The following are the specific financing events (sorted according to the announced amount):
The following are the specific financing events (sorted according to the announced amount):
Wealthsimple Signs $750M Financing Agreement Led by Meritech and Greylock
Wealthsimple, an investment management company whose business covers cryptocurrency trading, announced that it has signed a financing agreement of 750 million Canadian dollars (approximately 610 million U.S. dollars), with a post-financing valuation of 5 billion Canadian dollars. Led by Meritech and Greylock, DST Global, Sagard, Iconiq, Dragoneer, TCV, iNovia, Allianz X, Base 10, Redpoint, STEADFAST, Alkeon, TSV, Plus Capital, Drake, Michael J. Fox, Ryan Reynolds, Kelly Olynyk, Dwight Powell and Patrick Marleau participated in the vote.
It is reported that Wealthsimple launched Wealthsimple Crypto in August 2020, which allows users to safely buy, sell and hold cryptocurrency assets using a simple mobile application. (NewsWire)
Paxos completes $300 million Series D financing at a $2.4 billion valuation, led by Oak HC/FT
Paxos, a stablecoin issuer, completed a US$300 million Series D financing at a valuation of US$2.4 billion, led by Oak HC/FT, and participated by PayPal Ventures, Declaration Partners, and Liberty City Ventures. So far, Paxos has raised more than $500 million in total funding. Paxos plans to use the proceeds from the financing to expand its regulatory compliance infrastructure, increase headcount, and scale its operations by increasing platform capacity and exploring acquisition opportunities. Paxos CEO and co-founder Charles Cascarilla said the company aims to serve three to five new customers on the same scale as PayPal.
Earned by Bitso transaction2.$500 million financing, Coatue and Tiger Global led the round
Mexican encryption exchange Bitso has completed a $250 million Series C round of financing, led by hedge fund giant Coatue and investment firm Tiger Global. Other investors include Paradigm, BOND, Valor Capital Group, QED, Pantera Capital and Kaszek. The investment will be used to continue to provide local residents with access to cryptocurrencies and to expand operations. (Forbes)
Cryptocurrency trading platform INX said on Monday it expects to raise $125 million through a security token and share offering. INX said the IPO raised $85 million in proceeds from more than 7,200 institutional and retail investors. In addition, INX has previously completed private placement financing of US$7.5 million, and raised C$39.6 million (approximately US$32.2 million) through stock issuance in Canada. (Metro)
Alchemy, a blockchain development platform, announced the completion of its $80 million Series B round of financing at a valuation of $505 million. Coatue and Addition led the investment, and DFJ Growth, K5 Global, Chainsmokers (smoker combination), actor Jared Leto and the Glazer family participated in the investment. Previous investors in Alchemy include Yahoo founder Jerry Yang, Pantera Capital, Coinbase, SignalFire, Samsung, Stanford University, Google Chairman John L. Hennessy, Charles Schwab, and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman, among others.
Ethereum 2.0 staking protocol Lido raises $73 million led by Paradigm
Lido Finance, an Ethereum 2.0 pledged liquidity solution, completed a $73 million financing led by Paradigm, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Three Arrows Capital, Jump Trading, Alameda Research, and Digital Currency Group. It is reported that Paradigm paid 15,120 ETH to purchase $51 million worth of LDO tokens from LidoDAO Treasury.
Avatar technology company Genies announced the completion of a $65 million Series B round of financing, led by Bond Capital, with participation from Dapper Labs, Polychain, Coinbase Ventures, Hashkey, NEA, NetEase, Breyer Capital, and Tull Investment Group. The funds will be used to invest in the technology behind Genies’ avatar system and build Genies’ NFT marketplace on Dapper Labs’ Flow blockchain.
Privacy-focused blockchain Concordium raises $36M, pushes valuation to about $1.5B
Concordium, a privacy-focused blockchain, has raised $36 million in its fourth round of funding, pushing the company's valuation to about $1.5 billion. This round of financing focuses on the private placement of its cryptocurrency GTU, and the funds raised will be used to expand the blockchain business. The Concordium blockchain mainnet is planned to be launched before June 2021, at which time GTU will also be listed on crypto exchanges simultaneously. (NewsBTC)
Integral Closes Public Seed Funding Round, Bringing Total Invested $32M
According to official news, Integral, a liquidity aggregation and DEX platform, announced the completion of a public seed round of financing, with a total investment of $32 million so far. Integral will publish final sales statistics after settlement is complete. Users are expected to be able to claim ITGR tokens in late May to early June, Integral said.
