Decentralised lending platform Morpho raises $18 million

This is a huge step forward in taking decentralized lending to the next level.
Taking decentralized lending to the next level.

Morpho introduces a groundbreaking lending protocol that combines the current liquidity pool model used in Compound or AAVE with the capital efficiency of P2P matching engines used in order books. Morpho-Compound improves Compound by providing the same user experience, the same liquidity, and the same liquidation parameters but with enhanced APY thanks to peer-to-peer matchings.

“Over the course of the past 3 years, decentralized lending protocols have shown incredible promise, as they have facilitated billions of dollars in loans and have been battle-tested in the face of extreme market conditions. However, despite their successes to date, these protocols still don’t offer the most competitive rates to users. This is a major unsolved problem. Morpho is a brand new type of lending primitive that directly matches suppliers and borrowers and sits directly on top of lending pools like Aave and Compound, unlocking rates that are competitive both on and off-chain. If successful, we believe it has the potential to become a go-to coordination layer of a new global and decentralized financial system.” — Spencer Noon, General Partner at Variant Fund.

Morpho-Compound has been live for a few weeks and has already accumulated $30M of liquidity. You can start using Compound through the Morpho-Compound optimized gateway right now.

Morpho-Aave will be launched in the coming weeks. Follow Morpho Labs Twitter account to be kept informed!

Optimal lending for all

Our focus with Morpho is to bring the most efficient, unbiased, and secure lending services to anyone who needs them. By improving the native yields, we believe Morpho can enhance the current state of DeFi and extend its reach to much broader horizons.

To continue to work in this direction, we must unite a community of committed contributors worldwide. That is why we founded the Association for the development of Morpho DAO, to pursue the development, adoption, and decentralization of Morpho. This shareholder-free entity holds the intellectual property of the protocol and the funds raised. It embodies the vision of building Morpho as a common good, developed by and for all.
Sourcing much more than capital

We raised this round with a strong belief that an investor should not be a mere source of capital but a faithful supporter of the Morpho DAO. That is why each fund or angel participating in this round was also chosen for the added value they could bring Morpho. The breadth and diversity of this round are a fundamental asset to bringing efficient lending services to all.

We are truly honored by this renowned group of investors' confidence in Morpho. Here is the complete list of participants:
Funds & Angels Collectives

a16z
Variant
Nascent
Semantic Ventures
Cherry Ventures
Mechanism Capital
Spark Capital
Standard Crypto
Coinbase ventures
Daedalus Angels
Stake Capital
Re7
Angel DAO
Atka Capital
Faculty Capital
Nima Capital
Fasanara
Spaceship DAO
GCR
Project A
Cryptoast
Alven
xAnge
Daphni
TLC
Templiers

Founders and builders

Joey Santoro, FEI
Brianna Montgomery, FEI
Fernando Martinelli, Balancer
James Simpson, mStable
Aseem Sood, Uniswap
Nicolas Bacca, Ledger
Jai Bhavnani, Rari — Fuse
William Bergamo, Iddle Finance
Nicholas Tong, Perp
Scott Lewis, DefiPulse — Slingshot — Code4rena
Pablo Veyrat, Angle
Hadrien Charlanes, Sismo
Will Price, Locke
Angelo Min, Degenscore
Frederic Montagnon, Arianee
Julien Romanetto, Arianee
Itamar Lesuisse, Argent
Sebastien Couture, Epicenter
Pascal Tallarida, Jarvis Network
Benjamin Simon, Locke Protocol
Thomas de Phuoc, Kiln
Emiliano Bonassi, Rentable
Olivier Chevillon, Dfi Labs
Patrick Bucquet, Coqnut

Power Users

Philippe Honigman
Nathan Sexer
Stefano Bernardi
Lily Liu
Yuriy Myronovich
John Lilic
Pierre Laurent
Ivailo Jordanov
Luka Sucic
Nemanja Cerovac
Nicolas Feignon
Valentin Mihov
Dydymoon
Federico Nitidi
Gabriel Rebibo
Thomas Klocanas
Roshun Patel
Ashwin Ramachandran
Didier Valet
Vishesh Choudhry
Jean Brasse
Nicolas Steegmann
Théo Rochaix
Eduardo Ronzano
Manu Red Pills
Nicolas Debock
Thomas Turelier
Jason Novack
Laurent Benichou
Yassine Hargane
Phoebe Beigbeder
Remi jansseune
Tom Reppelin