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Blockchain Investment and Financing Weekly Report: 11 incidents with a total scale of 0.945 million USD, with prominent activities in the DeFi and Web3 gaming sectors.
Blockchain Investment and Financing Weekly Report: A total of 11 incidents with a scale of approximately 0.945 million USD
Last week (3.24-3.30), there were a total of 11 investment and financing events in the global Blockchain sector, with a total funding scale of approximately $0.945 billion, showing a significant downward trend compared to the previous week. The main investment trends are as follows:
DeFi领域
On-chain order processing company Warlock Labs completed a $8 million financing round led by a well-known investment firm. The company is dedicated to verifying the integrity of order flows to ensure fair trading.
The Solana ecosystem's re-staking protocol Fragmetric has completed a $5 million financing round, led by a certain investment institution. Currently, Fragmetric has raised a total of $12 million.
Web3 Games
The anime IP ecosystem Tarta Labs has completed a $4.5 million financing round, with several well-known investment institutions participating. Its first game, Spot Zero, is expected to enter the closed testing phase in April this year.
The blockchain game "Immortal Rising 2" developer Planetarium Labs completed a $3 million financing. The funds will be used for ecosystem expansion and gameplay enhancement.
AI
Infrastructure and Tools
The Ethereum-based oracle service Chronicle has completed a $12 million seed round financing, led by an investment institution. The funds will be used to support data infrastructure services for tokenized assets.
The parallelized privacy computing network Arcium has completed a $1 million angel round of financing, bringing the total financing amount to $11 million. Arcium ensures data integrity and confidentiality through distributed architecture and multiparty computing technology.
Other Fields
Centralized Finance
Debit card issuer Rain has completed a $24.5 million financing round, allowing customers to settle payments using stablecoins. The funds will be used for team expansion, technology development, and regulatory licensing applications.
The remittance application Abound has completed a $14 million seed round of financing. The company plans to expand its business scope, increase the variety of products, and improve its technological infrastructure.
Investment Institution Dynamics
European crypto venture capital Maven 11 has completed the fundraising for its third fund, reaching a scale of $107 million. The fund will support equity and token round financing, with investment areas covering consumer applications, infrastructure, and the intersection of AI and crypto.
The French state-owned investment bank Bpifrance has established a €25 million fund specifically for purchasing niche cryptocurrencies to support local cryptocurrency projects in France.