One-week financing express | 46 projects have been invested; the total disclosed financing is about 310 million US dollars (2.20-2.26)
According to Odaily's incomplete statistics, a total of 46 domestic and overseas blockchain financing incidents were announced from February 20 to February 26, and the total disclosed financing amount was about 310 million US dollars.
The following are specific financing events (Note: 1. Ranked according to the announced amount; 2. Excluding fundraising and mergers and acquisitions; 3. * is a "traditional" company whose business involves blockchain):
The following are specific financing events (Note: 1. Ranked according to the announced amount; 2. Excluding fundraising and mergers and acquisitions; 3. * is a "traditional" company whose business involves blockchain):
Blockchain Chip Startup Chain Reaction Completes $70M Funding Led by Morgan Creek Digital
On February 23, Chain Reaction, a blockchain chip startup, completed a $70 million financing round led by Morgan Creek Digital.
Chain Reaction co-founder and CEO Alon Webman said the company will begin mass production of its blockchain chip, Electrum, in the first quarter of this year. The chip is designed to perform a blockchain operation called "hashing" very quickly and efficiently, and can also be used to mine digital currencies such as bitcoin. (Reuters)
Saber 56 Closes $35M Financing to Build 150MW Mining Hosting Site
On February 23, Saber 56, a Bitcoin mining consulting company, completed a $35 million financing, which will be used to build hosting sites.
Saber 56 is mainly engaged in the construction of mining facilities and the operation of mining machines. Its goal is to build a 150-megawatt mining site by the end of this year and provide hosting services for mining companies. Currently, construction has begun on two sites with a combined capacity of 115 MW, located in Wyoming and Texas. Construction of the four sites is expected to be completed this year. (CoinDesk)
Social app Towns completes $25.5 million Series A round led by A16z
On February 23, Towns, a Web3 social application under Here Not There Labs, completed a financing of US$25.5 million, led by a16z and participated by Benchmark and Framework Ventures. Towns adopts the concept of town squares, combining community, NFT, and games. The product is built on the Ethereum blockchain.
The team said, "The team's vision is to create a digital city square where members can define boundaries, make rules, and build the world they want, which can only be achieved through decentralization and web3." (decrypt)
Privacy tech startup Beldex lands $25 million from DWF Labs
On February 24, Beldex, a privacy technology start-up company, completed a $25 million financing, and DWF Labs, a digital asset market maker and investment institution, invested and established a partnership with it. The funds will help drive research and development for the Beldex ecosystem, with DWF acting as an advisor and helping with marketing.
The Beldex ecosystem includes the private messaging app BChat, the decentralized virtual private network (VPN) BelNet, the Web3 browser Beldex, and the cross-chain privacy protocol Beldex that anonymizes cross-chain asset movement. (CoinDesk)
On February 22, blockchain risk analysis company Chaos Labs announced the completion of a $20 million seed round of financing on Tuesday, led by PayPal Ventures and Galaxy Digital, with Coinbase, Uniswap, Lightspeed, Bessemer, and angel investors such as Balaji Srinivasan and Naval Ravikant participating .
According to reports, the nearly two-year-old company specializes in running worst-case simulations for DeFi trading platforms. Omer Goldberg, founder and CEO of Chaos Labs, said in an interview: "We built a Web3 cloud that can replicate all the blockchains that customers run. We can interact with their applications like they are in real life. It's like interacting."
The company's team members include former members of the Israeli special forces, and its 10 public clients include some of the leading companies in the DeFi field, such as Aave, Chainlink, and Uniswap. (Fortune)
Web3 game studio Kratos closes $20 million seed round led by Accel
On February 22, Indian Web3 game studio Kratos completed a US$20 million seed round financing at a valuation of US$150 million. Accel led the investment, and Prosus Ventures, Courtside Ventures, Nexus Venture Partners, and Nazara Technologies participated. In addition, the sub-DAO IndiGG of Yield Guild Games DAO was also acquired through a token exchange, and existing INDI token holders will be exchanged for new Kratos tokens. launched within".
It is reported that Kratos was established in September last year. Its business model brings game developers and gamers to its platform and earns income from both parties. As part of the acquisition of IndiGG, Kratos will continue to brand IndiGG as a gaming DAO.
ZK Startup Polyhedra Network Closes $10M Funding Led by Binance Labs and Polychain Capital
On February 22, Polyhedra Network, a ZK infrastructure startup, completed a $10 million financing, led by Binance Labs and Polychain Capital, with participation from Animoca Brands, Dao 5, and ABCDE Capital.
