The celebrity encryption venture capital a16z has made multiple shots and led two rounds of financing for the decentralized investment protocol Syndicate and the encrypted instant messaging network XMTP.
According to the chain news statistics, between August 28 and September 3, there were 14 investment and financing events in the crypto market. The total amount of investment and financing has been disclosed to be 258.2 million US dollars, and the number of investment and financing and the total amount of investment and financing have decreased. .
From the perspective of track classification, this week’s financing events are still concentrated in the DeFi and CeFi fields. Only 100 million-level large-scale financings occurred this week. Arbitrum, the second-tier expansion program of Ethereum, completed a $120 million Series B financing led by Lightspeed. It is worth mentioning that Arbitrum completed the mainnet public beta this week. Projects such as Uniswap V3 and SushiSwap officially launched on the Arbitrum mainnet.
From the perspective of institutional activity, this week’s continued active institutions include Youbi, Divergence Ventures, Signum Capital, NGC, etc., generally focusing on areas such as DeFi and CeFi.
In addition, the star crypto venture capital a16z was more active this week, leading the $20 million Series A financing of Syndicate and the $20 million Series A financing of the encrypted instant messaging network XMTP. At the same time, it also participated in the collectors organization FingerprintsDAO.
Note: The number and total amount of financing in the statistics do not include secondary market purchases and NFT sales.
DeFi
Polkadot Ecological DeFi Project Parallel Finance completed a US$22 million Series A financing with a valuation of US$150 million, led by Polychain Capital
The Polkadot ecological decentralized currency market Parallel Finance announced the completion of 22 million Series A financing. This financing was led by Polychain Capital with participation from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Slow Ventures, Alameda Research, and Blockchain.com.
Syndicate completed a US$20 million Series A financing led by a16z, and more than 150 investors including Coinbase participated in the investment
Syndicate, a decentralized investment agreement, completed a US$20 million Series A financing, led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), and over 150 project founders, operators, investment institutions and individual investors participated in the participation of Coinbase Ventures, Aave, IDEO CoLab Ventures, etc. cast.
Avalanche Ecological DeFi Agreement Trader Joe Completes USD 5 Million Token Financing
Trader Joe, the Avalanche ecological DeFi protocol, announced the completion of USD 5 million token financing. Investors include DeFiance Capital, GBV Capital, Mechanism Capital, Three Arrows Capital, Avalanche Foundation, Delphi Digital and Aave founder Stani Kulechov.
Solana’s ecological algorithm stablecoin protocol UXD Protocol completes $3 million in seed round financing, led by Multicoin Capital
Algorithmic stablecoin protocol UXD Protocol completed a seed round of USD 3 million. Multicoin Capital led the investment. Alameda Research, Defiance Capital, CMS Holdings, Solana Foundation, Mercurial Finance participated in the investment. Individual investors include Solana founder Anatoly Yakovenko and co-founder Raj Dylan Macalinao, founder of Gokal and Saber.
DeFi analysis community UniWhales completes $2.2 million financing led by Signum Capital
DeFi analysis community UniWhales completed a $2.2 million financing, with Signum Capital leading the investment, with participation from HyperChain Capital, Faculty Capital, Impossible Finance, Double Peak Capital, and angel investors Popcorn Kirby, Kris Cheng, Sandeep Nailwal (Polygon), and Daedalus Angel Syndicate.
CeFi
Cryptocurrency exchange Zipmex completes $41 million in financing, and Jump Capital participates in the investment
The cryptocurrency exchange Zipmex completed $41 million in financing, and Thailand’s fifth largest bank Bank of Ayudhya, Jump Capital, Krungsri Finnovate, Plan B Media, Master Ad (MACO), MindWorks Capital, etc. participated in the investment.
Puerto Rico digital bank FV Bank completes US$8 million in Series A financing, with participation of BnkToTheFuture and others
Puerto Rico digital bank FV Bank completed a US$8 million Series A financing, with participation from BnkToTheFuture, DFG, NGC Fund, CCIX Global, Zenrain Technology and Salvat.
Financial services platform Evrynet completes $7 million in financing, led by Signum Capital
Evrynet, a financial services platform, completed a US$7 million financing. Signum Capital led the investment, and PetRock Capital and Ellipti Ventures participated in the investment.
infrastructure
Arbitrum, the second-tier expansion plan of Ethereum, completed a US$120 million Series B financing led by Lightspeed
Arbitrum, the second-tier expansion plan of Ethereum, completed a US$120 million Series B financing, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Polychain Capital, Ribbit Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Pantera Capital, Alameda Research, IOSG Ventures, Fenbushi Capital, SNZ, and individual investor Mark Cuban Participate in the investment.
Octopus Network, a multi-chain encryption network, completes US$5 million in Series A financing, with participation from Continue, Youbi, and DCG
Octopus Network, a multi-chain encryption network based on NEAR, completed US$5 million in Series A financing, Continue, Youbi, DCG, GFS Ventures, Vestigium, Autonomy Capital, LCG Ventures, Bluehelix, Finance Ventures, Jubi Lab, GTA Venture, Gains Associates, Aussie Capital, K300 Venture, Mayor Capital, NetZero Capital, ELEVATE, Chainridge, Megala Ventures, VIC Group, Jigsaw, OIG Ventures, Bigcoin Capital, Meridian Capital, Westorm, Move Capital (Angel DAO), Gate.io participated in the investment, and Octopus Network Ecological agreements Debio, Myriad Social and Discovol also participated in this round of financing.
application
Encrypted instant messaging network XMTP completes US$20 million Series A financing led by a16z
XMTP, an encrypted instant messaging network, completed a US$20 million Series A financing led by a16z. Participants included 19 institutions including Coinbase Ventures and nearly 90 individual investors.
HatsFinance, a decentralized cyber security incentive platform, completes $3.5 million in seed round financing, led by Greenfield One
HatsFinance, a decentralized network security incentive platform, completed a $3.5 million seed round of financing. Greenfield One led the investment, and Spartan Capital, Accomplice, Collider Ventures, and IOSG Ventures participated in the investment.
NFT
NFT social network project Hyype has completed a $1.5 million seed round led by Electric Capital and plans to launch in late September
NFT social networking project Hyype completed a seed round of 1.5 million, led by Electric Capital, which aims to build a project that allows NFT holders to link stories to their NFT collection projects.
other
Bill Miller’s fund, a billionaire fund manager, invested 1.5 million shares of GBTC, valued at US$44.7 million
According to the Miller Opportunity Trust Fund document submitted by Bill Miller, a billionaire fund manager, to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the fund invested 1.5 million shares of GBTC, valued at approximately US$44.7 million, accounting for 1.55% of the fund’s net value.
NFT cross-chain trading platform PolkaFantasy raised $4.31 million in the first round of NFT auctions
The NFT cross-chain trading platform PolkaFantasy raised $4.31 million in the first round of NFT auctions. This round of NFT auctions is divided into 4 levels.
The NFT series Moonshot Bots launched by the founder of Gitcoin has raised more than 1.88 million US dollars, which will be used to fund public welfare Web3 projects
The NFT series Moonshot Bots launched by Gitcoin founder Kevin Owocki and Gitcoin DAO manager Austin Griffith has raised more than 1.88 million US dollars and will be used to fund public welfare Web3 projects.
Collectors organize FingerprintsDAO to complete a16z, ConsenSys Mesh and other investment financing
Collector organization FingerprintsDAO completed financing, a16z, Union Square Ventures, Variant, Divergence Ventures, The LAO Official, ConsenSys Mesh, Pixel Vault participated in the investment.
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