Teams that don’t know how to market themselves really lose out. @primus_labs is still underrated by the community. 1/ Investor credibility: VanEck leading the round VanEck is a $100 billion asset management giant and one of Binance US’s investors. In the crypto space, they’ve invested in 24 projects, but only led 4: ▌Legion - Token launch platform ▌Loop Crypto - Crypto payment processor (later acquired by Rain) ▌Manifest - RWA DeFi platform And Primus Labs. 2/ Founder credibility: Background in security + cryptography 2015–2017: Huawei, Network Security Engineer 2022–2023: O(1) Labs, Cryptography Engineer By the way, O(1) Labs is the original development team behind the zero-knowledge blockchain Mina. The path is clear: Security engineering → Cryptography engineering → Cryptography startup. Highly relevant. Plus, Primus has been quietly building for nearly 4 years now. 3/ Funding and valuation Feb 2025: Completed $6.5M seed round Aug 2026: Received investment from YZi Labs Based on the typical 10%–20% equity given up in seed rounds, the seed valuation is roughly $32.5M–$65M. After YZi Labs’ investment, following standard practices, the valuation could be around $100M. Primus portal https://s.kaito.ai/Xjo3RZt
