One-week financing express | 45 projects have been invested; the total disclosed financing is about 470 million US dollars (7.25-7.31)
According to Odaily's incomplete statistics, a total of 45 domestic and overseas blockchain financing incidents were announced in the week from July 25 to July 31, a significant increase from the previous week; There is a certain increase.
Aptos Closes $150M Funding Led by FTX Ventures and Jump Crypto
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):
Aptos Closes $150M Funding Led by FTX Ventures and Jump Crypto
Aptos, a new public chain project founded by former Meta employees, has completed $150 million in financing, led by FTX Ventures and Jump Crypto. Other investors include Griffin Gaming Partners, Franklin Templeton, Circle Ventures and Superscrypt. Aptos, which has raised $350 million so far this year, plans to invest in the development of its secure and scalable layer 1 blockchain. (The Block)
Unstoppable Domains Closes $65M Series A Funding at $1B Valuation, Led by Pantera Capital
Unstoppable Domains, a Web3 digital identity platform, announced on Wednesday that it has completed a $65 million Series A round of financing at a valuation of $1 billion. This round of financing was led by Pantera Capital, with participation from Mayfield, Gangeels, Alchemy Ventures, Redbeard Ventures, Spartan Group, OKG Investments, Polygon, CoinDCX, CoinGecko, etc. The new funding will be used to reduce the friction of crypto payments between apps and build a reputation-based rewards program.
VeeFriends announced the completion of a $50 million seed round of financing led by a16z
According to official news, VeeFriends announced the completion of a $50 million seed round of financing, led by a16z. The financing is used to support the future intellectual property building of 283 VeeFriends characters and to fuel expansion plans for its creative, technology and experiential businesses.
Blockchain ecosystem Topl announced the completion of a $15 million Series A round led by Mercury, Republic Asia and Cryptology Asset Group. The new financing will be used to expand the team in the coming year, further decentralize for community governance, and release 2 new applications based on the blockchain, namely the traceability-as-a-service application launched next month, and the next year Launched Carbon Credit Registry-as-a-Service application.
Sweatcoin Developer Sweat Economy Completes $13M Funding Led by Spartan Capital
Health and fitness application Sweatcoin developer Sweat Economy completed $13 million in financing, led by Spartan Capital, with participation from Electric Capital, OKX Blockdream Ventures, Goodwater Capital, and GSR Capital. Sweat Economy will use the funds to expand the use of its native token, SWEAT, within its ecosystem, including within the Sweatcoin app. (The Block)
Nas Academy, a Singapore-based Web3 education start-up, announced the completion of US$12 million in financing, led by BECO Capital and PitangoVenture Capital, with participation from FTX Ventures, HOF Capital, and two angel investors, Nikhil Kamath and Jack Conte.
Funds raised will be used to support the platform’s global engineering and product teams, as well as grow its Web3 offerings. Nas Academy aims to build a Web3 training service based on the educational creator community. It has previously reached training and course learning partnerships with encryption and blockchain companies such as Axie Infinity and Alchemy, and launched a series of Web3 and content creation-related educational content. (Techinasia)
Aurigami, a DeFi protocol based on the Aurora network, has completed $12 million in token financing, of which $9.5 million was raised through private placements, and $2.5 million was raised through IEOs on KuCoin, Bybit, and Impossible Finance. The private placement ended in February and the IEO ended in May.
The private placement financing was co-led by Dragonfly Capital and Polychain Capital, with other investors including Coinbase Ventures, Alameda Research, Jump Crypto, Amber Group and QCP Capital, as well as Aurora CEO Alex Shevchenko, Etherscan CEO Matthew Tan, former ParaFi partners Angel investors include Santiago Santos and CoinGecko co-founders Bobby Ong and TM Lee.
Naoris Protocol Completes $11.5 Million Funding Led by Tim Draper
Naoris Protocol has completed $11.5 million in financing, led by Tim Draper, with participation from Holt Xchange, Holdun Family Officer, SDC Management, Expert Dojo, Uniera, and Level One Robotics. It is reported that Naoris Protocol aims to transform blockchain network security. (Silicon Angle)
Center, an NFT index company, completed a $11 million seed round of financing, with participation from Thrive and Founders Fund.