Polyhedra has developed several infrastructure products using zero-knowledge (ZK) proof technology, including the ZK Bridge (zkBridge) solution for sending assets between Web2 and Web3 systems, the ZK Decentralized Identity solution (zkDID), and scaling solution. Polyhedra plans to integrate with more blockchains and make it more accessible to developers through API and SDK tools. (The Block)
NFT game Worldwide Webb receives $10 million investment from Pantera Capital
On February 24, Worldwide Webb, an NFT metaverse game founded by artist and game designer Thomas Webb, announced that it had received $10 million in Series A financing from venture capital firm Pantera Capital. This is the game's first round of external funding since its debut in 2020.
It is reported that Worldwide Webb provides a completely online, browser-based gaming experience, allowing players to use Ethereum wallets and NFT avatars, including Bored Ape Yacht Club, CryptoPunks, Doodles, Cool Cats, Deadfellaz and other series. (Decrypt)
On February 22, the chain game company Azra Games completed an additional $10 million seed round of financing, led by a16z (through its $600 million game fund), with participation from NFX, Coinbase Ventures, Play Ventures and Franklin Templeton, and its total financing so far to $25 million. Azra plans to release the first title of Legions & Legends later this year.
According to news in May 2022, Azra Games announced the completion of a $15 million seed round of financing, led by a16z, with participation from NFX, Coinbase Ventures, Play Ventures and Franklin Templeton. Funds raised will be used to launch "Project Arcanas," its first combat RPG game. (Fortune)
On February 24, DeFi startup Huma Finance completed a $8.3 million seed round of financing led by Race Capital and Distributed Global, with participation from ParaFi, Circle Ventures, and Robot Ventures.
It is reported that Huma aims to build an income-supported lending agreement. The protocol allows for borrowing based on cash flow rather than tokens, which can be borrowed against receivables such as payroll or invoices.
Huma's first product is an on-chain factoring marketplace that enables individuals or businesses to borrow against their future income instead of existing token assets. Its initial partners include stablecoin issuer Circle, blockchain payments network Request Network and Superfluid. (The Block)
Web3 observability platform Sentio closes $6.4M seed round led by Lightspeed Venture Partners
On February 22, Web3 observability platform Sentio announced the completion of a $6.4 million seed round of financing, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from Hashkey Capital, Canonical Crypto, Essence VC, and GSR Ventures. Founder Fuyao Zhao said that the round of equity financing was completed in September last year, with a post-money valuation of $32 million.
Through Sentio's SDK, users can collect metrics and event logs for smart contract-based events, transactions, traces, and state across blockchains, including Ethereum, Aptos, Polygon, and Avalanche. Sentio handles the indexing process of this information, but users can build dashboards to visualize this data. This enables them to monitor possible breaches or issues and receive alerts of certain activities on the blockchain. (The Block)
On February 22, TipLink announced the completion of a $6 million seed round of financing, led by Sequoia Capital and Multicoin Capital, with participation from Solana Ventures, Circle Ventures, Paxos, and angel investors Vinny Lingham and Sarah Guo.
TipLink is a Solana blockchain-based crypto payment platform that allows users to send and receive digital assets via links and QR codes.
Ian Krotinsky, co-founder and CEO of TipLink, said it was an equity funding round that began in April last year and closed in July. Krotinsky added that the company is now announcing the launch of its API, which allows developers to create TipLinks for free.
Web3 player co-creation game startup Strider raises $5.5M led by Makers Fund and Fabric Ventures
On February 23, Web3 player co-creation game start-up Strider completed a financing of US$5.5 million, led by Makers Fund and Fabric Ventures, and participated by Shima Capital, Sfermion, Magic Eden and several other funds. So far, the company’s total financing has reached $8.5 million.
The co-founder of Strider, Andrew N. Green, used to be a partner of the well-known venture capital a16z. They originally hoped to build a DAO, and the token holders would jointly govern the game community based on the story. Some early cryptographic infrastructure was built to support content ownership and cryptocurrency rewards. (Venture Beat)
AI-powered encrypted search engine Kaito AI raises $5.3M led by Dragonfly Capital
On February 22, Kaito AI, an artificial intelligence-driven encrypted search engine, announced the completion of a $5.3 million financing round, led by Dragonfly Capital, with participation from Sequoia Capital, Jane Street, AlphaLab Capital, and Mirana Ventures.
