According to Odaily’s incomplete statistics, a total of 19 blockchain financing incidents at home and abroad were announced in the week from August 2nd to August 8th, a decrease from the previous week; A downward trend.
Last week, Matrixport, an encrypted financial service platform, received the largest amount of investment in a single deal, which completed its C round of financing of US$100 million at a pre-investment valuation of more than US$1 billion. Matrixport was founded by Wu Jihan, Ge Yuesheng, etc., and manages about US$10 billion in assets. The participating parties include Tiger Global, Polychain, Dragonfly, IDG, etc.
In terms of the track, DeFi still maintains the highest popularity, and the popularity of NFT remains undiminished. In addition, tool products such as data analysis, creator platforms, and indexes are favored by investors.
The following are the specific financing events (sorted according to the announced amount):
Matrixport completes $100 million in financing at over $1 billion pre-money valuation
Matrixport, an encrypted financial service platform, announced on Sunday night that it has completed a $100 million Series C financing with a pre-money valuation of more than $1 billion. DST Global, C Ventures and K3 Ventures led the round, Qiming Venture Partners, CE Innovation Capital, Tiger Global , Cachet Group, Palm Drive Capital, Foresight Ventures, A&T Capital, Lightspeed, Polychain, Dragonfly Capital, CMT Digital, IDG Capital, etc. participated in the investment. Matrixport has raised $129 million to date, according to a spokesperson.
Matrixport, which was spun out of Bitmain in 2019, is a large cryptocurrency firm in Asia with about $10 billion in assets under management. Services offered on its platform include trading, lending, and fixed-income-like products. (The Block)
MakersPlace, an NFT market, announced the completion of a US$30 million Series A round of financing, led by Bessemer Venture Partners and Pantera Capital, with participation from Uncork Capital, Coinbase Ventures, and Sony Music Entertainment. MakersPlace plans to use the cash inflow to grow its team and continue to expand its marketplace. (The Block)
Blockchain technology company TBCASoft announced the initial completion of US$25 million in Series B financing. Naver Financial Corporation, a subsidiary of South Korean Internet giant Naver Corporation, led the investment of US$20 million, and the original investor SoftBank (SoftBank) followed with US$5 million. After this round of financing, Naver Financial became the second largest institutional investor after Softbank. TBCASoft will use the funds to expand its payment network HIVEX, launching first in Northeast Asia, including Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, and then expanding to Southeast Asia. At the same time, the company will recruit more talents and drive more innovations.
HIVEX is a cross-carrier blockchain payment network utilizing distributed ledger technology. Transaction data can be reconciled instantly and efficiently with no single point of failure, reducing the risk of fraud. HIVEX is specially designed for QR code-based mobile payment, which can connect users and merchants of different closed-loop mobile payment service providers. Consumers can use their own mobile app to make QR code payments at any merchant around the world that has the HIVEX acceptance logo. (EIN Presswire)
Blockchain data provider Messari closes $21 million Series A round led by Point72 Ventures
Blockchain data provider Messari announced the completion of a US$21 million Series A round of financing led by hedge fund billionaire Steven Cohen's Point72 Ventures. This is Point72 Ventures' first investment in the encryption field. Coinbase Ventures, Uncork Capital, Underscore VC, Alameda Capital, Blockchain Ventures, CMS Holdings, Gemini Frontier Fund, Winklevoss Capital, Kraken Ventures, former Thomson Reuters CEO Tom Glocer and Anchorage co-founder Diogo Monica also participated. Point72 Ventures operating partner Adam Carson has joined Messari's board of directors. Messari will use the funding to triple its engineering and research staff, expand its market data platform and launch new token governance tools. (CoinDesk)
According to official news, Ail Private Decentralize Network (APDN) announced the completion of financing of 20 million US dollars, General Catalyst, Ashton Kutcher, Docker, Chainlink and others participated in the investment. A mysterious partner of an investment firm is about to join the board of APDT.
Ail Private Decentralize Network is building a sufficiently decentralized private Internet connection interaction data, and its blockchain Internet is a permissionless chain. It aims to replace the privileged institutions in the traditional financial field with smart contracts based on the privacy distributed Internet, and to improve the operating efficiency of the entire existing DeFi financial system.
TrustToken raises $12.5 million led by a16z, Alameda Research and Blocktower Capital
TrustToken, the operator of the DeFi lending agreement TrueFi and the stable currency TUSD, completed a new round of financing of US$12.5 million, led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Alameda Research and Blocktower Capital (by purchasing TrueFi's native token TRU). TrustToken said it will use the funds to expand its team and TrueFi’s operations.
It is understood that TrueFi bases its lending decisions on credit scores derived from on-chain and off-chain data, rather than collateralized assets. Since November 2020, the protocol has disbursed more than $200 million in loans and paid $1.7 million to lenders without any defaults, according to the company. (CoinDesk)
According to official news, Nakji Network, an index protocol for blockchain data, announced the completion of $8.8 million in private equity financing, with participation from Animoca Brands, CMS Holdings, Primitive Ventures, GBV, LD Capital, Rocket Fuel, One Block, and Panony. This funding round will allow Nakji to further invest in the development of its message relay protocol, which will connect between a large number of blockchains to the off-chain world, while getting ready for a public launch later this year.
It is reported that Nakji was co-founded by Allie Zhang and David Kim. Allie Zhang was the chief engineer of the real-time data intelligence startup Bottlenose, and David Kim was a technical and management consultant for PwC and Deloitte for 13 years. David and Allie have decades of blockchain and big data incubation, building and consulting experience. In 2016, David also helped PwC establish one of the first four major blockchain businesses. Nakji facilitates the transfer of information from traditional blockchains to any off-chain receptors that can receive on-chain data points, while providing an additional layer of security to ensure the safety and accuracy of transmitted data.
