One-week financing express | 60 projects have been invested; the total disclosed financing is about 740 million US dollars (6.6-6.12)
According to Odaily's incomplete statistics, a total of 60 domestic and overseas blockchain financing incidents were announced in the week from June 6 to June 12, a significant increase from the previous week; There is a certain 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):
Pintu, an Indonesian cryptocurrency exchange, has completed a US$113 million Series B round of financing. Investors include venture capital institutions Intudo Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Pantera Capital, and investment consulting firm Northstar Group.
It is reported that Lightspeed led Pintu’s US$35 million Series A extension financing in August last year. (CoinDesk)
*Immersive e-commerce solution Nfinite completes USD 100 million in Series B financing
Nfinite, an immersive e-commerce solution in the SaaS model, announced the completion of a US$100 million Series B round of financing, led by Insight Partners and participated by original investors US Venture Partners and others.
It is reported that Nfinite will use the funds to expand the company's business to promote the market expansion and 3Dization of its SaaS-based visual electronic marketing platform. In addition, Nfinite will also provide visual assets compatible with Web2 and Web3 applications to explore the potential of the Metaverse direction. (Prnewswire)
Regions of Sports, a sports media production company, announced the completion of a US$50 million Series B financing, led by Shamrock Capital, with participation from Elysian Park Ventures and Cerro Capital. Ameeth Sankaran, CEO of Religion of Sports, said that the company’s post-investment valuation will exceed $100 million, and the financing will be used to expand more innovative projects, such as creating NFTs for athletes.
It is reported that Regions of Sports was co-founded by Tom Brady, Michael Strahan and film producer and entrepreneur Gotham Chopra. (Axios)
Shooting game Superpower Squad completed private equity financing at a valuation of US$50 million. KuCoin Labs led the investment, and EVG, Ankr, etc. participated in the investment. The specific financing amount was not disclosed. The new financing will be used for subsequent development of advanced game modes and desktop versions, as well as expanding its influence in the GameFi field.
According to reports, Superpower Squad is a superhero-themed third-person shooter game with a team of more than 60 people. The game includes features such as MOBA, RPG, Roguelike, social chat function, and ranking system, as well as other game modes such as PVP and PVE, and has various assets such as heroes, weapons, and skins. At present, its beta version has been launched on the Android platform, and the iOS version will also be launched in the near future. (Business Wire)
Coinhouse, a digital asset service provider, announced the completion of a €40 million (US$42.5 million) financing, led by ODDO BHF and True Global Ventures 4 Plus, with participation from Tioga Capital, XAnge Siparex Innovation, Raise Ventures, CF Partners, ConsenSys, and Expon Capital. The financing will be used to develop encrypted asset management products and accelerate its international expansion to tap external growth opportunities, including making encrypted payments more intuitive and accessible for individuals and businesses, and simplifying transactions and digital asset management through Web3. (Tech in Asia)
DeFi lending protocol Euler Finance completes $32 million in financing, led by Haun Ventures
Euler Finance, an Ethereum-based DeFi lending agreement, announced the completion of $32 million in financing, led by Haun Ventures, with participation from Variant, FTX Ventures, and Jump Crypto.
It is reported that Euler Finance uses a framework-based lending risk assessment scheme, and the team will launch a DAO later this year to enable users to govern Euler's development and operations and decide how to use their community treasury. (Blockworks)
Calaxy, an encrypted social platform founded by NBA star Dinwiddie, announced the completion of $26 million in financing, led by Animoca Brands and HBAR Foundation, and participated by Polygon.
It is reported that Calaxy will build a user-oriented social platform based on the underlying blockchain technology. Fans can establish contact with well-known creators through video messages, online courses, video calls and fan club subscriptions. Content subscriptions can use Calaxy’s native Token CLXY buys. (CoinDesk)
Decentralized hosting solution Entropy completes $25 million in financing led by a16z
Entropy, a decentralized custody solution, completed $25 million in financing, led by a16z, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Robot Ventures, Dragonfly Capital, Ethereal Ventures, Variant, and Inflection.
