MagicBlock, a real-time engine for decentralized games and applications on Solana, has successfully raised $7. 5 million in a seed funding round. The round was led by Lightspeed Faction, with participation from Maven11, Delphi Digital, Robot Ventures, Mechanism Capital, Equilibrium, Pivot Global, and prominent angel investors such as Anatoly Yakovenko, Mert Mumtaz, and Tristan Yver. This capital injection supports MagicBlock’s mission to enable real-time, fully on-chain games and applications that are built natively on Solana, allowing developers to create decentralized experiences with ultra-low latency and full composability—without the compromises typically associated with Layer 2 solutions. Following a previous $3 million investment led by a16z CSX in September 2024, this latest funding round further accelerates MagicBlock’s progress as it bridges the gap between blockchain infrastructure and traditional servers. Unlike conventional appchains that force developers to choose between fragmented liquidity or app-specific customizations, MagicBlock offers ultra-low latency and elastic throughput while retaining full access to Solana’s liquidity and composable ecosystem. MagicBlock’s innovative Ephemeral Rollups empower developers to build directly on Solana and utilize app-specific extensions or plugins such as real-time pricing feeds, custom sequencing, and institutional-grade permissioned environments. Co-founders Andrea Fortugno and Gabriele Picco have pioneered MagicBlock’s ephemeral rollup technology, which represents a significant breakthrough in real-time blockchain execution, according to the company. Unlike traditional Layer 2s and rollups requiring bridging, this technology boosts Solana’s performance without losing native composability, enabling developers to leverage high-speed infrastructure with seamless interoperability across DeFi, gaming, and other high-performance decentralized applications. In this growth phase, MagicBlock has formed partnerships with leading Solana ecosystem projects like Flash Trade, Supersize, Pyth, Jito, and dTelecom, all aligned with its vision for fully on-chain, high-performance applications. Flash Trade, a decentralized derivatives exchange, uses MagicBlock’s ephemeral rollups to facilitate real-time, gas-efficient trades with minimal latency. Supersize is a fully on-chain real-time multiplayer game built for maximum composability and verifiability. dTelecom operates as a decentralized real-time communication network using ephemeral rollup technology to provide low latency experiences with ultra-low fees. Additional partners include Pyth Lazer, delivering 1ms price streams through Ephemeral Rollups, and Jito, a leader in Solana’s validator ecosystem, collaborating with MagicBlock to improve security through restaking and reduced execution times. These collaborations highlight MagicBlock’s dedication to offering the fastest, most scalable infrastructure for developers building high-frequency trading platforms, real-time games, and next-generation on-chain applications. “Every application developer wants to build on the fastest chain with the deepest liquidity—that’s Solana.

But they also want the customizability and real-time performance of a Web2 server. With MagicBlock, they don’t have to choose, ” said co-founder Andrea Fortugno. With this funding, MagicBlock plans to grow its engineering team, expand its developer ecosystem, and continue refining its ephemeral rollup technology. As the demand for real-time on-chain applications rises, MagicBlock is positioning itself as the preferred execution layer for Web3 builders looking to leverage Solana’s speed and composability.