Naoris Protocol Raises $3 Million in Strategic Funding Round

Naoris Protocol, a pioneering quantum-resistant blockchain and cybersecurity mesh architecture, has successfully raised $3 million in a strategic funding round. This round was led by Mason Labs and included contributions from Frekaz Group, Level One Robotics, and Tradecraft Capital. The funding round was oversubscribed, prompting the opening of a new institutional raise, which is now live.

The strong interest from institutions reflects the growing concern within the industry about the threat posed by quantum computing. David Carvalho, CEO and Founder of Naoris Protocol, emphasized that this investment supports their mission to future-proof the blockchain ecosystem against these emerging risks.

Mason Labs, a venture capital firm focused on infrastructure-grade technologies, conducted a thorough review of Naoris Protocol’s post-quantum trust structure. Rain Huan, Founder of Mason Labs, highlighted the increasing severity of cybersecurity issues related to digital assets and the potential of Naoris Protocol’s infrastructure to mitigate these risks, representing a significant advancement for the Web3 ecosystem.

This latest round follows a previous $31 million fundraise in 2022, which was backed by notable investors including Tim Draper, the Holdun Family Office, Expert DOJO, Uniera, and others. Naoris Protocol is led by a team of experts in cybersecurity, defense, and blockchain, including David Holtzman, former CTO of IBM and architect of the DNS protocol, Ahmed Réda Chami, Ambassador for Morocco to the EU and former CEO of Microsoft North Africa, Mick Mulvaney, former White House Chief of Staff, and Inge Kampenes, former Major General (ret.) and Chief of Norwegian Armed Forces Cyber Defence.

The protocol offers a plug-and-play cybersecurity mesh designed to protect any EVM blockchain or enterprise system from the sub-zero layer upward, without requiring a hard fork. Its decentralized security layer is powered by post-quantum cryptography and AI, and aligned with standards from NIST, NATO, and ETSI. Naoris Protocol also runs a quantum-resistant Layer 1 blockchain secured by its proprietary Proof-of-Security (dPoSec) consensus mechanism.

Naoris Protocol is the world’s first Decentralized Post-Quantum Infrastructure, built to secure both Web3 and Web2 against traditional and quantum threats. Operating beneath blockchain layers 0 to 3 as a Sub-Zero Layer, it integrates with existing EVM chains, nodes, bridges, dApps, enterprise systems, and IoT devices without requiring hard forks. The protocol combines Post-Quantum Cryptography, dPoSec Consensus, and Decentralized Swarm AI to create a self-healing security mesh that eliminates single points of failure. Since launching in January 2025, it has processed over 64 million transactions and mitigated 341 million threats. Powered by the $NAORIS token, it is the fastest-growing trust and security layer for a quantum-resilient internet.