一周融资速递 | 30家项目获投，已披露融资总额约2.57亿美元（2.19-2.25）
According to Odaily incomplete statistics, there were a total of 30 blockchain financing events announced from February 19th to February 25th, with a disclosed total financing amount of approximately 257 million US dollars.
Last week, the project with the highest amount of investment was EigenLayer, a provider of encrypted re-pledge services (100 million US dollars); followed by L1 blockchain Flare (35 million US dollars).
The following are specific financing events (Note: 1. Sorted by the announced amount; 2. Excluding fund raising and acquisition events; 3. * indicates companies in "traditional" fields with some business involving blockchain):
On February 22nd, encrypted re-pledge service provider EigenLayer announced the completion of a $100 million financing round with participation from a16z. EigenLayer, founded by Sreeram Kannan, supports tokens being deposited or "re-pledged" into the network to support the validation of transactions on the blockchain, helping new projects built on top of Ethereum utilize the security of blockchain to protect their networks.
On February 23, L1 blockchain Flare announced the completion of a $35 million private placement financing, with participation from Kenetic, Aves Lair, and others. It is reported that Flare supports the creation of smart contract protocols and focuses on pricing oracle, transmitting asset prices between various decentralized finance (DeFi) applications. Recently, early investors of the project voluntarily agreed to extend the token allocation from the first quarter of 2024 to the first quarter of 2026. They also implemented a sell restriction of 0.5% of the daily trading volume to alleviate market selling pressure.
On February 22, cryptocurrency fantasy sports platform Monkey Tilt announced the completion of a $21 million financing, with participation from Polychain Capital, Hack VC, Poker Go, Accomplice, Paper Ventures, and Folius Ventures, among others. It is reported that the company also announced the launch of the MTFantasy fantasy game platform in more than 20 states in the United States and is about to release a test version.
On February 22, Solana developer platform Helius announced the completion of a $9.5 million Series A financing, led by Foundation Capital, with participation from Reciprocal Ventures, 6th Man Ventures, Chapter One, and Propel. Helius aims to eliminate the complexity of Solana for developers and improve the entire network from the bottom up, enabling developers to build applications quickly and easily on Solana. The company was founded in 2022 by former software engineers from Coinbase and Amazon Web Services.
On February 20th, encrypted payment platform Meso announced the completion of a $9.5 million seed round of financing. Solana Ventures and Ribbit Capital co-led the investment, with participation from Canonical Crypto, 6th Man Ventures, and angel investors including Chris Kalani, co-founder of Phantom, Bill Ready, CEO of Pinterest, and Archie Puri from Bodhi Labs. Meso can help users transfer funds on-chain and off-chain, integrating bank accounts and bank cards into crypto applications.
On February 19th, Web3 news and social platform Beoble completed a $7 million seed round of financing with participation from HashKey, Samsung, DCG, DWF Ventures, Nomura Laser Digital, Cypher Capital, and Blockchain Founders Fund. Beoble stated that the new funding will be used to launch Beoble V2 next month, improving Web3 social media interaction and providing advanced features such as multi-chain integration, in-app social trading, and OTC functionality.
On February 23rd, Ethereum fund flow protocol Superfluid announced the completion of a $5.1 million strategic financing round led by Fabric Ventures, with participation from Multicoin Capital, IOSG Ventures, Circle Ventures, Safe Foundation, The LAO, and Taavet+Sten. The Superfluid protocol allows decentralized autonomous organizations and other crypto projects to pay recurring salaries and rewards in single-chain transactions using its "super tokens". The protocol previously raised $9 million in seed funding in 2021.
On February 20th, decentralized chain gaming ecosystem platform and studio Crystal Fun announced the completion of a $5 million seed round financing on X platform, with participation from KuCoin Ventures, Actoz Soft, Waterdrip Capital, Comma 3 Ventures, Stratified Capital, Cypher 9 Ventures, ælf, W Labs, and Masverse, among others.
On February 21st, modular blockchain developer Inco announced the completion of a $4.5 million financing and the launch of its first testnet "Gentry". 1kx led the investment, with participation from Circle Ventures, GSR, Polygon Ventures, Robot Ventures, Alliance DAO, zkSync developer Matter Labs, among others. However, the founder of the company, Remi Gai, refused to disclose the valuation of this financing round. Inco was founded in August last year, and its second testnet, Paillier, is slated to be released between the second and third quarters of this year, with the mainnet scheduled for release in the fourth quarter.
