The 20th week of 2023 financing selection, Suipad received 1.15 million US dollars in financing

According to BlockBeats statistics, the total number of financing last week was 15, and the number has dropped significantly. The total amount is about 79.555 million US dollars, and the average financing amount is 5.3037 million US dollars. Among them, infrastructure occupies the main body, NFT field and asset management payment financing are relatively large, other and DeFi financing are in the middle, Metaverse/Gamefi field is less, and social/creator economy has no financing information. The following picture shows the financing ratio of each sector last week:

Metaverse/GameFi

There are 2 financings in the metaverse/GameFi field, with a total amount of 3.2 million US dollars, accounting for 4.02% of the total financing last week.

Playcraft

NFT commercial application chain game platform Playcraft has been launched in 2022 Completed the first round of US$2 million in August Financing, led by Animoca and Shima Capital, with participation from Big Brain holdings, Klaytn, Orgin Ventures, Waterdrip Capital, etc. This round of financing is mainly used for platform game development.

Playcraft will start the second round of financing in May 2023, which will be mainly used for continuous game development, Product operation and marketing, etc., will be launched on the test network (Alpha version) at that time, and the main network Beta version will be launched in August. Mobaverse is the first MOBA chain game self-developed by PlayCraft, which allows players to use their own NFT as heroes. The first batch of NFT partners signed by the platform include BAYC, Azuki and other well-known blue-chip communities.

Mobaverse is the first GameFi to support NFT commercialization to join the Web3 revolution. Mobaverse opens up the world of GameFi to an unprecedented level of interactivity, enabling players to turn their favorite NFTs into heroes of online battles.

In order to create various game competitions and maximize the game fun of players, the development team has designed different gameplays, which can be divided into 5VS5 competitions and 5VS5 rankings Competition and entertainment mode.

Swords of Blood

On May 2nd, the Web3 role-playing game Swords of based on the Polygon blockchain Blood announced the completion of 1.2 million A new round of financing in US dollars, as the expansion of the Web2 game "Blade Bound" in the Web3 field. This game raised US$1.6 million in financing at the end of last year. Investors include Gate, Fundamental Labs, etc. The new funds raised this time It will support its launch of the minimum viable product (MVP) version of the game in May this year.

Swords of Blood created an immersive, blockchain-based RPG on the Polygon Network. The game builds on the solid foundation of its predecessor, attracting over 4 million downloads on the app store. Plus, with an in-depth lore written by the creators of AAA titles like The Witcher and Cyberpunk, gorgeous combat mechanics, and a seasoned team, Swords of Blood has a strong framework for a major release in 2023.

Swords of Blood pre-sale has passed the $1.2 million fundraising milestone in its second phase . The second phase of the pre-sale is currently selling SWDTKN, the native token that will power the Blood Sword ecosystem, for $0.07.

NFT/Digital Fashion

A total of 2 financings in the field of NFT/digital fashion, with a total amount of more than 16 million US dollars, accounting for 20.11% of the total financing last week.

AlienSwap

On May 4, AlienSwap, an NFT market, completed a $12 million financing round. Backed by NEXT Leader Capital and C² Ventures Leading the investment, followed by OKX Ventures, Araceae Capital, BIP32 Venture, Hyper10n Capital, Eureka Trading, Mission Street Ventures, Phyrex, etc. participated in the investment.

The proceeds will be used to expand the AlienSwap engineering team, develop new NFT liquidity tools and trading products, and increase investment in NFT infrastructure to improve The trading experience of NFT community users.

is a community-based NFT marketplace and aggregator. Cumulative transaction volume has surpassed $50 million in the past few months since the beta launch, ranking third in daily active users and fifth in daily transaction volume on the Ethereum network. This round of funding will propel AlienSwap to begin our scale growth and grow into a top NFT trading platform.

AlienSwap is optimistic about the growth potential of the NFT market in the long run. This is an incremental track with billions of users. The professional background, experience and innovation of the core team, as well as the support of many professional investors, will promote AlienSwap to introduce millions of new users to the industry and become the industry-leading NFT trading infrastructure.

The remaining financing in the NFT/digital fashion field includes:

On May 4, code-free NFT platform Vibe announced the completion of a $4 million financing round, Alchemy venture capital arm Agla Ventures and K-Pop artist Psy The music brand P Nation and others participated in the investment. Vibe aims to increase the value of NFTs beyond their scarcity and implement or increase the utility of NFTs. The no-code platform lets creatives turn NFTs into apps and products, allowing NFTs to evolve and deliver real-world and digital utility.

