According to TechFlame, trading infrastructure startup Apliori has raised $20 million with investors including HashKey Capital, Pantera Capital, Primitive Ventures, IMC Trading, GEM, Gate Labs, Ambush Capital, and Big Brain Collective. The company is building an on-chain marketplace execution layer for a high-performance Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) network. By applying high-frequency trading methods, aPriori is committed to solving problems such as large spreads and maximum extractable value (MEV) leaks in the cryptocurrency market. The company has launched Swapr, a liquidity staking platform and AI-driven decentralized exchange (DEX) aggregator. It is reported that the financing will be used to expand the team size, speed up product launch, and deepen cooperation with the trading and pledge ecosystem.