It is reported that Center will index and organize NFTs on each blockchain, and its database has included 120 million NFTs so far. The five-member Center team is developing NFT tools for developers, including NFT rendering APIs and multi-chain interoperability aids. (The Block)
Players' Lounge, a P2E game, announced that it has completed $10.5 million in Series A financing, led by Griffin Gaming Partners and Comcast Ventures, Samsung Next, Vice Ventures, WndrCo, Sharp Alpha Partners, True Capital, NFL superstars Myles Garrett, Josh Norman and Breanna Stewar, etc. Participate in voting. (mobidictum)
Sports social platform Stadium Live completes US$10 million Series A financing led by KB Partners and Union Square Ventures, with participation from 35 Ventures, Origins Fund, Dapper Labs Ventures, Position Ventures, Valhalla Ventures, 6th Man Ventures, Alumni Ventures and Breakout Capital . It is reported that Stadium Live allows users to customize their avatars and purchase digital collectibles. Aims to build tools that allow people to communicate with each other in the Metaverse. (Globe News Wire)
Space and Time, a decentralized data platform, completed a $10 million seed round of financing, led by Framework Ventures, with participation from Digital Currency Group, Stratos, Samsung NEXT, IOSG Ventures, and Alliance. (CoinDesk)
Game Studio Mighty Bear Games Closes $10M Funding Led by Framework Ventures
Mighty Bear Games, a Singapore-based multi-platform game studio, has completed US$10 million in financing, led by Framework Ventures, Mirana, Sfermion, Dune Ventures, Sanctor Capital, Folius Ventures, Polygon, Play Future Fund, Everblue, Ancient8, Ready Player DAO, Razer, Avocado DAO, DWeb3, etc. participated in the investment.
It is reported that Mighty Bear Games previously announced that it will release its first Web3 game, Mighty Action Heroes, later this year. The game is described as a "multiplayer third-person battle royale with an emphasis on fun, skill, and chaos." (NFTgators)
Beanstalk-based Root Protocol completes $9 million in equity financing led by Road Capital
Root Protocol today announced the completion of $9 million in equity financing, led by Road Capital, with participation from Nima Capital, Soma Capital, and Manifest Crypto. The company did not disclose a valuation.
It is reported that Root Protocol is an on-chain market for financial, forecasting and business markets, which will be built on the stable currency agreement Beanstalk. The new financing will primarily be used to invest directly in Beanstalk, as well as to help audit the protocol. Root is scheduled for release in October. (The Block)
Web3 social network DSCVR completes $9 million in seed round financing, led by Polychain Capital
DSCVR, the DFINITY ecological Web3 social network, completed a $9 million seed round of financing, led by Polychain Capital, with participation from Upfront Ventures, Tomahawk VC, Fyrfly Venture Partners, Shima Capital, and Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (BDMI). (Tech Crunch)
Magicave, a decentralized digital toy and game startup, has raised $6.4 million, including a $5.675 million seed round co-led by BITKRAFT Ventures and Fabric Ventures, with participation from Geometry and NFT investment firm Sfemion. Magicave focuses on using NFT and blockchain technology to create decentralized games based on player economy, and will turn digital items into something very close to physical toys, and create a game experience centered on more interesting tactile virtual items. (NFT Gators)
Atato, a licensed digital asset custody solution provider headquartered in Singapore, announced the completion of US$6 million in Series A financing, led by AlphaLab Capital and FEBE Ventures, with participation from Tom Trowbridge, NGC Ventures, January Capital, Babel Finance and SOSV. Funds raised will be used to expand Atato's product selection and accelerate completion of current beta development merchandise, including retail growth, consumer advancement, geographic growth and expertise acquisition.