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DeFi

A total of 3 financings in the DeFi field, with a total amount of 6 million US dollars, accounting for last week 7.54% of the total financing amount.

Nolus

On May 2, the Cosmos ecological interoperability protocol Nolus announced that it has received 2.5 million US dollars in pre -seed wheel and seed Round of financing, Dorahacks, Everstake, Cogitent Ventures, Token Metrics Ventures, Autonomy Capital, etc. participated in the investment.

The Nolus protocol runs on an independent, application-specific blockchain utilizing Tendermint Core - an extremely fast proof-of-stake consensus algorithm, Has built-in multi-chain interoperability provided by the Cosmos SDK. This provides 3 main benefits: transactions can be as cheap as $0.01; a censorship-resistant experience for self-custodial funds; and inherits the powerful infrastructure of the Cosmos blockchain to interoperate with other decentralized networks on IBC.

Nolus leverages interoperability through Interchain Accounts (ICA), which allow the Cosmos Sovereign Chain to Do more than send assets to each other via IBC. The Nolus protocol uses a custom version of this module, which is a better fit for our product for several reasons. For example, each smart contract instance is able to open an account on the host network where it can perform different operations such as swaps, lease liquidations, staking, minting derivatives, etc., enabling Nolus to remain platform neutral (mitigating external risks ), while utilizing features from different permissionless chains.

OpenTrade

On May 4, encrypted structured financial products OpenTrade announced the completion of $1.5 million in financing, led by Sino Global Capital, with participation from Circle Ventures, Kronos Research, Kyber Ventures, Polygon Ventures, and Outlier Ventures. The funding will help OpenTrade expand its operations ahead of its launch in the second half of this year, with initial products to include liquidity pools in U.S. Treasury bills, investment-grade commercial paper and investment-grade supply chain financing.

Launched stealthily in February 2023, OpenTrade is on a mission to transform Global credit markets. We fundamentally believe that the future of financial services and markets depends on public, permissionless, internet-native infrastructure and its ability to make it flatter, smarter, more inclusive, transparent and efficient. Our role in this once-in-a-lifetime rewiring is to provide institutional borrowers and investors with a world-class platform to manage the exchange of credit across private and public markets. OpenTrade is headquartered in London, UK.

OpenTrade’s platform provides users with seamless access to a set of on-chain structured financial products Access, these products are backed by investment-grade liquid financial assets. It is protected using a time-tested insolvency remote legal structure, ensuring investors are fully protected off-chain while allowing them to continue operating fully on-chain.

Remaining financing in the DeFi field includes:

On May 4, DeFi income aggregator Portals announced the completion of a $2 million seed round of financing, led by Lightshift Capital, Poolside, Basement Labs, LongHash Ventures, Daedalus Angels, Mechanism Capital and others participated in the investment.

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Infrastructure

A total of 3 financings in the field of infrastructure, with a total amount of more than 28.155 million US dollars, accounting for 35.39% of the total financing last week.

Fedi

On May 4th, Fedi, a financial and data technology developer, announced the completion of US$17 million in Series A financing. go Death Capital Leading the round, with participation from Block's bitcoin subsidiary TBD, Kingsway, Trammell Venture Partners and Timechain, the funding brings Fedi's total funding to $21.21 million.

It is reported that Fedi uses Bitcoin to host the open source protocol Fedimints, which allows developers to easily build other applications and modules, Fedi's community or "second party" hosting The model offers a secure alternative to third-party cryptocurrency trading platforms, cloud backup services and encrypted messaging apps, and the company will pre-release an alpha version of its joint operating system for a community of builders later this month.

Fedi provides a scalable and secure alternative to third-party cryptocurrency exchanges, cloud backup services, and encrypted messaging apps. Initially, Fedi will focus on a few core functions, such as securely storing and exchanging bitcoins; protecting and leveraging your data; and securely communicating with friends, family and colleagues. But the underlying technology is there, scales quickly, and adapts to pretty much everything else you do with your smartphone or computer today.

Fedi builds on top of the Lightning Network, scaling Bitcoin, and providing a large number of potential adopters around the world who do not have access or do not want third parties to hold their funds or data A way is provided. Fedi's community or "second-party" hosting model addresses the security, privacy, and trust shortcomings of these alternatives, bringing users self-custody-like benefits without technical or financial barriers.

zkLink

On May 4, zkLink, a multi-chain unified transaction infrastructure based on zero-knowledge proof, announced the completion of 10 million USD financing, Coinbase Ventures, Ascensive Assets, SIG DTI, BigBrain Holdings and Efficient Frontier participated. This funding round will help propel zkLink to launch its mainnet in Q3, a multi-chain infrastructure layer that makes it easier for users to trade assets across blockchains.

