A total of 39 public financing events occurred in the crypto market last week, with a total of approximately US$150 million raised | Investment and Financing Weekly Report
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According to incomplete statistics from RootData, from May 6 to May 12, 2024, blockchain and encryption A total of 39 public investment and financing events occurred in the industry, with a cumulative financing of approximately US$150 million.
From the perspective of track distribution, the projects that received financing are mainly distributed in the infrastructure track, with a total of 17 financing events. Important projects include Web3 AI infrastructure Hemera, Bitcoin native application platform Arch Network, General Proof aggregator Electron and more.
In addition, the social track's Farcaster integrated social client Kiosk completed US$10 million in financing, led by Electric Capital, with participation from a16z Crypto, USV, and Variant Fund. Recommended reading "Web3 content veteran Mirror was acquired, explaining its transformation process and new social product Kiosk".
(List of projects that raised more than $5 million last week, data source: Rootdata)
1. Infrastructure
1 , DePIN project MetaPhone has completed US$1 million in financing, and the investor is JDI , create an extensive decentralized marketing network, and drive the global adoption of Web3 in various fields. MetaPhone is partnering with an advanced and leading 3C manufacturer to launch a flagship device. MetaPhone brings premium hardware, a streamlined Android interface, and cutting-edge Web3 features, allowing users to do everything they need on one smartphone. (Source link)
According to The Block report ,Botanix Labs, a start-up company dedicated to Bitcoin development, announced today that it has completed a total of US$11.5 million in financing. This round of financing was funded by Polychain Capital, Placeholder Capital, Valor Equity Partners, ABCDE, well-known angel investors Andrew Kang, Fiskantes, Dan Held, The Crypto Dog, Charlie Spears, Altcoin Sherpa, Dovey Wan, Jebus, Icebergy, Crypto ISO, Davis ( Also known as "KarbonBased") Walt Smith and Domo, the creator of the BRC-20 token standard, participated in the $8.5 million seed round that ended in April.
In addition, Edessa Capital, Curiosity Capital, UTXO Management, XBTO Ventures, Blocmates, Eric Wall and other investors participated in last year’s pre-seed round.
It is reported that the funds will be used to build Spiderchain, which is the first Layer 2 network on Bitcoin with full EVM equivalence. Since 2022, Botanix Labs has been working on building a decentralized financial system native to Bitcoin. They launched an early testnet version of the EVM layer 2 protocol in November 2023, attracting more than 200,000 active addresses and 10,000 experimental token releases. Spiderchain’s first mainnet version is expected to be released in early summer 2024. (Source link)
3. The general zero-knowledge proof platform ZKM completed a Pre-A round of financing of US$5 million, led by OKX Ventures
The universal zero-knowledge proof platform ZKM has completed US$5 million in Pre-A round of financing and is preparing to launch a layer 2 network based on Bitcoin. OKX Ventures led the investment, and Amber Group, Metis Foundation, Crypto.com and others participated in the investment.
It is reported that ZKM is a network based on zero-knowledge proof, aiming to unify the blockchain and create a settlement layer on Ethereum. As part of these efforts, ZKM is developing a special network of transaction processors called "entangled rollups," starting with the upcoming L2, which the project says is built on the Bitcoin blockchain. (Source link)
4. Solana ecological DePin project Ambient completed US$2 million in financing, led by Borderless Capital
Based on Solana DePIN project Ambient announced the completion of a US$2 million seed round of financing, led by Borderless Capital, with participation from Solana Ventures, Parami Investors, Sonic Boom Ventures, Primal Capital and others.
Ambient was founded in January this year, acquired the Algorand-based environmental data project PlanetWatch in March, and decided to migrate to Solana. Ambient plans to launch on the Solana testnet this summer and later launch its own token to incentivize users to contribute data. (Source link)
5. Lava Foundation completed US$11 million in financing, with Animoca Brands and others participating in the investment
Lava Foundation Ahead of its network mainnet launch and token airdrop, it has completed $11 million in financing from Animoca Brands, Gate.io Ventures, CoinGecko Ventures, Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal, Ash Crypto, CryptoLark, and media Crypto Times Japan, Le Journal Du Coin and The Rollup participated in the investment.