It is reported that the core of Kaito is an AI start-up company dedicated to solving the problem of information fragmentation in the encryption field. Its product has been in private beta with institutional investors since December and will be open for public beta today. (The Block)
DeFi Yield Protocol Affine Completes $5.1 Million in Funding Led by Jump Crypto and Hack VC
On February 24, Affine Protocol, a DeFi yield agreement, completed a financing of US$5.1 million, led by Jump Crypto and Hack VC, and participated by Circle Ventures and Coinbase Ventures. Affine aims to address impairment losses in liquidity provisioning, with its flagship basket USD Yield providing automated diversification and yield through liquidity management strategies. (CoinDesk)
DID solutions provider Lifeform closes $5M Series A at $100M valuation led by GeekCartel
On February 25th, according to official news, DID solution provider Lifeform announced the completion of Series A financing of US$5 million, with a valuation of US$100 million and 5% financing, led by GeekCartel, KuCoin Labs, DHVC, SevenX Ventures, Foresight Ventures, K 24 Ventures and South Korea's Metaverse platform Another World participated in the investment.
Previously, the Lifeform seed round was led by Binance Labs, and the pre-seed round was exclusively invested by GeekCartel.
It is reported that the PC side of Lifeform's UE 5 virtual human editor has been launched in November 2022, and the total number of Lifeform Avatar and related clothing items has exceeded 400,000. The Unity version of the mobile terminal will be launched on February 17, 2023. Up to now, the total casting amount of Lifeform Cartoon Avatar has exceeded 800,000, and the daily PV volume of the official website has reached 20 million. According to officials, the Avatar model will be connected to the hatched blockchain game HALOWORLD in March.
GameFi team iBLOXX completes $5 million in financing led by PrimeXM
On February 24, iBLOXX announced today that the company has completed a $5 million funding round led by PrimeXM. The funds will be used to expand iBLOXX Studios, the company's GameFi division, which is now valued at $30 million.
Headquartered in Dubai, IBLOXX Studios focuses on building blockchain games using Unreal, Unity engines, and developing a sustainable token economy. (zawya)
Blockchain Infrastructure Provider Gateway.fm Closes $4.6M Funding Led by Lemniscap
On February 21, blockchain infrastructure provider Gateway.fm completed a US$4.6 million seed round of financing, led by Lemniscap, with participation from CMT Digital, the LAO DAO, Very Early Ventures, Fantom Foundation, and Unstoppable Domain Ventures. Funds from the financing will be used to accelerate product development as well as marketing and hiring efforts.
Gateway.fm is building a decentralized Remote Procedure Call (RPC) solution. Gateway.fm offers three services: Gateway Grow, an institutional staking service; Gateway Access, a Web3 RPC node infrastructure solution; and Gateway Jumpstart, which enables blockchains and protocols to accelerate their mainnet launches. (The Block)
Blockchain company Superchain completes $4 million seed round led by Blockchain Capital
On February 22, Superchain, a blockchain index startup, announced the completion of a $4 million seed round of financing led by Blockchain Capital. The new funds will be used to build the Open Index protocol, which can quickly collect and customize blockchain data for developers use. Superchain previously raised $1.25 million in a pre-seed round in December 2021, with participation from Maven 11, KR 1, Tokonomy, and Fasanara.
It is reported that the indexing service provided by Superchain is to push data to developers instead of allowing them to access data through API calls, and developers can benefit from the low latency of local processing. Superchain is currently providing early access to market makers, quantitative traders, data scientists, and dApp developers.
Tech startup 3 RM raises $3.5M to develop Web3-native CRM tools
On February 22, technology startup 3 RM completed a $3.5 million financing, led by Distributed Global, with participation from Shima Global, Big Brain Holdings, Metareal and 3 SE Holdings. The new funding will be used to build tools to help Web3 companies better manage relationships with customers.
According to 3 RM's website, more than 1,200 organizations have signed up to use the company's CRM tool, including Magic Eden, Fuel Labs and Lens Protocol. According to reports, the CRM platform is built using technologies such as React, Postgres, and Typescript. (The Block)
Renegade Closes $3.4M Seed Funding Round Led by Dragonfly Capital
On February 20, Renegade announced the completion of a US$3.4 million seed round of financing, led by Dragonfly Capital and former AngelList CEO Naval Ravikant, and angels such as Balaji Srinivasan, Lily Liu, Tarun Chitra (Robot Ventures) and Lev Livnev (Symbolic Capital Partners) Investors participate.
