According to Odaily’s incomplete statistics, a total of 40 domestic and overseas blockchain financing incidents were announced in the week from May 9th to May 15th, a certain increase from the previous week; There has been a substantial increase.
The following are the specific financing events (Note: 1. Sorting according to the announced amount; 2. Excluding fundraising and mergers and acquisitions; 3. * is a "traditional" company whose business involves blockchain):
The following are the specific financing events (Note: 1. Sorting according to the announced amount; 2. Excluding fundraising and mergers and acquisitions; 3. * is a "traditional" company whose business involves blockchain):
Chainalysis completes $170 million in financing at a valuation of $8.6 billion, led by GIC
Sources revealed that Chainalysis, a blockchain data analysis company, completed Series F financing of US$170 million at a valuation of US$8.6 billion, led by Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC.
According to Crunchbase data, Chainalysis has a total financing of US$536 million. Other investors include Dragoneer, Durable Capital Partners, 9Yards Capital, Altimeter Capital Management, Blackstone, Sequoia Heritage and SVB Capital.
It is reported that Chainalysis completed the E-round financing of US$100 million at a valuation of US$4.2 billion in June 2021, led by Coatue; in March 2021, it completed the D-round financing of US$100 million at a valuation of over US$2 billion, led by Paradigm. (The Information)
Web3 startup Naetion secures $150M investment from GEM Digital
Naetion, a Denmark-based web3 start-up company dedicated to building the world's largest on-chain career network, announced today that it has received a total investment of US$150 million from digital asset investment company GEM Digital Limited. (Globe News Wire)
KuCoin completes $150 million financing at a $10 billion valuation, led by Jump Crypto
Cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin announced on Tuesday that it has completed a financing of US$150 million at a valuation of US$10 billion. Jump Trading’s investment arm Jump Crypto led the round, with participation from Circle Ventures, IDG Capital and Matrix Partners. Funds raised will be used to expand transaction services and develop Web3 business.
Additionally, KuCoin said it will boost its portfolio in cryptocurrency wallets, P2E games, DeFi and NFT platforms. The funds raised will also be used to strengthen KuCoin’s Ethereum-based public chain. (Forbes)
Opn (formerly SYNQA), the parent company of blockchain payment company Omise, announced the completion of round C+ financing of approximately US$120 million (approximately 15.5 billion yen), with the participation of Bank of Mitsubishi UFJ, Mars Growth, and JIC Venture Growth Investments. At present, the total financing amount of Opn has exceeded 222 million US dollars.
It is reported that Opn was established in 2013, focusing on online payment, blockchain technology for financial technology applications and digital transformation solutions. It owns the NFT issuance and sales platform Opn Mint and the payment infrastructure Opn Payments.
Additionally, its payment services operate under the name Omise, including OMG Network, an Ethereum-based second-layer blockchain product. OMG Network was acquired by Genesis Block Ventures (GBV) in December 2020. (Coinpost)
Digital asset institutional trading platform Talos completed a $105 million Series B financing at a valuation of $1.25 billion, led by General Atlantic, with participation from Citigroup, Bank of New York Mellon, Wells Fargo, a16z, PayPal Ventures, and Fidelity Investments.
Talos provides institutional investors with the best trading solutions. Its products help customers view the prices of trading platforms and market makers in one place, and issue orders for all stages of transactions—even complex algorithm stages. (Financial Times)
Elwood Technologies completes $70 million Series A financing, led by Goldman Sachs and Dawn Capital
Well-known hedge fund manager Alan Howard's encryption technology company Elwood Technologies announced the completion of US$70 million in Series A financing, led by Goldman Sachs and Dawn Capital, Barclays, BlockFi Ventures, Chimera Ventures, CommerzVentures, Digital Currency Group, Flow Traders and Galaxy Digital Ventures participated cast. Funds raised will be used for product expansion and globalization. (The Block)
Encryption market monitoring company Solidus Labs completed a $45 million Series B round of financing, led by Liberty City Ventures, with participation from Evolution Equity Partners, Declaration Partners, former U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks, and former CFTC Chairman Christopher Giancarlo. It is reported that Solidus Labs provides a set of tools to analyze blockchain data for more than 50 different types of security threats, such as wash transactions, spoofed transactions, and pump and dump schemes. (Forbes)
According to official news, the P2E game MechaFightClub (MFC) announced the completion of the A-round financing of US$40 million, led by a16z, and participated by Michael Ovitz, Sonam K Ahuja, LuBall13.eth, Solana Ventures and others.
