Puffer Finance
puffer.fi
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Total raised
$18M
1 round on record
Latest round
$18M
Series A · Apr 2024 · 2 yr ago
Backers
2
Faction, LongHash Ventures
The money's age
Long since its last round
30 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
0/100
no fresh signals
Last sign of life
1 mo ago
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Apr 16, 2024
Raised a round Series A $18M · led by Brevan Howard Digital · Cointelegraph
2022
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Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Series A | Apr 2024 | $18M | Brevan Howard Digital lead, Electric Capital lead | Cointelegraph |
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Overview
Puffer Finance is a liquid restaking protocol that lets node operators run Ethereum validators with reduced capital requirements. Its anti-slashing hardware module protects operators from penalties caused by client faults. The project also develops a based rollup that inherits Ethereum sequencing.
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Anchorage Digital Launches Institutional Liquid Restaking Support via Integration with Puffer Finance
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Anchorage Digital Integrates Puffer to Offer Institutional ETH Restaking
Anchorage Digital has integrated Puffer Finance to give institutional clients access to Ethereum liquid restaking, allowing them to stake ETH and receive the pufETH liquid restaking token.
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Ethereum LSD solution Puffer Finance moves to based rollups after raising $18M
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Ethereum liquid staking protocol Puffer Finance raises $18M in Series A
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Liquid Restaking Protocol Puffer Raises 18M, Led by Brevan Howard, Electric Capital CoinDesk
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2FA zk-rollups using SGX
TLDR: We suggest using SGX as a pragmatic hedge against zk-rollup SNARK vulnerabilities. Thanks you for the feedback, some anonymous, to an early draft. Special thanks to the Flashbots and Puffer teams for their insight…
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Puffer Finance Raises 5.5M Seed Funding to Strengthen Ethereum Decentralization & Scalability Benzinga
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Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Puffer Finance over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
11
Postings analysed
1
Stack modernity
79/100
Languages
Rust
Solidity
TypeScript
JavaScript
Cloud & platforms
GitHub
Developer tools
Foundry
Rollup
Practices & domains
Rollup
Zk-Proofs
Other
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Ethereum
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
43/100
Stable
Open positions
0
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
60 days
faster than 22% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~8 hours
10/23/2026
Hiring Dynamics
+100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Backend
100% ▼
Financials
Total raised
$18M
Latest round
Series A
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series A | 2024 | $18M | Details |