According to incomplete statistics from Odaily Planet Daily, there were a total of 18 blockchain financing events announced from January 27 to February 2, an increase from the previous week's data (14 events). The disclosed total financing amount is approximately $247 million, significantly up from last week's figure ($48 million).
Last week, the project that received the most investment was the AI Web3 company Bluwhale ($100 million); the domain registration company D3 followed closely ($25 million).
The following are the specific financing events (Note: 1. Sorted by disclosed amount; 2. Excludes fund raising and merger events; 3. * indicates traditional companies involved in blockchain):
On January 28, Silicon Valley-based AI Web3 startup Bluwhale announced the completion of a total of $100 million in financing, sourced from $7 million in venture capital, $85 million in token purchase commitments, and $8 million in node sales and grant revenues.
Investors include numerous institutions such as Cointelegraph, SwissBorg, Awaken Finance, DWF Labs, as well as support from Arbitrum and Movement Labs.
It is reported that Bluwhale was co-founded by machine learning experts from Stanford and Berkeley, along with former TikTok AI team members, aiming to empower users to achieve data ownership and privacy protection through blockchain technology.
Domain company D3 completes $25 million financing, led by Paradigm
On January 29, domain registration startup D3 completed $25 million in financing, led by Paradigm.
This round of financing also attracted participation from Coinbase Ventures (Coinbase's investment arm) and several industry leaders. D3 plans to use the funds to establish more strategic partnerships and help other companies adopt its blockchain technology.
On January 31, zero-knowledge proof infrastructure company Irreducible announced the completion of $24 million in Series A financing, co-led by Paradigm and Bain Capital Crypto, with participation from Fenbushi Capital, L2 Iterative Ventures, Robot Ventures, as well as angel investors Anna Rose, Brendan Farmer, Daniel Lubarov, Sina Habibian, and Varun Srinivasan.
It is reported that this round of financing will accelerate Irreducible's advancement in building infrastructure for a verifiable internet. Its core goal is to create the fastest and most efficient cryptographic proof solutions. The Binius proof system launched by Irreducible is based on research results from Towers of Binary Fields, and this financing will support the development of Binius, making it the preferred solution for protocol developers.
Humanity Protocol completes $20 million financing, led by Pantera Capital and others
On January 27, identity verification blockchain company Humanity Protocol completed $20 million in financing, led by Pantera Capital and Jump Crypto, achieving a fully diluted valuation of $1.1 billion. It is reported that the company is building a system that will use palm scanning to verify whether online accounts belong to real people, and plans to use the funds to launch its products more widely in the coming months.
On January 28, YZi Labs announced it led a $16 million financing for the on-chain infrastructure Sign, used for token distribution and credential verification. This is its first disclosed investment, with participation from Altos Ventures, HackVC, and Amber Ventures. Sign is aggregating verified credentials on-chain to build a larger network, thereby creating a more transparent and secure token distribution infrastructure.
Web3 game studio Pixion Games completes $12.4 million financing, led by Delphi Ventures
On January 28, Web3 game studio Pixion Games announced the completion of $12.4 million in financing, led by Delphi Ventures, with participation from Spartan Capital, Sky Mavis, L1D, Arete Capital, Animoca Brands, YGG, and others. The new funds are intended to create a seamless, mobile-first Web3 gaming experience.
On January 29, programmable L1 blockchain pod.network completed $10 million in seed round financing, with participation from a16z crypto CSX, 1kx, BBF, SBA, Protagonist, and others, including angel investors Georgios Vlachos, Irene, Luca, and others.
The system design of pod.network is extremely simple: transactions are streamed to a group of validators who confirm the transactions and timestamp them. There are no blocks, no chains, no complex consensus protocols, or advanced cryptographic calculations.
Layer 1 network developer Pod completes $10 million seed round financing, co-led by a16z CSX and 1kx
On January 28, Layer 1 network developer Pod completed $10 million in seed round financing, co-led by A16z Crypto Startup Accelerator (a16z CSX) and 1kx, with participation from Flashbots, Blockchain Builders Fund, and Protagonist. Angel investors include Nick White from Celestia, David Tse from Babylon, Sergey Gorbunov from Axelar, Waikit Lau from Lau Ventures, and Apostolos Apostolaki from VentureFriends.
