EXECUTION IS THE BOTTLENECK

 

Every major blockchain breakthrough—whether it’s the rise of DeFi, NFTs, or the explosion of L2s—eventually runs into the same roadblock: execution bottlenecks. No matter how fast consensus mechanisms become or how much data availability scales, execution remains a core constraint on performance. We’ve seen networks grind to a halt under peak demand, developers forced to optimize around legacy limitations, and new chains trying to solve scalability by reinventing the wheel.

 

We believe that for blockchains to truly scale, execution needs to be modular, upgradeable, and interoperable. Instead of launching another L1 or L2, the space needs to think about tackling execution at its foundation. 

 

WHY WE INVESTED

 

Scalability isn’t just about making blockchains faster today, it’s about ensuring they stay competitive years from now. Altius is building an execution layer that operates independently of any single-chain architecture, enabling blockchains to continuously upgrade their performance without requiring a complete overhaul of their stack. This shift fundamentally changes how execution works today, where projects are often locked into early design choices that quickly become outdated.

 

What makes Altius particularly compelling is its VM-agnostic design. Whether a chain is EVM-based, Move-based, or something entirely different, Altius can slot in and immediately improve throughput, lower costs, and enhance interoperability. This eliminates the long-standing trade-offs between decentralization and efficiency that developers currently face.

 

Modular execution is a technically complex problem, which is why we haven’t seen a team successfully tackle it, until now. The level of engineering required to solve this is not trivial, and Altius has assembled the right team to make it happen.

 

THE TEAM BEHIND ALTIUS

 

We’ve known Annabelle Huang for years and we’re familiar with the caliber of operator that she is. As a former Managing Partner at Amber Group, Annabelle deeply understands market structure, liquidity, and the scalability challenges blockchains face in real-world applications. She isn’t just theorizing solutions.

 

On the technical side, co-founder and CTO Anit Chakraborty brings over 15 years of distributed systems expertise from Hudson River Trading, where he built high-performance infrastructure for some of the fastest financial markets in the world. The team also includes a former Binance senior leader who scaled operations across 30+ emerging markets, along with experts in high-performance computing and blockchain execution.

 

We like backing founders who take on massive, foundational problems, and Altius is building the kind of infrastructure that won’t just scale blockchains, it will change how they evolve. This is the kind of ambitious infrastructure play that can redefine how blockchains operate, and why we’re thrilled to co-lead their $11 million pre-seed round alongside Founders Fund.

 

If you’d like to learn more about Altius, visit altiuslabs.xyz