According to previous news, according to the US SEC’s documents on Friday, chain game company Irreverent Labs recently completed a financing of 40 million US dollars, a total of 11 investors participated in the equity and option financing, and will launch the P2E game MechaFightClub.
Moralis, a Web3 development platform, announced the completion of a $40 million Series A round of financing, with participation from EQT Ventures, Fabric Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, and Dispersion Capital.
Moralis provides developers with the infrastructure to build and publish cross-chain applications, games and NFTs. This round of financing will be used for product development, improving user experience, increasing its customer capacity and supporting larger customers. (The Block)
BVNK, a cryptocurrency start-up company, has completed Series A financing of US$40 million, with a post-investment valuation of US$340 million. Tiger Global led the investment, and The Raba Partnership, Avenir, Kingsway Capital, Nordstar, Concentric, Base Capital and others participated in the investment. The new funds will be used to expand crypto banking services.
BVNK provides banking services and payments to crypto-native businesses. Companies using BVNK can accept payments in fiat and cryptocurrencies, hold hundreds of different currencies and crypto assets, and send funds around the world. (TechCrunch)
*Token.io Completes $40 Million Funding Led by Cota Capital and TempoCap
British start-up company Token.io has completed $40 million in financing, led by Cota Capital and TempoCap, with participation from Element Ventures, MissionOG, PostFinance, Octopus Ventures, Opera Tech Ventures, and SBI Investments. (TechCrunch)
*Renewable energy data center developer Soluna closes $35 million financing
Soluna Holdings, a developer of renewable energy data centers, has received $35 million in project investment from private equity firm Spring Lane Capital. This round of financing will be used to build more data center-related facilities, three energy-saving facilities, and the converted energy for bitcoin Coin mining and AI computing. (Globe News Wire)
African encryption startup Jambo completes $30 million in Series A financing, led by Paradigm
Jambo, an African encryption start-up company, completed a US$30 million Series A financing, led by Paradigm, and participated by Pantera Capital, Delphi Ventures, Kingsway Capital and Gemini Frontier Fund. Funds raised will be used to develop the product and expand the team.
Financial technology and blockchain company Oasis Pro Inc. completed over US$27 million in Series A financing, UDHC, Blizzard the Avalanche Fund, Inveniam, Redwood Trust (NYSE: RWT), TrustLabs, Mirae Asset Venture Investment, Gate Ventures, LedgerPrime, StableNode and others participated in the vote. The financing will be used to drive continued growth by establishing a senior management team, expanding global business development, expanding the technology platform globally through new revenue streams, and adding complementary blockchain technologies. (Business Wire)
NFT infrastructure Co:Create completes $25 million in seed round financing led by a16z
NFT infrastructure startup Co:Create completed a $25 million seed round of financing led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). Other investors include Tom Brady’s NFT platform Autograph, Packy McCormick’s Not Boring Capital, FTX Ventures’ Amy Wu, VaynerFund and The team behind NFT fragmentation platform Fractional.art and NFT studio RTFKT. (The Block)
MARA, an African encryption trading platform, announced the completion of $23 million in financing, led by Coinbase Ventures, Alameda Research, Distributed Global, Day One Ventures, and TQ Ventures. In addition, MARA also announced that it will launch a Layer 1 public chain driven by its native MARA Token, and will launch its test network in the fourth quarter. (CoinDesk)
NFT startup Arianee completes 20 million euros in Series A financing, led by Tiger Global
According to official news, Arianee, an NFT startup headquartered in Paris, France, completed a 20 million euro (about 21 million U.S. dollar) Series A financing, led by Tiger Global, with participation from Bpifrance, ISAI, Noia Capital, Cygni Labs, Commerce Ventures and Motier Ventures .