It is reported that the Lava Foundation is a newly established non-profit organization dedicated to developing the modular blockchain network Lava. The Lava network focuses on providing data access services through remote procedure calls (RPC). It is currently in the testnet stage and plans to officially launch the mainnet and LAVA tokens in the first half of 2024. The total supply of LAVA tokens is set at 1 billion, part of which will be distributed to users via airdrops. (Source link)
6. General proof aggregator Electron completed a seed round of financing of US$1 million, with participation from Polygon Lianchuang and others
Electron, a universal proof aggregator based on zero knowledge, announced the completion of a US$1 million seed round of financing. Investors include Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal, Gnosis co-founder Martin Köppelmann, Jaynti Kanani (previous co-founder of Polygon) and Avail United Founder Anurag Arjun, LambdaClass, Zephyrus Capital, Blue7, Interop, Router Protocol, etc.
Electron said the financing will be used to build a universal ZK proof aggregation layer for Ethereum. According to RootData, a Web3 asset data platform, Electron Labs is a closed cross-chain messaging protocol for L1. Use light clients and zero-knowledge proofs to stay decentralized. (Source link)
7. Web3 infrastructure startup Hemera completed a $2.6 million seed round of financing, led by LIF Capital and others
Web3 Infrastructure startup Hemera announced the completion of a US$2.6 million seed round of financing, led by LIF Capital and Nomad Capital, with participation from SNZ, Chainlink, Sending Labs, and ZetaChain founder and Microsoft Senior Vice President and artificial intelligence expert Harry Shum.
It is reported that the company is building its decentralized protocol, which uses artificial intelligence to solve on-chain data query problems that plague multi-chain ecosystems. Hemera has completed this round of financing after A public beta version of the Hemera protocol was also announced to support developers creating Web3 large language model operating systems.
According to the Web3 asset data platform RootData, the Hemera protocol is Web3's LLM OS and is dedicated to solving the problem of fragmentation in the modular ecosystem. Web3-optimized LLM and account-centric indexing allow Hemera to interoperate on Web3, providing high-performance AI-Ready Data infrastructure and user-defined agents. (Source link)
8. Tether has made additional investment in payment solution company CityPay.io
Tether Operations Limited announced today that it will invest in payment solutions company CityPay.io Additional investment by solutions company CityPay.io to strengthen its presence in Eastern Europe.
It is reported that CityPay.io aims to provide customers and businesses with a seamless payment experience, allowing them to pay with cryptocurrency at venues such as Wendy's and Radisson Hotels. Over the next two years, CityPay.io plans to launch a pioneering e-wallet and card solution that is expected to attract more than 400,000 users. The company also intends to establish more than 500,000 crypto payment points in designated expansion areas. (Source link)
9. NuLink, ZK’s provable data privacy solution, completed US$1.6 million in strategic financing, led by DWF Labs and others
ZK NuLink, a provable data privacy solution, has completed US$1.6 million in strategic financing, led by DWF Labs, Poolz and ViaBTC, with participation from CheckPush, 0xwilds, Coinvestor, 0xbull, Alpha Capital, MNST Platform and Aza Ventures. Additionally, NuLink recently closed approximately $5.3 million in financing through Fjord’s Liquidity Boot Pool (LBP). NuLink’s cumulative financing totals $11.4 million. (Source link)
10. Encryption startup Lagrange Labs completed US$13.2 million in financing, led by Founders Fund
According to Coindesk reports, encryption The startup Lagrange Labs has completed US$13.2 million in financing. This round of financing was led by Peter Thiel's Founders Fund, with participation from Archetype Ventures, 1kx, Maven11, Fenbushi Capital, Volt Capital, CMT Digital, Mantle and Ecosystem. (Source link)
11. Gnosis promises to invest US$2 million in Zeal
##Ethereum side chain Gnosis stated that it will Partner with Zeal, creator of a comprehensive digital wallet, to enhance everyday cryptocurrency use. According to the team: “This collaboration involves exploring simple solutions for daily self-hosted crypto transactions, similar to using cash. Gnosis has also committed to invest $2 million in Zeal, bringing its total funding to the previous A seed round of financing of US$7 million later increased to US$9 million.”(Source link)
12. Full-chain Layer M infrastructure Bmaker announced that it has received a pre-seed round of financing from Singapore crypto fund Stratified Capital
Bmaker has built a secure layer-based network based on Bitcoin The permissionless verification channel supports second-level transactions of multi-chain assets; and realizes the pledge, liquidation and redemption of BTC on the first-tier network.
