The total financing amount again exceeded 1 billion U.S. dollars, which was the second highest financing amount in three months, after the 1.3 billion U.S. dollars in the second week of June.
According to the chain news statistics, between July 10 and July 16, a total of 23 investment and financing events occurred in the crypto market. The total amount of investment and financing has been disclosed to be 1.05805 billion US dollars. There is a significant increase.
From the perspective of track classification, it is mainly concentrated in the DeFi and infrastructure fields, with a total of 14 transactions, accounting for 60% of the total investment and financing this week. A number of US$10 million financings occurred this week, the highest of which was a US$800 million financing completed by British digital bank Revolut with a valuation of US$33 billion. SoftBank led the investment. In addition, the DeFi fixed-rate agreement Anchor Protocol received approximately US$70 million in grants from Terraform Labs in second place.
New active institutions this week: Terraform Labs, Polychain Capital, 0x Labs, 1inch, Quantstamp, Multicoin Capital, Semantic Ventures, CoinFund, Coinbase Ventures, Solana Foundation, IOSG Ventures, Launchub Ventures, KR1, Hypersphere Ventures, Zee Prime Capital, Range Token, Blockchain Capital, IOSG, Sybil Capital, Amber Group, Wintermute Trading, Framework Ventures, Apollo Capital, Honey DAO, the LAO, Zonff Partners, Zee Prime Capital, D64 Ventures, Koji Capital, Daedalus Angel Syndicate, CatcherVC, Signum, FBG Capital, YBB Foundation, Dragonfly Capital, North Island Ventures, Robot Ventures, Lemniscap, SCB 10X, ConsenSys Mesh, D1, OKEx Ventures, Ethereal Ventures, Kenetic Capital, MetaCartel Ventures, Scalar Capital, SNZ, HashQuark, Dokia, MCDEX, MGNR, eGirl Capital , A16z, Variant Fund, HyperChain Capital, Firstchain Group, OIG, DCI Capital, Moonboots Capital, AuBit, CSP DAO, Maven Capital, GD10 Ventures, Parsiq, Playcent, ItsBlockchain.com, Llama Ventures, CryptoAvengers, Youbi Capital, Caballeros Capital, DVC, ZMT Capital, Libertus Capital, FJ Labs, Amaiya Management, Tiger Global Management, SoftBank, Ignition Fund, Robert Leshner, Altonomy Ventures, IDEO CoLab Ventures, Packy McCormick, Stani Kulechov, Denis Nazarov, Nascent, Sfermion, Shunwei Capital, Coatue, DeFiance, Spartan Group, DFG, Linkpad, ClusterVC NeptuneDao, Coin 98 , Cinchblock, SVC, AngelDao, Kosmos, Synaps, Pluto VC, Polychain Capital, Ethereal Ventures, Liberty City Ventures, Draper Dragon Fund, DAO Maker, Animoca Brands, AU21, CMS, X21, Dweb3, Hillrise Ventures, MNGR, AC Capital, Wings Ventures, ReBlock, Raptor Capital, Evangelion Capital, etc., generally focus on areas such as DeFi and infrastructure.
DeFi Alliance, Divergence Ventures, DeFiance Capital, Delphi Digital, ParaFi Capital, Animoca Brands, Blockchain.com Ventures, CMS Holdings, LD Capital, Continue Capital, Galaxy Digital, 1kx, Hashed, Gate Labs, Jump Capital, Kyros Ventures, these institutions Continued to be active, this week mainly participated in the infrastructure and DeFi fields. Galaxy Digital continued to be active last week, and this week continues to increase its weight in the DeFi field.
Note: Private placement is not included in project financing.
DeFi
DeFi fixed-rate agreement Anchor Protocol receives approximately US$70 million in grants from Terraform Labs
The DeFi fixed-rate agreement Anchor Protocol has received a 50 million SDT (approximately 70 million UST) grant from Terraform Labs (TFL), which will enable Anchor to support an annual interest rate of $500 million in deposits worth $500 million in the next approximately 1.5 years. %.
DEX developer Shipyard Software raised USD 21 million to develop Clipper, led by Polychain Capital
DEX developer Shipyard Software completed US$21 million in financing, including Polychain Capital led the investment, 0x Labs, 1inch, DeFi Alliance, and Quantstamp participated in a total of US$4 million in equity financing, as well as liquidity by Polychain, Nascent, Three Arrows Capital, etc. An additional $17 million pledged by the provider.
Ethereum capital flow agreement Superfluid completes $9 million seed round financing, Multicoin leads the investment
Superfluid Finance, a capital flow agreement on Ethereum, completed a $9 million seed round led by Multicoin Capital. Participants include Semantic Ventures, DeFiance Capital, Delphi Digital, DeFi Alliance, Divergence Ventures, and angel investor Coinbase former CTO Balaji Srinivasan, Messari founder Ryan Selkis and Aave founder Stani Kulechov, etc.