Since closing a $9.5 million seed round in March 2021, Arianee has tripled its workforce and now has more than 50 clients and partners in Europe and North America (including IBM and The Sandbox). With the new funding round, Arianee hopes to accelerate its international business by expanding its New York office, recruiting new talent, and continuing to develop its products and services. (Forbes)
Encrypted wallet service provider Casa completes $21 million in financing, led by Acrew Capital
Encrypted wallet service provider Casa announced the completion of $21 million in financing, led by Acrew Capital, with participation from Positive Sum Ventures and Naval Ravikant. Meanwhile, Casa launched the Casa API, which will help businesses like Swan Bitcoin and Choice IRA verify their customers' financial identities when approving loans or making retirement investments. (CoinDesk)
BitCoke Exchange completes US$20 million in strategic financing, led by Huobi
According to the official announcement, BitCoke Exchange announced that it has successfully obtained US$20 million in strategic financing in early 2022, led by Huobi Exchange, including Redline DAO, Krypital, LD Capital, AKG, VRM, Mint, WeBlock , 7 Clock, HTR, NFTGO, LTP, Scorpio, Eureka, Hotbit, JL Capital, Pento and dozens of institutions, communities and individuals participated in the investment. Funds will be mainly used for exchanges to explore the integration of CEX and DEX and related product development.
It is reported that BitCoke is a mixed contract exchange, mainly for professional traders, and institutional investors such as overseas funds and self-operated asset management departments. BitCoke has been in the top ten of CMC derivatives exchanges for a long time.
CrossAngle announced that its encrypted data and research platform Xangle announced the completion of a $17 million Series B investment led by KB Investment, Shinhan Capital, Premier Partners and IMM.
It is reported that CrossAngle was established in August 2018 to provide verified disclosures and information. In the year and a half since its inception, it has raised about $4 million in Series A funding. (Businesswire)
Game start-up Branch announced the completion of a $12.5 million seed round of financing. Mechanism Play, TCG Crypto, Dragonfly Capital, Polychain, Coinbase Ventures, Three Arrows Capital, etc. participated in the investment. Angel investors include Polygon Studios CEO Ryan Wyatt and others.
Branch co-founder Dayton Mills said the company is working on games inspired by Animal Crossing and Minecraft. Its characteristic is that most chain games require players to purchase NFT in advance to play, but in the games it is currently developing, the reference to encryption technology will be hidden, so that players may never know what NFT is, but they can still learn from it. Earn income. It is reported that the first version of the game is expected to be released this summer. (CoinDesk)
NFT platform Highlight completes $11 million in seed round financing, led by Haun Ventures
Completed an $11 million seed round for Highlight, an NFT platform focused on community building tools, led by Haun Ventures founded by former a16z partner Katie Haun, 1kx, A_Capital, SciFi VC, Floodgate, Coinbase Ventures, 35 Ventures, Polygon Studios, Mischief VC, DAO Jones, Offline Ventures, Gokul Rajaram, Lenny Rachitsky, WME, Method Management, ThreeSixZero, etc. participated in the investment. (The Block)
Polygon-based NFT project Freeverse completed $10.5 million in financing, Earlybird Venture Capital, Target Global, Adara Ventures, 4Founders Capital, OneFootball, soccer star Mario Götze, Travelperk CEO Avi Meir, OneFootball CEO Lucas von Cranach, and Taulia and Centrifuge co-founder Maex Ament and others participated in the investment.
According to reports, Freeverse creates NFT-based assets that change and develop over time, enabling a new type of digital ownership. (Venture Beat)
According to official news, Satori, the Polkadot ecological derivatives platform, completed a financing of US$10 million, led by Polychain and Blockchain, and participated by individual investors including Jump Crypto, Coinbase Ventures, Portal, Acala, Astar, Parallel, Clover, and Polkadot founder Gavin Wood. cast.
