YZi Labs Invests in Blueprint Finance to Advance Multichain Liquidity and Next-Gen DeFi Infrastructure

Main Takeaways:

• YZi Labs’ investment in Blueprint Finance strengthens the development of multichain DeFi infrastructure, supporting both Concrete Protocol and Glow Finance.
• Blueprint Finance’s expanded ecosystem and new funding will accelerate institutional adoption and innovation in DeFi, with upcoming features like portable margin accounts, automated yield vaults, and enhanced staking markets.

YZi Labs today announced its strategic investment in Blueprint Finance (X: @Blueprint_DeFi), a multi-chain DeFi infrastructure company and the core developer behind both the Ethereum-based Concrete (@ConcreteXYZ) and Solana-based Glow Finance (X: @GlowFinanceXYZ). This investment marks a significant step in YZi Labs’ commitment to backing Web3 infrastructure projects that are driving the next generation of DeFi.

Founded in 2022, Blueprint Finance has quickly established itself as a leader in the DeFi infrastructure space. With a mission to build scalable, secure, and efficient DeFi-native asset management systems, it launched Concrete, an Ethereum-based protocol that enables developers, DAOs, and institutional allocators to manage tokenized portfolios and create new derivative assets. Since launching earlier this year, Concrete has released a series of products, including liquidity bootstrapping campaigns for new networks and yield strategy vaults, that have collectively attracted over $650 million in TVL.

In April 2025, Blueprint further expanded its ecosystem by launching Glow Finance on Solana, a trading focused lending protocol that maximizes capital efficiency through margin accounts. Glow was born from Blueprint’s acquisition of Jet Protocol, a Solana-native lending platform, in October 2024, which now serves as the foundation for the Glow protocol.

The Blueprint team is composed of veterans from leading firms in both traditional finance and Web3 – including Point72, Morgan Stanley, ConsenSys, and Coinbase – and has recently made strategic hires from EigenLayer, Maple, Euler, and ConsenSys to strengthen its product, sales, and tech teams. 

Bringing the company’s total raised to over $17 million, this new round of funding will further enhance Concrete’s technology stack, expand product offerings, and support institutional adoption of its DeFi solutions. The investment will also enable Glow to introduce novel mechanisms such as cross-application margin accounts, automated yield vaults, and staking markets, while continuing to develop new features and upcoming products.

“At YZi Labs, we are deeply committed to supporting innovative products that drive DeFi toward sustainable and meaningful growth,” said Alex Odagiu, Investment Director at YZi Labs. “Blueprint addresses key challenges in liquidity and asset management, enabling broader access for builders, users and institutions alike. We believe Blueprint’s scalable and secure solutions will play a vital role in shaping the future of DeFi, and we look forward to supporting their continued growth and innovation.”

“This round of fundraising comes at a time of rapid growth for our team,” said Nic Roberts-Huntley, Co-founder and CEO of Blueprint Finance. “We’ve shipped two protocols on two of the most important and active ecosystems in DeFi, and this capital gives us the continued ability to build and serve both retail users and institutional-grade investors at scale.”

About YZi Labs

YZi Labs manages over $10 billion in assets globally. Our investment philosophy emphasizes impact first—we believe that meaningful returns will naturally follow. We invest in ventures at every stage, prioritizing those with solid fundamentals in Web3, AI, and biotech.

YZi Labs’ portfolio covers over 300 projects from over 25 countries across six continents. More than 65 of YZi Labs’ portfolio companies have gone through our incubation programs. For more information, follow YZi Labs on X.

About Blueprint Finance

Blueprint Finance is a leading provider of DeFi infrastructure, offering a dual-protocol system consisting of Concrete, which powers tokenized asset management and derivative creation on Ethereum, and Glow Finance, a yield, trading, and lending platform on Solana. Blueprint has secured over $650 million in TVL and is recognized for developing secure, scalable DeFi solutions that cater to both institutional and retail users.

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