It is reported that Renegade is a start-up company building a new type of decentralized exchange. Renegade is developing an on-chain version of dark pools based on multi-party computation (MPC) and zero-knowledge proofs. Renegade is currently in internal testing, with a public testnet launch planned for Q2 2023. (The Block)
NFT lending platform PaprMeme receives $3 million investment from Coinbase Ventures
On February 21, NFT lending platform PaprMeme received a $3 million investment from Coinbase Ventures. PaprMeme was developed by four former Coinbase employees.
The platform does not offer direct peer-to-peer lending, but instead employs a novel mechanism built on top of its native token. (The Block)
On February 22, blockchain game development team Curio Research completed a $2.9 million seed round of financing, led by Bain Capital Crypto, with participation from TCG Crypto, Zonff Partners, Formless Capital, Smrti Lab, Robot Ventures and several angel investors.
The new financing will primarily be used to expand the team, with a focus on hiring blockchain engineers, microeconomists, game designers, and client engineers who will be responsible for the look and feel of the game. Curio will also be looking to hire an art director and a community manager.
The company’s first game, “Treaty,” is an on-chain strategy game where users write and deploy smart contracts. These so-called "Treaties" allow them to draft rules about how to interact with other players in the game, almost like a social contract. According to the founder, NFT is likely to become the cornerstone of Treaty. These NFTs can be a source of income, bringing in funds through primary and secondary sales. The team is also considering taxing in-game transactions for cash, but that's also a future plan.
Currently, Curio is a cryptocurrency-only game with no built-in fiat currency entry. This could be added at a later date, the team said. In addition, according to the current roadmap, Curio has no plans to issue coins. (The Block)
Multisig startup Den raises $2.8 million
On February 22, the multi-signature startup Den completed a $2.8 million financing led by IDEO CoLab Ventures. Participating parties include Gnosis, Lemniscap and Spice Capital. Individual investors include former Coinbase CTO Balaji Srinivasan and investors from Not Boring Capital. Packy McCormick et al. This round of financing will be used to develop a multi-signature wallet. The founders of Den are Jonah Erlich and Ittai Svidler, core members of ConstitutionDAO.
Web3 startup Unikbase raises €2 million led by Weber Investissements
On February 22, Web3 startup Unikbase closed a €2 million (~$2.1 million) funding round led by Weber Investissements. Unikbase provides services for tokenizing physical valuables, creating “digital passports” for valuables in the form of NFTs, and loading digital twin data into NFT tokens to provide “proof of authenticity and ownership.” It primarily caters to insurance companies that deal with auction houses, suppliers of used antiques and other high-value merchandise, and other lifecycle services such as storage, shipping, financing and resale.
On February 25, NeoSwap AI, an NFT trading platform, completed a $2 million Pre-Seed round of financing at a valuation of $15 million. DACM and AngelHub led the investment, and Gossamer Capital, Cavalry Asset Management, Stacks Ventures, Dhuna Ventures and several angel investors participated in the investment .
According to reports, NeoSwap AI is trying to bring about changes in business through its multi-party, multi-item trading platform powered by artificial intelligence. Its proprietary algorithm allows efficient transaction discovery using digital assets and minimal currency. The project currently supports Stacks, Solana, Polygon, and plans to raise a seed round later this year. (PR Newswire)
On February 22, Intu, the Web3 decentralized account management protocol, announced the completion of a $2 million Pre-Seed round of financing, with CoinFund, Metaweb Ventures, Fantom Foundation, Kitefin, Orrick and a group of angel investors participating.
Intu revealed that it will release a beta version during the ETHDenver Buidl on February 24, providing an encrypted wallet solution based on a distributed externally owned account (dEOA) to attract more dApp developers and help them more easily create decentralized, scalable Recovery and autonomous Web3 account tools. (Crypto Slate)
Broadway Exchange raises $2 million in seed funding led by No Guarantees
On February 21, Broadway Exchange, a digital collection trading platform, announced the completion of a $2 million seed round of financing, led by Broadway production company No Guarantees. Broadway Exchange mainly cooperates with Broadway theaters and creates digital collections for them, and then sells them on its trading platform. Viewers and fans can buy, trade and share, and then establish a deeper connection with fans. It is reported that the company is still raising $1 million Additional funds to expand the scale of this round of financing. (broadwayworld)
Crypto Startup Polybase Closes $2M Pre-Seed Funding Round Led by 6th Man Ventures
On February 21, the cryptocurrency startup Polybase announced the completion of a $2 million Pre-Seed round of financing, led by 6th Man Ventures, with participation from Filecoin developers Protocol Labs, Orange DAO, Alumni Ventures, NGC Ventures, and CMT Digital.
