Blizzard the Avalanche Fund Leads Datagram’s $4M Pre-Seed Round to Become DePIN Baselayer
Tortola, British Virgin Islands, July 1st, 2025, Chainwire
Datagram, the Hyper-Fabric Network for DePIN interoperability, today announced the close of its $4 million pre-seed funding round. The round was led by Blizzard the Avalanche Fund, with participation from Animoca Brands, Cointelegraph, Amber Group, Aquanow, Arche Fund, DePIN X Capital, ISKRA, JDI Ventures, Yellow Capital, and a cohort of angel investors from leading infrastructure and blockchain organizations.
The funds are being used to launch its sovereign Layer 1 blockchain on Avalanche, optimized for real-time performance and composability. The $4M raise will also accelerate Datagram’s node network deployment in key markets, onboard strategic partners, and accelerate Datagram Network’s roadmap for its upcoming node sale and mainnet launch.
60% of global capacity in connectivity infrastructure is underutilized, with up to 80% of bandwidth, CPUs, and storage across personal and enterprise systems sitting idle. Datagram’s network employs idle compute, storage, and bandwidth into a high-availability, decentralized infrastructure backbone powering applications in gaming, AI, communications, and more.
“Avalanche shares our belief that real-time infrastructure must be decentralized, efficient, and open” said Jason Brink, CEO of Datagram Network. “Their leadership in this round validates the technical foundation we have built and the potential we see to become the baselayer for the decentralized internet.”
Launching as a sovereign Layer 1 blockchain on Avalanche, Datagram’s network offers deterministic finality, ultra-low latency, and native composability across the broader Avalanche ecosystem for over 200 enterprise partners and more than 1 million users worldwide. The network is also blockchain-agnostic at its substrate level, meaning it can seamlessly integrate with existing and emerging DePIN networks across chains.
“Datagram is building the missing link between underutilized infrastructure and real-time Web3 applications” said Lydia Chiu, SVP of Corporate Development and CIO of Blizzard the Avalanche Fund. “We are excited to support their mission to make decentralized infrastructure more performant, composable, and widely accessible.”
“Infrastructure is the foundation for digital freedom and ownership” said Leigh Travers, Director of Capital Markets at Animoca Brands. “Datagram’s architecture unlocks a decentralized model that can scale with real-world demand from gaming to AI to the broader open metaverse. We believe their approach is essential to building the next generation of the Internet.”
The company’s roadmap will rollout partnerships across gaming, telecom, and AI, along with the expansion of its AI-based routing engine to optimize traffic flow across a global network of decentralized nodes. Datagram also launched its Alpha Testnet, allowing users to run nodes, contribute to network performance, and earn rewards in $DGRAM. This was the first public phase of Datagram’s rollout of its real-time infrastructure and verifiable DePIN interoperability.
About Datagram
Datagram is a global, AI-driven Hyper-Fabric Network redefining the new era of Internet connectivity and DePIN cross-network interoperability. By harnessing idle hardware and bandwidth, the network dynamically optimizes traffic, reduces congestion, and scales effortlessly to deliver seamless, low-latency performance across gaming, AI, telecom and beyond. Having served over 200 enterprises and 1 million users worldwide, Datagram is the next-generation baselayer for DePINs and high-performance applications.
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About Avalanche
Avalanche is an ultra-fast, low-latency blockchain platform designed for builders who need high performance at scale. The network’s architecture allows for the creation of sovereign, efficient and fully interoperable public and private layer 1 (L1) blockchains which leverage the Avalanche Consensus Mechanism to achieve high throughput and near-instant transaction finality. The ease and speed of launching an L1, and the breadth of architectural customization choices, make Avalanche the perfect environment for a composable multi-chain future.
Supported by a global community of developers and validators, Avalanche offers a fast, low-cost environment for building decentralized applications (dApps). With its combination of speed, flexibility, and scalability, Avalanche is the platform of choice for innovators pushing the boundaries of blockchain technology.