It is reported that Bmaker will strive to become a super middle layer protocol and a decentralized bridge connecting mainstream public chains, L2 and financial products. (Source link)
13. Arcium, Solana Ecosystem’s zero-knowledge privacy protocol, completed US$5.5 million in strategic financing, with Greenfield Capital leading the investment
Solana Ecosystem Zero-knowledge privacy protocol Arcium announced the completion of US$5.5 million in strategic financing, led by Greenfield Capital. Coinbase, Heartcore Capital, Longhash VC, L2 Iterative Ventures, Stake Facilities, Smape Capital and Everstake participated, as well as prominent angel investors including Solana co-founder Anatoly Yakovenko and Monad co-founder Keone Han.
It is reported that Arcium plans to use this round of financing to provide developers and blockchain applications with a trust-minimized and configurable cryptographic computing framework. (Source link)
14. Arch Network, a Bitcoin native application platform, completed a US$7 million seed round of financing, led by Multicoin Capital
bit Arch Network, a currency-native application platform, completed a US$7 million seed round of financing, led by Multicoin Capital, with participation from OKX Ventures, Big Brain Holdings, Portal Ventures, CMS Holdings, and Tangent.
According to the Web3 asset data platform RootData, Arch introduces smart contract functions directly into Bitcoin through a novel architecture that utilizes ArchVM, a zero-knowledge virtual machine based on Rust, and works with a decentralized verifier network pair. (Source link)
15. Cross-chain liquidity infrastructure company Euclid completed a $600,000 Pre-seed round of financing, led by Kahuna Network and others
Cross-chain liquidity infrastructure company Euclid completed a $600,000 pre-seed round of financing, led by technology investment company Kahuna Network and angel investor Tomoaki Sato, with participation from angel investors related to Lavender Five, Andromeda and Nibiru. Funding will be used for architecture and program development as well as business development, auditing and marketing. (Source link)
16. Kima Finance, a decentralized settlement protocol, completed a new round of financing, with HVS Ventures participating in the investment
17. Cross-chain messaging protocol Glacis Labs completed a US$2.1 million seed round of financing, led by Arrington Capital and Paper Ventures
Cross-chain messaging protocol Glacis Labs announced the completion of a US$2.1 million seed round of financing on the Investment, valuation information has not been released yet.
According to Web3 asset data platform RootData, Glacis is a protocol that enables developers to simplify, secure and manage their cross-chain applications. Developers are moving from single-chain deployment to multi-chain deployment to reach as many users as possible. By leveraging Glacis to aggregate cross-chain General Messaging Protocols (GMPs) such as Axelar, Wormhole, and LayerZero (often referred to as bridges), developers are able to define routing and security logic for their cross-chain applications. (Source link)2. CeFi
1. DwellFi, an institutional-grade tokenization solution, completed a US$3 million seed round of financing
Institutional-grade tokenization solution DwellFi announced the completion of a US$3 million seed round of financing, with participation from E1 Ventures, Stanford Blockchain, Hustle Fund, Blockchain Coinvestors and Fortified Ventures.
