a16z also led two financings for NFT toy company OnChain Studios and social DAO “Friends with Benefits”.
According to the chain news statistics, from October 23 to October 29, a total of 31 investment and financing events occurred in the crypto market, a record high since April; the total amount of investment and financing has been disclosed to be US$634.2 million, a decrease from last week .
From the perspective of track classification, financing events are mainly concentrated in NFT and DeFi, accounting for more than half of the total financing. A total of 200 million-level large-scale financings occurred this week. The highest amount is for the blockchain development platform Alchemy to complete a $250 million financing with a valuation of $3.5 billion, with a16z leading the investment; the second is CoinList to complete a $100 million Series A financing, with Accomplice and Agman co-leading the investment.
In terms of institutions, active institutions this week include a16z, Dragonfly Capital, Infinity Ventures, DeFi Alliance, Tiger Global, IOSG Ventures, LD Capital, Blockchain.com, Solana Capital, OKEx Blockdream Ventures, CoinFund, etc. Active institutions generally focus on NFT, DeFi and infrastructure.
It is worth mentioning that this week a16z and Paradigm made multiple shots and led several financing projects. Followed by the NFT toy company OnChain Studios led by a16z, the blockchain development platform Alchemy and the social DAO “Friends with Benefits”, followed by the game developer ArenaX Labs led by Paradigm and the decentralized exchange Osmosis.
Note: The number of financing and the total amount in the statistics do not include investment funds.
NFT and games
NFT development platform Nameless completes US$15 million in financing, led by Mechanism Capital
The NFT development platform Nameless completed a US$15 million financing with a valuation of US$75 million, led by Mechanism Capital, with participation from Velvet Sea Ventures, Red Beard Ventures, Delphi Digital, Sound Ventures, VaynerFund, Fenbushi Capital, The LAO, etc.
Polkadot ecological NFT public chain Unique Network raised US$11.3 million, led by Outlier Ventures
The Polkadot ecological NFT public chain Unique Network raised US$11.3 million. Outlier Ventures led the investment. The LAO, Flamingo, Nalu Capital and more than 200 investors including existing investors participated in the investment.
NFT toy company OnChain Studios completes $7.5 million seed round financing, a16z leads the investment
NFT toy company OnChain Studios completed a $7.5 million seed round of funding, led by a16z, with participation from Dapper Labs, Draper Associates, CoinFund, Sound Ventures, Collab Currency and WndrCo.
NFT game Sipher raised US$6.8 million, led by Hashed and Arrington Capital
NFT game Sipher raised US$6.8 million, led by Hashed, Arrington Capital and Konvoy Ventures, Defiance Capital, Signum Capital, Dragonfly Capital, CMT Digital, BitKraft Ventures, Delphi Digital, Alameda Research, Fenbushi Capital, Sfermion, Hyperchain, GBV, Kyber Network , Coin98 Ventures, YGG, Merit Circle participated in the investment.
Game developer ArenaX Labs completes $5 million seed round financing, Paradigm leads the investment
Game developer ArenaX Labs completed a $5 million seed round of financing, Paradigm led the investment, and Framework Ventures participated in the investment.
NFT infrastructure provider GigLabs completes USD 4.5 million seed round financing, led by Dapper Labs and Panoramic Ventures
NFT infrastructure provider GigLabs completed a seed round of USD 4.5 million, led by Dapper Labs and Panoramic Ventures, with participation from Collab+Currency, Red Beard Ventures, Eterna Capital, Alumni Venture Group, Gainels and Amino Capital.
Blockchain game publisher Ex Populus completes $3 million financing, led by Animoca Brands
Independent blockchain game publisher Ex Populus announced the completion of a $3 million seed round of financing led by Animoca Brands, with participation from CMS, Enjin, Infinity Ventures, Evernew, Polybius Capital, Decision Tree Ventures, Outlier Ventures and Zipmex.
NFT infrastructure ClubNFT completes $3 million in financing, led by Galaxy Digital and Galaxy Interactive
ClubNFT, an NFT infrastructure company founded by Jason Bailey (also known as Artnome), announced the completion of a $3 million seed round of funding, led by Galaxy Digital and Galaxy Interactive, Red Swan Ventures, CMT Digital, Sfermion, Draper Associates, Richard Entrup and others Angel investors participated in the investment.
Ruby.Exchange, an NFT-based AMM exchange on SKALE, completed US$2.8 million in financing, and NGC, HashKey, etc. participated in the investment
The NFT-based AMM exchange Ruby.Exchange on SKALE completed a financing of US$2.8 million. NGC, Flow Ventures, Wintermute, SKALE Ecological Fund, Morningstar Ventures, Yield Ventures, HashKey, CitizenX, ZBS Capital and some angel investors participated in the investment.
Multi-chain “Play-to-earn” social game PlaceWar completes $1.8 million in private equity financing
Multi-chain “Play-to-earn” social game PlaceWar completed $1.8 million in private equity financing, AC Capital, AU21, Woodson Game, Exnetwork Capital, Icetea Labs, IoTex, Kyros Ventures, LD Capital, Lucid Blue Ventures, Megala Ventures, Metrix Capital , ReBlock, RoseOn, X21, etc. participated in the investment.
