The number of DeFi financing accounts for nearly half of the total financing this week.
According to chain news statistics, a total of 21 investment and financing events occurred in the crypto market from August 21 to August 27. The total amount of investment and financing has been disclosed to be 413.1 million U.S. dollars. The number of investment and financing has increased significantly, but The total amount of financing declined instead.
From the perspective of the track classification, this week’s financing events are concentrated in the DeFi and infrastructure fields. Two billion-level financings occurred this week. Blockstream completed a $210 million Series B financing with a valuation of $3.2 billion, and acquired the chip design company Spondoolies; the other was the Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Liquid Global, which received 120 million from FTX. U.S. dollar debt financing.
In addition, two investment funds completed financing this week. Prime Venture Partners’ fourth US$100 million fund and the US$10 million OEC GameFi special investment fund established by OKEx BlockDream Ventures; this week’s relatively active investment institutions Paradigm and LD Capital, this Both institutions have invested in DeFi and application areas.
From the perspective of institutional activity, this week’s continued active institutions include Delphi Ventures, HashKey Capital, Coin98, Tiger Global, etc., generally focusing on areas such as DeFi and infrastructure.
Note: The number and total amount of financing in the statistics do not include fundraising, donations and PhonePe, Eluvio, and Hike of investment funds.
DeFi
Unlicensed lending agreement Euler completes US$8 million in Series A financing, Paradigm leads the investment
Unlicensed lending agreement Euler completed USD 8 million in Series A financing. Paradigm led the investment. Participants included Lemniscap and individual investor Anthony Sassano (The Daily Gwei), Bankless founders Ryan Sean Adams and David Hoffman, Synthetix founder Kain Warwick, Hasu (Uncommon Core podcast).
Solana ecological lending platform Apricot Finance completed US$4 million in financing, Delphi Ventures and others participated in the investment
Solana ecological lending platform Apricot Finance completed US$4 million in financing, Delphi Ventures, Lemniscap, Solana Capital, Advanced Blockchain AG, Skyvision Capital, Bixin, CryptoJ, LD Capital, Struck Capital Crypto, Ledger Prime, Valhalla Capital, MXC, Gate, a41 Ventures , Komorebi DAO, GSR, Solar Eco Fund, Global Coin Ventures, Smrti Lab, Vega Ventures, Coinsights Ventures and individual investors Darren Lau, Zhuoxun Yin, Matt Cantieri (Anchor Protocol), Jeff Kuan (Terraform Labs), Nick Tong (Perpetual Protocol) and other investment.
NFT-based DeFi platform Vera completes $3 million financing, led by Animoca Brands
NFT-based DeFi platform Vera announced the completion of a seed round of $3 million, led by Animoca Brands, with participation from OKEx Block Dream Fund, Genesis Block Ventures, Krypital Group, Shima Capital, SL2 Capital, Mozaik Capital, Sentor Investments and Sandbar Investments.
Solana’s decentralized trading platform Slope completes $2.3 million in seed round financing
Slope Finance, a decentralized trading platform, announced the completion of a seed round of $2.3 million. Alameda Research, Solana Capital, GSR, Rarestone Capital, SkyVision Venture, Fundamental Labs, NGC Ventures, Signum Capital, Ausvic Capital, 0xVentures and Krypital Group participated in the investment.
DeFi project OpenSwap completed $1.5 million in financing, led by NGC and Coin98 Ventures
One-stop DeFi center OpenSwap announced the completion of a US$1.5 million financing led by NGC Ventures and Coin98 Ventures, with participation from BR Capital, Legos Capital, Double Peak Group, Illusionist Group, Prime Block Capital and others.
DeFi derivatives platform DeSyn Protocol completed $1.4 million in financing, led by Fenbushi Capital and SNZ Capital
DeFi derivatives platform DeSyn Protocol completed $1.4 million in financing, led by Fenbushi Capital, SNZ Capital, Everest Ventures Group, and Incuba Alpha, Bing Ventures, Lancer Capital, TKX Capital and some individual investors in the field of crypto assets followed suit.