Liquidity pledge agreement ClayStack completed US$5.2 million in financing, led by CoinFund and ParaFi Capital
ClayStack, a liquid staking agreement, completed a $5.2 million seed round of financing through the Simple Agreement for Future Tokens (SAFT), led by CoinFund and ParaFi Capital. Participants include Coinbase Ventures, Solana Foundation, Animoca Brands, and individual investors CoinShares CSO Meltem Demirors, The Block research director Larry Cermak, Compound founder Robert Leshner, and Aave founder Stani Kulechov, etc.
DinoSwap, a cross-chain liquidity agreement, completed US$4.7 million in financing, with the participation of the founders of DFG and Polygon
DinoSwap, a cross-chain liquidity agreement, completed US$4.7 million in financing. Investment institutions include DeFiance, Hashed, Spartan Group, DFG, Linkpad, ClusterVC, NeptuneDao, Coin 98, Cinchblock, SVC, AngelDao, OKEx (Blockdream), Kosmos, Synaps, and Pluto VC In addition, Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal and Terra co-founder Do Kwon also participated in this round of financing as angel investors.
DeFi interoperability platform Interlay completes $3 million seed round financing, IOSG leads the investment
Interlay, a DeFi interoperability platform, completed a $3 million seed round of funding. IOSG Ventures led the investment. Launchub Ventures, Blockchain.com Ventures, KR1, Hypersphere Ventures, CMS Holdings, Zee Prime Capital, Matrixport co-founder and Bitdeer Chairman Wu Jihan participated in the investment .
Decentralized Synthetic Assets Agreement UMA raises US$2.6 million through Range Token
UMA, a decentralized synthetic asset agreement, raised US$2.6 million through Range Token. Investors include Blockchain Capital, IOSG, Sybil Capital, Amber Group, Wintermute Trading, and individual investors include Compound founder Robert Leshner, Coinbase’s head of corporate development and venture capital Ryan Yi et al.
Synthetix Ecological Project Thales completed a US$2.5 million strategic round of financing, led by Framework Ventures and Apollo Capital
Synthetix Ecological Project Thales completed a US$2.5 million strategic round of financing. Framework Ventures and Apollo Capital led the investment. Participants included IOSG Ventures, LD Capital, Honey DAO, the LAO, Zonff Partners, Zee Prime Capital, D64 Ventures, Koji Capital, Daedalus Angel Syndicate and CatcherVC. Individual investors include Nocturnalsheet (the SNX professor), Tyler Ward (BarnBridge), Ryon Nixon (Horizons Law), Philippe Perzi (Goldman Sachs), Marc Woodward (Apollo Capital), Joe Buttram (Zeal Capital), Xavier Ekkel (prePO), Spreek (Synthetix Council), Nick Tong (Perpetual Protocol), tooey and James Simpson (mStable).
License-free margin trading agreement OpenLeverage completes $1.8 million in seed round financing, led by LD Capital and Signum
Unlicensed margin trading agreement OpenLeverage completed a $1.8 million seed round of financing, led by LD Capital and Signum, and FBG Capital, YBB Foundation and Continue Capital participated in the investment.
infrastructure
Blockchain interoperability agreement Axelar completes US$25 million in Series A financing, led by Polychain Capital
Blockchain interoperability agreement Axelar completed US$25 million in Series A financing. Polychain Capital led the investment. Participants include Dragonfly Capital, Galaxy Digital, North Island Ventures, Robot Ventures, Lemniscap, SCB 10X, Divergence Ventures, etc. Individual investors include Terra co-founder Do Kwon and Catalyst Sports & Media CEO Happy Walters, among others.
Connext, the Ethereum interoperability network, completes US$12 million in financing, led by ConsenSys Mesh and 1kx
The Ethereum interoperability network Connext completed a $12 million financing. ConsenSys Mesh and 1kx Capital co-led the investment. Coinbase Ventures, D1, OKEx Ventures, Ethereal Ventures, Kenetic Capital, MetaCartel Ventures, Scalar Capital, SNZ, Divergence, HashQuark, Dokia, MCDEX, Gate Labs, MGNR, eGirl Capital and Hashed and individual investors The Block research director Larry Cermak, Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal, Jinglan Wang (Optimism), Matter Labs CEO Alex Gluchowski, Aave founder Stani Kulechov, Yearn Founder Andre Cronje, Andrew Kang, managing partner of Mechanism Capital, and Jason Choi, general partner of Spartan Group, participated in the investment.
Cryptocurrency wallet Phantom completes US$9 million in Series A financing, led by a16z
The cryptocurrency wallet Phantom announced the completion of a US$9 million Series A financing, led by a16z, with participation from Variant Fund, Jump Capital, DeFi Alliance and Solana Foundation.
ParaState, a Polkadot ecological multi-chain smart contract platform, completed US$5.5 million in financing, led by HyperChain Capital
The Polkadot ecological multi-chain smart contract platform ParaState completed USD 5.5 million in financing. HyperChain Capital led the investment. Participants included Firstchain Group, OIG, DCI Capital, Moonboots Capital, AuBit, CSP DAO, Maven Capital, GD10 Ventures, Parsiq, Playcent, ItsBlockchain.com, Llama Ventures and CryptoAvengers, previous investors such as Kenetic, Moonwhale, Master Ventures, Taureon, Chronos Ventures, 1 Cap, Titans Ventures, pSquare, BitcoinGuru, etc. continue to participate in this round.
