
Caldera
About
Caldera is a rollup-as-a-service platform that enables projects to deploy high-performance, customizable application-specific Layer 2 blockchains with a single click. Founded in 2022, Caldera supports multiple rollup frameworks including Arbitrum Nitro, Optimism's OP Stack, ZKsync's ZK Stack, and Polygon CDK. It handles deployment, ongoing maintenance, security, and customization so projects can focus on building. Caldera's Metalayer aims to unify the rollup ecosystem.
Use Cases
Rollup deployment, L2 blockchain infrastructure, app-specific chain customization, developer tooling
Technology
Categories
Source
Market Sentiment
ERA near ATL; ZKsync Airbender.
Report date: 2026-10-24
This is an analysis output, not investment advice.
+ Strengths
- +One-click rollup deployment
- +Multi-framework support (most comprehensive)
- +60+ live rollups deployed
- +Backed by top-tier VCs (Sequoia, Dragonfly, Founders Fund)
- Weaknesses
- -Very low circulating supply relative to FDV (17%)
- -Infrastructure play with indirect token utility
- -Competitive market with Conduit, AltLayer
Team
Matt Katz (CEO/founder), Parker Jou (CTO/founder); met while studying CS at Stanford; team includes alumni from Nvidia, Apple, Waymo, Coinbase, Google
Launch
2022
Total Supply
1,000,000,000
Circulating Supply
174,750,000
Max Supply
1,000,000,000