It is reported that Atato mainly provides enterprise and institutional users with more cost-effective multi-party computing (MPC) hosting solutions, supports digital assets to interact with Web3 and DeFi, and helps individuals and enterprises to safely store, trade and manage digital assets. (Cryptogainn)
Quasar Finance has completed $6 million in financing, with participation from Polychain Capital, Blockchain Capital, Figment Capital, Lightshift Capital, and Galileo. Quasar Finance aims to create a series of accessible structured investment products in the DeFi ecosystem, from which both investors and liquidity providers can benefit. (Globe News Wire)
Crypto Startup Sumo Signals Completes $5.5 Million Funding Led by OnDeck Venture
Encryption startup Sumo Signals has raised $5.5 million, led by OnDeck Venture. It is reported that Sumo Signals provides artificial intelligence arbitrage trading indicators to help crypto traders execute profitable transactions. (Globe News Wire)
NFT Incubator, Exchange, and SocialFi Platform UneMeta Raises $5M Led by Jasmy Foundation
NFT incubator, trading and SocialFi platform UneMeta announced the completion of a new round of financing of US$5 million, led by the Japanese Internet of Things (IoT) blockchain platform Jasmy Foundation, SPB, Avatar DAO, CGV FoF, Consensus Lab, K24 Ventures, Taihill Venture, etc. Participate in voting.
According to reports, UneMeta has many years of experience in new IP discovery and incubation. The company hopes to bring higher-quality NFT projects and services to the NFT market to increase its brand influence. In the future, it will cooperate with Jasmy to explore a business model suitable for Web3. Excellent IP develops a win-win strategy to grow the community. It is reported that UneMeta plans to launch the NFT series of the original sound track of the famous Japanese voice actor Hanazawa Coriander in August this year. (MarTech Series)
NFT leasing infrastructure reNFT announced the completion of $5 million in strategic financing, led by Mechanism and gumi Cryptos Capital (gCC), Animoca Brands, Gemini, The Sandbox, OpenSea, Sfermion, Morningstar Ventures, EveryRealm, OP Crypto, Longhash Ventures, Fourth Revolution Capital , Metastreet and others participated in the investment. The new financing will be used to accelerate recruitment, integrate more blockchains, expand the product suite, and explore the blockchain game market.
Metaverse Startup Condense Closes $4.5M Seed Round Led by LocalGlobe
Condense, a live sports and music broadcast metaverse startup, announced the completion of a US$4.5 million seed round of financing, led by London-based venture capital firm LocalGlobe, 7% Ventures, Deeptech Labs, Monzo founder and former CEO Tom Blomfield, an artist and a team Former English footballers and sports presenters participated in the vote.
It is reported that Condense is a metaverse infrastructure start-up company that helps users create a good sports and music live broadcast experience in the metaverse. Its customers mainly include developers, broadcasters, record companies, as well as sports brands and authorized game broadcasters. Condense plans to open an event studio in London soon, and then plans to expand into other European cities, as well as its main target market, the US. (Sifted)
NFT art platform Artfi completes $3.26 million financing at a valuation of $100 million
Artfi, an NFT art platform, announced the completion of financing of US$3.26 million at a valuation of US$100 million. This round of financing was participated by angel investors such as Sheikh Hend Al Qassemi, a member of the Sharjah ruling family, and Raza Beig, director of the UAE Landmark Group. The new financing will be used to expand the team and build an NFT marketplace for artistic NFTs.
Web3 Media Company Trustless Media Closes $3.25M Seed Round Led by Alameda Research
Web3 media company Trustless Media completed a $3.25 million seed round of financing led by Alameda Research, with participation from Ava Labs and Red DAO. It is reported that Trustless aims to cooperate with content creators to help them use NFT to tokenize programs, and holders can obtain permission to watch threshold content and participate in program production through on-chain voting. (CoinDesk)
Community management startup Threado raises $3.1 million led by Vertex Ventures
Community management startup Threado announced it has raised $3.1 million in funding led by Vertex Ventures, with participation from Gemba Capital, Speciale Invest and PointOne Capital. (Economic Times. India Times)
South Korean Blockchain Development Company Polaris Share Tech Completes $3 Million Funding
Polaris Share Tech, a blockchain development company under South Korea’s Polaris Group, announced that it has attracted 4 billion won (approximately US$3.044 million) in investment from companies such as Polaris Office through capital increase or issuance of bonds with warrants. The raised funds will be used as the company's operating capital to upgrade and develop its knowledge sharing blockchain platform "Polaris Share" services and recruit professional talents. (Sentv)
Better Opinions, a prediction market platform supported by the well-known incubator Y-Combinator, announced the completion of US$2.5 million in financing. Metaplanet VC and Goldwater Capital led the investment, and YCombinator, Taurus VC, Original Capital, Tremis Capital, Super Capital, etc. participated in the investment.
