Alex Gluchowski is Founder of Matter Labs. Scaling blockchain with zero-knowledge proofs. Matter Labs is an R&D company focused on Zero-Knowledge Proofs and their practical application in public blockchains. The financing round was led by Placeholder and drew investment from North America, Europe, and Asia. Alex Gluchowski, a software engineer with over 15 years of experience who previously served as founding CTO of PaulCamper, and Alex Vlasov, who holds a PhD in high-energy physics.