According to reports, Satori is a derivatives market that combines AMM and order book models and will be launched in the next few weeks.
*Stanhope Financial Group raises over $10 million led by Gate Ventures
Stanhope Financial Group, a global financial technology company that provides a full range of banking services for enterprises, has received more than US$10 million in Series A financing, led by venture capital firm Gate Ventures. The funds will be used to develop products, strengthen the management team, increase its market share, and prepare for the launch of SH Digital, the company’s soon-to-be-launched subsidiary digital asset division.
Stanhope Financial Group also holds financial services licenses from the Bank of Lithuania and the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA). (Finextra)
Berlin-based cryptocurrency startup Chainflip Labs announced the completion of $10 million in financing, with Framework Ventures, Blockchain Capital and Pantera Capital participating in the round in exchange for equity in the company. The valuation of the financing was not disclosed.
In August last year, Chainflip, a cross-chain protocol based on decentralized automated market makers, completed $6 million in financing, led by Framework Ventures, ParaFi Capital, Distributed Global, Delphi Digital, Hypersphere Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, DeFi Alliance, Altonomy, Maven 11 , Edenblock and Morningstar Ventures participated in the investment. (The Block)
P2E game Nyan Heroes announced the completion of strategic financing of US$7.5 million at a valuation of US$100 million, Kosmos Ventures, Sino Global Capital, Shima Capital, Petrock Capital, Morningstar Ventures, 32-bit Ventures, Crypto.com, Tess Ventures, Master Ventures, Wave7, Ancient8, Drops Ventures, Andromeda Capital, Salad Ventures, Moonchain Capital, Snackclub, Joel Madden, A$AP Lou, Arnold Poernomo, DataDash, CryptoLark, CAGYJAN, Sol Legend, and Koroush participated in the investment.
It is reported that Nyan Heroes is a 3A or P2E third-person shooter (TPS) built on the Solana blockchain.
Paper Completes $7.3M Seed Round, Co-Leaded by Electric Capital and Initialized Capital
Encrypted payment processing company Paper completed a $7.3 million seed round of financing, co-led by Electric Capital and Initialized Capital, Polygon, FalconX, Long Journey Ventures, ThirdWeb, Night Capital and other institutions, as well as Plaid, Twitch, Fractal, MagicEden, Eventbrite, Tagomi and Bison The founders of projects such as Trails participated.
It is reported that Paper allows users to create wallets through their email addresses and use credit cards (or encrypted wallets) to purchase NFT on Polygon, Ethereum, Solana and Avalanche blockchains, providing non-encrypted consumers with a "barrier-free" bridge to enter the market . (TechCrunch)
MetaNight, a nightlife-based metaverse social platform, completed a $7 million seed round of financing. It is reported that MetaNight focuses on nightclubs, bars, KTV, board games and other social nightlife Metaverse scene construction, aiming to provide users with multi-theme, full-scenario, immersive Metaverse social interaction through the social incentive of Night to earn experience.
In addition, MetaNight will provide practitioners in the nightlife industry with a Web3.0-based membership system and a one-click metaverse scene building tool.
Lighthouse Labs completes $7 million in seed round financing led by Animoca Brands, Accel and others
Lighthouse Labs announced the completion of a $7 million seed round of financing, led by Animoca Brands, BlockTower, and Accel, with participation from White Star Capital, Gemini Frontier Fund, and StreamingFast, the core developer of The Graph. Individual investors include Alex Svanevik, founder of Nansen, and founder of POAP Patricio Worthalter, Messari founder Ryan Selkis and Exclusive founder Thibault Launay.
The company says it will launch its Metaverse Search engine this summer, a platform designed to make places, events, communities and people across the different metaverses searchable through a single portal. (The Block)
Decentralized insurance protocol Neptune Mutual completes $5.3 million private placement
Decentralized insurance protocol Neptune Mutual completed $5.3 million private placement financing, Gate io, Bitmart, LD Capital, Mapleblock Capital, Pulsar Global, The DuckDao, Dweb3, Lux Capital, Cabin VC, Poolz Finance, BSC Army, Whitelist Ventures, Redline DAO , CryptoLark, XT.com, etc. participated in the investment.