The cross-chain decentralized ETF platform MatrixETF completed the seed round and private equity round of financing, and Spark Digital Capital participated in the investment
MatrixETF, a cross-chain decentralized ETF platform, completed seed round and private placement rounds of financing, and the amount of financing was not disclosed. Investors include Spark Digital Capital, CMS Holdings, Morningstar Ventures, Ascensive Assets, Divergence Ventures, GBV Capital, Solana Eco Fund, Moonrock Capital, AU21 Capital.
Customized derivatives open protocol Clear completes seed round financing and will be publicly tested in September
Clear Protocol, a customized derivatives open protocol, announced that it has received a seed round of investment from LD Capital. The specific amount has not been disclosed and will be publicly tested in September.
Algorithmic stablecoin protocol Frax receives strategic investment from Crypto.com Capital
Frax, an algorithmic stablecoin agreement, announced that it has received a strategic investment from Crypto.com Capital, the venture capital arm of Crypto.com. The specific investment amount has not been disclosed yet.
infrastructure
Blockstream completed a US$210 million Series B financing with a valuation of US$3.2 billion and acquired chip design company Spondoolies
Bitcoin and blockchain infrastructure company Blockstream announced the completion of a US$210 million Series B financing with a valuation of US$3.2 billion. The investment institutions are Baillie Gifford and iFinex.
Cross-border payment service provider XREX completes US$17 million in financing, led by CDIB Capital
XREX, a cross-border payment service provider, completed a US$17 million Pre-A round of financing and received a 200% oversubscription. CDIB Capital led the investment. SBI Holdings’ subsidiaries SBI Investment, Global Founders Capital, ThreeD Capital, ThreeD Capital, and E.Sun Venture Capital Systex Corporation, Metaplanet Holdings, AppWorks, Black Marble, New Economy Ventures and Seraph Group participated in the investment.
Smart NFT infrastructure service provider Alethea AI raised US$16 million through token private placement, with Alameda and Dapper Labs participating in the investment
AI infrastructure service provider Alethea AI, which aims to create an intelligent NFT (iNFT), raised US$16 million through token private placement. NFT funds Metapurse, Crypto.com Capital, Alameda, billionaire investor Mark Cuban, Dapper Labs, BITKRAFT, Galaxy Interactive, Sfermion and LD Capital participated in the investment.
Blockchain infrastructure provider InfStones completes US$10 million in Series A financing, led by Qiming Ventures
Blockchain infrastructure provider InfStones completed US$10 million in Series A financing. Qiming Ventures led the investment, followed by DHVC, HashKey Capital, Plug and Play, SNZ Holdings, Hash Global, and the family office of Fosun International co-founder Liang Xinjun.
NFT
NFT game DeFi Warrior completes US$2.3 million financing, Signum and NGC participate in the investment
NFT game DeFi Warrior announced the completion of a US$2.3 million financing. Participants include Signum Capital, Hyperchain Capital, OKEx Blockdream Ventures, NGC Ventures, Kyber Network, Coin98, X21 Digital, etc.
ARterra Labs, the NFT trading platform built on NEAR, completes seed round financing
ARterra Labs, the NFT trading platform built on NEAR, announced the completion of seed round financing, led by Woodstock Fund, with participation from Youbi Capital, LD Capital, 42 Fund and Baikal Blockchain Research Laboratory. The amount of financing was not disclosed.
NFT social platform DeFine receives strategic investment from Tron Foundation
The NFT social platform DeFine has received a strategic investment from Tron Foundation. The amount of investment has not been disclosed. This round of investment will be used for DeFine’s product development, NFT multi-chain ecological expansion, and the construction of NFT-Fi and Metaverse.
application
Music tokenization platform Royal completes US$16 million in financing, led by Founders Fund and Paradigm
Royal, a music tokenized platform launched by American electronic dance music artist and producer Justin Blau (aka 3LAU), announced the completion of a $16 million seed round of funding, led by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund and Paradigm.
Decentralized social and content protocol RSS3 development team Natural Selection Labs completes multi-million dollar financing
Decentralized social and content protocol RSS3 development team Natural Selection Labs completed millions of dollars in financing, Sky9 Capital, Mask Network, ByteDave, Hash Global, Fosun Group co-founder Liang Xinjun, Wen Chen, Variable Capital, SPT Capital, Fire Phoenix Capital Chen Yuetian and others participated in the investment.
