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Unto Labs

Unto Labs

High-performance Layer 1 blockchain with ThruVM

Marketing Lead

Full-Time
No salary listed
Senior
California, USA
Hybrid

Hybrid work arrangement in California.

About the job

Requirements
  • At least 5 years of experience in go-to-market, brand marketing, or communications roles, preferably with technical or startup organizations.
  • Ability to shape messaging for highly technical products and communicate to broad audiences.
  • Experience building creative and memorable marketing campaigns and brand strategy from an early stage.
  • Ability to distill complex topics into approachable narratives for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Strong written, verbal, and visual communication skills.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic startup environment.
Responsibilities
  • Define and evolve the marketing strategy, brand positioning, and messaging for technical and mainstream stakeholders.
  • Design and execute campaigns for product launches, ecosystem milestones, developer events, and community initiatives.
  • Build scalable content and communication systems across web, social, and advertising channels.
  • Translate complex concepts from consensus protocols, cryptography, and distributed systems into clear, compelling stories for crypto-native and mainstream audiences.
  • Guide and produce collateral including website copy, pitch decks, press releases, blog posts, and multimedia.
  • Collaborate with engineering, product, and creative teams to communicate the value of Unto Labs and Thru.
  • Drive go-to-market initiatives including partnerships, event presence, and outreach.
  • Measure and analyze marketing efforts to optimize reach and effectiveness.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience with video production, design, or multimedia storytelling.
  • Familiarity with blockchain, crypto, or distributed systems.
  • A portfolio demonstrating brand, campaign, or product marketing.

About the company

Unto Labs develops a high-performance Layer 1 blockchain designed for scalability and developer accessibility. It includes ThruVM, a virtual machine built on the open RISC-V instruction set, allowing developers to write smart contracts in languages not tied to crypto-specific code and applying high-performance computing ideas to boost throughput. The team carries experience from Solana and Firedancer, and combines a ground-up blockchain design with a RISC-V VM to improve speed and developer usability compared with existing chains. Its goal is to support millions of daily active users with an efficient, scalable platform for decentralized applications.

Company Size

1-10

Company Stage

Early VC

Total Funding

$14.4M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2024

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Unto Labs raised $14.4 million on April 29, 2025, at $140 million valuation.
  • The company posted open engineering and commercial roles in San Francisco in 2026.
  • Unto's website says it is building at distributed systems' physical limits, signaling active development.

What critics are saying

  • Jump Trading sued Liam Heeger in Northern District of Illinois on January 22, 2025.
  • Unto had no revenue in April 2025 and still depends on capital.
  • Solana and Ethereum already dominate developers, liquidity, and distribution.

What makes Unto Labs unique

  • Liam Heeger, ex-Jump Crypto and Firedancer, brings rare Solana-performance expertise.
  • ThruVM uses RISC-V, lowering barriers for Rust and C++ developers.
  • Unto builds a full Layer 1 from scratch, not an incremental appchain.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Flexible Work Hours

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Company News

Leads on Trees
May 20th, 2025
Unto Labs Secures $3.3M for R&D

Unto Labs has secured $3.3 million in seed funding to advance their work in distributed systems. The company may be interested in areas such as research and development, tech solutions, scientific equipment, healthcare innovations, and data analysis services.

Holder.io
May 1st, 2025
Unto Labs Secures $14.4 Million to Compete with Solana

Unto Labs has raised $14.4 million in a combined pre-seed and seed funding round, led by Electric Capital and Framework Ventures.

Cointime
Apr 29th, 2025
Unto Labs Completes $14.4 Million Funding - Cointime

Unto Labs announced the completion of a $14.4 million financing round led by Framework Ventures and Electric Capital, with a valuation of $140 million. Unto is developing its own blockchain and proprietary virtual machine ThruVM, based on the RISC-V architecture, aimed at improving compatibility with traditional hardware and lowering the entry barriers for non-encryption developers. The funds will be used to expand the team and accelerate product development.