One-week financing express | 34 projects have been invested; the total disclosed financing amount is 808 million US dollars (5.24-5.30)
The following are the specific financing events (sorted according to the announced amount):
The following are the specific financing events (sorted according to the announced amount):
USDC development company Circle completes $440 million financing, Fidelity Management and Research Company, Marshall Wace, Willett Advisors, Intersection Fintech Ventures, Atlas Merchant Capital, Digital Currency Group, FTX, Breyer Capital, Valor Capital Group, Pillar VC, Michael J. Price Private equity, institutional and strategic investors such as Friends and Friends participated in the investment. A Circle spokesman declined to comment on the company's valuation.
In addition, sources said that Circle is considering going public through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). Circle's target valuation for the SPAC is said to be $4 billion. (The Block)
OneOf, a music NFT platform based on the Tezos blockchain, completed a $63 million seed round of financing, with participants including environmental activist Bill Tai, Nima Capital's Suna Said, Sangha Capital, technology investor Jack Herrick, and the Tezos Foundation. The platform will launch next month. The first collection released by the company is said to include pieces by Whitney Houston, Doja Cat, Quincy Jones, Jacob Collier and G-Eazy. Fans will be able to purchase NFTs using credit or debit cards in more than 135 fiat currencies, as well as cryptocurrencies and stablecoins, OneOf said.
Blockchain Platform Chia Network Raises $61M, Seeks IPO This Year
Chia Network Inc., a blockchain and smart trading platform created by BitTorrent founder Bram Cohen, received $61 million in Series D financing, led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) and Richmond Global Ventures, Breyer Capital, Slow Ventures, True Ventures, Cygni Capital , Naval Ravikant, Collab+Currency, and DHVC participated in the investment. The company is valued at about $500 million, people familiar with the matter said. Additionally, David Frazee, managing partner at Richmond Global Ventures, will join Chia's board of directors. He personally invested in the company in 2018.
Institutional trading platform Talos received US$40 million in Series A financing, led by a16z
Canadian encrypted lending platform Ledn received $30 million in Series A financing, led by Kingsway Capital
Balancer Labs received another $24.25 million in financing, Pantera participated in the investment
Balancer Labs received another $24.25 million in financing, Pantera participated in the investment
Balancer Labs has further cooperated with investors in the cryptocurrency field, and they have provided Balancer Labs with $24.25 million in funding to support the further development of Balancer Protocol. Investors in this round join firms such as Alameda Capital and Pantera Capital, which are buying BAL directly from Balancer Labs, according to official sources.
It is reported that in March 2020, Balancer Labs had raised US$3 million in financing.
Encryption Monitoring Startup Solidus Labs Completes $20M Series A Funding
Surveillance firm Solidus Labs, which focuses on monitoring crypto market manipulation, has raised $20 million in Series A funding. FTX, NYDIG, Evolution Partners, 645 Ventures and former Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Chris Giancarlo participated in the round. Solidus Labs CEO Asaf Meir said some of the proceeds from the Series A round will be used to enhance Solidus’ “cross-market surveillance” tools, which regulators demand to know if bad actors are manipulating multiple trading venues simultaneously. Solidus last raised money in February 2019 with a $3 million seed round led by Hanaco Ventures. (The Block)
Blockchain infrastructure service provider Hangzhou Yunxiang Network Technology Co., Ltd. (referred to as Yunxiang) announced that it has completed the B-round financing of over 100 million yuan. This round of financing will be mainly used for business expansion, team expansion, further expansion of the technology landscape, and acceleration of the financial digitalization strategy.
Headquartered in Hangzhou, Yunxiang owns core technology products such as blockchain platform Yunxiang Blockchain, artificial intelligence platform YunAI, and distributed digital application framework YunDAP. Yunxiang has received multiple rounds of financing before, and completed the A++ round of financing of tens of millions of yuan in December 2019. As of then, the cumulative financing amount exceeded 200 million yuan.
According to official news, recently, Nanjing Pure White Matrix Technology Co., Ltd. announced that it has completed a new round of financing of nearly 100 million yuan. This round of financing was led by Ant Group, followed by E-Fun Keda and Nanjing Jiangbei New District Science and Technology Investment Group.
It is reported that Nanjing Pure White Matrix Technology Co., Ltd. was established in June 2018. It is a technology company focusing on the research and development of blockchain middleware technology and the ecological construction of global developers. ChainIDE, a subsidiary of Pure White Matrix, is the world's first cloud-based multi-chain blockchain integrated development environment. It has helped developers in more than 160 countries so far. Since its launch in 2019, ChainIDE has provided more than 5 million times of smart contract compilation services and 69 million times of blockchain middleware traffic. It is currently the world's largest blockchain developer traffic portal.
SDF Development Foundation Invests $15 Million in Mexican Blockchain Platform Airtm
DeFi structured investment product platform Set Labs completes $14 million in Series A financing led by 1kx and Hashed
Set Labs, a DeFi structured investment product platform, completed a $14 million Series A round of financing, led by 1kx and Hashed, with participation from Mechanism Capital, Defiance, Spartan, ParaFi, Coinbase Ventures, Craft, and Threshold Ventures.