It is reported that Entropy aims to disrupt the way digital assets are held through its decentralized self-custody solution. (Techcrunch)
Tiptop Labs, a cryptocurrency company founded by Bastian Lehmann, the founder of postmates, a food delivery service company acquired by Uber, completed a $23 million Series A round of financing last month, led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Sam Altman, Naval Ravikant, Gokul Rajaram, Scott Banister, Cyan Banister, Nabeel Hyatt, Dan Romero, Jude Gomila, Sean Plaice, Andy McLoughlin, Jeff Clavier, Vivek Patel and others participated in the investment.
Agrotools, a Brazilian blockchain agricultural technology and data analysis company, announced the completion of financing of US$21 million (approximately 100 million Brazilian reals), with a company valuation of approximately US$94 million. Horácio Lafer Piva (Klabin), Pedro Paulo Campos (JP Morgan), Fátima Marques (Hay Group/Korn Ferry), Paulo Hegler (Toledo), Olivier Murguet (Nissan-Renault), KPTL, FIP Inovabra, Ronaldo Galvani Jr participated. (Globenewswire)
Skolem Completes $20M Series A Funding Led by Galaxy Digital
Skolem, a provider of data and transaction execution services, announced the completion of a $20 million Series A round led by Galaxy Digital, with participation from Point72 Ventures, Jump Crypto, Fenwick, West, Morpheus Ventures and Dragonfly Capital. The funds raised will be used to expand the team and improve the company’s technical capabilities to further help institutions access DeFi. (The Block)
Orderly Network, a decentralized trading protocol, announced the completion of US$20 million in financing, Three Arrows Capital, Pantera Capital, Dragonfly Capital, Sequoia China (Sequoia China), Jump Crypto, Alameda Research, GSR Markets, SevenX Ventures, MetaWeb.VC, IOSG Ventures and others participated in the investment. The financing will be used to hire employees, develop new and existing products, and form new partnerships. (The Block)
Ledgible, an encrypted taxation and accounting platform, announced the completion of a $20 million Series A financing, led by EJF Silvergate Ventures Fund under EJF Capital, with participation from JAM FINTOP, Thomson Reuters Ventures, TTV Capital, Fenbushi US, Commerce Ventures, Nathan McCauley, and Perkins Coie.
It is reported that the Ledgible encrypted tax and accounting platform supports the integration across major blockchains, cryptocurrency trading platforms, wallets and professional accounting tools, can determine encrypted taxes and accounts, and provide this data to professional tax reporting systems and general ledger accounting systems. Ledgible will use the investment to expand its product line and expand its team to support additional institutional partners and accounting firms. (Prnewswire)
Decentralized software organization PartyDAO completes $16.4 million in financing led by a16z
According to the official announcement, the decentralized software organization PartyDAO completed a financing of 16.4 million US dollars, led by a16z.
It is reported that PartyDAO operates the NFT group bidding platform PartyBid, and has released the PartyBid V1 version. The goal of PartyBid is to allow people to pool their funds together and purchase NFT in the form of a team. PartyBid's MarketWrapper contract provides a common interface to integrate different NFT auctions.
Hardware wallet manufacturer Ballet announced the completion of US$13 million in Series A financing, led by Lightspeed China Partners and Draper Dragon, with participation from Ribbit Capital, ACTAI Ventures, Digital Currency Group and Sky9 Capital.
It is reported that Ballet aims to build a self-hosted encrypted storage solution that is user-friendly and suitable for ordinary non-technical people.
Valkyrie, an encrypted asset management company, completed a strategic financing of US$11.15 million. The venture capital department of Coinbase and BNY Mellon, Wedbush Financial Services, SenaHill Partners, Belvedere Strategic Capital, Clearsky, Zilliqa Capital, and C-Squared Ventures participated in the investment. The funds raised will be used to continue building its infrastructure, aiming to bring more institutional investors into the digital asset space. (CoinDesk)
Vybe Network, Solana's ecological data infrastructure solution, announced the completion of a $10.5 million Series A round of financing, led by FTX Ventures, with participation from Sino Global Capital, Staking Facilities, Serum, Panony, Tess Ventures, Contango, Canonical Crypto Fund, and EBT Group.