It is reported that Better Opinions is a prediction market application that allows users to predict market trends in cryptocurrency, sports, entertainment and other fields. (India Web2)
ILUMA, a Web3 community management solution service provider, announced the completion of a $2.5 million Pre-Seed round of financing, led by Acrew Capital, with participation from HiveHatch, Orange DAO and other Web3 investors.
According to reports, ILUMA can help the Web3 community and DAO quickly screen information, allow community leaders and members to understand the latest situation and complete hundreds of conversations in a few minutes, feedback related discussion issues, collect and organize the most critical DAO data and Build an institutional-level DAO knowledge center. (PR Newswire)
British encryption compliance service provider Gatenox announced the completion of a US$2.5 million seed round of financing, led by German venture capital firm C3 VC Fund, A100x Ventures, and angel investors such as Aleph Zero co-founders Matthew Niemerg and Antoni Zolciak participated in the investment. (Invezz)
The blockchain company superchain successfully completed the first round of private placement for its first web3 game project, Genesis Universe, on July 28, raising a total of $2 million.
It is reported that Genesis Universe is a web3-based card battle strategy game, in which ancient mythical characters explore and fight in a new world full of uncertainty. Based on the BSC chain, the development team builds a virtual world that integrates strategy, DeFi, luck, and transactions. In the game, heroes replace players in different camps, and a hero NFT that adapts to the new world is born by providing necessary materials.
Web3 Privacy Infrastructure Socket Completes $2 Million Pre-Seed Funding, Led by IDEO Crypto
Web3 privacy infrastructure Socket announced the completion of US$2 million in pre-seed round financing, led by IDEO Crypto, ACME, Steel Perlot, CitizenX, LongHash Ventures, k5, OpenSea Ventures, SignalFire, Immersion Partners, Balaji Srinivasan, Theo Marcu, Anthony Ghosn and others participated cast. Socket aims to improve the security of encrypted wallets. Its target users and projects mainly involve tokens with social utility and community value, such as governance tokens, social tokens or NFTs. (Forbes)
STFX, a short-term asset management agreement, completed a $2 million seed round of financing. Investors include LedgerPrime, Space Whale Capital, Greymatter Capital, White Rhino Capital, etc.
Fan Engagement Platform Fanzee Completes $2M Funding Led by TONcoin.fund and First Stage Labs
Fanzee, a TON-based fan engagement platform, has completed a $2 million financing led by TONcoin.fund and First Stage Labs, with participation from MEXC Pioneer, Huobi, KuCoin Ventures, VLG Digital, Orbs.com, 3Commas, and Hemma.
DeFi project ChangeX completes about 2 million US dollars in token financing
The DeFi project ChangeX announced that it has completed approximately US$2 million in token financing, aiming to provide cryptocurrency trading, pledge and DeFi lending services, and eventually build it into a one-stop shop for encrypted asset management.
It is reported that ChangeX has formed a new advisory committee, with advisory members from financial institutions such as Softbank, Merrill Lynch, JPMorgan Chase and Citibank. (Cryptonewsbtc)
Web3 Community Coinfeeds Receives $2 Million in Seed Funding, FTX and Coinbase Participate
Web3 community Coinfeeds received $2 million in seed financing, with participation from FTX and Coinbase. It is reported that Coinfeeds is a start-up company that enables users to monitor social media mentions and activities of Web3 and NFT projects. Coinfeeds, co-founded by ex-Uber data scientist Moyi Dang and Uber, Robinhood and Microsoft veteran Bhavya Agarwal, has developed a crypto news digest bot and API. (Finextra)
TRIKON, a decentralized game hosting and distribution platform, announced that it has completed a $1.5 million seed round of financing led by 5ire Capital. TRIKON is building a sustainable community-driven ecosystem around the game and Web3 industry, bringing more innovations to the Web3 game industry by building multiple sets of products, tools and infrastructure. (Business Standard)
Cross-chain protocol Kima completes $1 million in financing, with Blockchange Ventures participating
According to official news, Kima, a cross-chain protocol, announced the completion of $1 million in financing, with Blockchange Ventures participating.
