One-week financing express | 43 projects have been invested; the total disclosed financing is about 436 million US dollars (9.12-9.18)
According to Odaily's incomplete statistics, a total of 43 domestic and overseas blockchain financing incidents were announced during the week of September 12-September 18, a certain increase from the previous week; There has been a substantial decline.
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):
On September 15, Fortanix, a network security and blockchain security tool development company, announced the completion of a US$90 million Series C round of financing, led by the Growth Equity division of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Giantleap Capital, Foundation Capital, Intel Capital, Neotribe Ventures and In-Q-Tel participated in the investment. So far, the company's total financing amount has reached 122 million US dollars.
On September 13, the NFT project Doodles announced the completion of equity financing of US$54 million at a valuation of US$704 million. Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian’s funds 776, Acrew Capital, FTX Ventures and 10T Holdings and others participated in the investment.
Doodles officials say they are using the funding to rapidly acquire a world-class team of engineers, creatives, marketers and business executives, and to fund product development, acquisitions, proprietary technology, media and collector experience. The member team will be expanded from 11 to 30 people.
On September 15, the encrypted market maker Portofino Technologies completed a financing of US$50 million, with participation from Valar Ventures, Global Founders Capital and Coatue.
It is reported that the company was founded in April 2021 by former Citadel Securities executives Leonard Lancia and Alex Casimo. Portofino is developing digital asset high-frequency trading technology, and has completed billions of dollars in transactions in CEX, DEX and OTC. The company may compete with other cryptocurrency market makers such as Wintermute, B2C2 and Jump Trading. (The Block)
Diamond Standard completes US$30 million Series A financing led by Left Lane and others
On September 14, Diamond Standard, a diamond tokenization company, completed its Series A financing of US$30 million, led by Left Lane and Horizon Kinetics. Funds from this round of financing will be used to expand production capacity and accelerate the distribution of its tokenized products.
Diamond Standard has previously obtained qualifications for the issuance, sale and redemption of digital assets in Bermuda, and can provide retail and institutional investors with diamonds as the underlying asset and tokens issued based on Ethereum. (CoinDesk)
Lido completes $24 million financing, completed by Dragonfly purchasing LDO tokens from the vault
On September 14th, according to official news, Lido, the liquidity pledge agreement, announced the completion of financing of 24 million US dollars. Dragonfly purchased 10 million LDOs from the Lido Dao vault, and completed the payment through two transactions.
Previously, Lido DAO voted to approve a new proposal to sell 10 million LDOs to Dragonfly Capital.
On September 12, Goldsky, an encrypted data infrastructure platform, completed a $20 million seed round led by Felicis and Dragonfly Capital.
Investors also include entrepreneur Elad Gil, Plaid founders Zach Perret and William Hockey, Uniswap Labs, 0x Labs, Magic Eden’s Zhuoxun Yin, Azuki’s Alex Xu, and Compound Finance’s Robert Leshner.
Goldsky was founded by Kevin Li and Jeff Ling, who met while working as engineers at unicorn data company Heap. Founded last year, Goldsky raised $1.4 million in funding.
On September 14, Ownera, a securities tokenization infrastructure company, completed a US$20 million Series A round of financing. JPMorgan Chase, LRC Group, Draper Goren Holm, tokentus Investment AG, Accomplice Blockchain, Polymorphic Capital, The Ropart Group, Archax, etc. participated in the investment.
It is reported that Ownera is developed based on the open source protocol FINP2P, which supports any public or private chain and any type of securities tokenization engine on traditional ledgers. Clients have access to a unified digital securities wallet that allows users to invest, trade, and lend against tokenized assets. (CoinDesk)
Web3 social media platform Parler completes $16 million in Series B financing
On September 18, Parler, a Web3 social media platform, announced the completion of a US$16 million Series B round of financing. The investor information has not yet been disclosed. Parler has raised a total of $56 million to date.
Parler also announced the acquisition of private cloud company Dynascale Inc. and the reorganization of the company into Parlement Technologies, Inc. Parlement Technologies will operate as the parent company of social media platform Parler, Solana-based NFT marketplace DeepRedSky, and wholly-owned subsidiary Dynascale Inc.
According to previous reports, Parler will expand its business to the Web3 and NFT markets in 2021. In March this year, it launched the NFT market DeepRedSky and issued the NFT series Official Crypto Trump Club related to former US President Trump. (PR Newswire)
QLC Chain has completed $15 million in financing led by Dawnstar Capital
On September 13, QLC Chain has successfully completed a US$15 million financing led by Dawnstar Capital to accelerate its mission of technological improvement and accelerate digital transformation by increasing its adoption rate.