It is reported that Vybe will use the raised funds to promote the decentralization of data access and storage, allowing any user to participate in the network, share and monetize data. (Prnewswire)
Chain game studio SuperTeam Games announced the completion of a $10 million seed round of financing, led by Griffin Gaming Partners, with participation from Forte, Powerhouse Capital, and former Walt Disney CEO Michael Eisner. (Venture Beat)
According to official news, MachineFi Lab, the core developer of the Internet of Things public chain IoTeX, completed a $10 million seed round of financing, led by Samsung Next, Draper Dragon Fund, and Jump Capital, Hashkey Capital, IOSG Ventures, Escape Velocity, Goodwater Capital, Xoogler Ventures, Wemade , Hanwha, Alpha Grep, DHVC, Vista Lab, Ribbit Angel Fund, NewBuild VC, etc. participated in the investment. Funding will fuel MachineFi Lab's global machine sharing economy platform. The platform will facilitate economic incentives for people to contribute their resources of intelligent machines and devices and their real data to the network.
Cryptio, an institutional-grade encryption accounting platform, completed a $10 million Series A round led by Point Nine, with participation from BlueYard Capital, Alven, CoinShares, Avantgarde Finance, Protocol Labs, and Draper Associates. Funds from this round of financing will be used for recruitment, product development, etc.
It is reported that the establishment of the Cryptio accounting and reporting platform aims to help financial institutions, companies and encryption-native enterprises create auditable records from DeFi, custody and transaction data for accounting and tax reporting. The data it collects can be connected to a client's traditional accounting software, such as Xero or QuickBooks. (CoinDesk)
Floor, an NFT portfolio tracking platform, announced the completion of an $8 million seed round of financing led by 6th Man Ventures, with participation from B Capital, Collab+Currency, and Crypto.com.
Additionally, Robinhood Crypto COO Christine Brown left in March and now joins Floor as COO. (Decrypt
443ID, a privacy and identity security company, announced the completion of an $8 million seed round led by Bill Wood Ventures and Silverton Partners. The company provides services across domains of identity and access management, cybersecurity, encryption, ad tech, and open source intelligence (OSINT) by building an OSINT identity graph. 443ID can provide a comprehensive view of business risk intelligence in real time, including integrating third-party data, to authenticate, register or authorize users and make more decisions in a transparent and cost-effective manner. (Help net security)
Web3 Startup Navigate Completes $7.6M Seed Round Led by Distributed Global
Navigate, a Web3 start-up company, has completed a $7.6 million seed round of financing, led by Distributed Global, Kraken Ventures, Outlier Ventures, and British hedge fund billionaire Alan Howard.
Navigate lets its users share data and earn crypto rewards through its native NVG8 token. (The Block)
Chain game Tatsumeeko completed a $7.5 million seed round of financing led by Delphi Ventures, Bitkraft Ventures, and DeFiance Capital, with participation from Binance Labs, Animoca Brands, Dialectic, and GuildFi. (The Block)
Solana-based pixel art NFT Metaverse Chillchat announced the completion of a $6.5 million seed round, led by FTX Ventures and Crypto.com Capital, Animoca Brands, Griffin Gaming Partners, The Spartan Group, Diamon Hands Ventures, Morningstar Ventures, Shima Capital, Mighty Jaxx, A&T Capital, Old Fashion Research, Double Peak Group, DAOvergence, DeFi Capital, Zipmex Labs, Gate Labs, Overwolf, MonkeVentures, Big Brain Holdings, etc. participated in the investment. At present, the total financing amount of the project has reached 8.69 million US dollars.
According to reports, Chillchat is a pixel art NFT game metaverse featuring Create To Earn, based on the Solana network.
Vietnam Blockchain Game Association and Community, GameFi infrastructure developer Ancient8 announced the completion of $6 million in private equity financing, led by Makers Fund and C² Ventures, Pantera Capital, 6th Man Ventures, IOSG Ventures, Folius Ventures, Morningstar Ventures, Sky9 Capital, Th3ia Capital, Play Ventures and others participated in the investment. So far, Ancient8 has raised a total of $10 million in financing.
This round of financing will be used to build the next generation of software products, communities and guilds to accelerate the infrastructure construction of GameFi and Metaverse. Ancient8 is developing a number of software products for the GameFi infrastructure, with an eye toward supporting the future of blockchain-based game development.
