According to Odaily's incomplete statistics, a total of 48 domestic and overseas blockchain financing incidents were announced in the week from April 25 to May 1, a certain increase from the previous week; There is a certain 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):
Football media platform OneFootball announced the completion of a US$300 million Series D financing, led by Liberty City Ventures, with participation from Animoca Brands, Dapper Labs, DAH Beteiligungs GmbH, Quiet Capital, RIT Capital Partners, Senator Investment Group and Alsara Investment Group. Additionally, OneFootball announced the formation of OneFootball Labs with Liberty City Ventures. OneFootball Labs will enable clubs, leagues, and players to issue blockchain-based digital assets and provide a fan-centric experience.
Starling Bank closes £130.5m funding round at £2.5bn valuation
0x Labs co-founder and co-CEO Will Warren said that he plans to use the funds to continue to grow 0x Labs, expand the team, and double down on the products and services it currently offers. (Forbes)
Decentralized exchange infrastructure provider 0x Labs completed a $70 million Series B round of financing, led by Greylock Partners, with participation from Pantera, Jump Capital, OpenSea, IOSG Ventures, and Jared Leto.
0x Labs co-founder and co-CEO Will Warren said that he plans to use the funds to continue to grow 0x Labs, expand the team, and double down on the products and services it currently offers. (Forbes)
Tribal Credit, a financial technology payment company, completed a financing of US$41 million through Token sales, of which US$22.7 million was invested by Softbank Latin America Fund, Shima Capital, Coinbase Ventures, and CoinList Ventures, and the remaining US$18.3 million was completed through Token sales on CoinList. Tribal Chief Strategy Officer Mohamed Elkasstawi said that TRIBL will serve as the governance token of the company's DeFi lending agreement. (CoinDesk)
Crypto Wallet Argent Completes $40M Funding Led by Fabric Ventures and Metaplanet
Argent, a Web3 encrypted wallet development company, has completed a $40 million Series B round led by Fabric Ventures and Metaplanet. Participating investors include existing investors Paradigm, Index Ventures and Creandum, as well as strategic investors Starkware, Jump Trading and Animoca Brands. (Finextra)
Bitcoin Mining Firm CleanSpark Completes $34 Million Funding
Bitcoin mining company CleanSpark completed $34 million in financing. It reached a three-year equipment financing agreement with Trinity Capital, including 3,336 new S19jPro mining machines, with an annual interest rate of 9.9%. (The Block)
Web developer management platform Convex completes $26 million Series A financing led by a16z
According to official news, Convex, a web developer management platform, announced the completion of a US$26 million Series A round of financing, led by a16z. Former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman, Alphabet board member Ram Shriram, and Creative Artists Agency founder Michael Ovitz participated in the investment. a16z general partner Martin Casado will join the Convex board. Convex expects to open the beta to more developers over the next few weeks.
Japanese encryption game start-up double jump.tokyo completed 3 billion yen (about 24 million US dollars) in Series C financing, led by Jump Crypto, Amber Group and Jafco, the venture capital arm of Japanese advertising giant Dentsu, Korean game company Wemade and Fenbushi Capital participated in the investment. The funds will be used to develop IP-based blockchain games, as well as base products, partner companies and decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) projects. (Asia Nikkei)
US neobank Cogni completed US$23 million in Series A financing, led by Hanwha Asset Management and CaplinFO, with participation from Solana Ventures, FTX Ventures and Ship Capital. Founder Archie Ravishankar believes that building a simplified multi-chain wallet service within the app will appeal to Generation Z and millennial users, and will launch the wallet and savings account next year, possibly based on the Solana blockchain. (The Block)
NFT Tool Provider Venly Completes $23M Series A Funding Led by Courtside Ventures
NFT tool provider Venly announced the completion of $23 million in Series A financing, led by Courtside Ventures, Transcend Fund, Coinbase Ventures, Tioga Capital, High-Tech Gründerfonds, Fortino, Plug and Play, Leadblock Partners, Imec Istart, Powerhouse and Alpaca VC participated in the investment. The financing will be used to expand the team and form new partnerships.
It is reported that Venly was established in 2018, formerly known as Arkane Network, which mainly provides solutions such as digital wallets, NFT markets, and NFT tools. Its customers include The Sandbox, Bondly, and gaming giant Ubisoft. (Venturebeat)
Crypto Startup Ondo Finance Completes $20M Series A Funding Led by Founders Fund and Pantera Capital
Ondo Finance, an encryption start-up company, completed a US$20 million Series A financing, led by Founders Fund and Pantera Capital, and participated by Coinbase Ventures, Tiger Global, GoldenTree Asset Management, Wintermute, Flow Traders and Steel Perlot.