This financing will not only provide new ecological funds for the QLC Chain project, but also help the further development of QLC Chain in other markets and project cooperation, and also provide human capital for it.
In the next few weeks, QLC Chain will release a new roadmap for the second half of 2022 and 2023, which contains important milestones, such as supporting QLC tokens on BNB Chain, developing QLC Chain’s marketing capabilities on social media, etc.
On September 15, the token management platform Magna completed a US$15 million seed round of financing at a valuation of US$70 million, led by Tiger Global and Tusk Ventures, Shima Capital, Circle Ventures, Solana Ventures, Avalanche Labs, Galaxy Labs, former Coinbase high Ballaji Srinivasan, Messari's Ryan Selkis and DJ Steve Aoki also participated.
Co-founded by former Y-Combinator executive Bruno Faviero, the company aims to build token distribution software that makes it easier for protocols, decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) and crypto funds to send and receive tokens, on any schedule. Compliance, accounting and tax reporting. (CoinDesk)
Odaily News Indonesian encryption trading platform Reku announced the completion of US$11 million in Series A financing, led by AC Ventures (ACV), with participation from Coinbase Ventures and Skystar Capital. The funds will be used to expand the team, which currently has 80 employees and plans to add 50 positions. Additionally, the platform will continue to focus on security, compliance, efficiency and scalability.
It is reported that Reku was established in 2017, and its total transaction volume on the platform reached US$3 billion last year. Reku recently appointed former Bain Capital private equity investor Jesse Choi as chief operating officer. (TechCrunch)
On September 13, according to the official Twitter, the multi-dimensional public chain WormholesChain completed a seed round of financing of 10 million US dollars, and OKX angel investors Mandra Capital and Timing Capital jointly led the investment. This round of financing will be used to promote the development of Web3 multi-dimensional infrastructure.
It is reported that WormholesChain uses the DRE dynamic random election algorithm combined with PoS to solve security and relatively fair distribution issues, allowing one-click deployment of sub-chain systems to form an infinitely coupled multi-dimensional and multi-layer decentralized network, which can provide NFT full-stack solutions and low energy consumption The sustainable expansion of TPS.
Odaily News Capsule Corp Labs, a development company based on NFT-based decentralized data transmission blockchain Ternoa, completed a seed round of financing of 7.3 million euros (approximately 7.28 million U.S. dollars), with participation from Omnes Capital, REVAM and Digital Finance Group.
Blockchain data company Thirdwave completes $7 million seed round led by Framework Ventures
On September 15, blockchain data company Thirdwave announced the completion of a $7 million seed round of financing, led by Framework Ventures, with participation from Animoca Brands, Play Ventures, Shima Capital, Hustle Fund, and Oceans Ventures.
It is reported that Thirdwave mainly provides blockchain data services for Web3 companies, encryption projects and protocols, and DAOs, including on-chain activities, customer data, social channel information, website content analysis, etc., to help game developers and Web3 builders gain a deeper understanding industry. (Techinasia)
On September 13, RING GAMES’s Web3 game STELLA FANTASY announced the completion of US$6 million in financing. KRUSTUNIVERSE, a public chain KLAYTN mainnet developer and KLAYTN ecosystem incubator of the Korean Internet giant Kakao, participated in the investment.
Jooho YUN, CEO of RING GAMES, said that with the support of KRUST UNIVERSE, it is expected to launch a real P2E game for global gamers within this year. In addition, the first NFT pre-sale of STELLA FANTASY will open on September 14. (Yahoo Finance)
Web3 Compliance Firm Satschel Completes $5.2M Seed Round Led by Brand Foundry Ventures
On September 16, Web3 compliance company Satschel completed a $5.2 million seed round of financing led by early-stage venture capital firm Brand Foundry Ventures. It is reported that Satchel uses web3 technology to help financial services companies comply with regulations through its automated Compliance Fabric technology. (The Block)
Web3 Music Creation Platform Arpeggi Labs Completes $5.1 Million Seed Round Financing, Led by a16z
On September 15, Arpeggi Labs, a Web3 music creation platform, announced the completion of a US$5.1 million seed round financing, led by a16z, 1confirmation, Palm Tree Crew, WndrCo Ventures, Steve Aoki, 3LAU, Wyclef Jean, Disco Fries, Electric Feel Ventures, Louis Bell , Joe Zadeh, Audius Foundation, Shayne Coplan, Paul Veradittakit and Cooper Turley participated.