Securrency, a provider of blockchain-based compliance tools for banks and financial institutions, received $30 million in Series B financing, with participation from WisdomTree Investments, US Bank, State Street, and Abu Dhabi Catalyst Partners. Last year, Securrency received US$17.65 million in Series A financing, led by WisdomTree. According to Crunchbase data, Securrency currently has a total funding of $64.5 million.
DMG Blockchain Solutions Announces $28.1 Million Private Placement with Institutional Investors
DMG Blockchain Solutions Inc., a listed company, is a vertically integrated blockchain and cryptocurrency technology company, announced that it has signed a securities purchase agreement with institutional investors to raise approximately 28.1 million Canadian dollars (approximately 22.8 million Canadian dollars). Dollar). (Globe News Wire)
Digital asset platform Finoa completes $22 million in Series A financing, led by Balderton Capital
Finoa, a European digital asset custody and financial services platform, completed a $22 million Series A round led by Balderton Capital, with participation from existing investors Coparion, Venture Stars, Signature Ventures and an undisclosed investor.
Encrypted Wallet ZenGo Completes $20 Million Series A Funding Led by Insight Partners
Encrypted wallet ZenGo announced the completion of a $20 million Series A financing led by Insight Partners. Distributed Global, Austin Rief Ventures participated, and existing investors Benson Oak, Samsung Next, Elron, Collider Ventures, and FJ Labs also participated in this round of financing. ZenGo plans to use the funds to expand its financial services, including VISA payment cards and to provide more online shopping options. (TechCrunch)
Mina Blockchain Raises $18.7 Million Through CoinList Token Sale
Mina, a lightweight blockchain protocol developed by O(1) Labs, raised $18.7 million in CoinList’s token sale last month. Mike Zajko, director of sales at CoinList, said that the team finally set the Mina purchase limit at $500 instead of the original $1,000, which gave more buyers the opportunity to buy. (CoinDesk)
GlobeDX (Globe Derivative Exchange), an encrypted derivatives exchange backed by Tim Draper, announced on Wednesday that it has completed $18 million in financing. Wave Financial and others participated in the investment. (Cointelegraph)
Coin Metrics Completes $15 Million Series B Funding Led by Goldman Sachs
Encrypted data company Coin Metrics completes $15 million in Series B financing led by Goldman Sachs, with participation from Castle Island Ventures, Highland Capital Partners, Fidelity Investments, Avon Ventures, Communitas Capital, Collab+Currency, Acrew Ventures, BlockFi, Morningside Group, and Warburg Serres Investments cast. Goldman Sachs Global Head of Digital Assets Mathew McDermott joins Coin Metrics board.
Fantom Receives USD 15 Million Investment from HyperChain Capital
HyperChain Capital, a digital asset management company, said it acquired an additional $15 million in equity in the Fantom ecosystem by purchasing the platform’s native token, FTM. HyperChain also secures the network through its subsidiaries running validator nodes on Fantom. The company, which focuses on blockchain products and decentralized protocols, previously made a $2.5 million investment in Fantom in 2018. It is reported that the Fantom Foundation was established in 2018 and is building a scalable blockchain ecosystem. (CoinDesk)
Biaoxin Zhilian, a public resource trading platform, recently announced that it has completed the A+ round of financing of nearly 100 million yuan. The leading investors of this round are Morninghill Capital and Sequoia Capital, followed by Glodon and Inno Angel Fund. Yibai Capital is the exclusive financial advisor . This round of financing will be mainly used for product development, marketing and team expansion.
The privacy public chain Secret Network has completed a new round of financing of 11.5 million US dollars. The financing was led by Arrington Capital and Blocktower Capital, with participation from Spartan Group and Skynet Trading. The financing will be mainly used for the development of the application ecology on Secret Network, and will focus on the layout of DeFi and NFT applications.
Qredo, a decentralized digital asset management platform and product suite, announced the completion of a seed round of nearly $11 million, led by G1, Gumi Cryptos, Maven 11, Spartan Group, 1kx, and Kenetic Capital. The list of investors in this round is: Amnis Ventures, Artus, Borderless Capital, Celsius, CMS Holdings, Connect.Capital, Deribit, G1, GSR, Gumi Cryptos, Kenetic, Kronos, Maven 11, 1kx, Quantstamp, Q-Stone Partners, Spartan Group, SVK Crypto, Tokentus, 3commas, Wintermute, Yellow and Zhou Holdings.
