Funding

Fintech Startup Glacis Labs Lands $6.8M to Expand Digital Asset Clearing Platform

Jul 16, 2026 | By Devin Jacobs

Glacis Labs, a NYC-based crypto infrastructure company building a layer service for digital assets, has raised $6.8 million in a Seed funding round led by Lightspeed Faction.

SUMMARY

  • Glacis Labs has raised $6.8 million in a Seed funding round led by Lightspeed Faction.
  • The company builds crypto infrastructure and a multichain clearing platform for digital assets.
  • The funding will support business expansion and accelerate development of its ZeroDelta platform.

The round also saw participation from Franklin Templeton, Coinbase Ventures, Again (formerly IDC Ventures), Protein Capital, and Techni Ventures.

The company will use the funding to expand its operations and support further product development.

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This investment comes as demand for on-chain infrastructure continues to grow among institutional investors. As stablecoin regulations drive more transactions onto blockchain networks, ZeroDelta's secure and transparent settlement infrastructure will help support the growing digital asset market at scale.

ZeroDelta is a multichain clearing platform that helps move digital assets across different blockchains more efficiently. Instead of processing every transfer separately, it matches transactions internally, and only settles the remaining balance on the blockchain. Its system is powered by Glacis Core for cross chain messaging, and Glacis AirLift for secure token transfers.

Many existing cross-chain solutions can be slow, costly, and difficult to track. ZeroDelta solves these problems with a secure settlement system that is either completed in full or not processed at all. The platform is designed to support not only digital assets but also future markets such as tokenized securities, real-world assets, and foreign exchange (FX).

"The next decade of finance is going to settle onchain, but the rails to do it at an institutional scale do not exist yet. ZeroDelta is the clearinghouse that makes it possible," said Jacob Blish, Co-Founder and CEO of Glacis Labs. "We are starting with stablecoins because that is where the volume is today, and we are building toward a future where tokenized securities and real-world assets clear on the same infrastructure."

About Glacis Labs

Founded in 2024 by Jacob Blish and Sam Patel, Glacis Labs develops infrastructure for moving digital assets across blockchains. Its main product, ZeroDelta, is a multichain clearing platform that securely matches and settles digital asset transactions across more than 40 blockchain networks without taking custody of users assets. The company serves stablecoin issuers, financial institutions and businesses building products with tokenized assets.

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