Datagram Secures $4 Million Pre-Seed Funding for Avalanche Blockchain Development

Datagram has successfully secured $4 million in pre-seed funding, with Blizzard the Avalanche Fund leading the round. This investment will be used to develop a sovereign Layer 1 blockchain on the Avalanche network, leveraging unused compute, storage, and bandwidth resources to power real-time decentralized applications.

The funding round saw participation from a diverse group of investors, including Animoca Brands, Amber Group, Aquanow, Arche Fund, DePIN X Capital, ISKRA, JDI Ventures, Yellow Capital, and a cohort of angel investors from leading infrastructure and blockchain organizations. The proceeds from this funding will be allocated to accelerate node deployment in key markets, onboard strategic partners, and support Datagram’s upcoming node sale and mainnet launch.

Datagram’s Hyper-Fabric Network is designed to repurpose up to 80% of global connectivity resources—bandwidth, CPUs, and storage—that remain unused in personal and enterprise systems. This network will serve as a high-availability, decentralized backbone optimized for various applications, including gaming, AI, and communications.

Built on Avalanche’s high-throughput consensus, Datagram offers deterministic finality, ultra-low latency, and native composability with over 200 enterprise partners and more than 1 million users worldwide. Jason Brink, CEO of Datagram Network, emphasized that Avalanche shares their vision of decentralized, efficient, and open real-time infrastructure. The blockchain-agnostic substrate of Datagram also enables seamless integration with emerging DePIN networks across different chains.

Datagram’s strategic roadmap includes forming partnerships across gaming, telecom, and AI sectors, expanding an AI-driven routing engine to optimize global node traffic, and launching a public Alpha Testnet. This testnet will invite users to run nodes, enhance network performance, and earn $DGRAM rewards.

Lydia Chiu, SVP of Corporate Development and CIO of Blizzard the Avalanche Fund, highlighted that Datagram is bridging the gap between underutilized infrastructure and real-time Web3 applications. Leigh Travers, Director of Capital Markets at Animoca Brands, noted that Datagram’s architecture unlocks a decentralized model that can scale with real-world demand, from gaming to AI to the broader open metaverse.

As Datagram continues to scale its node network and advance toward its mainnet launch, its AI-driven Hyper-Fabric Network aims to redefine DePIN interoperability and establish a high-performance baselayer for the decentralized internet. This investment and strategic roadmap position Datagram at the forefront of decentralized infrastructure development, poised to revolutionize how real-time applications are powered and optimized.