DeFi Project Bumper Completes $10 Million Private Equity Financing, Alphabit and Others Participate
Bumper, a DeFi-based cryptocurrency volatility protection plan, completed $10 million in private placement financing, with participation from Alphabit, Autonomy, Beachhead, and ChainLayer. Gareth Ward, chief operating officer of INDX Capital, a Bumper protocol development company, said that from June 8, liquidity providers will be able to deposit USDC and receive income, as well as daily distributions of BUMP tokens. The agreement will be officially launched in August, and a public offering will be held at that time. (CoinDesk)
Notional Finance, a fixed-rate encrypted lending startup, has completed a $10 million Series A round led by Pantera Capital, with participation from Parafi Capital, 1Confirmation, and Spartan Group. The new funds will be used to hire financial and technical professionals and continue to expand the development team. It was revealed that the protocol has a total volume locked (TVL) of more than $17 million and $9.5 million in loans have been executed. Its team is currently focusing on “Notional v2,” and says the funds will be used to develop the next iteration of the protocol. (The Block)
Polkadot DeFi Project Equilibrium Completes $8.5 Million Financing
Equilibrium, a Polkadot DeFi project, has completed $8.5 million in financing, and the funds raised will be kept by London-based cryptocurrency custodian Copper. (CoinDesk)
Encrypted fashion brand RTFKT Studios completes $8 million in financing, led by a16z
RTFKT Studios, an encrypted fashion brand, has completed $8 million in financing, led by a16z. (WWD)
Showtime Completes USD 7.6 Million Seed Round Financing, Paradigm, 3LAU and Others Participate
Showtime, an NFT social platform, completed a $7.6 million seed round of financing. Encrypted investment company Paradigm, American DJ and NFT pioneer 3LAU, Audius strategy director Cooper Turley, K2 Global partners Minal Hasan, Paris Rouzati and others participated in the investment. It is reported that Showtime was co-founded by Alex Masmej and Alex Kilkka, aiming to provide the encryption community with a familiar social media interface, enabling it to discover and share NFT art.
Privacy network Anoma Network raises $6.75 million led by Polychain Capital
Privacy network Anoma Network completed a private equity financing of US$6.75 million. Polychain Capital led the investment, and Electric Capital, Coinbase Ventures, FBG Capital, CMS Holdings, Lemniscap, Cygni Labs, Walden Bridge Capital and other companies participated in the investment. (CoinDesk)
Lobus, an art asset management platform established by former Christie’s vice president of business management Sarah Wendell Sherrill and others, completed $6 million in financing, Upside Capital, 8VC, Franklin Templeton, Dream Machine, Weekend Fund, BoostVC, Rob Hayes, Troy Carter, Suzy Ryoo , Rebecca and Cal Henderson, Henry Ward and Lex Sokolin participated in the vote.
Crypto startup Kirobo completes $5 million in strategic financing
Encryption startup Kirobo has completed a strategic investment of US$5 million. The investor is DigiCrypts, a provider of artificial intelligence and encryption technology solutions. The investment will help Kirobo launch wealth management and crypto trading products, which will be integrated into DigiMax’s offerings. (Finance Magnates)
Alkemi Network, an on-chain liquidity network, raised $4.6 million and launched its mainnet
Alkemi Network, an on-chain liquidity network, announced that it has completed financing of US$4.6 million and launched its mainnet. Investors include Outlier Ventures, Techstars, ConsenSys Mesh, LedgerPrime, GSR, GBV Capital, a195 Capital, Asymmetries Funds, Shift Markets, Genblock Capital, and Autonomy Capital, among others.
Formation Fi, a DeFi start-up company, announced the completion of US$3.3 million in strategic financing. Participating investors include Kenetic, Kosmos, Spark Digital Capital, AU21, X21 Digital, Momentum 6, GenBlock, GBV Capital, Shima Capital, Brilliance Ventures, and Bancor, Synthetix, Polygon founder. Eighteen other top investors also participated in the oversubscribed round.
Decentralized encryption broker Hashflow completed a $3.2 million seed round of financing and released an Alpha version. The financing was led by Dragonfly Capital and Electric Capital, and other investors included Alameda Research, Metastable Capital, Galaxy Digital, IDEO Ventures, Gumi Cryptos, and angel investors Balaji Srinivasan, former CTO of Coinbase, Kain Warwick, founder of Synthetix, and Bankless co-founder Ryan Sean Adams et al. Hashflow did not disclose the specific financing amount.
Cross-chain decentralized perpetual contract trading platform YFX.COM announced the completion of multi-million dollar financing. Participating institutions include OKEx Blockdream Ventures, LD Capital, ArkStream Capital, PrimeBlock Ventures, Gate.io Labs, PetRock Capital, True Edge Capital, R8 Capital, CryptoJ, 7 O'Clock Capital, Phoenix VC, NewTribe Capital, Vega Ventures, 499Block, Jackdaw Capital, Honglian Capital, etc. In addition, YFX.COM said that it will announce the IDO information of the token YFX soon.
