digital (Nomura Group), A Capital, 280 Capital, SV Angel, and Reciprocal Ventures. This investment reflects strong recognition from both crypto-native and traditional financial investors in Plume’s vision to build an on-chain RWAfi ecosystem.

Since its seed round, Plume has experienced explosive growth, with over 180 protocols building within its ecosystem and assets exceeding $4 billion. Plume recently concluded an eight-week testnet with impressive results, attracting over 18 million wallets, 3.75 million active users, and more than 280 million transactions. Additionally, Plume’s recent pre-staking campaign was oversubscribed in under 90 minutes, raising over $30 million—building strong momentum ahead of its upcoming mainnet launch.

As a leader in RWAfi, Plume is building infrastructure that simplifies interactions between on-chain systems and the real world. Through products like Plume Arc (a modular tokenization engine) and Plume Nexus (a real-world data provider), Plume offers the easiest way to bring real-world assets on-chain while enabling seamless user interaction with these assets on Plume’s EVM-compatible blockchain. On Plume, users can seamlessly exchange, trade, and speculate on real-world assets just as they would with crypto-native assets. Whether earning real yield by holding oil royalties, reusing them in lending markets, or deploying these tokens into perpetual contracts on decentralized exchanges, Plume is the only platform offering permissionless, cryptographic access to the real world on-chain.

“There's always been massive demand for real-world assets (RWA) on-chain, but historically there’s been a lack of infrastructure to bring those assets on-chain,” said Chris Yin, co-founder and CEO of Plume. “Look at the original RWA—stablecoins—they're one of the best products in crypto and serve as a great on-ramp for new users. But adoption hinges on ecosystems and user experience—something stablecoins achieved, but other RWAs haven’t yet. Now with Plume, any asset issuer can become a crypto-native builder. Through our technology and ecosystem, we directly connect them to our community, ecosystem, and liquidity—all in an open, permissionless, and composable way.”

The funding will accelerate Plume’s mission to create the first Layer-1 blockchain dedicated to RWA for both crypto-native users and institutions, while supporting the development of applications and products in emerging markets built on Plume. This further advances its goal of bringing real-world assets on-chain to serve not only crypto-native users but also the largest financial institutions.

“Plume’s innovative approach to RWA leverages the unique capabilities of a DeFi-native blockchain, combined with deep understanding of traditional financial institutions and novel user incentive models, especially in emerging markets,” said Will Nuelle, Partner at Galaxy Ventures. “It’s exciting to see Plume bringing alternative investment categories like carbon credits, niche financial products, and GPUs on-chain—assets that are currently difficult for investors to access.”

Plume is committed to unlocking the untapped potential of physical assets and economic data to create new opportunities for real yield, sustainable growth, and global accessibility. Users will be able to access Plume starting from mainnet launch in early next year.

About Plume

Plume is the first fully modular, integrated Layer-1 blockchain purpose-built for RWAfi, providing a composable, EVM-compatible environment for accessing and managing diverse real-world assets. With over 180 projects already building on its private development network, Plume offers an end-to-end tokenization engine and a suite of financial infrastructure partners that streamline asset onboarding and enable seamless integration of real-world assets into DeFi. For more information, visit https://www.plumenetwork.xyz/ or contact [email protected].