74/ 100
Grade B

Solana

SOLSeries AGrowth stage (4+ years mainnet, outage history)

Series A-grade: working product with real traction and institutional interest, but reliability track record and FTX estate overhang keep it below blue-chip status.

Institutional Darling

Pillar Breakdown

ProblemProductTeamTokenomicsTechRisk75%84%87%53%73%60%

VC Due Diligence Summary

Solves: consumer-scale blockchain throughput (4000 TPS)
Survived FTX collapse — proved community resilience
Multiple network outages undermine reliability thesis
FTX estate holds ~$1B in locked SOL — unlock pressure
SEC named SOL as potential security in Binance suit
Barrier: high validator hardware requirements limit decentralization

Detailed Scoring — 24 Sub-Criteria

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Problem & Market

75%×20
Problem Clarity4/5

High-throughput L1 for consumer-scale apps

Market Size4/5

$500B+ TAM (credible)

Timing4/5

Proven demand, survived FTX crash

Competition3/5

6+ viable L1 competitors

Weighted contribution: 15 / 20

Product & Traction

84%×25
Working Product6/7

Mainnet 4+ years, some outage history

User Metrics5/6

~30M daily txns, $5B TVL, active DeFi/NFT usage

Growth Trajectory5/6

Strong 90-day growth, meme coin activity + DePIN

Ecosystem5/6

Large DeFi + NFT + consumer ecosystem

Weighted contribution: 21 / 25

Team & Execution

87%×15
Identity4/4

Fully doxxed, ex-Qualcomm core team

Track Record3/4

Shipped but reliability issues persist

Delivery3/4

Regular upgrades, Firedancer coming

Hiring3/3

Engineering-heavy, growing team

Weighted contribution: 13.1 / 15

Tokenomics & Treasury

53%×15
Supply Mechanics2/4

Inflationary ~5% annually, partial burn offsets

Distribution2/4

~48% insider allocation at genesis, partially redistributed

Unlock Schedule2/4

FTX estate unlocks are overhang

Treasury Health2/3

Foundation well-funded

Weighted contribution: 8 / 15

Technology & Moat

73%×15
Differentiation3/4

Parallel execution, fast finality

Open Source3/3

Fully open source, Firedancer second client in development

Security2/4

Multiple outages, but improving

Network Effects3/4

Dev ecosystem, Saga phone, Jump/Firedancer

Weighted contribution: 10.9 / 15

Risk & Governance

60%×10
Regulatory2/3

SEC mentioned in Binance suit as security

Centralization2/3

High hardware requirements limit validators

Smart Contract Risk1/2

Multiple DeFi exploits on Solana

Legal1/2

Class action from FTX association

Weighted contribution: 6 / 10

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