According to Foresight News statistics, from April 19 to April 25, 2025, there were a total of 10 financing events in the crypto market, including 4 in tools and infrastructure, 0 in the DeFi sector, 2 in asset management, 1 in blockchain games and NFTs, and 3 in the Web3 sector. The total disclosed financing amount is approximately $169 million.
Weekly summary of disclosed financing amounts and number of financing events:
This week's financing projects sorted by financing amount are shown in the following chart:
This week, there were 5 financing events of over $10 million, including the Manus development team completing $75 million in financing, led by Benchmark; the startup trading platform Theo raising $20 million in two rounds of financing, led by Hack VC and others; the trading platform BitradeX completing £12 million in Series A financing, led by Bain Capital; the re-staking protocol Symbiotic completing $29 million in Series A financing, led by Pantera Capital; and Arch Labs completing $13 million in Series A financing, also led by Pantera Capital.
In the segmented financing tracks, the tools and infrastructure sector was quite active this week, while DeFi was relatively sluggish.
On the institutional side, active institutions this week included a16z crypto and Pantera Capital, mainly focusing on the tools and infrastructure sector.
Tools and Infrastructure
Security abstraction layer Catalysis completes $1.25 million Pre-Seed round financing
Catalysis is building the first security abstraction layer, which aggregates economic security from multiple re-staking platforms such as EigenLayer, Symbiotic, and SatLayer, allowing "universal AVS" and on-chain verifiable services to access these abstraction layers, thereby utilizing security through a unified interface.
Inco Network completes $5 million strategic round financing
Inco Network is a Web3 universal privacy protection layer.
Symbiotic announces completion of $29 million Series A financing
Symbiotic is a re-staking protocol.
Arch Labs completes $13 million Series A financing
Arch Labs is a Bitcoin infrastructure company.
Asset Management
Theo raises $20 million in two rounds of financing
Theo is a startup trading platform.
Trading platform BitradeX completes £12 million Series A financing
BitradeX is a trading platform, and the financing will be used to establish a global AI strategy laboratory and upgrade compliance infrastructure.
NFT and Blockchain Games
On-chain game engine MagicBlock completes $7.5 million seed round financing
MagicBlock previously completed $3 million in Pre-Seed round financing in September 2024. MagicBlock is one of the projects selected for the 2024 spring a16z crypto startup accelerator (CSX) program and also received funding from a16z CSX.
Web3
Decentralized AI platform ORO AI completes $6 million seed round financing
ORO AI is a decentralized AI platform.
Manus development team completes $75 million financing, led by Benchmark
The Manus AI team is negotiating with potential investors, including U.S. venture capital firms, planning to raise a new round of financing at a valuation of at least $500 million, with the round potentially reaching tens of millions of dollars.
Tally completes $8 million Series A financing
Tally is an on-chain governance tool.
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