It is reported that Kima has developed an open cross-chain protocol that allows users to quickly and securely transfer assets across multiple blockchains. Kima also connects DeFi and TradFi by connecting the deposit and withdrawal channels of decentralized finance and traditional finance to realize low-cost cryptocurrency-fiat currency exchange.
According to official news, the BSC chain-based AAA-level immersive 3D battle royale GameFi project Spark Era has a research and development amount of more than 10 million yuan, and has completed a financing of 1 million US dollars led by Animoca Brands. The partners include metaverse game The Sandbox , Web3 entrepreneur Brian D. Evans and Web2 partners Nvidia and IGN.
The game is developed and produced based on the Unity engine. It supports global Web2 and Web3 players to compete on the same stage. It is committed to creating a Web3 version of spaceship battle royale and sharing the game ecology with players. Its official version will be launched on the Android/IOS platform in August 2022, and the immersive VR experience will be launched on platforms such as Oculus two months later.
Web3 Music Startup SpiderVille Completes $1 Million Pre-Seed Funding, Samsung NEXT Participates
Web3 music start-up SpiderVille announced the completion of a pre-seed round of $1 million, with participation from Contents Technologies and Samsung Next. Funding will be used to develop a solid infrastructure for Web3 artists and the music industry, increase visibility, and prepare for scalability. (PR News Wire)
Hashgreed, a Nigerian NFT marketplace and Web3 solution provider, completes $1 million in financing
Hashgreed, a Nigerian NFT market and Web3 solution provider, announced the completion of US$1 million in financing, and the investor information has not yet been disclosed. The new financing will be used to expand operations in Niger Profit and other territories.
The Hashgreed platform aims to help individuals and businesses experience Web3 solutions for idea, business and asset tokenization. The platform also hosts DeFi and WorkFi solutions.
Through the platform, users can create, sell and buy art NFTs, shop on Hashdealz (a Web3-based e-commerce category), own fragmented NFTs of fractional real estate, hire and pay freelancers using cryptocurrencies and stablecoins, store and earn Withdraw USD stablecoins BUSD and KUSD, send money to others through African stablecoins, etc. (Disrupt-Africa)
EvaCodes, a blockchain development company, completed $500,000 in financing, and hypra.fund and others participated in the investment. (Globe News Wire)
Strive, a blue-chip NFT market, announced the completion of a $500,000 pre-seed round of financing, with participation from 100X.VC, Anupam Mittal, Let's Venture, GrowX Ventures, Amey Mashelkar (Jiogennext Fund), Saurabh Agarwal (founder of Zebpay), and others. Strive is about to launch a blue-chip NFT market dedicated to ordinary investors, cryptocurrency holders and Web3 users, helping more people have access to these high-value NFTs, and further improving market liquidity. (bwdisrupt)
Encrypted trading platform Coinzix completes $300,000 financing, Legion Ventures fully participates
Coinzix, a cryptocurrency trading platform in Bucharest, Romania, completed a $300,000 financing, with Legion Ventures participating in full. The funds raised will be used to accelerate the launch of the encrypted Launchpad and encrypted debit card, while also expanding its network of encrypted currency ATMs. Currently Coinzix provides more than 60 encrypted asset services, allowing users to trade through bank transfers, debit cards, and has an extensive network of encrypted ATMs in Europe. (Finsmes)
CLST, an institutional encryption lending platform, has completed a multi-million dollar seed round of financing led by Spartan Group, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Kraken Ventures, GSR, Menai Financial Group, Digital Currency Group subsidiary Luno Expeditions and TX Ventures. (Business Wire)
According to official news, Web3 game startup Ambrus Studio announced that its token financing has reached millions of dollars, with a valuation of up to 65 million U.S. dollars. These funds will be used to facilitate product development. This round of financing was led by Spartan Group and M13, with participation from CVP NLH, 6th Man Ventures, Axia8, Krypital Group, Red Building Capital, Cobo, and Bas1s Ventures. In addition, Paris Hilton, an influential star in the entertainment industry, participated in the investment, hoping to create a sustainable game ecosystem with Ambrus Studio.