Portal Finance, a peer-to-peer transaction protocol on Bitcoin, receives strategic investment from LD Capital
Portal Finance, a peer-to-peer transaction protocol running on Bitcoin, announced that it has received a strategic investment from LD Capital. The specific investment amount has not been disclosed yet.
CeFi
Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Liquid Global secures US$120 million in debt financing from FTX
The Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Liquid Global, which was attacked not long ago, has received US$120 million in debt financing from FTX. The funds will be used to improve Liquid Global’s capital position, accelerate capital generation projects, and provide liquidity. It will also improve Liquid. Global’s balance sheet.
Hedgehog, a crypto portfolio management platform, completes $1.6 million in financing, led by Dragonfly
Hedgehog, a cryptocurrency portfolio management platform, completed a US$1.6 million financing, led by Dragonfly Capital, and participated in the investment by Baroda Ventures and Y Combinator.
other
Indian payment giant PhonePe has completed a US$700 million financing plan, with Walmart, Tencent, and Tiger Global participating in the investment
Indian payment giant PhonePe once again received US$350 million in financing. In addition to the US$283.5 million led by Flipkart’s parent company Wal-Mart, Tencent and Tiger Global also invested US$50 million and US$16.5 million respectively.
Blockchain streaming media platform Eluvio has completed a $100 million valuation round A financing led by Fox, which will provide a technology platform for NFT business
Blockchain streaming media and ticketing platform Eluvio has completed a US$100 million valuation round A financing fund. Entertainment giant Fox (FOX) led the investment. The funds raised will be used to accelerate Eluvio’s blockchain/NFT platform in the media and entertainment industry. More widely adopted.
Prime Venture Partners’ fourth $100 million fund may partially invest in DeFi and cryptocurrencies
Prime Venture Partners, an Indian venture capital firm, announced that its fourth US$100 million fund has now completed US$75 million. In addition to investing in existing key areas of focus such as financial technology, education technology, health technology and the Internet, Prime Venture Partners also Hope to cover DeFi, cryptocurrency, and game infrastructure platforms.
Cryptocurrency derivatives exchange Bybit donated about 49.1 million U.S. dollars to the BitDAO treasury of the decentralized autonomous organization
Cryptocurrency derivatives exchange Bybit announced that it will provide another approximately US$49.1 million in donations (in the form of ETH, USDT and USDC) to the treasury of the decentralized autonomous organization BitDAO, which is equivalent to August 9 to August 23 0.025% of Bybit futures trading volume during the date.
OKEx BlockDream Ventures established a US$10 million OEC GameFi special investment fund
OKEx announced that its investment institution OKEx BlockDream Ventures has established an OEC GameFi special investment fund with an initial scale of US$10 million, which will focus on investing in various OEC GameFi and Metaverse infrastructure.
Uniswap, Kraken, etc. each donated US$250,000 to Ethereum client development teams such as Geth and Nethermind
The Ethereum Foundation announced that Compound Grants, Kraken, Lido, Synthetix, The Graph, and Uniswap Grants will each donate $250,000 to the “Ethereum execution-layer client teams” (Ethereum execution-layer client teams), and the donated funds will be specifically allocated to Besu , Erigon, Geth, Nethermind, Nimbus, these Ethereum client projects, support them to accelerate the upgrade of Ethereum technology.
Indian social platform Hike has completed a new round of financing and plans to recruit talents across the crypto field, led by Tinder co-founder Justin Mateen
Indian social platform Hike completed a new round of financing without disclosing the specific amount. Justin Mateen, co-founder of online dating software Tinder, led the investment, SoftBank Vision Fund CEO Rajeev Misra, Tinder co-founder Sean Rad, Tribe Capital co-founders Arjun Sethi, Flipkart Co-founder Binny Bansal, Cred founder Kunal Shah, Zeta and Titan co-founders Bhavin Turakhia, Snapdeal co-founders Kunal Bahl and Rohit Kumar Bansal, and Residence Aditya Agarwal’s South Park Commons Partner participated in the investment.
