Orb Technology, the developer of Lens Protocol-based web3 social app Orb, raised $2.3 million in a pre-seed funding round.

Investors in the round included Superscrypt, Founders, Inc., Foresight Ventures, Aave Companies, Stani Kulechov, founder of Aave Companies and Lens Protocol, and Sandeep Nailwal, co-founder of Polygon, Orb said Thursday. There was no lead investor in the round, Orb co-founder Kimmo Siren told The Block, adding that this was an equity round that began in March and closed in May. He declined to comment on valuation.

"Orb is the first application in the Lens ecosystem to raise funding, creating momentum for a wave of new apps built on web3 technologies," Kulechov said in a statement. "Orb has created a great user experience and continues to innovate at a rapid pace. We …