It is reported that anyone on Arpeggi Labs can create, publish and mix any audio. Arpeggi Labs is trying to change the way of creating music, ensuring that the use of sound is attributed to the correct source, and at the same time readjusting the incentives for creators. It does not restrict creators from reusing existing artist music, but encourages it.
On September 14, DolarApp, an encrypted financial startup, announced the completion of a $5 million financing, led by Y Combinator and Kaszek Ventures, with over 50 angel investors participating.
It is reported that DolarApp aims to help users in Latin America to simplify the process of using US dollar stablecoins to participate in the encrypted financial system and manage personal assets. Its users can use DolarApp to quickly convert peso assets into USDC.
The company launched a beta testing program in the summer, and will put the new money into the current team, which will be used for marketing efforts and in preparation for the full release. (Techcrunch)
On September 12, NEAR ecological wallet Sender completed $4.5 million in financing, led by Pantera Capital, Crypto.com, Jump Crypto, Amber Group, WOO Network, SevenX Ventures, Smrti Labs, D1 Ventures, Puzzle Ventures, Shima Capital, Eniac Ventures and GFS Ventures participated.
This round of financing is valued at US$45 million, and the transaction will be completed in April 2022. Sender is a non-custodial wallet that allows users to exchange Tokens instantly and stake them for potential returns; in addition, Sender can also connect to hardware wallets such as Ledger and Keystone, and integrate encryption portal services such as Moonpay, Banxa and Transak. According to Sender, the wallet has had more than 500,000 downloads on desktop and mobile devices. (the block)
Infinity Exchange Completes USD 4.2 Million Seed Round Financing, GSR and Others Participate
On September 15, Infinity Exchange announced the completion of a $4.2 million seed round of financing, with participation from GSR, Coin Merge Strategy, C² Ventures, Flow Traders, block 0, and Mentha Partners.
It is reported that Infinity Exchange is led by former Morgan Stanley executive Kevin Lepose. Its team is composed of Wall Street financial engineers, traders, quantitative experts and technical experts, aiming to promote the adoption of DeFi by traditional institutions. (Cointelegraph)
Smart contract audit platform Sherlock completes $4 million in seed round financing led by Archetype
On September 14, Sherlock, a smart contract auditing platform, completed a $4 million seed round of financing, led by Archetype, with participation from Spartan, Lattice, and CoinFund. The new funds will be used to build the team and fund external audits on the Sherlock platform. (CoinDesk)
On September 14, NFT game company BRAVO READY announced the completion of a $3.5 million seed round of financing, with Sino Global Capital participating. BRAVO READY creates a unique gaming experience for players through NFT and automated smart contracts and integrates encrypted transactions into gameplay. The company plans to use the new funds to continue to build on the NFT "win-to-earn" battle royale The game "BR1: Infinite Royale" will also double the size of the team. (Businesswire)
Hypersonic Laboratories Closes $3.5M Funding Led by Play Ventures
On September 15th, Hypersonic Laboratories, the development company behind the metaverse platform HELIX, announced the completion of a $3.5 million Pre-Seed round of financing, led by Play Ventures, Samsung Next, GSR, Third Kind, Alex Chung (Giphy founder) and Scott Belsky (Behance Founder) etc. participated in the investment.
