Caldera acquired Hook to accelerate product development and build the Metalayer; the deal was described as Caldera's first acquisition.
SourcePublic company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Caldera is a San Francisco-based blockchain infrastructure company building a rollup-as-a-service platform and interoperability layer for launching, managing, and connecting purpose-built Ethereum rollups. Its core pitch is one-click deployment with managed operations, then cross-rollup connectivity through the Metalayer.
Primary product
Rollup Engine and Metalayer
Founded
2022
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, United States
Team size
11-50 employees
Work style
Remote
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
Blockchain infrastructure / Rollup-as-a-Service
Business model
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Leadership
CEO & Co-Founder
Co-Founder
Director of Talent Acquisition
Director of Talent Acquisition
Head of Business Development, GTM & Growth
Investors
Mission-driven, builder-focused, crypto-native team with a distributed workforce across multiple countries. Public materials emphasize speed, customization, security, and developer experience for teams building app-specific chains.
Work style
Remote
Compensation
Public careers materials state compensation includes competitive pay plus equity and token grants, with full benefits.
Benefits
Pricing
Sales-led / custom quote; book-a-demo or call-based motion
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
about USD 1M-$10M
Estimated monthly visits
30.9K
Traffic estimate as of Oct 2025
Caldera acquired Hook to accelerate product development and build the Metalayer; the deal was described as Caldera's first acquisition.
SourceCaldera · Jan 2026
Official announcement of a partnership with BitcoinOS to add a path toward Bitcoin-aligned security for Caldera rollups.
Caldera · Dec 2025
Horizen’s mainnet launched live on Caldera, highlighting privacy-preserving appchain infrastructure and interoperability via the Metalayer.
Caldera · Nov 2025
Intuition launched its mainnet on Caldera as a Base L3 built on Arbitrum Orbit, using Caldera’s Rollup Engine and Metatoken.
The Block · Nov 2024
Caldera acquired Hook in its first acquisition, bringing the Hook team into Caldera to help build the Metalayer.
CoinDesk · Jul 2024
Caldera closed a $15 million Series A led by Founders Fund, bringing its total funding to $25 million.