This company provides a zero-knowledge proof system that enables secure, multi-party computation for blockchain applications. Their protocol allows developers to build private smart contracts, decentralized exchanges, and machine learning models on and off-chain, using their preferred programming language.
Funding
$4M 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
Blockchain applications often require secure multi-party computation, but existing solutions can be slow, memory-intensive, and difficult to integrate with various programming languages and devices. Developers need a more efficient and versatile way to implement privacy-preserving smart contracts, decentralized exchanges, and machine learning models.
Solution
Ligero provides a zero-knowledge proof (ZKP) system that enables developers to build secure, privacy-preserving applications with high speed and scalability. The Ligetron zkVM allows client-side proving directly in browsers, eliminating the need for costly, high-core servers. Ligero's technology supports a no-code or low-code approach to ZK development, facilitating seamless integration and deployment with minimal technical expertise. The platform ensures privacy by default, offering flexible, ZK-based proofs for identity, gaming, DeFi, and other use cases.
Target Audience
The primary audience includes enterprises and developers in industries such as DeFi, gaming, and finance who require high-speed, scalable, and privacy-preserving data security solutions.
Features
- Client-side proving directly in browsers via a lightweight WASM-based zkVM
- Support for building in C or Rust
- No-code or low-code tools for simplified ZK development
- Transparent ZK-SNARK that relies on a hash function and is post-quantum secure
- Compatibility with databases, WASM modules, and off-chain computation
- Support for private, regulation-ready rollups/validiums for DeFi, Gaming, and real-world asset tokenization
- Integration of secure, privacy-first identity verification on-chain or off-chain