Hadean Lands a $10 M Payout – And It’s Not Just Any Payout
London’s own tech‑startup, Hadean, just closed a fresh round of financing worth a tidy $10 million. The big name steering the deal? Draper Esprit, backed by Aster and the gaming‑focused investors from London Venture Partners. Existing backers Luminous Ventures and Entrepreneur First also rolled up their sleeves and hit the “invest” button.
Why the Buzz?
Hadean has been busy making the world’s first cloud‑first operating system – HadeanOS. Think of it as a new operating system that doesn’t need a bulky stack of middleware or triple‑layered architecture. With HadeanOS, developers can write, launch, and scale apps of any size without worrying about failure rates, resource hogging, or the usual middleware pain.
And that’s not all. They’ve built the Aether Engine, a distributed simulation powerhouse that rides on top of HadeanOS.:
- Science: The Francis Crick Institute is using Aether to crunch complex protein–protein interactions, hunting new binding sites to fight diseases like cancer.
- Gaming: The famed studio CCP Games will team up with Hadean for EVE: Aether Wars, a 10,000‑player showdown that promises to be the UN’s most crowded online battle ever.
What’s Next?
On 20 March, Hadean will drop a talk at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco titled “The Tech Driving The Future of Multiplayer.” Expect a full‑blown reveal of Aether Engine for a wide global audience.
What the Grown‑Ups Are Saying
Craig Beddis, Hadean’s co‑founder and CEO, called out the current tech scene’s limitations. “Technology companies today are stuck trying to scale up and squeeze out value from data. Our work—rooted in first principles—cuts out the engineering and DevOps headaches that waste so much man‑time.” He added, “I’m thrilled to have an investor like Draper Esprit on board. Their proven track record in deep tech is the perfect match for our ambitions.”
On behalf of Draper Esprit, Simon Cook echoed the sentiment. He said, “Developers need platforms that can grow in the cloud without the extra complexity. As AI, blockchain, and simulation push forward, our current software stack becomes a nightmare. Hadean has rewritten the rulebook from scratch. Their engineers are world‑class, and we’re happy to work with Craig, Rashid, and the whole crew.”
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