Inco provides a confidentiality layer for Ethereum and other networks by utilizing Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) to enable secure computations on encrypted data. This technology allows for the storage and processing of sensitive information on-chain while maintaining privacy, facilitating new use cases in payments and beyond.
Funding
$5.3M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Product
Problem
Public blockchain transactions expose amounts, participants, and logic, making it difficult to build applications that require confidentiality such as private payments, sealed‑bid auctions, or confidential token balances. Existing privacy solutions are often siloed, hard to integrate, and limited to specific networks or toolchains.
Solution
Inco offers a developer‑focused library and SDK that adds private compute capabilities to blockchain applications. By leveraging isolated hardware environments and advanced cryptography, the platform enables confidential smart contracts, shielded token operations, and custom decryption rules while maintaining high performance. The solution is composable and works with major wallets (e.g., MetaMask, Coinbase Wallet, Phantom), smart‑contract languages (Solidity, Rust), development frameworks (Hardhat, Foundry, Anchor), and both EVM and SVM networks. Developers can define private payment metadata, spending limits, and bespoke business‑logic compliance, allowing them to create new privacy‑preserving primitives such as blind auctions, private governance, and confidential gaming actions. All components integrate through standard APIs, letting teams add confidentiality without rewriting existing codebases.
Target Audience
Primary customers are blockchain developers and dApp teams building DeFi protocols, gaming platforms, or consumer applications that require on‑chain privacy, as well as infrastructure providers seeking to add confidential capabilities to their wallets or services.
Features
- Library and SDK for building custom private compute modules that run in isolated hardware enclaves
- Compatibility with popular wallets, Solidity and Rust contracts, and frameworks like Hardhat, Foundry, and Anchor
- Support for both EVM and SVM networks, enabling cross‑chain confidential applications
- Tools to create shielded token types, confidential balances, transfers, and allowances
- Primitives for private DeFi (blind auctions, money markets, DvP escrow) and gaming (sealed bids, private predictions)
- Configurable decryption rules and spending limits for compliance‑driven business logic
- High‑throughput, institution‑grade security through combined hardware isolation and cryptographic techniques