Encrypted payment platform Mash completes $6 million in seed round financing, led by Castle Island Ventures and Whitecap Venture Partners, Maple VC, Strategic Cyber Ventures, Aquanow, Spacecadet Ventures, Amjad Masad, Balaji Srinivasan, Austin Hill, John Pfeffer, Dean Skurka, etc. Participate in voting. It is reported that Mash technology is based on Bitcoin and Lightning Network. The financing will be used to build and commercialize its Bitcoin and Lightning Network payments platform; grow its team in engineering, marketing, sales, and business development; and execute its go-to-market strategy. (Business Wire)
Cross-asset investing app Front raises $5.5 million, takes seed round to over $10 million
Cross-asset class investment application Front announced the completion of an additional US$5.5 million in seed round financing, led by Streamlined VC, WndrCo, Rembrandt VC, B3 Capital, CapitalX and Stonks, in addition to some venture capital institutions and angel investors. Early investors in the company include Will Smith (Dreamers VC), B Capital Group, Plug and Play, and Alumni Venture, among others. So far, the company's seed round financing amount has exceeded 10 million US dollars. Front will use the new funding to continue expanding its app functionality to meet the needs of a new generation of investors, and plans to further integrate with global broker-dealers, cryptocurrency trading platforms and digital asset wallets during the year. (PR Newswire
Encrypted payment startup Request Finance completes $5.5 million seed round financing, Animoca Brands, Balderton Capital and XAnge, The Sandbox co-founder and COO Sebastien Borget, Fantom CEO Michael Kong, Aave founder and CEO Stani Kulechov , StakeDAO founder Julien Bouteloup and others participated in the investment.
It is reported that this round of financing will be used to expand its in-app services and strengthen its team in order to seek more market share in the encrypted payment field. (PRNewswire)
Adim, a Web3 entertainment company, completes a $5 million seed round, led by a16z
Adim, a Web3 entertainment company, completed a $5 million seed round led by a16z. It is reported that actor and producer Rob McElhenney once starred in the popular TV series "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia". This time, the Web3 entertainment company Adim founded by him will recruit 100 creators in an open way, and these creators will get the core character NFT. The NFT is non-transferable and will serve as a certificate of copyright income for the IP created by the holder. (Decrypt)
Decentralized protocol PoutineX completes $5 million seed round led by Pilgrim Crypto Ventures
PoutineX, a decentralized protocol, completed a $5 million seed round of financing, led by Pilgrim Crypto Ventures, and participated by institutional and individual investors such as Polycoin Digital Fund. Most of the funds raised will be used to optimize the product and strengthen the operation of Poutine Exchange, a decentralized perpetual contract protocol.
It is reported that the agreement is under development, and the official version is expected to be launched in early July. Another innovative model called Trade-to-Earn plus (T2E+) will also be implemented at the same time. As a gamified Swap farming protocol, it combines NFT passes, data farming, transaction fee rebates, profit sharing, and more. Compared with the simple Swap farming mode, X2E+ integrates the game features of NFT, which enhances the fun of trading activities. Additionally, governance tokens will be released in the second half of 2022.
NFT game development company Oxalis Games completes $4.5 million in financing led by Blocore
British NFT game development company Oxalis Games announced the completion of US$4.5 million in financing, led by Blocore, Finnish game giant Supercell, Animoca Brands, Griffin Gaming Partners, Ian Livingstone and Jagex CEO Phil Mansell participated in the investment.
It is reported that Oxalis Games was co-founded by Ric Moore, former co-founder of Bossa Studios and The Secret Police, and ina Nelson, a former Star Wars employee. They hope to create the next generation of encrypted games that are fun first, raise the bar in terms of quality and user experience, and use NFT to do some pioneering work that has never been seen before, and then redefine people's perception of encrypted games. (Blockchain gamer)
Metacrafters.io, a collaborative Web3 development course platform, announced the completion of $4.5 million in financing, with participation from Solana, Flow, Avalanche, and Polygon Foundations. Funds raised will be used to fund learning awards for more than 12,000 Solana, Flow, Avalanche and Polygon courses.
It is reported that Metacrafters.io is the first Web3 education platform project initiated by Proof of Learn, Inc., aiming to achieve globally accessible high-quality education through blockchain and learn-to-earn protocols.
Virtual real estate marketplace Parcel closes $4 million seed round led by Framework Ventures
According to official news, Parcel, a virtual real estate market, completed a $4 million seed round of financing led by Framework Ventures, Fifth Wall, Blizzard Fund (Avalanche), AVIV Group, Stake Capital, AppWorks, InterVest, Contents Technologies, Serafund, Sky9 Capital and Great Oaks Venture Capital and others participated in the investment.