Aspen Digital, an encryption investment platform, announced on Wednesday that it has completed $8.8 million in Pre-A round of financing, led by RIT Capital Partners, an investment trust founded by Jacob Rothschild, and Liberty City Ventures, an early blockchain venture capital firm, Cherubic Ventures, Token Bay Capital, Somerley Capital, "Fortune" magazine owner Xie Zhan (Chatchaval Jiaravanon) and Chaval Jiaravanon participated in the investment. This round of financing will be used for team expansion and market expansion in Hong Kong, London and Singapore, targeting customers in Asia, Europe and the Middle East. (PRNewswire)
Blockchain startup Data Gumbo completes $7.7 million Series B round led by Equinor Ventures
Data Gumbo, a blockchain start-up company, completed a $7.7 million Series B round of financing, led by Equinor Ventures, with participation from Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures, Bay Area and L37. (Business Wire)
According to official news, Krystal, a multi-chain DeFi management platform, completed a $6.6 million seed round of financing, led by Hashed, with participation from Crypto.com, Signum Capital, BlockTower, HyperChain, Arrington Capital, LD Capital, DeFi Alliance, ArkStream Capital, and Coin98.
Cryptocurrency tax analysis firm ZenLedger closes $6 million Series A round led by Bloccelerate VC
Cryptocurrency tax analysis and blockchain analysis company ZenLedger announced the completion of $6 million in Series A financing, led by Bloccelerate VC, Mark Cuban's Radical Ventures, G1 VC, Borderless Capital, 4RC, Centrality, BIGG Digital Assets, CoinGecko, Accelerator Ventures , as well as angel investors Jon Staenberg and Darren Lau. (PR Web)
Onramp Invest Completes $6 Million Seed Round Financing, Coinbase Ventures and Others Participate
Onramp Invest, an iPaaS technology platform that provides encrypted asset channels for registered investment advisors (RIAs), announced the completion of a $6 million seed round of financing. Investors include Coinbase Ventures, Eterna Capital, Fox Ventures, Galaxy Digital, Galaxy Fund Management, Gemini Frontier Fund, Ritholtz Wealth Management, WisdomTree. With this financing, Onramp plans to expand its services to RIAs, explore broker registration, and increase the size of its engineering team.
Onramp, a one-year-old company, has provided RIAs with fast and direct access to crypto assets through cryptocurrency exchanges and custodians Gemini and Prime Trust since the platform’s official launch at the end of May.
Official news, Sense Finance, a fixed-rate income and trading agreement, announced the completion of $5.2 million in financing, led by Dragonfly, followed by Bain Capital Ventures, Nascent, Variant, Robot Ventures, and theLAO.
Cent, an Ethereum-based creator platform, announced the completion of a $3 million seed round of financing, with participation from Galaxy Interactive, Mask Network, former Disney chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg, will.i.am, and Zynga founder Mark Pincus. It is reported that Cent was established in 2017 and created the tweet NFT market Valuables at the end of 2020. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey previously sold his first tweet NFT for $2.9 million through this market. (Tech Crunch)
Data analysis platform CryptoQuant completes $3 million in Series B financing, led by Hashed
Data analysis platform CryptoQuant completed a $3 million Series B round of financing, led by Hashed, with participation from Mike Novogratz’s game company Galaxy Interactive, Mirae Asset Capital and Youbi Capital. The funds will be used to develop Crypto Quant's data and analytics infrastructure, helping the crypto industry as it moves into the mainstream. (Cryptopotato)
Planetarium raises $2.6M for its games, led by Animoca Brands
Planetarium, a South Korean open source chain game company, raised $2.6 million for its decentralized role-playing game Nine Chronicles, led by chain game company Animoca Brands, and Jeffrey Zirlin, co-founder of Divergence Ventures, Ideo CoLab, Sfermion, Hypersphere Ventures, SkyVision Capital and Axie Infinity And Aave Protocol CEO Stani Kulecho participated in the investment. The game will soon issue governance tokens on Ethereum. Planetarium will use the new funds to recruit content development talent, expand network infrastructure, and expand to multiple gaming platforms. (Tech In Asia)
CoreChain Technologies, a blockchain-based digital B2B payment network, announced the completion of a $1.25 million Pre seed round of financing, with participation from Ulu Ventures, Connecticut Innovations, Bloccelerate VC, and New Form Capital. The funding will be used to accelerate adoption among enterprise customers and aggressively expand its payment and financing network. (Business Wire)
Sweet, an enterprise NFT solution, announced that Animoca Brands has become a strategic investor in its A-2 financing round, valued at $110 million. Animoca Brands investment enables Sweet to expand partnership opportunities across Asia, add headcount to its U.S. corporate headquarters, and manage corporate partnerships with hotels and teams in the NBA, NHL, F1 racing, Fortune 500 retail brands, fast food restaurants and more relation. (PR News Wire)
NFT platform Mynft completes seed round financing, led by HashKey and participated by Dapper Labs
According to official news, Mynft, an NFT platform based on Flow, announced that it has completed its seed round of financing. This round of financing was led by HashKey, with participation from Dapper Labs, Everest Ventures Group, SevenX Ventures, and Yuanyuzhou Ventures.
This round of financing will be mainly used for team building and product development. As the first project of the Flow Ecology in China, Mynft has received Grants support from the Flow Foundation in March this year. The platform aims to connect the eastern and western markets and provide users with high-quality distribution, transaction and social experience.