On February 22nd, decentralized perpetual contract trading platform OX.FUN, initiated by Su Zhu, completed a new round of financing, with a financing amount of $4 million. This financing round was led by Foresight Ventures, with participation from Double Peak Group, EmChai, Genblock Capital, and other institutions. The funds raised in this round will be used for product iteration, team building, market expansion, etc.
On February 25th, according to official sources, multi-chain wallet Nest Wallet announced the completion of over $3.6 million in financing, with participation from Inception Capital, Orange DAO, Ascensive Assets, Snack Clube, gumi Cryptos Capital, INCE Capital, as well as YouTube co-founder Steve Chen, Twitch co-founder Kevin Lin, and The Sandbox co-founder Sebastien Borget.
On February 22nd, decentralized cloud service provider NodeShift announced the completion of $3.2 million seed round financing, with Inovo.vc leading the round and participation from Notion Capital, 0X Founders, and Kestrel0x1. Epic Games also participated as an angel investor.
INIT Capital completes $3.1 million seed round financing, with Electric Capital leading the round
On February 21st, DeFi project INIT Capital announced the completion of a $3.1 million seed round financing. The round was led by Electric Capital and Mirana Ventures, with participation from BitMEX founder Arthur Hayes' family office Maelstrom, Robot Ventures, Nomad Capital, TANGENT, BanklessVC, Selini Capital, Faction, Pendle Joint Creation (@tn_pendle), Ethena Labs founder Leptokurtic, Aevo Joint Creation Julian, Dragonfly's Ashwin, MetaStreet creator David Choi, SCB 10X CEO Tai Panich, and other investors. INIT will use the funds to enhance its technical capabilities, market strategies, and overall position as a primary DeFi liquidity layer.
Bitcoin Dogs, a BRC-20 project based on the Ordinals protocol, has raised $3.1 million
On February 21st, Bitcoin Dogs, a BRC-20 project based on the Ordinals protocol, announced the completion of a $3.1 million presale financing. The identity of the investors has not been disclosed, but it is reported that the project will launch a play-to-earn game based on a pet simulator.
ZeroLend completes $3 million seed round financing and plans to launch governance token ZERO in Q1
On February 21st, zkSync's decentralized lending protocol ZeroLend completed a $3 million seed round financing at a valuation of $25 million. Participants in the round include Momentum 6, Blockchain Founders Fund, Morning Star Ventures, Banter Capital, Newman Capital, dVdT, Transform Capital, Cypher Capital, Bison Fund, Ozaru Ventures, iAngels, Krypital, Genblock, viaBTC, GBV, and Asteroid Capital, among others.
On February 22, the Bitcoin ZK Rollup protocol Citrea completed a $2.7 million seed round financing, led by Galaxy Ventures. Delphi Ventures, Taproot Wizards co-founder Eric Wall, and Modular blockchain Avail co-founder Anurag Arjun also participated.
On February 25, according to official sources, Web3 entertainment platform Shuffle announced the completion of a $2.5 million new round of financing, with participation from Karatage, Cypher Capital, Sunforge (Robbie and James Ferguson), ODA Capital, Web3 Wizards, UpsideDAO, Parc Capital, Baboon VC, as well as angel investors Andrew Kang from Mechanism Capital and Tristan Yver from Backpack.
On February 22, institutional-grade privacy DeFi access layer Singularity completed a $2.2 million new round of financing, led by Gumi Cryptos Capital, with participation from Nomura Securities' digital asset subsidiary Laser Digital, Eureka Partners, Apollo Crypto, Digital Asset Capital Management, and Gandel Invest.
On February 19th, according to official sources, ERC 404 Improvement Protocol Project LoongCity announced the completion of a $2 million seed round financing, with investment from MAZARINE SEA.
It is reported that LoongCity will launch the ERC 1321 protocol based on the ERC 404 protocol improvement, solving the problem of ERC 404 protocol's inability to determine the rarity of NFTs by introducing on-chain oracles. LoongCity is an imaginary Chinese steampunk-themed metaverse and will conduct its first NFT minting tomorrow, followed by further development towards GameFi and metaverses.