It is reported that DwellFi mainly uses artificial intelligence, blockchain and tokenization technology to help its customers with asset management, ensuring that its cutting-edge solutions not only meet current regulatory standards, but its customers mainly Including PE/RE/VC funds, hedge funds, fund managers and limited partners. (Source link)
2. Arbelos, a crypto primary market trader, completed US$28 million in financing, led by Dragonfly
According to "Fortune" reported that Arbelos completed US$28 million in financing. This round of financing was led by Dragonfly, with participation from FalcolnX, Circle, Paxos, Polygon and Deribit. Arbelos Markets will primarily focus on derivatives and over-the-counter trading for institutional participants, providing trading liquidity to companies such as hedge funds and venture capital firms as a counterparty to popular products such as options and futures. The funding round closes in mid-2023. (Source link)
3. Web3 incubation service provider BlockBooster completed a US$1.5 million seed round of financing, led by OKX Ventures
Web3 incubation service provider BlockBooster announced the completion of a US$1.5 million seed round of financing, led by OKX Ventures, with participation from Conflux Network, Neighbor Capital Series, IceRiver Venture and Bitcoin Lab.
It is reported that BlockBooster’s incubation model focuses on the infrastructure, social and gaming fields of Web3, providing all-round support for high-quality projects to improve the success rate of the project and shorten the development cycle. (Source link)
1. UXUY completed US$7 million in Pre-A round of financing, with institutions such as Binance Labs and Bitcoin Magazine participating in the investment
itcoin Asia 2024 was unveiled and was incubated by Binance Labs UXUY, the next generation decentralized multi-chain trading platform, announced in Hong Kong that it has completed US$7 million in Pre-A round of financing. Its total financing amount has exceeded US$10 million since its establishment. UXUY is an important builder of the Bitcoin ecosystem. More than 100,000 traders use Bitcoin Lightning Network services through UXUY. UXUY This round of financing received Binance Labs, JDI Ventures, UTXO Management (Bitcoin Magazine), Bixin Ventures, SWC Global, Comma3 Ventures, CMS Holdings, Matrix Partners, Satoshi Labs, Dewhales Capital, YBB Capital, GBV Capital, Web3 Vision, Pentos Ventures, Absoluta Digital, PAKA, DefinanceX, Dreamlabs, Greythorn Asset Management, NGC Ventures, Longrun Capital, Metalpha, GSR and other investments from well-known institutions in Asia, North America and Europe. (Source link)#2. Owlto Finance, an intent-centered cross-chain interoperability protocol, completed a strategic round of financing of US$8 million, with Bixin Ventures and CE Innovation Capital jointly leading the investment
Owlto Finance, an intent-centered cross-chain interoperability protocol, announced the completion of a US$8 million strategic round of financing. This round of financing was jointly led by Bixin Ventures and CE Innovation Capital, and included Presto, Hailstone Labs, Skyland Ventures, Blocore, and SNZ Capital. , BESTO, Kroma, Coinseeker.co, Stratified Capital, X21 Digital, Maxx Capital, Incubate Fund, GSR, CatcherVC, etc. also participated in the investment. (Source link)3. PenPad received investment from crypto investment institution Presto Labs
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4. Cross-chain DEX Xswap completed a strategic round of financing, with P2 Ventures and others participating in the investmentThe social platform announced the completion of a strategic round of financing. The specific financing amount has not yet been disclosed. Participating institutions and investors include P2 Ventures, MH Ventures, Maven Capital, OIG Capital, Cogient Ventures, WWVentures, ZBS Capital, Pragma Ventures, Zephyrus Capital, Ivan Liljeqvist, Ash Crypto, Gainzy, Satoshi Stacker and Michael Gu.
It is reported that XSwap is a cross-chain DEX based on Chainlink CCIP. (Source link)
5. Solana ecological tokenization platform AgriDex completed US$5 million in financing, with Endeavor Ventures leading the investment
The round, completed in the form of equity financing, values the company at $18 million, said Herry Duckworth, co-founder and CEO of AgriDex. As part of the transaction, Endeavor Ventures co-founder and CEO Bill Cunningham also joined the AgriDex board of directors.
