Plume and Cicada Launch Early-Stage Investment Program for RWAfi Projects

New York City, United States, March 5th, 2025, Chainwire

Plume, the first L1 Chain purpose-built for Real World Asset Finance (RWAfi), and Cicada, a leading market maker, liquidity provider, and venture capital firm, today announced a strategic investment program. This program aims to accelerate the adoption of RWAfi by providing funding, infrastructure support, and market-making expertise to early-stage blockchain projects in RWAfi and RWAI.

This investment program is designed to accelerate the evolution of RWAfi - moving beyond basic tokenization to create new financial infrastructure that reimagines how real world assets operate onchain. By combining Plume’s full-stack RWA infrastructure and tooling with Cicada’s deep expertise in liquidity management, the program provides selected projects with the technical foundation, capital, and strategic ecosystem and market support to scale effectively.

Selected projects will receive funding packages ranging from $50,000 to $100,000, and will gain access to core Plume infrastructure tools and programs such as Arc (full-stack tokenization engine), Nexus (efficient, real-time data integration framework), Passport (composable, compliant smart wallets), and Plume’s Aviation Academy. Projects also benefit from Cicada's established market-making expertise, ensuring robust liquidity foundations and price stability through launch and beyond.

"Building a robust RWAfi ecosystem requires both technical infrastructure and strong market fundamentals," said Teddy Pornprinya, CBO and Co-Founder of Plume. “Earlier this year, we announced our $25M RWAfi Ecosystem Fund and $10M RWAI Initiative – we’re now ecstatic to take our ecosystem development growth one step further with the Cicada team, providing a launchpad for builders that will define the next generation of robust RWA applications.”

"We strongly believe in the future of RWAfi and its ability to bring real financial use cases to DeFi," said Daniel Kislinskiy, Head of Business Development at Cicada. "Partnering with Plume allows us to combine our expertise in market making, liquidity management, and venture investments to support real builders in this space. We see this fund as an opportunity to help RWA projects scale effectively while ensuring strong financial infrastructure and liquidity support."

Cicada operates across more than 30 exchanges and serves over 40 clients, specializing in market making, liquidity provisioning, and venture investments. The company supports blockchain projects in achieving successful launches, maintaining liquidity, and fostering long-term market stability.

Who Can Apply

The program is open to early-stage projects building in:

Real World Assets Finance (RWAfi) – Tokenized financial products, asset-backed stablecoins, and onchain institutional finance solutions.
RWAI – AI-powered trading strategies and automated lending/portfolio management

Builders in these sectors are encouraged to apply and gain access to Plume’s full-stack RWA infrastructure and ecosystem support, alongside Cicada’s liquidity strategies, investment network, and market expertise.

Builders can apply here: https://www.cicada-mm.com/application-form

About Cicada

Cicada is a market maker, liquidity provider, and venture capital firm, supporting Web3 projects at every growth stage. With a powerhouse team of 50+ traders and quants, Cicada manages $100M+ in AUM and partners with over 50 active clients across CEX and DEX markets. The firm specializes in:

Market Making & Liquidity – Order book management, CEX liquidity compliance, arbitrage and TGE & listing strategies
Venture Investments – Engaging in strategic, seed, and pre-seed funding rounds.
DeFi Liquidity Strategies – Supporting staking, pools, and DeFi integrations.

For more information, users can visit Cicada's website.

About Plume

Plume is the first full-stack L1 RWA Chain and ecosystem purpose-built for RWAfi, enabling the rapid adoption and demand-driven integration of real world assets. With 180+ projects building on the network, Plume offers a composable, EVM-compatible environment for onboarding and managing diverse real world assets. Coupled with an end-to-end tokenization engine and a network of financial infrastructure partners, Plume simplifies asset onboarding and enables seamless DeFi integration for RWAs so anyone can tokenize real world assets, distribute them globally, and make them useful for native crypto users.

Users can learn more at https://plumenetwork.xyz/ or contact press@plumenetwork.xyz