Rome

Rome is a blockchain infrastructure platform that embeds a real EVM (Ethereum Virtual Machine) inside Solana, enabling developers to deploy Solidity smart contracts and Ethereum tooling directly on Solana with shared liquidity and state. The platform supports four integration paths: bringing EVM contracts from any chain (with Compound v3 and Aave v3 running live), operating Solana programs from EVM accounts, building native dual-world applications, and reaching Solana markets from any EVM chain. Rome also enables sovereign chains that feed the Solana L1, allowing teams to launch their own chains with built-in bridges, oracles, explorers, and compliance hooks, using custom tokens as gas with 100% of fees retained. The architecture achieves atomic cross-chain composability through CPI (Cross-Program Invocation) between SPL and EVM in a single transaction. Founded in 2024 and headquartered in Solana Beach, United States, the company has raised approximately $9 million at the Series A stage, backed by investors including Anatoly Yakovenko (Solana co-founder) and Austin Federa (Solana Foundation).