By connecting various L1 blockchains and L2 networks, zkLink's unified multi-purpose ZK-Rollup middleware enables developers and traders to leverage Aggregate assets and liquidity, and provide a seamless multi-chain trading experience, providing a more accessible and efficient DeFi ecosystem for everyone.

On top of our multi-chain ZK-Rollup infrastructure, zkLink provides a series of API-driven use cases to meet the needs of various decentralized applications need.

zkLink innovatively applies zero-knowledge technology to multi-chain interoperability, adopts trustless and decentralized power separation design, guarantees assets and transactions and The security of multi-chain data transmission.

SuiPad

On May 5th, SuiPad, an integrated solution for project launch, announced the completion of US$1.155 million in financing, NGC V ventures, GBV Capital , Cogitent Ventures, Rarestone Capital, Kernel Ventures, Cypher Capital CEO, Kairon Labs, NewTribe Capital, Moonrock Capital and others participated in the investment. It is reported that SuiPad is the only official Launchpad partner of Mysten Labs and aims to become the preferred Launchpad for Tier 1 projects on Sui. The SuiPad platform will be an all-in-one solution for project launch, with integrated wallet, attribution marketplace and transaction management functions. All major Sui wallets will be supported.

SuiPad is the largest curated decentralized launchpad on the Sui Network. As Sui builds the most secure and scalable layer 1 blockchain for the next billion users, SuiPad is designed from the ground up to deliver strategies with custom launch models, time periods, accepted token types and auction algorithms Token launch experience to provide support for the Sui project. SuiPad can only be successful if our launchpad project is successful.

Digital asset management/payment

A total of 2 financings in the field of digital asset management/payment, with a total amount of more than 13.5 million US dollars, accounting for 16.97% of the total financing last week.

Credibly Neutral

On May 3, the encryption venture capital firm Credibly Neutral completed a financing of US$5.5 million. This round of financing was jointly funded by Patricio Worthalter, founder of POAP, Surojit Chatterjee, former chief product officer of Coinbase, and Solana. Founders Anatoly Yakovenko and Raj Gokal, Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal and Ethereal Ventures participated in the round.  

Credibly Neutral is an early-stage fund that will invest $50,000-$250,000 in protocol, infrastructure and encryption software-as-a-service (SaaS) projects . Areas of investment interest include layer 1 and layer 2 blockchains, decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols, developer tools, security software, analytics tools, and the gateways needed to move fiat in and out of cryptocurrencies.

Tangem

On May 3, hardware wallet solution provider Tangem completed $8 million in financing, led by Shima Capital, and other investors also participated in the financing. The round of financing will be used to expand its product range. Tangem previously completed a $15 million round led by SBI Digital Asset Holdings, bringing its total funding to date to $23 million.

Other financing

A total of 3 other financings, with a total amount of 12.7 million US dollars, accounting for 15.97% of the total financing last week. Including:

On May 1, MetaCRM, a blockchain customer relationship management (CRM) solution provider, completed a $2.5 million seed round of financing led by Cherubic Ventures . The new round of funds will be used to launch new products, accelerate customer expansion and user growth, and better integrate multi-chain data for products to create an enhanced blockchain experience for brands and users. It is reported that MetaCRM connects on-chain and off-chain data to create blockchain-native solutions and analysis tools, including MetaForm, MetaDesk and MetaPanel.

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May 1 On the 2nd, the cryptocurrency company FARE Protocol completed a $6.2 million seed round of financing, led by C Squared Ventures and Goat Capital, with participation from 6th Man Ventures, Republic Crypto, Arrington Capital, Eniac Ventures, Spark Digital Capital, Morningstar Ventures, Quantstamp and DWeb3 .

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May 2, headquartered in New York-based Entendre Finance, a provider of Web3 automated end-to-end accounting and bookkeeping solutions, announced the completion of a $4 million seed round led by Basis Set, with participation from Valhalla, Caffeinated, Moonpay, Alumni, MDig, and Alpine. The Entendre Finance platform supports multiple blockchains, and can be integrated and customized with different accounting platforms and Web3 applications. It is suitable for any enterprise that wants to introduce blockchain transactions into its ecosystem. Its customers include Hedgey, Lava, Anima wait.

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