SingularityDAO completes $2.7 million private placement financing led by AlphaBit
SingularityDAO, an independent project centered on DeFi in the SingularityNET ecosystem, announced that it has completed private equity financing of US$2.7 million, led by AlphaBit, and participated by SMO Capital, Jun Capital, Magnus Capital, QCP Capital, Moon whale Ventures, and AU21. SingularityDAO is a second-layer non-custodial DeFi solution designed to improve yield. (ZyCrypto)
Manifold Finance completes $2.5 million in strategic financing led by P2P.org and Marshland Capital
Manifold Finance announced the completion of US$2.5 million in strategic financing. P2P.org and Marshland Capital led the round, with participation from Ascensive Assets, Genesis Block Ventures (GBV), Moonrock Capital, Spark Digital Capital, Magnus Capital, Rarestone Capital, Vendetta, and Skynet Trading.
According to the official news, the multi-chain NFT market PolkaRare announced the completion of 2 million US dollars in financing, AU21 Capital, Astronaut Capital, OKEx Blockdream Ventures, X21 digital, Digital Finance Group (DFG), Playcent Capital, Moonrock Capital, Morningstar ventures, Momentum 6, ExNetwork Capital , Genesis BLock Ventures (GBV), Onchain Capital, IceTea Labs, Magnus Capital, Chronos Ventures, GenBlock Capital, Moonwhale Ventures, BlockSync Ventures, Raptor capital, Lotus Capital, Kyros Ventures, Titan Ventures, De(0de Capital, DAOMaker, BTA Ventures More than 150 investors including , CinchBlock and Fomocraft Ventures participated in the investment.
Decentralized autonomous organization LiftDAO completes over $2 million in seed round financing
News The decentralized autonomous organization LiftDAO based on ERC20 blockchain technology has completed a seed round of financing of more than 2 million US dollars during its genesis launch.
X World Games, a decentralized virtual game, announced the completion of a $1.2 million strategic round of financing. Participating institutions include SNZ, FBG Capital, PreAngel Fund, NGC, Longling Capital, Moonwhale Ventures, CryptoDiffer, BTX Capital, Chain Capital, Lanlaxy Group, Catcher VC, Kyros Ventures.
NFT project Drops announced the completion of $1 million in private equity financing, with participation from Axia8 Ventures, Bitscale Capital, Blocksync, AU21, X21, D64 Ventures, Genblock and Drops Ventures. The successful completion of this round of financing also benefited from the support of Drops’ strategic partners, including Polkastarter, Quantstamp, 0xb1, Kyros Ventures, Zokyo, PetRock Capital, and BlockStar Technologies. The funds will be used for development, marketing, operating expenses and liquidity provision.
Cryptocurrency payment service provider MugglePay has recently completed a $1 million seed round of financing. This round of financing was led by payment company Celo ecological fund Flori, followed by Algorand ecological fund Borderless Capital and Golden Gate Ventures' LuneX. In addition, MugglePay said that it will open the Pre-A round of financing in the near future.
According to official news, Pinknode, a Polkadot-based "infrastructure as a service" project, has completed $700,000 in private equity financing. Astronaut Capital, Moonrock Capital, Petrock Capital, Momentum 6, X21 Digital, Signum Capital, Faculty Capital, Digital Strategies, AU21 Capital, White Eric Wang of Palm Ventures, Das Kapital and Parity Technologies also participated.
LaunchX completes $600,000 in private equity financing, led by Marshland Capital and others
Official news, LaunchX completed a $600,000 private placement round led by Marshland Capital, Magnus Capital and Valaren Ventures, Moonrock Capital, Ascensive Assets, Morningstar Ventures, Genblock Capital, Raptor Capital, Moonwhale Ventures, AU21 Capital, x21 Digital, DWeb3 and Vendetta Capital participated in the investment. This round of financing is aimed at launching IDO Launchpad on BSC.
NFTb, an NFT and digital commodity market based on Binance Smart Chain (BSC), completed a seed round of financing of US$ 200,000. This round of financing was led by Binance, with participation from Spark Digital Capital, Next Ventures, Metaconstant Ventures and Rarestone Capital. It aims to promote the expansion of BSC-based NFT ecology.