Blockchain Application Solution Reach Announces $12 Million Funding
Reach, a blockchain application building solution funded by the Algorand Foundation, announced it has raised $12 million in funding at a $48 million valuation. The funding will be used to simplify blockchain development and unlock the next generation of decentralized applications. (PR Newswire)
Cardano-based DApp Revuto Completes $10 Million Public Offering
Blocto, a cross-chain smart contract wallet, completes $8 million in private equity financing, with participation from Alameda Research and others
Blocto, a cross-chain smart contract wallet, completed $8 million in private financing. Investors include Alameda Research, Quantstamp CEO Richard Ma, and community partners. In addition, project advisors are Dapper Labs CEO Roham, SushiSwap CTO Joseph Delong, and Rally founder Kevin Chou.
It is reported that Blocto supports Binance Smart Chain (BSC), Ethereum, Flow, Solana and Tron, has built-in cross-chain DEX Bloctoswap, and provides wallet SDK solutions for other Dapps, aiming to become a platform for users to enter digital currencies, DApps and NFTs. entrance.
Indonesian cryptocurrency exchange Pintu completes $6 million financing led by Pantera Capital
Indonesian cryptocurrency exchange Pintu has completed a US$6 million A1 round of financing, led by Pantera Capital, with participation from Blockchain Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, PT Gesit Perkasa, Intudo Ventures, AHP Investment, Alameda Ventures and Spartan Group. In addition to providing cryptocurrency exchange services, Pintu also introduces cryptocurrency investments to its users through the Pintu Academy platform. The company is registered with the Indonesian Ministry of Communications and Informatics and the Commodity Futures Trading Regulatory Authority (Bappebti). (Tech Inasia)
Art hardware startup Infinite Objects raises $6 million led by Dapper Labs, Courtside VC
Art hardware startup Infinite Objects announced the completion of $6 million in financing, led by Dapper Labs and Courtside VC, with participation from Serena Ventures, Betaworks, Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, GFR Fund, Genies, Sound Ventures, and famous basketball players Kevin Durant and Rich Kleiman. cast.
DeFi lending platform Rikkei Finance completes US$5.6 million in financing, with participation from LD Capital and others
News DeFi lending platform Rikkei Finance completed US$5.6 million in financing, HyperChain Capital, Kyber Network, Signum Capital, PNYX, X21digital.com, LD Capital, Tomochain, Kernel Ventures, Trade Coin Vietnam, Coin98, Kyros Ventures (Coin68), YBB Foundation, ArkStream Capital and Inclusion Capital participated in the investment.
It is reported that Rikkei Finance is a Vietnamese DeFi start-up company that is building a blockchain loan platform that allows the use of digital assets such as NFT for collateral. (The New York Age)
Blockchain company QuickNode raises $5.3 million in seed round led by Reddit co-founder
Blockchain company QuickNode received $5.3 million in seed round investment, led by the co-founder of Reddit, with participation from SoftBank Opportunity Fund, Arrington XRP Capital and Crossbeam.v. The QuickNode service offering includes an application programming interface (API) that can be used to query blockchain data and facilitate the operation of decentralized applications. QuickNode's platform supports integration with six networks: Bitcoin, Ethereum, xDai, Polygon (MATIC), Binance Smart Chain, and Optimistic Ethereum. Clients include data analytics firms CoinGecko, DappRadar and Dune Analytics, as well as decentralized lottery provider PoolTogether and DeFi startup Fairmint.
Meme.com, a new marketplace focused on memes and NFTs, raises $5 million led by Outlier Ventures
Encryption insurance company Breach completes a $2.5 million seed round of financing, led by Global Founders Capital and others
Breach, an insurance technology start-up company that provides insurance technology and products for the cryptocurrency market, announced the completion of a $2.5 million seed round of financing, led by Global Founders Capital (GFC) and former Xapo executive Ted Rogers, with participation from Goodwater Capital and Thomas Bailey cast. (Insurance Business)
Lossless completes $2.245 million in private equity financing led by DAO Maker
News Lossless announced the completion of $2.245 million in private equity financing, led by DAO Maker, with participation from Master Ventures, X21, Magnus Capital, Hacken, Chandler Song and Ryan Fang (founders of ANKR and Bounce), Poolz, and CyberFi.
It is reported that Lossless is the first DeFi hack mitigation tool for token creators. Through various methods of fraud detection, its protocol blocks counterfeit transactions and automatically returns any stolen tokens to their original owners. Its reward system motivates the community to explore more and more effective hacker identification mechanisms, and the discoverer who takes action first will be rewarded.
iMe Smart Platform, a native messaging intelligence platform, has completed private equity financing of US$1.9 million, with participation from OKEx Blockdream Ventures, Litentry, Phoenix CryptoVC, YBB Foundation, Dego Finance, and Titans Ventures.
