Blueprint Finance Secures $9.5M to Scale DeFi Infrastructure Across Ethereum and Solana
Blueprint Finance Raises $9.5M to Build Institutional-Grade DeFi Across Chains
In the latest sign that institutional DeFi is more than a buzzword, Blueprint Finance has raised $9.5 million in fresh capital to double down on its multi-chain infrastructure ambitions. The round was led by Polychain Capital, with backing from heavyweights like Yzi Labs (formerly Binance Labs), VanEck, and BitGo.
Blueprint, best known for developing Concrete on Ethereum and the recently launched Glow Finance on Solana, now boasts $17 million in total funding as it positions itself to be a foundational layer for decentralized finance’s next evolution.
DeFi Infrastructure, Evolved
Since its emergence from stealth last year, Blueprint has been tackling one of DeFi’s core challenges: how to make complex on-chain asset management and yield strategies scalable, composable, and usable—for everyone from solo devs to DAO treasuries to institutional allocators.
Its Concrete protocol has already attracted over $650 million in total value locked (TVL) through yield vaults and liquidity bootstrapping campaigns. Designed for the Ethereum ecosystem, Concrete allows tokenized, modular portfolio management that can also serve as a launchpad for derivatives—a critical building block for financial instruments on-chain.
The funding will go toward expanding Concrete’s footprint, accelerating institutional adoption, and pushing new product releases.
From Ethereum to Solana: The Glow Expansion
Blueprint’s expansion isn’t limited to Ethereum. Earlier this year, the firm launched Glow Finance on Solana, built atop Jet Protocol, which it acquired in late 2024. Glow is more than a rebrand—it’s a Solana-native suite for lending, staking markets, and automated yield strategies, with more innovations like portable margin accounts in the pipeline.
This multi-chain strategy speaks to a bigger DeFi trend: interoperability and cross-ecosystem dominance are no longer nice-to-haves—they’re survival features in a maturing market.
The Institutional Turn in DeFi
Blueprint’s value proposition aligns with a broader industry pivot: DeFi is growing up. The days of YOLO yield farms and anonymous dev teams are giving way to audited contracts, real risk frameworks, and regulatory awareness.
Polychain’s General Partner Josh Rosenthal framed it well: “The DeFi industry is entering a period of maturation… Blueprint Finance is building protocols designed with institutional-grade security and liquidity considerations in mind.”
The company has also beefed up its leadership to match its ambitions. Recent key hires include:
- Luke Hajdukiewicz, ex-EigenLayer, now Chief Growth Officer
- Graeme Barnes, former Maple Head of Product
- Haythem Sellami, ex-Euler, now Senior Smart Contract Engineer
- Gustavo Silva, former Staff Technical Lead at Consensys
With resumes that span Point72, Morgan Stanley, Coinbase, and Consensys, the team’s hybrid pedigree gives it an edge as DeFi veers into more regulated, enterprise-grade territory.
Why It Matters
Blueprint’s raise isn’t just another funding headline. It’s another indicator that the DeFi infrastructure layer is quietly consolidating around real utility, security, and composability.
- For institutions, Blueprint offers DeFi exposure without the spaghetti mess of protocols and liquidation risks.
- For developers, it delivers programmable building blocks for structured finance on-chain.
- For the market, it signals the return of product-driven DeFi—not just tokenomics hype.
With capital in hand and traction on two of the most active blockchains in crypto, Blueprint is betting it can be the bridge between Wall Street-sized capital and on-chain composability.
And in an industry still haunted by the ghosts of fragility, that kind of blueprint might be exactly what DeFi needs.
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