It is reported that Ondo Finance is an Ethereum-based DeFi protocol that allows users to initiate crypto-backed loans to earn income. (The Block)
Blockmetrix, a bitcoin mining company headquartered in Dallas, Texas, USA, announced the completion of a $20 million debt financing, with participation from crypto-friendly commercial bank BankProv and digital asset trading platform CrossTower. The new funds will be used to expand its operations, including buying more mining machines and investing in joint ventures (JVs) to build infrastructure. (CoinDesk)
YGG SEA, a subsidiary of the chain game association YGG, has raised a total of US$15 million through two rounds of private placements, and will use its funds to promote the adoption of P2E games in Southeast Asian countries. The first round of financing was led by YGG and Infinity Ventures Crypto (IVC), and the follow-up financing was led by Crypto.com Capital, Animoca Brands, Mindworks Ventures, Poloniex, Jump Capital, BRI Ventures’ funds Sembrani Kikani, Circle, Digital Currency Group, Hashed, Polygon, OKEx Blockdream Ventures, YOLO Ventures, SevenX Ventures, LongHash Ventures, Hashkey Group, Morningstar Vent, FBG Capital and others participated in the investment.
It is reported that YGG SEA is the first regional sub-DAO of Yield Guild Games, focusing on players from Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand. (Cryptosaurus)
Next Earth Makes $12.5M Strategic Investment in Its Umbrella Company Limitless
Moonbirds parent company PROOF receives USD 10 million investment from 776 Management
Moonbirds parent company PROOF receives USD 10 million investment from 776 Management
PROOF started last year as a podcast. Launched in December last year, PROOF Collective, a private community of 1,000 people through NFT access passes, allows members to enjoy content such as unlocking free NFT Drops, access to future events, and other perks and benefits. (Decrypt)
PROOF started last year as a podcast. Launched in December last year, PROOF Collective, a private community of 1,000 people through NFT access passes, allows members to enjoy content such as unlocking free NFT Drops, access to future events, and other perks and benefits. (Decrypt)
Nigerian fintech startup Afriex has raised $10 million in Series A funding for its blockchain remittance platform at a valuation of $60 million. This round of financing was jointly led by Sequoia Capital (China) and Dragonfly Capital, with participation from Goldentree, Stellar Foundation and Exceptional Capital. (Forbes)
NFT chain game Apeiron completes USD 10 million seed round financing, led by Hashed
NFT chain game Apeiron has completed a $10 million seed round of financing, led by South Korean blockchain investment company Hashed, and venture capital firms such as DeFiance Capital, Morningstar Ventures, Spartan Group, and De-Fi Capital participated in the investment.
It is reported that Apeiron players will play gods and use a card-based real-time combat system to participate in battles. The game was developed by Foonie Magus and has raised a total of about US$17.5 million in funding so far, including US$3 million in pre-seed rounds of financing, US$10 million in Seed round financing, and $4.5 million in NFT sales. (Bitcoin.com)
Polygon’s first Layer 2 blockchain, SX Network, has completed $9.5 million in financing. This round of financing was led by Polygon and Hack VC, with participation from CMCC Global, Nascent, and FJ Labs. Angel investors include Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal. It is reported that SX Network will use the funds to further develop its prediction market platform SX.bet (formerly SportX) and for decentralized prediction market governance.
SNACKCLUB, a Web3 start-up company, completed a $9 million seed round of financing, with participation from Animoca Brands, Formless Capital, OP Crypto, Jump Crypto, and Shima Capital.
The financing was used to launch a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) that aims to reimagine ownership in the gaming industry. (Coin Quora)
Vertex Protocol, a Terra ecological decentralized foreign exchange platform, completed a seed round of financing of US$8.5 million, led by Hack VC, Dexterity Capital, Jane Street, and Hudson River Trading.