Web3.0 NFT social subscription platform ShowMe completes seed round financing
Gryffindor Labs’ NFT social subscription platform ShowMe completed seed financing, and the amount of financing was not disclosed. Mask Network, Incuba Alpha, SevenX Ventures, Hash Global Capital, Fosun Group Co-founder Liang Xinjun, Metaverse Capital, Zonff Partners, NGC Ventures, Puzzle Ventures Many institutions and individuals participated in the investment
DeFi
Osmosis, a Cosmos-based decentralized exchange, raised US$21 million, led by Paradigm
The Cosmos-based decentralized exchange Osmosis raised US$21 million through token sales. Paradigm led the investment, and Robot Ventures, Nascent, Ethereal, Figment, Terraform Labs founder Do Kwon, and Compound founder Robert Leshner participated in the investment.
ZkLink, a cross-chain DEX protocol based on ZK technology, completed $8.5 million in financing, led by Republic Crypto
ZkLink, a cross-chain DEX protocol based on zero-knowledge proof technology, announced the completion of US$8.5 million in financing, led by Republic Crypto, Arrington Capital, DeFi Alliance, Huobi Ventures, Ascensive Assets, Morningstar Ventures, GSR, Marshland Capital, Skynet Trading, ZBS Capital, etc. Participate in the investment.
Solana Ecological Lending Agreement Solend has completed US$6.5 million in financing and will conduct IDO in early November
Solana Ecological Lending Agreement Solend (SLND) announced the completion of US$6.5 million in financing. Investors include Polychain Capital, Dragonfly Capital, Race Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Solana Ventures, Alameda Research, Aave founder and CEO Stani Kulechov, dYdX founder Antonio Juliano, Balaji Srinivasan, former CTO of Coinbase, Hart Lambur, co-founder of UMA Protocol, 0xmaki, co-founder of SushiSwap, and Julian Koh, community manager of Ribbon Finance, etc.
Solana ecological revenue aggregator Tulip completed US$5 million in financing, led by Jump Capital and Alameda Research
Solana ecological revenue aggregator Tulip completed US$5 million in financing. Jump Capital and Alameda Research led the investment. Amber Group, Cadenza Ventures, Fisher8 Capital, CMS Holdings, Rarestone Capital, FinTech Collective and DV Chain participated in the investment.
Solana Eco-Perpetual Futures Trading Platform Drift Protocol Completes $3.8 Million Seed Round Financing, Leading Investment by Multicoin Capital
Solana ecological sustainable futures trading platform Drift Protocol completed a seed round of 3.8 million US dollars, Multicoin Capital led the investment, Jump Capital, Alameda Research, QCP Capital, Robot Ventures, Not3Lau, etc. participated in the investment.
DeFi interest rate derivatives agreement Swivel completed US$3.5 million in financing, with participation of IOSG Ventures and Multicoin Capital
Swivel, a decentralized fixed-rate loan and interest-rate derivatives agreement, completed a $3.5 million strategic round of financing. IOSG Ventures, Multicoin Capital, CMT Digital, Ambergroup, GSR Markets, SCC Investments (Genesis Trading), Fenbushi Capital, SevenX Ventures and OKEx Blockdream Ventures Participate in the investment.
infrastructure
Blockchain development platform Alchemy completed a US$250 million financing with a valuation of US$3.5 billion, led by a16z
Blockchain development platform Alchemy completed a $250 million Series C financing with a valuation of $3.5 billion, led by a16z, with participation from Lightspeed, Redpoint, Coatue, Additional Capital, Pantera and DFJ.
Blockchain development platform QuickNode completes US$35 million in Series A financing, led by Tiger Global
Blockchain development platform QuickNode completed a US$35 million Series A financing, led by Tiger Global, and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian’s Seven Seven Six, Soma Capital, Arrington XRP Capital, Crossbeam and Anthony Pompliano participated in the investment.
Social sports game developer GreenPark Sports completes US$31 million in Series B financing
Social sports game developer GreenPark Sports completed a US$31 million Series B financing, led by Terraform Capital, existing investors Galaxy Interactive, Sapphire Sport, SignalFire and Advantage, and major new strategic partners Nassef Sawiris’ NNS Group, Gainels, DH.VC And Alameda Research participated in the investment.
Moralis, a blockchain development platform, completes 11.5 million euros in seed round financing, led by EQT Ventures
Moralis, the Stockholm-based blockchain development platform, announced the completion of a seed round of 11.5 million euros (approximately US$13.455 million), led by EQT Ventures.
Safle, a multi-chain identity wallet, completes $900,000 in seed round financing, and Draper Dragon Fund participates in the investment
Safle, a multi-chain identity wallet, announced the completion of a $900,000 seed round of financing, with investment from Draper Dragon Fund, Woodstock Fund, JD Kanani and Sandeep Nailwal (Polygon co-founder).