Previously, Neptune Mutual has completed $5 million in seed and strategic rounds of financing, with major investors including: Fenbushi, Coinbase Ventures, Animoca Brands, GBV Capital, Huobi, OKX, etc.
It is reported that Neptune Mutual, as a decentralized insurance agreement, aims to provide P2P risk management insurance products for centralized virtual asset service providers, decentralized financial agreements and metaverses based on parametric insurance models. (Cryptoslate)
Minto, a Japanese emoji comics NFT company, completed a financing of 660 million yen (approximately US$5.1 million), led by Kakao Piccoma, and participated by Sumitomo Mitsui Insurance Capital, Mizuho Capital, and OLM Ventures (the investment arm of Imagica Group). Up to now, the total financing amount of Minto has reached 1.46 billion yen. (The Bridge)
Web3 payments firm Fuse Labs secures $5M investment from digital asset firm Tectona
Tectona, an Israeli digital asset company, signed a binding agreement with Fuse Labs, a Web3 payment company, and Fuse Labs received a $5 million investment from Tectona. Funding will be used to fuel development of Fuse Charge, a new SaaS offering on the Fuse Network that enables developers to quickly build applications that can process payments at scale and significantly reduce the heavy lifting required to build blockchain payment implementations . (Invezz)
Element Black, a metaverse infrastructure company, completed a financing of US$3.6 million, with participation from DaoMaker, AU21, LD capital, OKX blockdream, and JKL. The financing will be mainly used for the development of Social-Fi and NFT games, and promote the completion of music copyright confirmation.
Encryption startup Belo completes $3 million in seed round financing, CRV and others participate
Argentine cryptocurrency startup Belo has completed a $3 million seed round of financing, with participation from CRV, The Venture city, Newtopia and Latitude. (CoinDesk)
NFT liquidity platform SOLARR announced the completion of a $2 million seed round of financing, with participation from All In Ventures Fund, JY Cap, and MD2 Digital. (CoinSpeaker)
Encrypted music application Inflow announced the completion of a $1.5 million seed round of financing, with participation from ConsenSys and Protocol Labs.
It is reported that Inflow mainly helps musicians launch their own cryptocurrency and make profits through tokens. Inflow also launched an artist fund to provide financial support for musicians to shoot music videos, launch video podcasts, and hold concerts. (AfroTech)
Web3 Media Ecosystem Dirt Completes $1.2 Million Seed Round Led by Collab+Currency
According to official news, Dirt, a community-driven Web3 media ecosystem, announced the completion of a $1.2 million seed round of financing, led by Collab+Currency, with participation from Offline Ventures, Flamingo DAO, Spice Capital, Unicorn DAO, and Matt Hackett.
Web3 platform Fanztar raises Rs 5 crore led by India Quotient
Fanztar, a blockchain-based Web3 creative profit platform, announced the completion of 50 million rupees (approximately US$645,000) in financing, led by India Quotient, angel investors including ShareChat founder Ankush Sachdeva, Bhanu Pratap Singh and Farid Ahsan, and SoftBank India Investment Director Sarthak Misra, ShareChat CFO Manohar Charan and TM Ventures Founder Tarsame Mittal. (The Economic Times)
HTR Group, a Vietnamese encryption media and investment institution, announced the completion of a round of strategic financing, with participation from Huobi Ventures, MEXC, Lancer Capital, LD capital, VRM Ventures, Redline DAO, Titans Ventures, BitCoke, and ICO Pantera. HTR Group will use the funding to expand its network and reach into more geographies.
It is reported that HTR Group, established in 2017, is a Vietnamese encryption industry media agency and investment management company. (Cointelegraph)
According to official news, Vanswap, the first DEX project of the Vision public chain ecology, completed a million-dollar private placement financing, led by Blue Mountain Ventures and Vision Foundation.
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