The full name of HELIX Metaverse is Hyper Expansive Life like Interoperable eXperience. The platform plans to launch the "Founder Pass" in October. (Digital journal)
Metaverse startup MetaFi completes $3 million in funding
On September 14, Dubai-based Metaverse startup MetaFi announced the completion of $3 million in financing. Double Peak Group, Maven Capital, OKX Blockdream Ventures, Megala Ventures, Magnus Capital, Legion Ventures, SL2 Capital, X21 Digital, Good Games Guild, Meta Gaming Guild and institutions such as Athena Ventures participated in the investment. According to reports, MetaFi will use the funds to create a social metaverse trading product Trading Metaverse, which will bring Web3 asset trading to the masses by providing a seamless entry for non-cryptocurrency audiences. (Bakersfield)
On September 14, Synquote, an encrypted options trading platform, completed a $2.8 million seed round of financing, led by Initialized Capital, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, CMT Digital, Polygon, and Ryan Selkis. (CoinDesk)
On September 13th, Indian real estate technology company hBits announced the completion of a new round of financing of 200 million rupees (about 2.52 million U.S. dollars). Nirmal Jain, chairman of IIFL, Incred Capital, Jayesh Parekh, a former executive of Jungle Ventures, and others participated in the investment. The company will use the funds to expand its business scope, expand client acquisition, increase the acquisition of new assets, and will also deploy blockchain technology to simplify the transaction execution process and further improve transaction transparency. (inc42)
On September 15, Cognitive3D, a start-up company that analyzes consumer behavior in Metaverse, announced the completion of a $2.5 million seed round of financing, led by Konvoy, with participation from Space Capital and Boost VC. So far, the company has raised a total of $3.5 million. (Venture Beat)
On September 16, SeMorpheus, an Indonesian Web3 brand retail platform, announced the completion of a US$2.5 million seed round of financing, led by Intudo Ventures, with participation from 500 Global, Febe Ventures, AlphaLab Capital, BRI Ventures and Caballeros Capital. SerMorpheus helps brands and content creators easily develop NFTs and manage utilities, allowing them to directly engage with customers and communities, unlock brand value through personalized shopping experiences, and connect Web3 products and services to Web2 users. (asiatechdaily)
Lightning Network Neutronpa completes $2.25 million in seed funding, led by Hivemind Ventures
On September 14, Lightning Network startup Neutronpay completed a $2.25 million seed round of financing led by Hivemind Ventures. Participating institutions include Republic, Cavalry, Ride Wave, Studio, Iterative, Fulgur Ventures, Lightning Labs and individual investors by Bill Crowley and Lisa Shields.
On September 13, Onmeta, a Web3 DApp solution, completed a $1.5 million seed round of financing, led by Skycatcher Fund, Luno Expeditions, Polygon Studios, GSF Fund and famous angel investors such as Sandeep Nailwal, CEO of Polygon, Ganesh Swami, CEO of Covalent, Nitish Mittersain, Madhur Deep, head of Alibaba India, and Hiro Mashita participated in the investment. It is reported that Onmeta provides Web3 DApp with fiat currency and cryptocurrency swap services to help it improve user experience and strengthen adoption.
Educational platform LearnWeb3 completes USD 1.25 million seed round financing led by IOSG Ventures
On September 15, the education platform LearnWeb3 completed a seed round of financing of US$1.25 million, led by IOSG Ventures, with participation from Balaji Srinivasan and EPNS founder Harsh Rajat.
LearnWeb3 is a high-quality, wide-ranging, and completely free educational platform that aims to create learning opportunities that allow more ordinary people to enter Web3 and become outstanding Web3 developers, including but not limited to women, people of color, and others An underrepresented community of Web3 developers in tech.
On September 13, Beacon Global, a one-stop metaverse aggregation platform, announced the completion of a financing of US$1 million, with Candaq, RNGX, GD Capital, 7 O'Clock Capital, Linden and other institutions participating in the investment.
It is reported that Beacon Global is a metaverse traffic aggregation platform that brings together guilds, players, game developers, media, and KOL. Its business scope covers media reports, project services, blockchain knowledge education and training, etc., involving GameFi, DeFi , NFT, Metaverse and other vertical tracks.
On September 12, Web3 infrastructure SINSO announced that it had completed a new round of financing at a valuation of US$150 million. This round of financing was invested by SpaceX Yusaku Maezawa's MZ Web3 Fund.
SINSO is an efficient, low-cost, and convenient decentralized data storage tool. Enterprises can choose their own data storage network, such as Filecoin, Arweave, SINSO main network, etc. SINSO was launched in December 2020, focusing on distributed data cache network and infrastructure project data Dao (Distributed Autonomous Organization). Its products include SINSO Getway, a distributed data storage tool, and SINSO DataLand, a personal data asset management tool. Currently, 220,000 people have applied to become members.
Yusaku Maezawa is the CEO of the famous Japanese brand ZOZO, a billionaire, and the first Japanese civilian to travel in space. The man is closely related to Tesla and Elon Musk, and was the first lunar traveler. (Cointelegraph)
Moonshot Commons Completes Seed Round of Financing, Hash Global and Others Participate
On September 12, the technology maker community Moonshot Commons (formerly Moonshot Factory) completed its seed round of financing. The specific financing amount was not disclosed. Hash Global, HashKey, ZhenFund, Zhichun Capital, ChainIDE, Pickup Technology, RSS3 , Paeonia Ventures, individual investor founder Mandy, and IOSG Ventures founding partner Jocy Lin participated in the investment. This round of financing will be used to expand the campus network and try to productize it.