CeFi
CoinList completes US$100 million in Series A financing, Accomplice and Agman jointly lead the investment
CoinList, a token issuance and financing platform, completed a US$100 million Series A financing, which made CoinList valued at US$1.5 billion. Accomplice and Agman co-led the investment, Access Ventures, Alphome Capital, Broadhaven Ventures, Continue Capital, CMT Digital, DFG , FBG Capital, Fenbushi Capital and executives from GoldenTree Asset Management, Hack VC, HashKey Capital, Jsquare, LD Capital, Metaplanet, Perpetual Value Partners, Rising Tide Fund and Taavet+Sten participated in the investment.
Encrypted trading platform Voyager Digital receives USD 75 million strategic investment from Alameda Research
Voyager Digital, a crypto trading platform listed in Canada, announced that it has received a $75 million strategic investment from Alameda Research. The partnership between the two parties will focus on execution, asset management, and broader cryptocurrency plans.
Telegram’s in-app cryptocurrency P2P trading platform Chatex received investment from Polygon’s DefiForAll fund
Telegram’s in-app cryptocurrency P2P trading platform Chatex announced that it has been invested by Polygon’s DefiForAll fund, and the amount of investment was not disclosed.
tool
Blockchain data analysis company Elementus completed a US$12 million Series A financing led by Velvet Sea Ventures to develop a data search and analysis platform
Elementus, a blockchain data analysis company, completed a US$12 million Series A financing, led by Velvet Sea Ventures, with participation from Alameda Research, BlockFi, Pomp Investments, Lightspeed, Gemini Frontier Fund, Blockchain.com, and Avon Ventures.
KYVE, a decentralized archiving and verification network, completed US$2.8 million in financing, led by Permanent Ventures and Hypersphere Ventures
KYVE, a decentralized archiving and verification network, completed the second round of financing of US$2.8 million, led by Permanent Ventures, Hypersphere Ventures, Volt Capital, Mechanism Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Distributed Global, 4SV, Compute Ventures, Zee Prime, CMS Holding, Ternary Capital, Flori Ventures (Celo’s venture capital arm), Mina Foundation, Octopus Network, Twitch founders Justin Kan, Robin Chan, Santiago Roel Santos, Nifty’s co-founder John Scianna, Covalent co-founders Ganesh and Erik, and NEAR product manager Alex Shevchenko participated in the investment and also received funding from the Moonbeam Foundation.
Solana’s ecological DAO creation tool Squads has completed a $1.5 million seed round of financing led by Collab+Currency, and the project is expected to be launched on the mainnet on November 9th
Solana’s ecological DAO creation tool Squads completed a $1.5 million seed round of financing. Collab+Currency led the investment, and Reciprocal Ventures, Volt Capital, Chaotic Capital, 6thman Ventures, Republic Capital, 8186 Capital and Solana Capital participated in the investment.
application
Smart contract bug bounty platform Immunefi completed US$5.5 million in financing, with participation of Electric Capital and Framework Ventures
The smart contract bug bounty platform Immunefi completed US$5.5 million in financing. 11 institutional investors including Blueprint Forest, Electric Capital, Framework Ventures, Bitscale Capital, and a series of private investors participated in the investment.
Mask Network receives strategic investment from Arweave, the two parties will exchange tokens
The Web 3.0 project Mask Network announced that it has received a strategic investment from Arweave, a blockchain storage protocol, to support Mask’s future strategic development. Mask stated that the investment method was to exchange tokens for the agreement between the two parties.
other
NEAR launched a USD 800 million ecological development fund, which will focus on the DeFi field
NEAR announced the launch of a USD 800 million ecological development donation plan, of which USD 250 million of the ecological fund will be allocated within 4 years; USD 100 million will be used for regional funds; USD 100 million will be dedicated to start-up companies.
Sino Global Capital launched Liquid Value Fund I, a US$200 million fund that will invest in DeFi and NFT infrastructure
Sino Global Capital launched a US$200 million fund Liquid Value Fund I with the support of FTX. Sino Global Capital CEO Matthew Graham said that the investment committed by FTX and other partners has already accounted for “a significant portion” of the fund.
Web3 infrastructure platform Ankr launched a new protocol Ankr Protocol, and launched a 10 million US dollar funding program
The Web3 infrastructure platform Ankr announced the launch of a new protocol Ankr Protocol, which includes Ankr public RPC service, blockchain real-time browsing and analysis, pledge solutions and developer tools. It currently supports Ethereum, Avalanche, Solana, FTM and Polygon.
Colony, the Avalanche ecological project incubator, has completed a $1 million seed round financing, which will provide funding for the early ecological project
Avalanche project incubator Colony completed a $1 million seed round of funding, led by GBV Capital, Foresight Ventures, and Avalanche Foundation, with participation from Avalaunch, Avatar, Yield Yak, NGC Ventures, Spark Digital Capital, MEXC Global, Synaps, and ZBS Capital.
a16z announced its investment in social DAO “Friends with Benefits”, the investment amount has not been announced
a16z announced its investment in social DAO “Friends with Benefits”, the investment amount has not been announced. a16z said it will provide guidance and plans to empower key community members to actively participate in governance through authorization.
