đŻ Caldera Acquires Hook: Accelerating the Metalayer Vision
When Caldera acquired Hook in November 2024âwhose team previously built the Hook Odyssey rollup protocolâit wasnât just a hiring move. It was a strategic leap toward building Ethereumâs Metalayer faster and smarter.
The Hook team, with real experience deploying rollups, is now embedded in Calderaâs core engineering. This accelerates development of rollups-as-a-service tooling, interoperability standards, and orchestration layers.
With backing from Founders Fund and other top-tier investors, Caldera has raised over $25M to unify Ethereumâs fragmented scaling ecosystemâand this acquisition strengthens execution.
âĄď¸ The takeaway: Caldera isnât planning to build the Metalayerâit is already assembling the best team to make it real.