Clave Completes $1.6 Million Pre-Seed Round Financing Led by Matter Labs
On February 22nd, fintech dApp startup Clave completed a $1.6 million pre-seed round financing led by Matter Labs, with participation from investors including Safe, Lambda Class, Mirana Ventures, as well as angel investors Sandy Peng from Scroll, Raj Parekh from Portal, and Anurag Arjun from Avail.
On February 23rd, cryptocurrency financial infrastructure provider Januar ApS announced the completion of a €1.5 million seed round financing, with participation from CMT Digital, Third Prime, Skyfall Ventures, as well as Chainalysis co-founder and CEO Michael Grønager and existing investors.
LENA Network completes $1.5 million in financing, with participation from DWF Labs and others
On February 19th, LENA Network announced the completion of $1.5 million in financing, with participation from DWF Labs, Alchemy Pay, Draper Dragon, and others. It is reported that LENA Network will join the Blast ecosystem and launch a decentralized auction platform based on smart contracts, connecting Ethereum with the Blast ecosystem, mainly targeting the development of GameFi NFT. In addition, LENA Network will soon launch its token IFO for $CANDY.
Web3 game platform GameCentric completes $1.5 million angel round financing
On February 21st, Web3 game platform GameCentric announced the completion of $1.5 million in angel round financing, with angel investor Bilal Merchant participating. GameCentric plans to use this new funding to integrate cryptocurrencies on its platform by 2025 and accelerate global expansion, including expansion into the Gulf Cooperation Council and regions beyond the Middle East and North Africa.
Electric vehicle charging system project DePIN's eTukTuk completes $1.2 million in financing
On February 21st, the electric vehicle charging system project DePIN's eTukTuk announced the completion of $1.2 million in private placement financing. The project utilizes the decentralized physical infrastructure network (DePIN) to build electric vehicle charging systems and plans to expand its electric vehicle network and install charging stations in the Asia-Pacific region over the next three years. It is reported that eTukTuk will provide native token rewards based on BNB Chain and Cardano to participating network users.
On February 24th, according to official sources, Web3 education platform HackQuest announced the completion of a $1.1 million Pre-Seed financing round. Participating investors include Find Satoshi Lab, the parent company of STEPN, HashKey Capital, ByteTrade Lab, Outlier Ventures, Hash Global, OnePiece Labs, Scott Moore, co-founder of Gitcoin, and YY, partner at Signum Capital. HackQuest also received support from Open Campus OCX.
On February 20th, Silencio Network, a decentralized data coverage solution provider headquartered in Munich, Germany, announced the completion of a $1 million financing round led by Borderless Capital. Participating investors include Moonrock Capital, Master Ventures, and others. Silencio Network utilizes blockchain technology, particularly the Peaq blockchain, to create a large-scale, noise-level database for innovative data solutions.
On February 19th, Hydro Protocol, the LSDFi agreement, announced the completion of a new round of financing. The amount of financing was not disclosed. Participating investors include Injective, Vessel Capital, Moonhill Capital, SkyVision Capital, Exnetwork Capital, Quantstamp, BlackDragon, Trinito, verse 2, PAKA, coinseeker.co, CSP DAO, ODIG, and DoraHacks.
Animoca Brands strategically invests in Metaverse shooting mobile game Matr1x FIRE
On February 21st, according to official news, the metaverse shooting mobile game Matr1x FIRE announced the completion of a new round of strategic financing, with Animoca Brands participating, and the specific amount has not been disclosed. Matr1x Fire is a first-person shooter game for mobile devices, where players can choose from a playable character list and compete in teams of five to eliminate enemies.
Honeypot Finance completes Pre-Seed financing round, led by AC Capital and DEXT Force Ventures
On February 22nd, according to official news, the Berachain ecosystem DeFi Hub project Honeypot Finance announced the completion of a Pre-Seed financing round, with AC Capital and DEXT Force Ventures leading the round, and the specific amount has not been disclosed.
Layer 1 blockchain XPLA completes strategic financing round with participation from Play Ventures
On February 23rd, Layer 1 blockchain XPLA, focusing on Web3 games, completed a strategic financing round with participation from Singapore investment firm Play Ventures, but the specific financing amount has not been disclosed. XPLA is a content-driven general-purpose gaming and entertainment blockchain developed by the C2X team, which previously received strategic investments from Big Brain Holdings, Play Ventures, and IVC (Infinity Ventures Crypto) in June 2023.
