Unto Labs recently announced $14.4 million in funding to make blockchains & digital assets useful for the world. Founded by Jump Crypto alumni and core contributors to the Solana protocol and the Firedancer client, they are tackling fundamental scalability, performance, and usability challenges in distributed ledgers. Their runtime conforms to the RISC-V specification, moving away from domain-specific VMs and bespoke compiler toolchains that limit developer and institutional adoption. Components are developed in C for maximal control over performance and resource usage.