One-week financing express | 33 projects have been invested; the total disclosed financing is about 330 million US dollars (6.13-6.19)

According to Odaily's incomplete statistics, a total of 33 domestic and overseas blockchain financing incidents were announced in the week from June 13 to June 19, a decrease from the previous week; dramatically drop.

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):

Blockchain Firm Ekta Receives $60 Million Investment from Global Emerging Markets

Ekta, a Bali-based blockchain company, has raised $60 million from New York-based alternative asset investment firm Global Emerging Markets.

Ekta co-founder and CEO Berwin Tanco stated, “These funds will be used for the development of the Ekta ecosystem, providing liquidity for NFT markets and hybrid exchanges, developing the Plant-to-Earn game MetaTrees, marketing, building a technical development team and cooperation plans."

It is reported that Ekta is in the early stages of building a set of blockchain products, including NFT marketplaces, hybrid encryption exchanges, blockchain-based games and real estate investment businesses. Its Layer 1 blockchain is fully operational. It is reported that Ekta's main network, EktaChain, will be launched in August 2021 to tokenize real-world assets such as real estate, music, artwork and gold. (Tech in Asia)

Web3 gaming startup The Wildcard Alliance completes $46 million Series A round led by Paradigm

The Wildcard Alliance, a Web3 game subsidiary of independent game studio Playful Studios, announced the completion of a US$46 million Series A round of financing, led by Paradigm and participated by Griffin Gaming Partners and Polygon. The company is currently launching a multiplayer online combat arena game. (Yahoo Finance)

Crypto Brokerage and Custodian Upvest Completes $42M Series B Funding Led by Bessemer Venture Partners

Upvest, an encryption brokerage and custodian financial institution, announced the completion of a $42 million Series B financing led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from Earlybird, ABN AMRO Ventures, Notion Capital, Partech, 10x Group, Speedinvest and Maximilian Tayenthal (N26). The new financing will be used to further develop and optimize the company's API, scale the team, and lay the groundwork for international expansion.

Upvest is one of the few financial institutions in Europe that has both securities, crypto brokerage, and custody licenses from the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin). It mainly uses APIs to provide end users with capital market investment products, including ETFs, stocks, and crypto assets. (Tech.eu)

NFT infrastructure startup NFTPort completes US$26 million in Series A financing, led by Wise Lianchuang Taavet and Teleport Lianchuang Sten

NFT infrastructure startup NFTPort completed a $26 million Series A round of financing, co-led by Taavet, co-founder of Wise, Sten, co-founder of Teleport, and Atomico, a European venture capital firm. As part of the deal, Tamkivi will also join NFTPort as a co-founder. Funds raised will be used to expand its platform and support more blockchains.

It is reported that NFTPort is headquartered in Estonia, and it helps developers quickly build NFT-based applications through infrastructure construction. (The Block)

Game developer Clockwork Labs completes $22 million in Series A financing led by a16z

Game developer Clockwork Labs announced the completion of US$22 million in Series A financing, led by a16z, Supercell, Roblox founder and CEO David Baszucki, CCP Games CEO Hilmar Petursson, Unity co-founder David Helgason and others participated in the investment.

Clockwork Labs will use the latest funding to develop BitCraft, its community sandbox massively multiplayer online role-playing game, and power the game, web applications and Web3 App's new database technology. (Gamespress)

Cryptocurrency arbitrage platform Mosdex completes $20 million Series A financing, led by Evli Bank PLC

Mosdex, a cryptocurrency arbitrage platform, completed a US$20 million Series A financing led by Evli Bank PLC, with participation from Lifeline Ventures, NordicNinja VC, Petteri Suorsa, Magnus Eskelinen and Jouni Väisänen. Funding will be used to expand globally, with plans to open offices in New York, Hong Kong, Singapore, London, Tokyo and Dubai. A Mosdex spokesman said the company wanted to make the European market its primary destination. The company will also launch a cryptocurrency arbitrage solution that complies with European cryptocurrency regulations later this year. (Globe News Wire)

DAO platform Molecule completes $13 million in seed round financing led by Northpond Ventures

Molecule, a DAO platform that raises funds for medical research projects, completed a $13 million seed round led by Northpond Ventures, with participation from Backed VC, Shine Capital, Speedinvest, and former Coinbase CTO Balaji Srinivasan.