Polybase, founded last year by Sid Gandhi and Calum Moore, is developing a decentralized database using zero-knowledge techniques. Polybase is currently running on a testnet, and its mainnet is expected to launch in the next few weeks. To that end, the startup is also looking to expand its current five-person team by hiring some in engineering and marketing functions, Gandhi said. (The Block)
Multi-chain options protocol Optix closes $1.8M funding led by Skynet Trading
On February 21, the chain options protocol Optix announced the completion of $1.8 million in financing, led by Skynet Trading, with participation from Ascensive Assets, Arrington Capital, LVT Capital, Morningstar Ventures, SkyVision Capital, Huobi Global, and Phemex. The Optix protocol has been launched on multiple chains, with functions such as token options, permissionless structured products, DeFi and block transactions. Its native Token OPTIX will be launched in Q2 of 2023. (nftlately)
On February 21, Chainmonsters, an RPG chain game, completed a financing of US$1.5 million. The specific financing information has not been disclosed yet. It will be launched on Epic Games on March 6.
It is reported that Chainmonsters is a blockchain-based MMORPG game developed by B-Side Games. The game initially ran on the Ethereum blockchain and then migrated to the Flow blockchain.
Tsunami Finance Closes $1.3M Pre-Seed Funding Round Led by BigBrainVC and Mirana
On February 24, Tsunami Finance, an Aptos ecological derivatives agreement, completed a US$1.3 million Pre seed round of financing, led by BigBrainVC and Mirana, ZetaMarkets, HedgeLabs, Pontem, Brilliance Ventures, BuilderVC, Marin Digital Ventures, 0x Soju, Switchboardxyz, Coral DeFi, RandRCapital, Aptos Monkeys, Time Research and others participated in the investment.
On February 21, Strive, a blockchain and data science children’s education startup in Singapore, announced the completion of a US$1.3 million seed round of financing, led by the well-known startup incubator Y Combinator, with participation from Goodwater Capital, MasterCard Asia and Soma Capital.
Strive mainly provides one-on-one courses on blockchain, data science and other topics for children aged 8-16. The new funds will be used to build the Strive program editor to help students improve their programming skills in related fields. (Deal Street Asia)
Web3 fashion startup DE Star raises $700,000 in seed round
On February 25, DE Star, a Web3 fashion start-up, announced the completion of a $700,000 seed round of financing. The company mainly uses NFT, blockchain certification, and AIGC technology to promote the decentralization of fashion design, production, distribution, and ownership. It has launched a DAO composed of artists, designers, fashion lovers, and brands. (Globe Newswire)
On February 22, the NFT project Awaken completed a US$500,000 seed round of financing, led by Hong Kong Web3 incubator TopoStation.
According to reports, Awaken is a story-driven NFT project led by several young artists in Japan to create new content to introduce more Web2 artists to join the Web3 space. (News Bitcoin)
On February 24, HDLabs, a Web3 game publishing and procurement company, announced the completion of 100 million won financing (approximately 70,000 US dollars), and Iskra participated in the investment and reached a strategic partnership with it. HDLabs is about to launch the first turn-based RPG game "3 Kingdoms Multiverse ( 3 KM)", and Iskra will also try Web3 game projects with different elements and models and explore other game cooperation opportunities. In addition to the gaming business, HDLabs also provides blockchain solutions to developers, startups, enterprises and governments. (globenewswire)
Japanese Web3 security company KEKKAI announced the completion of the Pre-Seed round of financing
On February 21, Web3 security vendor "KEKKAI" has recently completed the Pre-seed round of financing. The amount of this round of financing is 50 million yen (about 370,000 US dollars), and the investor is Japan's local VC Skyland Ventures. (36 krypton)
nChain Makes Strategic Equity Investment in Metaverse Development Company Transmira
On February 21, nChain, a public chain solution provider, announced that it has reached a strategic alliance with Metaverse development company Transmira and is making a strategic equity investment in the company to develop a broader ecosystem. The specific investment amount has not yet been disclosed.
It is reported that Transmira is the development company of the metaverse platform Omniscape, which mainly provides city-scale digital twins and virtual commodity monetization services, which can connect real-world physical assets through 3D objects and NFT.
Additionally, nChain CEO Christen Ager-Hanssen will join Transmira’s board of directors.