Vertex, which aims to expand DeFi liquidity beyond dollar-pegged stablecoins, plans to use the funds to grow the team, expand the protocol, and develop the backend before its official launch in summer 2022. (CoinDesk)
According to official news, the game guild Ola GG (Ola Guild Games) completed a seed round of financing of 8 million US dollars, Galaxy Interactive, BITKRAFT, Arca, Com2Us, Cultur3d, Huobi Ventures, Spark Capital, Blocktower, IVC, Morningstar, Sangha Capital, Mentha, Actai Ventures, Valhalla Ventures, Polygon, Crypto.com, The Venture City, YGG SEA, IndiGG, Bitscale, Fir Capital, etc. participated in the investment. The financing will be used to acquire revenue-generating NFTs, provide language-specific educational content, and drive adoption of P2E games in Spanish-speaking communities in Latin America (LATAM), the US, and Spain.
It is reported that Ola GG is the regional subDAO of the decentralized game association Yield Guild Games (YGG).
Music NFT platform OurSong announced the completion of a $7.5 million seed round of financing led by Infinity Ventures and Animoca Brands. This round of financing will be used to expand the team, establish partnerships, and carry out NFT-related knowledge training and publicity for artists.
It is reported that the OurSong mobile application was launched in early February this year and currently has 150,000 users. The platform allows artists to upload creative content and cast it as NFT. The application has been deployed to Ethereum, BNB Chain and other networks, and is expected to be launched in the next few days. Compatible with Polygon. (CoinDesk)
Our Happy Company, a Web3 infrastructure platform, completed a US$7.5 million seed round of financing, led by Infinity Ventures and Animoca Brands, with participation from Circle Ventures, Cherubic Ventures, and FBG Capital.
Our Happy Company will use the new funding to continue developing new features for its first product, the NFT music platform OurSong, which launched in February. According to the OurSong official website, the platform currently supports tokens on Ethereum, BNB Chain and Thundercore. (Decrypt)
NFT minting agreement CXIP Labs announced the completion of a $6.5 million seed round of financing, led by Courtside Ventures and Wave Financial, Vaynerfund, Arca NFT Fund, Infinity Ventures Crypto, Kenetic Capital, Mirana Ventures, Company Ventures, Avalaunch, Soma Capital, Kosmos VC and Palm Drive Capital participated, along with celebrity investors Diplo, Gmoney, Nadya and NFT artist Justin Aversano.
The new financing will be used to launch Holograph, a full-chain NFT protocol, a suite of products for NFT creators and businesses. (CoinDesk)
Decentralized insurance protocol Amulet completes $6 million financing led by gumi Cryptos Capital
Amulet Protocol, the Solana ecological decentralized insurance agreement, announced the completion of a $6 million seed round of financing, led by gumi Cryptos Capital, Republic, Solana Ventures, DeFiance Capital, Animoca Brands, United Overseas Bank (UOB), UOB-Signum Blockchain Fund, Mirana, NGC Ventures, LongHash Ventures, SevenX Ventures, CMT Digital, Matrixport, a41 Ventures, Solar Eco Fund, Daedalus, Cobo, and Re7 Capital participated in the investment.
It is reported that Amulet Protocol supports the claim pool, treasury and other reserve layers through the agreement-controlled underwriting value (PCUV) centralized income to reduce the loss of pledged capital.
Mad Realities Closes $6M Seed Round Led by Paradigm
New media entertainment company Mad Realities completed a $6 million seed round of financing led by Paradigm, with participation from Maveron, Long Journey and Paris Hilton's 11:11 Media. Individual investors include Bumble chief brand officer Selby Drummond, co-founder of encrypted social club Friends with Benefits Trevor McFedries, Alex Zhang of syndicate co-founder Will Papper, etc.
Funds raised will be used to build a decentralized entertainment platform that will allow viewers to own and co-create TV shows based on NFTs they hold. (The Block)
News Web3 startup Rain completed a $6 million seed round of financing, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Uniswap Labs, and Terraform Labs. The funds were used to provide corporate credit cards for decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs). Rain aims to facilitate the growth of DAOs by providing them with corporate cards and fee management tools. (The Block)
News Solana ecological P2E game platform GamerGains completed a seed round of financing of 5.8 million US dollars, led by Cadenza Ventures, FTX, Winklevoss Capital, BlockFi, Tiger Global, Alumni Ventures, Lightbank and others participated in the investment. (Decrypt)
NEAR ecosystem DEX Tonic completes $5 million in financing, led by Electric Capital and MOVE Capital
NEAR ecosystem DEX Tonic announced the completion of $5 million in financing, led by Electric Capital and MOVE Capital, dao5, Framework Ventures, NetZero Capital, Daedalus, Bixin Ventures, and market makers GSR, Wintermute, Flow Traders, Cumberland, and Jane Street participated .