The Molecule platform is a marketplace for researchers to list NFT items representing intellectual property. Current projects on the platform include Newcastle University's research on molecular aging, and the University of Copenhagen's project on longevity. These projects are funded through the DAO in the form of stablecoins such as USDC. (The Block)

Metaverse game developer Atmos Labs completes $11 million in seed round financing led by Sfermion and participated by Animoca Brands and others

Metaverse game developer Atmos Labs announced the completion of $11 million seed round financing, led by Sfermion, Animoca Brands, Collab+Currency, FBG Capital, LD Capital, Alumni Ventures, RedBeard Ventures, DWeb3, GSR Markets Limited, CoinGecko Ventures, Avocado Guild , UniX Gaming and others participated in the vote. The new financing will be used to build the foundation of the virtual gaming world Atmos, grow its community, and expand the Atmos team.

According to reports, Atmos Labs aims to provide users with AAA-quality competitive games and rich narratives, and develop a number of native game sports in the metaverse, where players can have their own equipment and teams. (Business Wire)

Web3 Creator Tools Developer Tellie Completes $10 Million Financing, Galaxy Digital and Others Participate

Tellie, a developer of Web3 creator tools, announced the completion of a $10 million Series A round of financing, with participation from Malibu Point Capital, Galaxy Digital, Osage Venture Partners, Dapper Labs, SXSW Innovation Fund, Gaingels, Corazon Capital, TQ Ventures, and Upfront Ventures. Funding funds will be used to launch the Tellie Collections NFT marketplace on Polygon. (PRNewswire)

Web3 Startup ScienceMagic.Studios Completes $10 Million Pre-Seed Round of Financing, Coinbase and Alan Howard Participate

News Web3 technology consulting company ScienceMagic.Studios announced the completion of a $10 million Pre-Seed round of financing, Coinbase Ventures, Digital Currency Group (DCG) and billionaire hedge fund manager Alan Howard participated in the investment.

Led by former Guardian Media Group CEO David Pemsel, the firm works to advise brands on how to leverage Web3 technologies such as NFTs and social tokens to increase engagement with fans and communities. (The Block)

Kaleidoco, a Web3 entertainment technology company, completed a $7 million seed round of financing, with participation from Animoca Brands and others

Kaleidoco, a Web3 entertainment technology company, announced the completion of a $7 million seed round of financing, with participation from Animoca Brands, GameFi Ventures, Gemini, Jane Street, Adit Ventures, Merit Circle, Nexo, HexTrust, SuperChain Capital, and TSG (The Seelig Group). Kaleidoco, a Web3 entertainment service that creates original augmented reality (AR) experiences, recently launched a 2.5-dimensional mixed display Metaverse Particle Ink at the opening ceremony of TED2022. The company's augmented reality multi-view technology is patent-pending. A collection of AR NFTs. (Yahoo Finance)

*Willed, a will and estate services company, completes $6 million in Series A financing and will expand into businesses such as cryptocurrencies

Willed, a will and estate services company, announced the completion of a $6 million Series A round led by Bell Potter Securities, with participation from Thorney Investment Group, Ellerston Capital, and PSC Insurance founder Paul Dwyer.

Willed co-founder Aaron Zelman said that building on its current cross-platform offering, the company is considering expanding its digital vault to include access to various data points, including account information, important files, password management and social media accounts. With all relevant information in the digital vault, the company wanted to create a single platform "to make it easier for people to go through the process," Zelman said.

The company also plans to work with financial service providers, including insurance companies, banks and super funds that provide estate planning services and advice. (Smart Company)

zCloak Network completes US$5.8 million Pre-A round of financing, led by Coinbase Ventures

Zero-knowledge proof start-up zCloak Network completed a Pre-A round of financing of US$5.8 million, led by Coinbase Ventures, with participation from Bixin Ventures, Matrixport Ventures, DFG, Sancus Ventures, KuCoin Ventures, Sanctor Capital, Hash Global, and Jump Capital. Funds raised will be used to expand zCloak Network’s partnerships with identity data verification authorities, Web3 applications, and other blockchain networks.

