{"id":58297,"date":"2022-02-23T16:54:06","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T14:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=58297"},"modified":"2025-09-04T16:04:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T13:04:29","slug":"solana-based-zebec-defi-protocol-raises-15-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/solana-based-zebec-defi-protocol-raises-15-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Solana-based Zebec DeFi protocol raises $15 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Zebec real-time settlement protocol team on Solana closed a Series A funding round of $15 million. It was led by Solana Ventures and Distributed Global.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udd25 FUNDRAISING ANNOUNCEMENT \ud83d\udd25 <br \/>\ud83d\udc49Zebec raises $15M from top investors in private round!!! \ud83c\udfc1 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rT4Dlz6R43\">https:\/\/t.co\/rT4Dlz6R43<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zebec Protocol \u26f5 (@Zebec_HQ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Zebec_HQ\/status\/1496167816604811267?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The firm was also backed by Coinbase Ventures, Alameda Research, Circle, and Lightspeed.<\/p>\n<p>The funds will be used to further scale the protocol. Its aim is to simplify sending and receiving payments on an ongoing basis.<\/p>\n<p>In November 2021 the firm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20211110005872\/en\/Zebec-Protocol-Launches-on-Solana-Mainnet-to-Redefine-Finance\">raised $6 million<\/a> following a pre-seed round and launched Zebec Payroll, an application for payroll that complies with regulatory requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Zebec Payroll allows employees to automatically convert part of their earnings into digital currencies, allocate funds to crypto pension programs, invest in DeFi protocols, and withdraw in fiat to bank accounts without fees.<\/p>\n<p>Based on Zebec, dapps can be deployed in investments, subscription services, rewards and other areas where automatic and inexpensive cash flow with instant access to funds is required.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>&#8220;Despite all the promises of DeFi and Web 3.0, most organizations still rely on Web-2 payments or, at best, on one-off transfers from a wallet. [\u2026] We believe Zebec will be the future model for network payments&#8221;<\/em>, \u2014 said the startup&#8217;s founder Sam Tapalia.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Earlier in February, Solana Labs <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/solana-labs-launches-solana-pay-payment-protocol-for-e-commerce\">launched<\/a> the Solana Pay protocol, which allows online merchants to accept cryptocurrency payments directly from consumers.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog&#8217;s YouTube channel! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCC9FnXTC8_ENzaNSO5cHQ6g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> YouTube<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Zebec real-time settlement protocol team on Solana closed a Series A funding round of $15 million. 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