TEAM DAO Completes $5M Series A Funding Led by Animoca Brands and Krust Universe
Tokenized e-sports asset management agreement TEAM DAO (TEAM) completes USD 5 million in Series A financing, led by Krust Universe and Animoca Brands, Great South Gate, Shima Capital, Anti Fund, Algorand, GSR, NGC Ventures, Libra Ventures, Nexo Capital, EX Capital, CoinHako, Octava, etc. participated in the investment. Funds from this round will be used for infrastructure development, scaling up the team, and expanding its player base.
It is reported that TEAM DAO aims to enable ordinary players and institutions to participate in GameFi through fair use of database and middleware infrastructure.
On April 27, Ponlaii, the parent company of Metaverse Project Rivermen, completed an angel round of financing of US$4.5 million, led by Mirana Ventures, SuperChain Capital, HashKey, Bonfire Union, Robin Song, UOB Venture Capital Blockchain Fund, DraperDragon, Signum Capital, Zhu Deming, and ByC participated in the investment. The funds raised will be used to continue to complete the development process of NFT, metaverse platform and expand the business scale of the virtual architect firm.
Previously, Ponlaii Design, a subsidiary of Ponlaii, has completed a number of virtual real estate design and construction deliveries, and the metaverse project Rivermen has completed the sale of Heliren NFT, and plans to publicly sell Heli House NFT in the second quarter of this year.
CoreChain, a blockchain-based digital B2B payment network, completed a $4.2 million seed round of financing led by Ulu Ventures, with participation from Connecticut Innovations, Bloccelerate VC, New Form Capital, Motivate Venture Capital, SaaS Venture Capital, Next Coast Ventures, and Angeles Investors cast. (Help Net Security)
Digital B2B payment network CoreChain completes $4.2 million seed round led by Ulu Ventures
CoreChain, a blockchain-based digital B2B payment network, completed a $4.2 million seed round of financing led by Ulu Ventures, with participation from Connecticut Innovations, Bloccelerate VC, New Form Capital, Motivate Venture Capital, SaaS Venture Capital, Next Coast Ventures, and Angeles Investors cast. (Help Net Security)
OpenMetaverse’s middleware protocol Reitio has completed $4 million in financing, with participation from Moonwhale Ventures, Poolz Ventures, Almora Capital, NFV Ventures, CoinW Ventures, Baksh Capital, and Hachigo Venture Capital. Reitio will enable non-technical users to create their own 3D assets. (Be in Crypto)
Web3 Game Studio Playmint Completes $4 Million Funding Led by Bitkraft Ventures
Playmint, a game studio for Web3 massively multiplayer online games, has completed $4 million in financing, led by Bitkraft Ventures, with participation from 1kx, Cherry Ventures, Ethereal Ventures, and Play Future Fund. The funds will be used to expand the size of Playmint's team of artists, game designers and engineers. (Venture Beat)
NFT startup Revise announced the completion of a US$3.5 million seed round of financing, co-led by Alpha Wave Global and 8i, Bharat Founders Fund and including Sandeep Nailwal, founder of Polygon, Scott Lewis, founder of DeFi Pulse, Utsav Somani, head of AngelList India, The Graph Entrepreneurs including Pranav Maheshwari and Treebo founder Rahul Chaudhary participated in the round. (TechCrunch)
NFT project Metakey raised $3.5 million at a valuation of $50 million, led by Animoca Brands
According to official news, the NFT project Metakey completed a financing of US$3.5 million at a valuation of US$50 million, led by Animoca Brands, Digital Currency Group (DCG), Sfermion, B3V, SkyVision Capital, Double Peak, Spartan Group, Everest Ventures Group (EVG) , Kenetic Capital, Hillrise Group, MHC Digital Finance, Maxstealth Org, AngelHub, Kharis Capital (K3), Sparkle.vc, Sebastien Borget (The Sandbox), Agus Ferreira (Decentraland), Defi Dad, Cooper Turley, Gabby Dizon (YGG) , 888 and Adam De Cata (Run It Wild) participated in the investment.
MYSO Finance announced the completion of a $2.4 million seed round of financing. Huobi, Nexo, Wintermute, GSR, Hashkey, CMT Digital, Nothing Research, Caballeros Capital and other institutions participated in the investment. The team will use the funds to accelerate the development of MYSO's zero-liquidation loan agreement "IKARUS ”, allowing users to borrow without liquidation risk, while providing liquidity providers (LP) with yield to bear this risk.