It is reported that Parcel has established a comprehensive market tailored specifically for the virtual real estate economy, providing one-stop services for land owners and creators in the virtual world. The Parcel platform has aggregated real estate listings in mainstream Ethereum virtual worlds, including The Sandbox, Decentraland, NFT Worlds, Voxels, Somnium Space, and Mona.
Encrypted savings service startup Gelt announced the completion of a $4 million seed round of funding, with participation from NFX, Village Global, Jump Capital, Alliance, and Orange DAO.
Gelt company aims to help users who do not understand DeFi use savings accounts on the blockchain. The company currently mainly provides savings account services, and has also reached a cooperation with encryption insurance company Nexus Mutual to provide insurance for deposits (up to a limit of 100,000 US dollars), further improving the security of users' funds, and then driving more people to explore the encryption market. (Business Insider)
According to official news, CharmVerse, a DAO operating platform, completed a $3.8 million seed round of financing, with participation from Spartan Group, Cultur3, Red Building Capital, Opensea Ventures, Alliance DAO, Orange DAO, Builder Capital, and POAP Ventures.
It is reported that CharmVerse is an all-in-one DAO operation platform, which integrates DAO entry, bounty management, proposals, project tracking procedures and data repositories in one place, aiming to become a DAO contributor to coordinate daily work, log in with an encrypted wallet, and use A platform for DAO tokens/NFTs to unlock workspaces.
Curio, an NFT analysis tool, completed a $3.7 million seed round of financing led by 776 Management
NFT analysis and browsing tool Curio (formerly Ikaria) announced the completion of a $3.7 million seed round of financing, led by Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian's venture capital 776 Management. So far its total financing amounted to 5.1 million US dollars.
Curio uses a variety of different data sources to provide analysis tools to help users browse and track NFT data, such as scarcity, floor price, average selling price, quantity, etc. At present, Curio has been able to obtain information from OpenSea API and blockchain, and plans to integrate LooksRare data in the near future. (TechCrunch)
Blockpour, a DeFi data aggregation and analysis platform, announced the completion of a seed round of financing of approximately US$3.3 million, with participation from the Algorand Foundation, WeMade, GS Futures, Kestrel 0x1, and Supra Oracles. (Cointelegraph)
Geode Finance, an Ethereum 2.0 pledge agreement, announced the completion of a $3 million seed round of financing, led by Multicoin Capital, with participation from Eden Network, Yield Yak, GSR Markets, C² Ventures, and Ciara Sun, founder and managing partner of C² Ventures.
Fung, an Amsterdam-based encrypted payment infrastructure startup, has completed a $2.7 million Pre seed round of funding, led by Global Founders Capital, Kingsway Capital, Kindred Capital and Karatage. (sifted)
Web3 mortgage app Bee raises $2.5 million
Bee, a Web3 mortgage application for homebuyers, announced the completion of $2.5 million in financing. It is reported that the company raised this round of financing through the Stonks platform backed by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). (wfmz)
Web3 Financial Services Startup Fiat Republic Closes $2.5M Funding Led by Credo Ventures
Fiat Republic, a Web3 financial services startup, announced the completion of a $2.5 million seed round + financing, led by Credo Ventures, with participation from SoftBank Investment Advisers' Emerge Program, Connect Ventures, and other strategic crypto platform investors and angels.
It is reported that Fiat Republic has a professional "banking as a service" (BaaS) platform. The company's vision is to build a bridge between Web3 and traditional banks. The company has acquired the British EMI (Electronic Money Institution) through the acquisition of Paybase Limited. Identity, which can provide payment services and issue electronic currency for the British encryption platform. (Global banking and finance)
Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) platform Samudai announced the completion of Pre Seed financing of 2.5 million US dollars, A&T Capital, FTX Ventures, Sino Global Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Lunar Ventures, NxGen, Paradigm Shift Capital, DWeb3 Capital, Builders Tribe, Superteam DAO Individual angel investors include Balaji Srinivasan (former Coinbase CTO), Charles Songhurst (serial investor), Sandeep Nailwal (Polygon), Harsh Rajat (EPNS), Tamar Menteshashvili (Solana), Devfolio, Akshay BD (Superteam DAO ), Tanmay Bhat (Superteam DAO), Mayur Relekar (Arcana), Jennifer Tran (Mintgate), Dermot O'Riordan (Unstoppable), Nelson Ryan (Unstoppable), etc.
