Participated · Seed · Mar 2025

Rakurai builds a high-yield Solana staking platform and a Rakurai client that accelerates node performance through proprietary transaction scheduling and pipeline optimizations. The project claims benchmark results showing its nodes deliver 5x the TPS of the standard Solana client, enabling more transaction-dense blocks and improved transaction landing for users, dApps and bots. Rakurai offers yield to stakers via higher block rewards and a Liquid Staking Pool called raiSOL, and allows node operators to quickly deploy the client for higher rewards. The company says the platform targets both retail and institutional participants by delivering high QoS transaction landing and increased efficiencies. Rakurai is led by CEO Ali Rizvi, an ex-Apple engineer with experience in ASIC/SOC design and ultra-low-latency systems. The team previously won the Colosseum Solana Renaissance Hackathon infrastructure track. The company plans to use the new funding to advance product development, partnership growth, and the rollout of its high-yield staking offerings. Rakurai publicly positions itself as a trusted validator operating on the Solana network.