It is reported that zCloak Network is a privacy computing service platform based on zero-knowledge proof technology, which uses zk-STARK virtual machine to generate and verify zero-knowledge proof for general computing. Based on the original autonomous data and self-certifying computing technology, users can analyze and calculate data without sending data externally.

Liquidity service agreement Crema Finance completes a $5.4 million private placement round led by Qiming Venture Partners

Crema Finance, the Solana ecological liquidity service agreement, completed a private equity round of US$5.4 million, led by Qiming Venture Partners, IDG Capital, Apollo Capital, Everest Ventures Group, Evernew Capital, AGE Fund, Big Brain Holdings, LongLing Capital, Summer Capital, Mentha Partners , FineWill Capital, Zonff Partners, Cipholio Ventures and others participated in the investment.

It is reported that Crema, as the Solana ecological liquidity service agreement, deploys the Centralized Liquidity Market Maker (CLMM) algorithm to allow users to add liquidity within a specified price range.

Web3 Startup DAOLens Completes $5 Million Financing Led by Nexus Venture Partners and Others

Web3 startup DAOLens announced the completion of $5 million in financing, led by Nexus Venture Partners, Better Ventures and iSeed II, Coinbase board member Gokul Rajaram, Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal, Solana co-founder Raj Gokal, Animoca Brands vice president Simon Doherty and Tribe Capital co-founder Arjun Sethi and others participated in the investment. Funds raised will be used for product development, talent acquisition, and to fuel subsequent rollouts of its tool stack.

It is reported that DAOLens was founded by Vikram Aditya and Apoorv Nandan in January 2022, aiming to help companies with onboarding, contribution management and other work to simplify the operation process of DAO.

Encrypted art platform Outland completes $5 million in seed round financing, led by OKX Blockdream Ventures

According to official news, the emerging encrypted art platform Outland announced that it has received US$5 million in seed round financing in March 2022, led by OKX Blockdream Ventures, and participated by IMO Ventures, Dragon Roark, and JDAC Capital.

It is reported that Outland will be launched in February 2022. As the first project of the platform, the NFT works "Elemental" (Gold, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth) series created by Fang Lijun, a representative of Chinese contemporary art, had a total transaction volume of about 4,000 ETH. It was continuously recommended on the OpenSea homepage at the beginning of its release. At the end of April, the platform launched the NFT work "Fragments" by American artist James Jean. In July 2022, Outland will launch 3Faces, an NFT work by American artist Ian Cheng. Ian Cheng has participated in the Venice Biennale and held solo exhibitions in many world-class art institutions such as the Serpentine Art Museum in London and MoMA PS1 in the United States. This is Ian Cheng's first non-1/1 NFT work.

Blockchain game Earth From Another Sun completes USD 4.5 million in financing, with participation from Solana Ventures and others

Space sandbox chain game Earth From Another Sun (EFAS) announced the completion of US$4.5 million in financing, with participation from Solana Ventures, Alameda Research, and Lightspeed. Financing will be used to support further development. (Venture Beat)

Crypto Rewards Platform Bits of Stock Completes $4.4M Seed Round with Keen Ventures and Yellow Accelerator Participating

Bits of Stock, a Dutch consumer crypto rewards platform, announced the completion of a $4.4 million seed round, with participation from Keen Ventures and Yellow Accelerator.

Consumers can use Bits of Stock APP to earn cryptocurrency rewards in daily shopping. The company has reached cooperation with more than 60 brands, including Adidas, KFC, Nike, Zara, Uber, Spotify and Netflix.

The startup has also launched an API that lets customers -- such as retailers, neobanks and BNPL providers -- embed rewards experiences into their own apps. (Finextra)

Singapore-based crypto payment company TripleA raises $4 million led by zVentures

Singapore-based encrypted payment company TripleA announced the completion of a $4 million financing, led by Razer’s zVentures.

TripleA was founded in 2017 by fintech entrepreneur Eric Barbier, and in November 2021 it received a Digital Payment Token license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore. The company said it will use the new financing to explore crypto payment services for games.