In addition, iMe has reached a cooperation with Litentry and plans to integrate Litentry into its messaging application (messenger) to allow blockchain identity management in social networks. It is reported that iMe Smart Platform is an innovative messaging application based on Telegram, with built-in artificial intelligence and encrypted wallet.
CryptoC Labs announced the completion of a $1.6 million seed round of financing, with a valuation of $15 million in this round, led by Metaverse Capital, followed by Rebase D. Ventures, Conflux Tech, and several angel investors including Suji, the founder of Mask Network. cast.
Bware Labs (BWR) received US$1.2 million in strategic financing, led by Ascensive Assets
Bware Labs (BWR) received US$1.2 million in strategic financing, led by Ascensive Assets, Morningstar Ventures, Moonrock Capital, Spartan Group, Genesis Block Ventures, Waterdrip Capital, Vendetta Capital, blockchain project Avalanche Foundation (AVAX) and ANKR participated. Bware Labs (BWR) is a team that connects end users and node providers through API tools. In the next phase of Bware Labs (BWR), Elrond, Polkadot, and Polygon will be integrated into the Bware Labs ecosystem. (U Today)
According to official news, Polytrade, a blockchain-based trade financing agreement, announced that it has completed a financing of US$1.2 million with 33 times oversubscription. Investors include LD Capital, Axia8 Ventures, Spark Digital Capital, Sandeep Nailwal (Polygon), Master Ventures, Orion Protocol , AU21 Capital, Icetea Labs, Momentum 6, Krypital Group, ROK Capital, Ramani Ramachandran (Router), Amesten Capital, Shima Capital, and DaSheng Capital.
Crypto Network, a retail encryption platform, announced the completion of $1.1 million in private placement financing, led by Master Ventures, GravityX Capital and CMS Holdings, GenBlock, Ascensive Assets, X21 Digital, AU21, Polygon's WaterDrip Sandeep Nailwal and Fetch.ai's Humayun Sheikh participated in the investment. (ZyCrypto)
everFinance Completes $1 Million Seed Funding, Led by HashKey and SevenX Ventures
everFinance, an Arweave-based DeFi protocol, announced the completion of a $1 million seed round of financing, co-led by HashKey and SevenX Ventures, followed by Arweave, Mask Network, DODO, OKEx Blockdream Ventures, Digital Renaissance Foundation (Cao Yin), and D1 Ventures. Individual investors include DeBank CEO Hongbo Tang and DODO founder Lei Mingda.
It is reported that everFinance is based on Arweave's DeFi protocol. Its product everPay was released on May 21. Users can use everPay to transfer Ethereum and ERC20 tokens for free. According to the team, everPay will support the cross-chain from Arweave to Ethereum.
Polkadot's cross-chain NFT protocol DNFT announced that it has completed a million-dollar financing. This round of investment institutions includes LD Capital, Candaq Fintech Group, Waterdrop Capital, 7 Star Capital, GD Capital, 1PAR, InnCube Crypto Capital, Win Capital, ChianUp Capital, etc. home institution.
Decentralized Volatility Protocol Qilin Protocol Completes USD 800,000 Financing, Multicoin Capital and Others Participate
DeFi Alliance has backed its first Solana-based project, Mercurial Finance
DeFi Alliance has backed its first Solana-based project, Mercurial Finance
The DeFi Alliance backed its first Solana-based project, Mercurial Finance. Mercurial is building a stablecoin trading protocol on the Solana blockchain. Ning Ng, co-head of Mercurial, said the DeFi Alliance has invested $100,000 in Mercurial and will help bootstrap liquidity for the protocol. Other backers of Mercurial include Alameda Research, Solana Ecosystem Fund, Huobi, OKEx, CoinGecko Founder, Blockfolio, Nansen, etc. To date, the project has raised a total of $10.3 million through the sale of SAFTs. The Mercurial protocol is expected to launch next month. (The Block)
Only1, an NFT social platform based on the Solana blockchain, announced its first batch of strategic investors, including Alameda Research, Genesis Block Venture, Liquefy Labs, NGC Capital, PetRock Capital, and DuckDAO.
Encrypted interest rate data aggregation platform Staking Rewards announced the completion of a seed round of financing, led by Swiss Founders Fund (SFF), with participation from A&T Capital, Fenbushi Capital and other angel investors. Staking Rewards stated that the new funds will be used to expand the scale of the platform and add some new functions, and simultaneously launch functions such as the pledge provider registration form.
Dallas Mavericks Owner Invests in Ethereum Scaling Solution Polygon
Dallas Mavericks owner and billionaire Mark Cuban has invested in Layer 2 Ethereum scaling solution Polygon. Cuban confirmed the investment but did not disclose the size or composition. (CoinDesk)
Pera Finance announces SkyVision Capital as its strategic investor
In official news, trading and yield farming agreement Pera Finance announced SkyVision Capital as its strategic investor.
