The Bitcoin protocol layer Surge has announced the completion of a $1.80 million Pre-Seed funding round, with participation from Autonomy, Gerstenbrot Capital, Double Peak Group, Sats Ventures, Vamient Capital, Samara AG, and angel investors including Rushi Manche from Movement Labs, CoinGecko co-founders Bobby Ong and TM Lee. The new funds will drive the development of its MetaLayer to fully unlock Bitcoin's potential as a global monetary base layer. It is reported that Surge plans to launch its testnet soon.