It is reported that Samudai plans to launch a small-scale Alpha test version in mid-July, and launch a public test version at the end of 2022.
Web3 game startup Gaming Revolution for International Development (GRID) announced the completion of a $2.3 million seed round of financing. This round of financing was completed in two parts. The initial round raised an initial financing of $1.3 million, led by 11 Tribes Ventures and Blockchain Founders Fund (BFF) Leading the investment, Zell Capital, Realist Ventures, Formless Capital and Mask Network participated in the investment, and then raised another US$1 million in financing. The main strategic investors include Bill Ackman, BFF, 11 Tribes, Argo's Quest, etc. (Ein News)
Negentropy Capital and BikeRush, a Ride-to-Earn project, invested US$2 million in the Singapore game studio Boring Games Studio, and will jointly create P2E strategy card and football management games. At the same time, the upcoming HeroRush card strategy game will integrate BikeRush Some Token economic models continue to expand BikeRush's Web3 positive externality ecosystem.
Sealem Technology, the next-generation DeFi and GameFi protocol, announced the completion of a $2 million private placement round, with Sandworm Capital and Metabase participating.
It is reported that this round of financing will be used to build Web3 infrastructure and game incubation on the Sealem platform, so as to support more traditional users to enter the encryption field through games under Sealem.
Blockchain gaming site Haste Arcade completes $1.5 million seed round
Blockchain game website Haste Arcade announced the completion of a $1.5 million seed round of financing, led by Jonathan Cogley, CEO of Logic Boost Labs, Thomas Vu, who used to work at Riot Games, CEO of Grab Games, Anthony Borquez, a professor at the University of Southern California, Silicon Valley Veteran Craig Brennan and Passport Chief Investment Officer Brad participated in the investment.
It is reported that Haste Arcade has a game platform based on Instant Leaderboard Payout™ (ILP™) technology (currently applying for related technology patents), and also provides developer SDK to help global players obtain real-time peer-to-peer on various game rankings award. (Korea it times)
Web3 fantasy sports game platform Gambit announced the completion of a $1.5 million pre-seed round of financing, led by Web3 venture capital studio SuperLayer.
It is reported that Gambit combines free-to-play and P2E game modes. Especially during the current NBA playoffs and finals, Gambit has attracted 26,000 new users, and its main audience is from the Southeast Asian and Indian markets. (Gaming Americas)
Metaverse platform Bizverse World completes US$1.5 million strategic round of financing
Metaverse platform Bizverse World has completed a US$1.5 million strategic round of financing, with participation from DeFi Asia Capital (a subsidiary of SoftBank Group), Linkcube Ventures, and DeproLabs. The funds raised will be used to help Bizverse improve innovation in 3D, VR/AR and digital twin technologies, expand to the ecosystem and solve real-world problems.
It is reported that Bizverse World is constructed based on the 3D map of the natural world based on the "digital twin" and "meta-economy" models to develop the digital economy and digital society. With the assistance of VR/AR technology, blockchain and Web3, the platform aims to develop new business channels and digital environments for enterprises, allowing users to carry out construction activities similar to the real world. (Prnewswire)
NFT interactive platform Shil.me announced the completion of $1.2 million in financing, with participation from OpenSea Ventures, Folius, Zee Prime, Mask, Little Red Book, Formless, DWeb3, Token Bay Capital, Big Brain, and Vibe Capital, individual investors Including Patricio (founder of POAP), Charles (founder of Nifty Island), Vijay (founder of Bitscrunch), Evan Thorpe (630 Ventures), Dan Bertoli (Quona) and Jack Sun (Steel Perlot).
Learnoverse, an educational metaverse platform under BitDegree, completed $1 million in financing, with participation from Mistletoe and others. Specific financing information has not yet been disclosed.
It is reported that BitDegree currently has more than 1 million users. By providing a virtual world specially designed for Web3 learning, the learning content and experience are gamified, where learners, lecturers and brands can interact and impart knowledge through NFT. Additionally, the concept of Learn & Earn in Education will be used to reward learning and motivate students to complete courses. (PR Newswire)
Rainfall Completes $1 Million Pre Seed Round Financing, Charly Kleissner and Others Participate
Rainfal, a centralized data monetization platform focused on privacy by design, announced the completion of a $1 million Pre seed round of financing.