Layer 2 encrypted payment application Numino raises USD 1.25 million in seed round, which will increase the DeFi R&D and expansion team
Layer 2 encrypted payment application Numino completed a seed round of US$1.25 million, led by HashKey Capital, with participation from LD Capital, Youbi Capital, Caballeros Capital, DVC, and ZMT Capital. In addition, Suji Yan of Mask Network, Cecilia Li, former investment director of OK Group, etc. Angel investors also participated in this round of financing.
application
Nifty’s has completed $10 million in financing and will launch a social NFT platform and an NFT movie starring LeBron James
Nifty’s is a social NFT platform that aims to bring together publishers, brands, creators, collectors, curators and their fans to bring digital collections to mainstream audiences. The company previously completed a $10 million seed round of financing, with investors including pre-seed investors Polychain Capital, Ethereal Ventures, Liberty City Ventures, Draper Dragon Fund, and new investors Coinbase Ventures, Dapper Labs, Topps, Polaroid, Quiet Capital, Forerunner Ventures, Samsung Next, A&T Capital, and BBTV Holdings Inc.
The Australian government invested more than US$4.1 million in blockchain companies Everledger and Convergence.tech
The Australian government invested approximately AU$5.6 million (US$4.1 million) in blockchain traceability company Everledger and technology consulting company Convergence.tech through the blockchain pilot grant program to increase productivity and competition in Australia’s major mineral and food and beverage industries force.
Seed Club, a social token project incubator, completes US$2 million in financing, led by IDEO CoLab Ventures
Seed Club, a social token project incubator, completed $2 million in financing. IDEO CoLab Ventures led the investment. Other investors included Packy McCormick, Stani Kulechov, Denis Nazarov, Nascent, and Sfermion.
CeFi
Argentine cryptocurrency exchange Buenbit completes US$11 million in Series A financing, led by Libertus Capital
The Argentine cryptocurrency exchange Buenbit completed a US$11 million Series A financing. Libertus Capital led the investment. Participants included Galaxy Digital, FJ Labs and Amaiya Management. Individual investors included Alec Oxenford, the founder of e-commerce company OLX.
British digital bank Revolut completes US$800 million financing at a valuation of US$33 billion, led by SoftBank
British digital bank Revolut raised US$800 million at a valuation of US$33 billion, led by SoftBank Vision Fund and well-known venture capital fund Tiger Global Management.
NFT
NFT Oasis, an NFT platform founded by former BitGo CEO Will O’Brien and others, completes $4.4 million in financing
NFT Oasis, an NFT platform combined with VR (virtual reality), announced the completion of the first round of financing of US$4.4 million. Investors include individual investors, Blockchain Capital managing partners Brad Stephens, Lemniscap, CitizenX Crypto Ventures, Delphi Digital INFINFT, gmoneyNFT, FlamingoDAO, ID Theory , Intellectus Partners, Koji Capital, Mechanism Capital, OzoneX, Stateless Ventures and The LAO.
NFT horse racing game DeRace completes $1.7 million in financing, led by DAO Maker
NFT horse racing game DeRace announced that the pre-sale round of token DERC has completed $1.7 million in financing, led by DAO Maker, and participating institutions are Animoca Brands, LD Capital, AU21, CMS, X21, Dweb3, Hillrise Ventures, Kyros Ventures, MNGR , AC Capital, Wings Ventures, ReBlock, Raptor Capital and Evangelion Capital.
tool
Data startup Blocknative completes US$12 million in Series A financing, led by Ignition Fund
Blockchain data startup Blocknative announced the completion of a US$12 million Series A financing, with a total financing amount of more than US$19 million. This round of financing was led by venture capital firm Rho Capital’s Ignition Fund, Robot Ventures/Robert Leshner, Altonomy Ventures, Synthetix founder Kain Warwick and co-founder Jordan Momtazi, Bankless founder Ryan Sean Adams and David Hoffman, Aave founder and CEO Stani Kulechov and Anchorage co-founder Diogo Monica participated in the investment.
other
Blockchain security auditing agency CertiK completed a financing of 37 million US dollars, and Shunwei Capital founded by Lei Jun and Coatue jointly led the investment
Blockchain security audit agency CertiK completed a US$37 million B round of financing, which was jointly led by Shunwei Capital, which was founded by Coatue Management and Lei Jun. Coinbase Ventures also participated in this round of investment.
Bit Mining, a US-listed company, will raise US$50 million in private placement to purchase mining machines and build new overseas data centers
US stock-listed company Bit Mining (BIT Mining, formerly 500 彩票网) announced that it has signed a securities purchase agreement with certain institutional investors in the United States, and will raise US$50 million through private placement of Class A ordinary shares.
