Pontem Network
Founded 2021 · 17 employees on LinkedIn · 11 known investors
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Pontem is a product development studio building blockchain products using the Move language on Aptos and other Layer 1 networks. Its offerings include a rollup suite, a multi-chain Web3 wallet, and developer tooling for the Move/Aptos ecosystem, serving end users, professionals, and developers.
Also known as Pontem · Pontem Labs · Pontem Technology Ltd
Founders & leadership
Pontem Network was founded in 2021 by Alejo Pinto.
Investors · 11
Also in the syndicate · 3
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements- Undisclosed amountseed funding roundJun 2021
Kenetic Capital (lead), Mechanism Capital (lead), Alameda Ventures, Animoca Brands, Delphi Ventures
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Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Pontem Network, operated by Pontem Technology Ltd, is a product development studio focused on the Move programming language and Move VM ecosystem. It builds consumer-facing applications, DeFi protocols and developer tooling for Aptos and other layer-1 blockchains, and states that it partnered with Aptos to build foundational products for the ecosystem.
Its product portfolio includes Lumio, described as a VM abstraction framework and rollup technology suite that lets developers deploy applications using SVM, Move VM and parallelized EVM while settling to Solana, Ethereum and other L1s; Liquidswap, an automated market maker/DEX positioned as the top AMM in the Move ecosystem and running on Aptos, Movement and Lumio; Pontem Wallet, a non-custodial multichain browser and mobile (iOS and Android) wallet supporting Ethereum, Solana, Movement, Aptos, Base and other chains with Ledger hardware support, NFT collectibles, dApp connectivity, Aptos Name Service support and built-in swaps via Liquidswap; and Pontem AI, a crypto GPT bot. Developer tools include the Move Code Playground (browser-based building, testing and running of Move packages), IntelliJ and VS Code IDE extensions for Move, a package manager for Aptos-interoperable applications, and ByteBabel, described as the first Solidity-to-Move bytecode transpiler.
The company states a mission of advocating for Move VM, promoting interoperability between EVM and Move-based networks, growing the Move developer base and building products for the Move/Aptos ecosystem.
Business model
Pontem operates as a product studio developing and distributing a suite of blockchain products: a decentralized exchange (Liquidswap), a multichain non-custodial wallet, rollup infrastructure (Lumio) and free developer tooling. $LSD is described as the Liquidswap DAO governance token powering the Pontem ecosystem.
Traction
The company reports 300,000 users of Pontem Wallet and more than 209,000 community members across Telegram, Discord and X. Pontem Wallet is available as a browser extension and as an iOS app in the App Store, plus Android.
Latest developments
Recent products include Lumio, a rollup and VM abstraction suite available on testnet, the launch of $LSD, the Liquidswap DAO governance token, with an associated airdrop, Pontem AI, and expansion of Pontem Wallet to Movement and additional chains alongside a mobile app. A bounty program offering up to $1,600 per month is also advertised.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market
Market position
Pontem positions itself as a leading product development studio in the Move ecosystem and describes Liquidswap as the top AMM in that ecosystem, working closely with Aptos Labs and other L1 teams.
Pontem combines end-user products (wallet, DEX) with Move developer infrastructure such as the first IntelliJ Move plugin, the Move Code Playground and ByteBabel, described as the first Solidity-to-Move transpiler, and Lumio, described as the first VM abstraction framework.
Technology
Pontem's work centers on the Move language and Move VM, which the company describes as enabling automated formal verification, resistance to re-entrancy and other common attacks, built-in access control and a bytecode verifier, optimization for parallel execution and horizontal scaling, an account-based 'asset as resource' structure, and up to 160k TPS with sub-second finality. Lumio provides VM abstraction so applications built with SVM, Move VM or parallelized EVM can settle to Solana, Ethereum and other L1s. Pontem Wallet is self-custodial with private key encryption, password-protected login and Ledger integration, and has been audited by Halborn, OtterSec and Zellic.
Go-to-market
Retail crypto users and traders using the wallet and DEX, and Web3 developers building on Move, Aptos and related L1s using Pontem's IDE plugins, playground, package manager and transpiler.
Compiled by commissioned research from 5 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Pontem Network do?
- Pontem is a product development studio building Move-based dApps, wallets and developer tooling for Aptos and other L1s.
- Who founded Pontem Network?
- Pontem Network was founded by Alejo Pinto in 2021.
- Who are Pontem Network's investors?
- Pontem Network's investors include AlphaLab Capital, Caladan, Pantera Capital, Wintermute, WWVentures, Animoca Brands, Faction, Mechanism Capital.