DeFi Light Game CryptoTycoon Completes Seed Round Financing, CryptoDiffer and Others Participate
The DeFi light game CryptoTycoon announced the completion of the seed round of financing, without disclosing the specific financing amount. Participating institutions include HappyBlock, CryptoDiffer, R8 Capital, A195 Capital, 4SV, AKG Venture, PrimeBlock Ventures, Amplio Capital (BitMart Labs), T3E (MW partners), Infinity Labs, CatcherVC, BenMo Labs, BEST, Horizon Capital, Ternary Capital , 7Star Capital.
Rabbit Finance announced the completion of the IRO round of financing, led by FBG Capital
According to official news, Rabbit Finance officially announced the completion of the IRO round of financing, led by FBG Capital, with participation from LBank, Redline Capital, Du Capital, Horizon Capital, PCoin Labs, Hot Labs, AngelONE Capital, BKEX Capital, HBTC Labs, and Bibox.
According to official news, Mercurial Finance, a stable asset agreement on the Solana chain, announced the completion of financing. Alameda Research, Solana Ecological Fund, OKEx, Huobi and other institutions, Blockfolio founder Edward Moncad and other investors participated in the investment. Mercurial Finance aims to be the first on-chain dynamic stable asset vault, allowing users to store and mint stable assets.
Oxydev received strategic investment from several institutions and signed a SAFT sales agreement
OxyDev, a Polkadot content value asset cross-chain ecological project led by Dr. Zam, has received strategic investment from Virtual Asset Fund, Omega Crypto Fund, UnionBlock United Block Fund, MaxMind Captical, Beacon Capital, Hulk Ventures, 77k Capital, etc. . The OxyDev Foundation announced that institutions that sign the SAFT agreement have the right to sell OxyDev tokens.
Deri Protocol, a DeFi decentralized derivatives trading platform, announced the addition of three new investors, namely investment fund company AKG Ventures, digital asset hedge fund KryptosResearch, and encryption network CryptoDormFund. The team will transfer part of the unlocked DERI to the investor's release plan, and part of the unlocked DERI will return to the locked state, thereby reducing the circulating supply of DERI.
Phantom, an information asset synthesis and distribution platform, announced that it has recently completed a million-dollar seed round of financing. This round of investment was led by LD Capital and NGC Ventures, followed by Gate.io and Kyros Ventures.
The DeFi lending agreement NAOS Finance announced that it has received strategic investment from the founders of Crypto.com Capital and Bancor Network. The investment amount is undisclosed.
It is understood that NAOS Finance has previously completed a seed round of financing and a $5.1 million private placement round of financing. The project aims to allow off-chain borrowers to obtain funds through the DeFi protocol, and provide lenders with risk exposure through KYC and insurance pools, connecting DeFi and off-chain assets.
Goldman Sachs (Canada) Strategically Invests in Juggernaut (JGN)
According to official news, the Canadian branch of Goldman Sachs recently announced a strategic investment in Juggernaut DeFi (JGN), which is Goldman Sachs (Canada)'s first public investment in the field of NFT and DeFi agreements.
Encrypted Wallet Blocto Announces Alameda Research as Its Strategic Investment Institution
Official news, the encrypted wallet Blocto announced that Alameda Research has become its strategic investment institution.
Binance Smart Chain Acceleration Fund Announces Strategic Investment in BakerySwap
According to Binance official news, on April 27, 2021, BakerySwap, the automated market maker (AMM) of the Binance Smart Chain ecosystem, received a strategic investment of US$100 million from Binance's BSC seed fund. Blockchain development. Benefiting from this round of strategic investment, BakerySwap will restart the digital art trading market Bakery Gallery and launch a 3D art exhibition.
FD7 Ventures Increases Investment in BitcoinBlack
Crypto investment fund FD7 Ventures announced that it has increased its investment in bitcoin credit card BitcoinBlack, increasing its stake in the company’s Class A common stock from 33% to 66%. The investment amount was not disclosed. (Newswire)
Solana ecological project DEX aggregator Dagg trade completed the seed round of financing, the investor is credence.fund.
According to reports, Dagg trade aims to become a trading portal for the Solana ecosystem, and will implement a one-stop transaction aggregation service for multiple DEX and DeFi protocols on Solana.
NFT project Spore Finance received investment from Barkley Capital Wealth Funds
Indonesian digital currency investment company Barkley Capital Wealth Funds announced that it has invested in Spore Finance and has become a holder of SPORE tokens. Barkley Capital Wealth Funds says 45 percent of its assets are in altcoins. It is reported that Spore Finance aims to create an ecosystem that combines reflection tokens, algorithmically generated NFTs, and the first NFT prediction market.