It is reported that AgriDex is a platform based on Solana that can tokenize agricultural products and support the trading of these tokenized commodities. Every transaction on AgriDex is represented by minting a non-fungible token (NFT), which permanently records all product, pricing, payment and other details.
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6. Multi-chain staking platform StakedGain completed US$500,000 in seed round financing多链质押平台 StakedGain 宣布完成 50 万美元种子轮融资，投资方信息暂未披露。据悉，StakeGain 目前已支持超过 10 个区块链，包括 EVM 兼容链和 Layer 2 解决方案，以帮助用户实现跨链 DeFi 质押并提升流动性效率。(来源链接) 7、AI 整合 DeFi 平台 0xGen 完成战略融资，Principle68、X Labs 等参投 AI 整合 DeFi 平台 0xGen 完成战略融资，Principle68、Bella Protocol、Phoenix Chain、Tensor Investment Corporation 和 X Labs 等投资机构参投。这些投资者将为其发展提供重要建议和支持。 据 RootData 平台显示，0xGen利用大型语言模型（LLM）识别用户意图，并通过智能合约实现任务分配，旨在优化DeFi体验。其独特的Dex和跨链桥聚合技术，帮助用户找到最佳交易路径，同时实现跨链互换。(来源链接)
四、游戏
1、Web3 游戏 "Blade of God X" 获数百万美元融资，Delphi Ventures 和 OKX Ventures 等参投
由 Void Labs 开发的Web3游戏 "Blade of God X" 宣布获得数百万美元融资，投资者包括：Delphi Ventures、OKX Ventures、Yield Guild Games、Longhash Capital、Newman Capital、 KingRiver Capital/Inevitable Game Funds、BreederDAO、Eden Ventures、Gabby Dizzon、Giulio。
另据，Web3 资产数据平台RootData 显示，Blade of God X 是一款黑暗北欧风格的硬核动作角色扮演游戏，是 Blade of God 系列的官方续作。在游戏中，玩家扮演神话中的伟大英雄，背负着苦难、悲伤和平凡的身份。他们踏上冒险之旅，穿越广阔而神秘的北欧大地，与失去“命运”的“牺牲者”战斗，同时寻找自己的救赎之路。(来源链接)
2、Web3 社区驱动游戏生态 SlingShot DAO 完成 300 万美元融资，Alphabit Fund 参投
Web3 社区驱动游戏生态 SlingShot DAO 宣布完成 300 万美元融资，Alphabit Fund 参投。据 Web3 资产数据平台 RootData 显示，SlingShot 帮助协调各个社区成员，将单纯的想法转化为创意，进而转化为真实的体验。社区成员使用 SlingShot 应用程序界面提交想法，以获得新的、令人兴奋的游戏和体验。对排行榜上显示的他们最喜欢的游戏创意进行投票。为他们的参与索取奖励（提交想法和投票）。成员还可以构建 - 有才华的个人、小团队和工作室得到 SlingShot DAO Treasury 的支持，以构建获胜的创意。(来源链接)
3、Web3 游戏开发商 Seeds Labs 完成 1200 万美元种子轮融资，Solana 基金会等参投
Web3 游戏开发商 Seeds Labs 宣布完成 1200 万美元种子轮融资， Avalanche 旗下 Blizzard Fund、Solana 基金会、Krust、Hashkey Capital、UOB Ventures、Signum Capital、IVC 和 Emoote 等参投。(来源链接)
4、Web3 游戏 BAC Games 宣布完成 150 万美元种子轮融资，Hash Global 等参投