Moonshot Commons was established in early 2021 by Gen Z engineers from the University of Chicago, Vassar College, Penn University, Parsons School of Design, Zhejiang University, and the technology company Meta. Entrepreneurs build a more inclusive entrepreneurial sandbox.
AR metaverse infrastructure Map3.ar received strategic investment from KuCoin Labs
On September 15th, according to official news, the AR metaverse infrastructure Map3.ar announced that it has received strategic investment from KuCoin Labs in the seed round and invited it to serve as a strategic consultant.
As the high-precision map infrastructure of the global AR metaverse, Map3.ar builds an automated 3D HD Map Construction Pipeline based on artificial intelligence and spatial computing, supports distributed Scan to Earn of global map contributors, and is committed to creating an open AR metaverse The ecosystem supports mutual compatibility and combination of massive ecological AR DApps.
Inery completes financing at $128 million valuation led by Metavest
On September 14, Inery, a decentralized data management system, received investment from Metavest, a Web3-focused venture capital firm, with a valuation of $128 million in this round of financing.
Inery is a decentralized data management system that brings DB into Web3. It provides a low-cost, reduced-latency, secure and tamper-proof way of managing data. Data management systems are designed to ensure that users, including gamers and businesses, maintain control over data in virtual worlds through owner-controlled data assets. (Globe Newswire)
On September 14, according to official news, Sunlune LTD. (referred to as SUNLUNE, English SUNLUNE) announced the successful completion of the A round of financing. This round of financing was exclusively strategically invested by Intel Capital. The specific financing amount has not yet been disclosed. The estimated scale is tens of millions of dollars.
Sunlune LTD is a chip design company registered in the Cayman Islands, headquartered in Singapore, and designed and operated in China. Zhongke Shenglong was first established in 2009. It has long been committed to the research and development of computer system structure. It realized upgrading and transformation in 2018, focusing on the research and development of high-throughput computing power chips integrating storage and computing.
On September 14, "Yunqi Wuxian", a provider of next-generation intelligent fuzz testing technology, officially announced the completion of angel round financing. The amount of this round of financing is tens of millions of yuan, and Oasis Capital is the exclusive investor.
Founded in July 2021, Yunqi Wuji hopes to provide assistance for the entire software life development cycle of enterprises through Fuzzing (fuzzing testing) technology, and help enterprises improve their overall security capabilities from the development stage.
Playground, a Web3 game and NFT discovery platform, completes oversubscribed Pre-seed financing
On September 13th, Playground, a Singapore-based Web3 game and NFT discovery platform, completed an oversubscribed Pre-seed financing. East Ventures and Mirana Ventures jointly led the investment, and Arc Capital and angel investors participated in the investment. It is reported that Playground aims to solve the information problem in the Web3 ecosystem. It is often difficult for users to discover new crypto projects because the rapid growth of the blockchain-based entertainment industry has fragmented information. The company's platform provides up-to-date information, as well as access to Web3 entertainment projects and their communities.
Adaverse makes strategic investment in GameFi platform Diagon Studios
On September 16, Adaverse, the Cardano ecological blockchain accelerator, announced a strategic investment in the blockchain GameFi platform Diagon Studios, with an undisclosed amount.
It is reported that Diagon Studios focuses on deploying P2E casual games on the blockchain, and plans to issue tokens on the Cardano blockchain and create an NFT market. (Techcabal)
The Sandbox invests in blockchain media and partnership firm Cosmo Media Labs
On September 16, Metaverse platform The Sandbox announced that it has invested in blockchain media and cooperation company Cosmo Media Labs. The specific investment amount has not yet been disclosed. Cosmo Media Labs hopes to use its brand content strategy to bridge the gap between old and new media, and will also build a metaverse social and digital experience center in The Sandbox.
Sebastien Borget, CEO of The Sandbox, said that investing in Cosmo Media Labs will allow them to build a bridge between media and better leverage the power of Web3 to shape metaverse culture. (list23)
Web3 Venture Capital Institution DWF Labs Announces Strategic Investment in Conflux
On September 16, according to official news, the Swiss Web3 venture capital institution and digital asset market maker DWF Labs announced a strategic investment in the secondary market for the Layer 1 blockchain Conflux.
On September 15, Binance Labs made a strategic investment in Aptos Labs, with an undisclosed amount of financing. To continue building a secure and scalable blockchain, Aptos will use the funds raised to expand the team and support the development of its Layer1 infrastructure. The team will also build ecosystem programs and tools to further grow the Aptos community.
Prior to the news on March 29, Binance Labs announced its investment in the public chain project Aptos Labs.