Animoca Brands invests in decentralized e-signature platform EthSign
On February 21, EthSign, a decentralized electronic signature platform, announced that it had received investment from Animoca Brands. The specific investment amount has not yet been disclosed. However, the company disclosed that the total amount of financing so far has reached 14 million US dollars, and its previous two rounds of financing raised a total of 12.65 million US dollars, so the estimated amount of this round of financing is about 1.35 million US dollars.
EthSign will build a new token management platform "TokenTable", which is currently in the testing phase and will provide support for users to manage the issuance and distribution of tokens in the future. (The Block)
Web3 omni-media company WSI completes "6-figure" financing, led by AOR Global and others
On February 21, Singapore-based Web3 omni-media company Wonder Strategic International (WSI) announced the completion of a new round of financing led by AOR Global, TNF Ventures and Cryphus Capital. Although the specific amount of this round of financing has not been disclosed, it is said to have reached "six figures".
WSI mainly provides all-media services in content, media, Web3 and other fields. In addition to developing the IP-based Web3 community, the company also announced the launch of the metaverse "Paradise Metaworld" supported by Xctuality, and will also expand innovative channels such as metaverse commerce in the future. (Luxuo)
On February 21st, OmniBOLT received investment from Waterdrip Capital, Danhua Capital and other institutions. The agreement also received the support of Tether earlier, and completed the first USDT Lightning Network transfer in history.
It is reported that OmniBOLT is a bitcoin lightning network protocol based on the Omni layer. This agreement enables the Lightning Network to support various Tokens, especially Omni-USDT. The organization expressed its continued optimism about the OmniBOLT agreement and the smart protocol built on this basis.
In addition, OmniBOLT released OBWallet, which deploys Lightning Network nodes to mobile phones. With an easy-to-use interface, the user threshold is greatly reduced.
Neo Carmack, head of OmniBOLT, said, "The smart protocol is based on zero-knowledge proofs, and it is expected to bring more flexible contracts into the Lightning Network, which will greatly promote the ecological development of the Bitcoin public chain."
Blocto Wallet Closes Series A Funding at $80M Valuation, Mark Cuban Participates
On February 22, Blocto Wallet announced a new funding round at a valuation of $80 million. Mark Cuban participated, making his second investment in Blocto Wallet. Other investors include 500 Global and IPX (formerly Line Friends). According to the announcement, as of November 2022, Blocto has 1.6 million users and its NFT marketplace, BloctoBay, is the largest marketplace on the Flow blockchain. Blocto recently expanded into the Aptos ecosystem and has amassed a user base of 400,000, making it the second largest wallet on Aptos.
According to previous news, Blocto Wallet completed an $8 million Series A financing led by Animoca Brands in April 2021, with participation from CMS Holdings, Double Peak Group and Alameda Research. Shortly after the funding round, the startup closed an additional $8 million in private token funding, with investors including SevenX Ventures, Alameda Research, and Dapper Labs CEO Roham Garegozlou.
On February 21, Unbanked, a blockchain financial technology solution, announced the completion of a new round of financing. The specific amount has not been disclosed yet, and KingsCrowd Capital, a data-driven venture capital fund, participated in the investment.
It is reported that Unbanked mainly provides financial technology infrastructure, white label encrypted bank card issuance and program management services for cryptocurrency debit cards. Its customers include Litecoin Foundation, StormX, Nexo and Stacks.
As previously reported, in February this year, Unbanked announced a partnership with payment giant MasterCard.
On February 23, hardware wallet company OneKey announced the completion of its A+ round of financing at a valuation of US$85 million, led by IOSG Ventures.
Previously, on September 28, 2022, hardware wallet company OneKey completed a US$20 million Series A financing led by Dragonfly and Ribbit Capital.
Animoca Brands Japan Announces It Has Invested in Passion Labs
On February 24, Animoca Brands Japan announced that it has invested in Passion Labs, a platform that provides customer experience and community engagement tools aimed at empowering user data ownership and helping brands build community.
Animoca Brands Japan will partner with Passion Labs to conduct KOC (Key Opinion Consumer) analysis in Japan using Passion Labs' technology, helping Japanese companies develop their Web3 strategies and create Web3 communities.
On February 24, eTEU, a digital platform for blockchain international transportation documents, announced the completion of a "6-figure" Pre-Seed round of financing, led by Jenson Funding Partners, with participation from Larix Equity, Pinto Ventures and a group of angel investors.
It is understood that eTEU connects members of the international supply chain to a single blockchain platform to further realize the digital upgrade of the international trade document process, and at the same time issue a digital version of the bill of lading on the blockchain to solve the pain points of international shipping. (Finsmes)
