Cambrian, a startup building blockchain data infrastructure for institutions and AI agents, raised $6 million in a seed funding round that closed last month after fundraising began toward the end of last year. Franklin Templeton and Polychain Capital co-led the round, with participation from Flow Traders, Selini Capital, Paper Ventures, Nomad Capital, and angel investors including Jason Mo, Avi Felman, and TrueNorth co-founders Alex Lee and Willy Chuang. The seed round brings Cambrian's total funding to $11.9 million, including a previous $5.9 million pre-seed round led by a16z Crypto Startup Accelerator last year. The round was structured as a simple agreement for future equity with token warrants, according to founder and CEO Sam Green, who declined to disclose valuation. Franklin Templeton and Polychain took board observer seats as part of the round.
Franklin Templeton and Polychain Capital Co-Lead $6 Million Seed Round
Franklin Templeton and Polychain Capital co-led Cambrian's $6 million seed funding round. Flow Traders, Selini Capital, Paper Ventures, and Nomad Capital participated in the round. Angel investors Jason Mo, Avi Felman, and TrueNorth co-founders Alex Lee and Willy Chuang also joined. The round was structured as a simple agreement for future equity with token warrants. Franklin Templeton and Polychain took board observer seats.
Cambrian Offers API for Real-Time Blockchain Data Across Yield and Risk Metrics
Founded in 2024, Cambrian offers an API that provides real-time and historical blockchain data covering yield, risk, lending rates, trading activity, liquidity positions, and market sentiment. The startup plans to expand that offering into a verifiable oracle network designed for institutions and AI agents that need reliable data to allocate capital onchain. Green stated that Cambrian is designed from the outset to support both centralized and verifiable network modes, enabling service to institutional finance customers and agent builders requiring verifiability. Cambrian aggregates lending protocol data, decentralized exchange liquidity, social sentiment, developer activity, and historical market data into a single platform.
Platform Indexes $4.5 Billion in Lending TVL and Monitors 320,000 DEX Pools
Cambrian has processed millions of API calls. The platform currently indexes $4.5 billion in lending total value locked across the four largest lending protocols. Cambrian tracks 1,789 vaults across 895 curators and monitors more than 320,000 decentralized exchange pools across Base and Solana. Green said Cambrian covers a broad range of financial data, both onchain and offchain.
Institutions Use Cambrian API to Compare Lending Markets and Track Social Sentiment
An institution or AI agent seeking yield opportunities can use Cambrian's API to compare lending markets and supply rates across protocols and blockchains, according to Green. The platform tracks social media sentiment around onchain assets and analyzes how that sentiment correlates with subsequent price movements. Green said TrueNorth, an agentic brokerage, has been Cambrian's closest design partner for trading data and uses Cambrian in production. Cambrian is actively engaging leading institutional asset managers on several product designs and has an extensive list of agentic projects on the waitlist for its API. Green said Cambrian is still in private beta.
Cambrian Plans Ethereum Mainnet Support and Oracle Network Integrations
Cambrian currently supports Base and Solana in production. Green said the Ethereum mainnet will be added next, with several additional blockchains expected to follow. Green said Cambrian is preparing to expand trading support by adding Hyperliquid and extensive perp data. Cambrian plans to use the new funding to expand blockchain and protocol coverage and speed up development of its oracle network. The alpha version of Cambrian's oracle network has been completed and was designed in collaboration with researchers from a16z crypto, according to Green. Cambrian plans to begin integrations with blockchain and decentralized finance partners in the coming months. Cambrian plans to generate revenue through software-as-a-service subscriptions, enterprise contracts, and supporting agent-based payment systems such as x402, according to Green.
Team Members Previously Worked at Edge & Node and Semiotic Labs
U.S.-based Cambrian currently employs 10 people. Green said the company plans to hire a blockchain infrastructure engineer and a sales lead. Cambrian's team members previously worked at Edge & Node, which founded blockchain data indexing network The Graph, or at Semiotic Labs, a core development team for The Graph.
FAQ
What did Cambrian raise in its seed funding round?
Cambrian raised $6 million in a seed funding round co-led by Franklin Templeton and Polychain Capital. The round closed last month after fundraising began toward the end of last year. The seed round brings Cambrian's total funding to $11.9 million, including a previous $5.9 million pre-seed round led by a16z Crypto Startup Accelerator last year.
What blockchain data does Cambrian's API provide?
Cambrian offers an API that provides real-time and historical blockchain data covering yield, risk, lending rates, trading activity, liquidity positions, and market sentiment. The platform currently indexes $4.5 billion in lending total value locked across the four largest lending protocols, tracks 1,789 vaults across 895 curators, and monitors more than 320,000 decentralized exchange pools across Base and Solana.
How do institutions use Cambrian's platform?
Institutions or AI agents seeking yield opportunities use Cambrian's API to compare lending markets and supply rates across protocols and blockchains. The platform tracks social media sentiment around onchain assets and analyzes how that sentiment correlates with subsequent price movements. TrueNorth, an agentic brokerage, uses Cambrian in production as a design partner for trading data.