In previous news, Binance announced that it has selected TripleA as the global cryptocurrency payment gateway for Binance Pay. (Vulcan Post)

NFT startup Fika completes $4 million in financing, led by First Round Capital and others

NFT startup Fika announced the completion of $4 million in financing, led by First Round Capital, XYZ Capital and Moment, "Chernobyl" screenwriter Craig Mazin, "Infernal Purgatory" director Karyn Kusama, "Falcon and the Winter Soldier" screenwriter Malcolm Spellman participated in the vote.

Adam Altman, co-founder and CEO of Fika, revealed that the company will launch Terrible Pets, an NFT project on the Ethereum blockchain. Unlike other NFT projects, its theme consists of a number of different cartoon animals, allowing NFT holders to use Lots of comedy material to create, share and possibly benefit from your own secondary creations. (Decrypt)

Decentralized gaming community Saga raises $3.6 million led by Animoca Brands

Decentralized game community Saga announced the completion of $3.6 million in financing, led by Animoca Brands, Delta Blockchain Fund, Genblock Capital, Moonchain Capital, Compute Ventures, NGC Ventures, Highstreet Ventures, M31 Capital, TsingTing Capital, Metal VC, PANONY, Rainmaker Games , Everest Ventures Group, vEmpire, SL2 Capital and AAG Ventures participated.

Saga supports emerging projects through cross-game NFT and unleashes the power of global metaverse owners, builders and players to expand and enrich the metaverse world. The new funding will be used to develop the Saga’s first product, Soulbound, a dossier system designed to reward players for engagement in the Metaverse. (Venture Beat)

Rigor, a real estate DeFi startup, completed a $3.5 million seed round of financing, DCG and others participated in the investment

Rigor, a DeFi startup specializing in real estate loans and payment services, announced the completion of a $3.5 million seed round of financing, with participation from Agya Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Digital Currency Group, Flow Ventures, Koji Capital, and Third Prime. (PR News Wire)

Digital collection platform Sknups completes $3.5 million in pre-seed funding

Sknups, a fashion digital collection platform, completed a $3.5 million Pre seed round of financing, with participation from Redrice Ventures, Blue Capital and Adelpha. (Venture Beat)

Encrypted API service provider Pile completes €2.8 million Pre-Seed round of financing, led by Barclays Bank and Female Innovators Lab

Pile, an encryption API service provider headquartered in Berlin, Germany, announced the completion of a pre-seed round of financing of 2.8 million euros (about 2.9 million U.S. dollars), co-led by Female Innovators Lab and Barclays, founder and co-CEO of Auxxo and N26 Angel investors including Maximilian Tayenthal and Movinx CEO Carolin Gabor participated in the investment.

The Pile platform uses APIs to help financial technology companies deal with encryption product integration issues, help new banks launch encrypted wallets and encrypted trading platforms, provide faster international payment gateways, etc., and even choose to pay salaries in encrypted currencies. The company plans to use the new financing to expand its technology and product teams. (Sifted)

Web3 Startup Zeeve Completes $2.65M Seed Funding, Leo Capital and Blu Ventures Participate

Blockchain technology company Zeeve announced the completion of a $2.65 million seed round of financing, with participation from Leo Capital and Blu Ventures.

Zeeve is a Web3 infrastructure development company that mainly provides Web3 infrastructure solutions for enterprises. The company plans to use new financing to strengthen product development and expand the size of its technical team. (Dev Discourse)

Encrypted payments company Nume Crypto completes $2 million in financing led by Sequoia Capital India

Nume Crypto, an encrypted payment processing start-up, completed a $2 million Pre-Seed round of financing led by Sequoia Capital India, Beenext, Whiteboard Capital, Polygon co-founder Jaynti Kanani, former Coinbase CTO Balaji Srinivasan, Google engineering director Arun Samudrala, BlockTower Capital General partner Sanat Rao and others participated in the investment. Nume Crypto plans to launch its payment platform in the fourth quarter of this year. (The Block)

NFT Smart Wallet Castle completes $1.5 million Pre-Seed round of financing led by Dragonfly Capital

NFT Smart Wallet Castle completes USD 1.5 million Pre-Seed round of financing, led by Dragonfly Capital. Participating investors include Palm Tree Crew, Lattice Capital, Whitestar, Framework, etc. Individual investors include Andy (Fractional), Gmoney, Jess Sloss (Seed Club), Trevor McFedries (FWB & Dapper Labs, Linda Xie, Cooper Turley, Hunter Horsely (Bitwise), Mariano Conti, Jason Goldlist, John Barnett, Joshua Harris, etc.