Web3 游戏 BAC Games 宣布完成 150 万美元种子轮融资。本轮融资的投资机构包括 Hash Global、Matr1x、Gate Ventures、Stratified Capital、W Labs、Nothing Research。同时参与该轮的个人投资者包括： Ash，BTCdayu，Joseph A.C. Lloyd（Head of Gaming Research at Delphi Digital），Laobai（ABCDE Investment&Research Partner），Piers Kicks（Founding Partner of Delphi Ventures），Saku（Co-founder&CEO Matr1x），Victor（Head of WEB3 at GGV）。
据 Web3 资产数据平台RootData显示，BAC Games 是一款基于 Blast 区块链的 Web3 赛车游戏，该游戏强调社交互动和团队合作，使用 $BAC 代币进行奖励。(来源链接)
五、NFT
1、Web3 平台 Galaxis 完成 1000 万美元融资，Chainlink 等参投
新加坡 Web3 平台 Galaxis 宣布，在其代币发行前已完成 1000 万美元融资。此轮融资的参与方包括 Chainlink、ENS、Rarestone Capital、Taisu Ventures 以及 ENS 联合创始人 Nick Johnson 等。
据悉，Galaxis 自称是一个“后炒作时代的 NFT 实用平台”，此前曾为 DJ Steve Aoki、演员 Val Kilmer 等名人推出 NFT 系列。该平台已售出超过 22.5 万枚 NFT，在二级市场产生逾 3.2 万枚 ETH（约 1 亿美元）的销售额，目前正准备进行“大规模分发”。(来源链接)
六、社交
1、Farcaster 融合社交客户端 Kiosk 完成 1000 万美元融资，Electric Capital 领投
Farcaster 融合社交客户端 Kiosk 在 X 平台宣布已完成 1000 万美元融资，Electric Capital 领投，a16z Crypto、USV、以及 Variant Fund 参投。
另据，Web3 资产数据平台RootData 显示，Kiosk是一个 Farcaster 客户端，可以帮助创作者能够在应用内建立一个从0到1的社区。创作者们可以与社交图谱分享媒体丰富的想法，使其可作为 NFT 铸造，在渠道中聚集志同道合的收藏家和合作者，建立自定义渠道经济，例如小费和分销，并与社区他们聊天——所有这些都无需离开应用程序。(来源链接)
七、其他
1、OKX Ventures 领投 Web3 创投工作室 BlockBooster 150万美元种子轮融资
Web3 创投工作室 BlockBooster 宣布完成 150 万美元首轮融资。本轮融资由 OKX Ventures 领投，Conflux Network、近邻基金、IceRiver Venture、Bitcoin Lab 等参投。Blockbooster 是专注亚洲的创投工作室，致力于深度孵化及投资 Web3 领域的基础架构、社交、以及游戏等赛道的优质项目，并组织一系列围绕行业建设者的活动。
OKX Ventures 合伙人 Jeff Ren 表示：“BlockBooster 是一家新兴的在亚洲有影响力的 Web3 Venture Studio, 并得到了一群杰出的 Web3 创业者和建设者的支持。我们很高兴能支持 BlockBooster 的扩展，并期待与他们的团队继续合作。我们共同的目标是识别和培养高质量的 Web3 项目，以推动行业增长。”(来源链接)
2、Web3 音乐初创公司 Star Nest 完成 600 万美元 Pre-A 轮融资，Chuangqi International Limited 领投
香港 Web3 音乐初创公司 Star Nest 宣布已完成 600 万美元 Pre-A 轮融资，港交所上市公司国富创新有限公司旗下全资子公司 Chuangqi International Limited 领投。Star Nest 将与 Armonia Meta Chain 合作开发包含音乐、角色扮演和社交功能的元宇宙游戏 Star Nest SpaceStar 。
此外，Star Nest 计划于 2024 年第三季度上市项目代表 NEST，Nest 将获得为项目量身定制的 21 亿枚 NEST 代币，Star Nest 将通过 NEST 代币构建更加完整的音乐产业代币经济体系，该代币 NEST 将广泛应用于购买演出门票、链游合作、元宇宙消费、治理投票等环节。(来源链接)
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