Movement Labs, a blockchain startup founded in 2022, has announced a successful funding round of $38 million. The investment, led by Polychain Capital, aims to integrate Facebook's Move Virtual Machine with Ethereum, addressing smart contract vulnerabilities and boosting transaction throughput.

In this article, we will cover Movement Labs' recent accomplishment of securing a substantial $38 million in funding, and other significant milestones in their endeavor to integrate Facebook's Move Virtual Machine with Ethereum. Read on to learn more about what this means for the web3 industry.

Over $5 Billion Lost

The move comes in response to the pressing need for enhanced security within the Ethereum ecosystem, following numerous exploits that have collectively led to losses exceeding $5.4 billion between 2022 and 2023. Movement Labs aims to make significant strides in fortifying smart contracts on the Ethereum network.

The funding round of $38 million saw participation from prominent venture capital firms, including Hack VC, Placeholder, Archetype, Maven 11, Robot Ventures, Figment Capital, Nomad Capital, Bankless Ventures, OKX Ventures, dao5, and Aptos Labs, demonstrating strong industry confidence in the Movement ecosystem.

Rushi Manche, cofounder of Movement Labs, highlighted the company's mission to streamline blockchain innovation, emphasizing the importance of addressing user experience issues and smart contract vulnerabilities. The integration of Move Virtual Machine with Ethereum aims to mitigate common attack vectors, such as reentrancy while providing developers with a more secure and efficient execution environment.

“The two biggest issues in blockchain infrastructure at the moment are poor user experience and smart contract exploits. My cofounder, Cooper Scanlon and I started building Movement to increase the velocity of innovation in crypto where the next Facebook can be built on-chain by developers who do not have the resources for large development teams and expensive auditors. Movement Labs addresses the shortcomings of Solidity and we are bringing it to market in a crypto-native way.”

What is Movement Labs?

Central to Movement Labs' strategy is the introduction of Movement zero-knowledge Layer Two blockchain, designed to support over 30,000 transactions per second. By leveraging a fully EVM-compatible bytecode interpreter and Ethereum for settlement, Movement aims to revolutionize smart contract execution while maintaining compatibility with existing Ethereum infrastructure.

In addition to the flagship Movement L2 blockchain, Movement Labs plans to launch Move Stack, an execution layer framework compatible with leading rollup solutions from companies like Optimism, Polygon, and Arbitrum. This collaborative approach seeks to unify smart contract execution across multiple networks, enhancing scalability and interoperability within the Ethereum ecosystem.

The announcement follows Movement Labs' earlier success in securing a $3.4 million pre-seed round and signals the company's readiness to launch its public testnet, Parthenon, in the near future. With strong industry support and a clear vision for improving blockchain infrastructure, Movement Labs is poised to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of decentralized finance and blockchain technology.