It is reported that the functions of the Castle wallet include multi-signature, built-in NFT market, batch transactions, portfolio tracking, etc. It is currently open for internal testing, and users can join the waiting list.

The parent company of digital asset management startup Rooba Finance completed a $1.3 million seed round, led by Inflection Point Ventures

Cymbient Technologies Pvt. Ltd, the parent company of Indian digital asset management startup Rooba Finance, announced the completion of a US$1.3 million seed round of financing, led by Inflection Point Ventures, with participation from LetsVenture, Endurance Capital, KubeVC and a group of angel investors.

It is reported that Rooba Finance mainly helps institutions, high-net-worth individuals, hedge funds and family offices store digital assets in the safest way, including cryptocurrencies, NFT and other Tokens, and also helps institutions tokenize physical assets. The company plans to use The new financing builds a licensing platform overseas and expands the Global Trade Management (GTM) strategy.

"Blockchain-as-a-Service" Startup Vaionex Raises $1.23M Led by Ayre Ventures

"Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS)" startup Vaionex has announced the completion of $1.23 million in financing, led by Ayre Ventures.

Robin Kohze, co-founder and CEO of Vaionex, said that the company focuses on the construction of core infrastructure, on-chain database storage and management, smart contracts, and NFT, aiming to remove obstacles for enterprises to deploy and apply blockchain technology.

The core business of Vaionex is Relysia, a BaaS development suite with more than 60 API points covering almost all blockchain applications. Relysia integrates all aspects of wallet creation, token issuance, smart contracts, uploads and addresses, reducing development time while ensuring application reliability. (PR Newswire)

Web3 Gaming Platform Nefta Completes $1 Million Financing, Picus Capital Participates

Web3 game platform Nefta announced the completion of $1 million in financing, with Picus Capital participating in the investment. The company plans to use this round of financing to cooperate with more game studios.

It is reported that Nefta mainly provides development, publishing and expansion tools for Web3 game developers, and at the same time provides game economic solutions in combination with AI algorithms and blockchain technology. (AnimationXpress)

Artlabs, a metaverse platform for 3D and AR/VR content generation, completed a $700,000 seed round, led by Techmine

3D and AR/VR content generation Metaverse platform artlabs announced the completion of a $700,000 seed round of financing, led by Techmine, followed by EGİAD Angels and Kültepe Investment.

Artlabs has developed an omni-channel integrated infrastructure that can distribute digital assets to channels such as web, mobile, virtual stores, marketplaces and metaverses. In the first quarter of this year, 95% of its revenue came from retailers and marketplaces in the US and UK.

At the same time, artlabs is also an active participant in the metaverse field. The company supports 3D NFT and AR display of virtual fashion projects, and supports the generation of "interoperable" digital assets optimized for different virtual worlds. (EIN News)

Singaporean Web3 startup 2MR Labs completed a new round of financing, Heliconia Capital participated in the investment

Singapore-based Web3 startup 2MR Labs has announced the completion of a new funding round with participation from Heliconia Capital, as well as strategic partnerships with XM Studios, The Assembly Place and Culture Cartel Pte Ltd.

2MR Labs hopes to connect Web2 business with Web3 technology to create a sustainable Web3 ecosystem that contains real value and utility. The company is about to launch a hosted Web3 marketplace "Upstairs" to help users easily buy, trade and sell digital currencies on the mobile app. (PR Newswire)

Metaverse service provider Zhouyu Technology received tens of millions of strategic financing, BlueFocus and others participated in the investment

Metaverse marketing technology service provider Zhouyu Technology has recently completed tens of millions of RMB in strategic financing. The investors in this round are Xianfeng K2VC, Fanchuang Capital and BlueFocus. After this round of financing, Zhouyu Technology will continue to expand the team size, optimize product services, improve the engine and other basic capabilities; at present, a new round of financing for Zhouyu Technology is about to start. (36 krypton)