# Sei Development Foundation

> Sei Development Foundation is a VC fund in West New York. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: West New York, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sei-development-foundation/
- Website: https://x.com/Sei_FND

Sei Development Foundation is an independent U.S. nonprofit focused on advancing open source, permissionless protocols like the Sei Network. The foundation promotes Sei as a high-performance Layer-1 blockchain for decentralized applications across finance, AI, robotics, gaming, and decentralized science. It provides education, ecosystem funding,and coordination support for founders, researchers, and institutions building on Sei. The organization also collaborates with partners such as Sapien Capital and academic institutions to expand science and innovation use cases onchain.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ironlight | Ironlight bridges traditional finance and decentralized finance (DeFi) by offering institutional-grade tokenization, liquidity, and access through various financial entities. The company was established to update fundamental market systems in a manner that institutions can embrace. Ironlight's ecosystem facilitates tokenized securities inareas like private equity, structured products, fixed income, private credit, and real estate. By merging conventional market structures with blockchain-based, atomic settlement, the platform streamlines post-trade processes for institutions and wealth advisors. | $21M | Series A | Mar 16, 2026 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- Laidlaw & Company — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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### When did Sei Development Foundation last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Sei Development Foundation closed in Mar 2026. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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