[New Fundraising] Vest Closes $13 Million Seed Round Led by Portal Ventures
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Vest states that it completed a 13000000 USD seed round of financing led by Portal Ventures.
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[New Fundraising] Vest Closes $13 Million Seed Round Led by Portal Ventures
Vest is a trustless, composable financial ecosystem built on zkRisk, a zero-knowledge unified risk engine. Its first product, Vest Exchange, offers perpetual futures trading: users connect an EVM or Solana wallet, deposit funds, and trade without gas fees. zkRisk uses zero-knowledge proofs to verify risk computations and solvency on-chain, and applies risk-indifference pricing—charging a Premia based on the risk a trade introduces rather than fixed fees—thereby achieving capital efficiency and risk isolation without exposing user data.
The headline states that Vest completed a 13000000 USD seed round of financing led by Portal Ventures.
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The source states that Vest is a zkRisk trustless, composable financial ecosystem built on
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The source states that Vest's first product Vest Exchange offers perpetual futures trading.
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Users can connect EVM or a Solana wallet, deposit funds, and trade without gas fees.
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The source states that zkRisk uses zero-knowledge proofs to verify risk calculations and solvency on-chain.
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The source states that zkRisk uses risk-indifferent pricing and charges Premia based on the risk introduced by a trade rather than fixed fees.
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This content contains two parts: first, headline information about Vest's financing; second, Vest's introduction of its product and risk-control mechanisms.Vest Exchange For perpetual futures trading,zkRisk is described as an engine that verifies risk and solvency without exposing user data.
Why it matters to readers
If the financing information is accurate, Vest obtained new project funding; its product claims also indicate that it is attempting to use zero-knowledge proofs to handle transaction risk verification and solvency verification.
Beginners should distinguish financing news from product promotion: the financing amount and lead investor come from the headline, while claims about capital efficiency, risk isolation, and gas-free trading are claims made in the source and do not mean that the effects have been independently verified.
Risks and unknowns
The evidence provided does not contain formal confirmation from Vest, Portal Ventures, or financing documents, so it is not possible to independently verify whether the financing was completed.
The source does not state the financing date, valuation, use of funds, or other investors.
Claims about gas-free trading, capital efficiency, risk isolation, and not exposing user data are descriptions from the source only and lack supporting verification data.
The provided Fortune link content is not included in the evidence text, so no facts can be added on that basis.
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