On January 31, stablecoin cross-border payment service provider Cedar Money announced the completion of $9.9 million in seed round financing, led by QED Investors, with participation from North Island Ventures, Wischoff Ventures, Lattice, and Stellar. Valuation information has not yet been disclosed.
On January 28, blockchain interoperability protocol Analog completed $5 million in financing at a $300 million valuation before its token issuance, with participation from Gate Ventures, BackerDAO, Foresight Ventures, the venture capital arm of film production company Black Label Media, and angel investors including Sam Kazemian, co-founders of Black Label Media Molly Smith, and twin brothers Thad and Trent Luckinbill.
On January 27, Web3 accounting solution Entendre Finance announced the completion of $4 million in seed round financing, led by Basis Set, with participation from Valhalla, Caffeinated, Moonpay, Alumni, MDig, and Alpine. Valuation information has not yet been disclosed. Entendre provides an AI-driven automated double-entry bookkeeping solution that can record entries for any blockchain transaction, accelerating Web3 adoption through automated on-chain financial operations and reduced operational costs.
On January 29, the Bitcoin re-staking network Pell Network announced on the X platform the completion of a $3.5 million strategic round of financing, with participation from D11-Labs, Web3Port Foundation, ArkStream Capital, Taisu Ventures, Core Ventures, GoPlus Security, Astrarizon Ventures, and Multiversᕽ. The new funds are intended to support the construction of an AI-driven decentralized finance (DeFAI) full-chain infrastructure to address the complex cross-chain operations, data acquisition and verification difficulties, and multi-chain interaction security issues currently faced by AI agents.
On January 29, the DeFi platform Inception, focused on liquidity re-staking, completed a $3.5 million seed round of financing, with participation from London Real Ventures, Gallet Capital, Metazero Capital, Kinetic Kollective, Zephyrus Capital, DSRV, Dewhales, Connectico Capital, Unreal Capital, and Absoluta Digital.
Inception operates within the Eigenlayer ecosystem, providing native and isolated liquidity re-staking options.
Mevvy completes $2.8 million seed round financing, led by Multicoin Capital
On January 30, Mevvy completed a $2.8 million seed round of financing, led by Multicoin Capital, with participation from Chapter One Ventures. Mevvy aims to simplify MEV search and execution, with its platform supporting multiple blockchains and providing an integrated development environment. The funds will be used for product development and plans to decentralize infrastructure in three phases.
DeFi staking service provider Amerany completes $2 million Series A financing
On January 27, DeFi staking service provider Amerany announced the completion of $2 million in Series A financing, with investor information not yet disclosed. The new funds are intended for infrastructure upgrades to its multi-chain staking platform, which currently supports over 10 blockchains, including Ethereum (ETH), Aptos (APT), and Optimism (OP). It is reported that Amerany has also launched a bug bounty program with a scale of $100,000.
On February 2, the AI social gaming platform Little Umbrella completed a $2 million seed round of financing, with participation from a16z SPEEDRUN, Workplay Ventures, Ubiquoss Investment, Disrupt.com, Breakpoint Ventures, GFR Fund, and Virtual Reality Fund (VRF). Little Umbrella's game "Death by AI" supports cross-platform participation on Discord, web, and iOS. The new funds are intended to expand its online operations and accelerate the launch of its cross-platform social gaming suite, Playroom.
On January 28, crypto investment and cross-border payment platform Accrue completed $1.58 million in seed round financing, led by Lattice Fund, with participation from Maven 11, Lava, Kraynos Capital, and Distributed Capital.
Decentralized options trading platform Based completes $420,000 Pre-Seed round financing
On January 31, the decentralized options trading platform Based, based on the Solana ecosystem, announced the completion of $420,000 in Pre-Seed round financing, led by dlab.vc, with participation from Manifold and a group of angel investors. The new funds are intended to support the construction of a trading platform that utilizes social media trends, memes, and market sentiment based on prediction markets.
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