Charly Kleissner, co-founder Toniic, Katapult Foundation, D3Jubilee, Brigitte Mohn and others participated in the investment. Funding will accelerate the expansion of partnership programs, expand the technology platform and further build the team. (City AM)
Chain game association Merit Circle announced a partnership with Metaverse game distribution platform Gmatrix. It is reported that Merit Circle has invested $250,000 in Gmatrix and served as an advisor.
The Gmatrix team has created a full-chain publishing platform. Through its easy-to-use SDK interface, developers only need to complete one integration to provide games to players across multiple chains.
Binance Labs Announces Strategic Investment in PancakeSwap
According to official news, Binance Labs announced a strategic investment in PancakeSwap’s utility and governance Token CAKE. The specific investment amount has not yet been disclosed.
It is reported that PancakeSwap is a decentralized exchange platform (DEX) based on the BNB chain, which adopts the automatic market maker (AMM) model and allows users to trade, exchange and mortgage BEP-20 Token.
According to Binance’s official blog, the decentralized exchange ApolloX completed its seed round of financing, with participation from Binance Labs, Kronos Research, Lingfeng Capital, SafePal, Token Pocket, 3Commas, and LUX Capital. The specific financing amount was not disclosed.
The new funds will be used for ApolloX to add more features to its trading service and build product lines such as spot trading. Additionally, ApolloX will start moving to DAO autonomy.
OKX Blockdream Ventures Strategically Invests in NFT Market AlienSwap
According to official news, OKX Blockdream Ventures announced a strategic investment in the NFT market AlienSwap.
AlienSwap is a decentralized NFT trading market. It is based on a membership system and 100% of the transaction fees are returned to the community. All collectors and artists on the platform will enjoy the fun of trading and be rewarded.
*Appota Group Completes New Round of Funding to Develop Its Blockchain Ecosystem
Appota Group, a Vietnamese technology solutions and digital entertainment content provider, announced the completion of a new round of financing led by Mirae Asset Venture Investment. The funding will be used exclusively to develop its blockchain ecosystem.
It is reported that the ChainVerse project aims to allow developers to focus on building excellent games and provide services to hundreds of local independent game studios. AceStarter is the next generation Launchpad to curate and launch blockchain projects globally. Appota will launch products related to the game guild management platform and the Web3 game live broadcast platform by the end of this year. (PRNewswire)
According to official news, ThePrimedia, a blockchain information platform, announced the completion of a seed round of financing, with investors including Redline DAO and BitCoke, and BitMars News founder Wang Feng as a strategic advisor. The second and third rounds of financing are expected to be launched in the near future to accelerate content investment research and the layout of overseas market business.
According to reports, ThePrimedia is committed to effectively linking the benefits of investors, investment institutions, and project parties through the text form of "interpretive content investment research". The team consists of people from Mars Investment Research, Binance, Huobi, Element and CoinDesk. Composed of backbone members of the encryption market business.
Animoca Brands invests in carbon credit tokenization platform Meta Carbon
According to official news, Meta Carbon, a carbon credit tokenization platform, recently announced that it has received investment from Animoca Brands.
It is reported that the Meta Carbon platform sells carbon credits in a retail manner, tokenizes carbon credits and makes carbon offsets as transparent as possible. Meta Carbon can integrate climate solutions into Web3-based games, loyalty programs by grading carbon in NFTs.
MoneyyApp, a creator-oriented financial technology application, announced the completion of angel round financing, led by GSF Accelerator, with participation from IndiaMart founder Dinesh Agarwal, Nazara Technologies founder Nitesh Mittersain, Fluid Ventures' Amit Singhal, U2opia Mobiles' Sumesh Menon, Pras Hanuma, etc. . The specific amount has not yet been disclosed. The new financing will be used to expand the business while working on product development and building awareness around the app.
According to reports, MoneyyApp is a financial technology application that helps creators manage their businesses by providing financial technology tools. It hopes to become a bridge for the creator economy to transform from Web 2.0 to Web 3.0, so it calls itself a "Web 2.5 start-up company." According to reports, the app provides a Web 3.0 platform and Create-to-Earn token MYY. (Free Press Journal)