Web3 infrastructure project Lemuria receives $2.1 million investment from Draper Dragon
International venture fund Draper Dragon has invested $2.1 million in the MU project. The new funding aims to enable Web 2.0 game developers to quickly transition their new and existing games to the Web3 domain.
MU will be renamed Lemuria and developed into a Web3 infrastructure platform, including technical, financial and publishing support. Lemuria will also provide financial services to issue tokens, support NFT pre-sales, and secure funds, and will expand into decentralized issuance services. It is reported that Lemuria will release its first game Hyborea Awakening in May. (Pocket Gamer)
Stablecorp Closes $1.5M Pre-Series A Financing, Circle Ventures Participates
Canadian financial technology company Stablecorp completed a Pre-A round of financing of US$1.5 million. Participating parties include Circle Ventures, Genesis, Stellar Development Foundation, SideDoor Ventures, 3iQ, Borderless, etc. Funds raised will be used to launch VCAD to combine traditional finance and on-chain financial frameworks. VCAD is a digital deposit instrument issued using Versa Bank's Versa Vault technology, backed 1:1 by Canadian dollar deposits. (Prnewswire)
KuCoin Ventures invests $1 million in web3 game infrastructure SakuraVerse
KuCoin Ventures announced a $1 million investment in SakuraVerse, the first project backed by KuCoin’s $100 million creator fund. It is understood that SakuraVerse is a web3 game infrastructure for developing and incubating multi-category games, accelerating the transition of the world to the Metaverse. (Business Wire)
ForthBox Completes USD 1 Million Seed Round Financing, Fundamental Labs and Others Participate
ForthBox, a Web3 game aggregation platform service provider, announced the completion of a $1 million seed round of financing. Fundamental labs, Infinity Ventures Crypto (IVC), YGG SEA, Crypto Gaming United (CGU) and other institutions and angel investors such as Mr.block participated in this round of financing . The funds raised will be used to accelerate product development, expand marketing and technical teams, and further build an ecosystem around gamers, guilds, and game developers.
Kryptview Completes Pre-Seed Financing of $650,000
Kryptview announced the completion of $650,000 Pre-Seed financing from cryptocurrency technology companies, accelerators, and private investors. The funds raised will be used to develop a community-driven cryptocurrency research platform.
It is reported that Kryptview is a platform that provides peer-reviewed research for digital assets (Prnewswire)
According to official news, YGG SEA, the first sub-DAO of Yield Guild Games, announced a strategic partnership with Solana Ventures and accepted an investment of US$500,000 initiated by it. Solana Ventures will partner with YGG SEA to provide resources and training to blockchain game developers in Southeast Asia.
Metaverse engine company VS work completed tens of millions of RMB pre-A round of financing
Metaverse engine company VS·work recently announced the completion of the pre-A round of tens of millions of RMB financing, led by Jinyu Bogor Investment Management. The specific amount was not disclosed, and the funds will be mainly used for marketing and product iteration. In addition, a new round of financing for VS work is about to start.
It is understood that VS·work has developed alternative virtual spaces and collaboration tools for different offline scenarios, preparing for the creation of a virtual universe. In terms of specific business, VS·work is positioned as a virtual space provider, and its services to customers mainly lie in virtual space leasing. (investment community)
DeFi transaction acceleration tool bloXroute receives strategic investment from IOBC Capital
Encrypted venture capital institution IOBC Capital announced that it has become a partner and strategic investor of the DeFi transaction acceleration tool bloXroute ecosystem.
Earlier news, DeFi trading tool acceleration bloXroute announced the completion of $70 million in Series B financing, led by SoftBank Vision Phase II, with participation from Blindspot, Dragonfly, Flow Traders, Flybridge, GSR, Jane Street, Lightspeed, ParaFi Capital, and Rockaway Blockchain Fund
According to official news, Web3 chain game project Miracle Universe announced the completion of seed round financing, Draper Dragon, Waterdrop Capital, Graphene Labs, Ti Capital, Dragon Roark, Whitelist Ventures, DAO KONDR VC, Greenhorns Capital, BMW Capital, Pack Capital, etc. participated in the investment .
It is reported that Miracle Universe is committed to providing developers and gamers with new Web3.0 ecological services and game solutions.
According to official news, SeeDAO announced that it will complete the A round of financing at the end of January 2022 with a valuation of US$30 million. Investors include HashKey Capital, Hash Global, Nervos, Tess Venture, Mask Network, ChainIDE, and Huofeng Capital.
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