According to incomplete statistics from Odaily Planet Daily, there were 16 blockchain financing events at home and abroad announced from January 13 to January 19, an increase from last week's data (12). The total amount of financing disclosed was approximately US$371 million, a significant increase from last week's data (US$66.04 million).
Last week, the project that received the most investment was cryptocurrency wallet Phantom ($150 million); followed by cryptocurrency custodian Komainu Holdings Ltd. ($75 million).
The following are specific financing events (Note: 1. Sort by the amount of money announced; 2. Excludes fund raising and M&A events; 3. * indicates a "traditional" company whose business involves blockchain):
On January 17, Phantom announced that it had completed a $150 million Series C financing round at a valuation of $3 billion, led by Sequoia and Paradigm, with other participating institutions including a16z crypto, Variant, etc. This round of financing will accelerate Phantom's mission to build the world's largest and most trusted consumer finance platform.
Nomura-backed cryptocurrency custodian Komainu raises $75 million
On January 16, Komainu Holdings Ltd., a cryptocurrency custodian backed by Nomura Holdings Inc., announced that it had received $75 million in funding from Blockstream Capital Partners.
Crypto Bank Sygnum Bank Completes $58 Million Funding, Led by Fulgur Ventures
On January 14, Sygnum, a crypto bank headquartered in Switzerland and Singapore, completed a $58 million financing round, with a post-financing valuation of $1 billion.
1 Money completes $20 million seed round of financing, with Kraken Ventures and others participating
On January 15, 1 Money announced the completion of a $20 million seed round of financing, with participation from F-Prime Capital, Galaxy Ventures, Hack VC, Kraken Ventures, MoonPay Ventures and Bankless Ventures. The new funds will be used to launch the 1 Money Network, a next-generation payment network designed to be a cheap, compliant Layer 1 protocol dedicated to stablecoin payments.
On January 14, Paris-based crypto wallet technology company Dfns completed a $16 million financing round led by Further Ventures, a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund ADQ, with participation from market makers Wintermute, Motive Partners, Bpifrance and Motier Ventures, the family office of the owner of Galeries Lafayette Group.
Reown (formerly WalletConnet) completes $13 million Series B financing, led by USV and 1kx
On January 15, Reown (formerly WalletConnect) announced the completion of a $13 million Series B financing round, led by Union Square Ventures (USV) and 1kx, with participation from Global Digital Asset Holdings (a joint venture investment company established by SC Ventures and SBI Holdings), Shopify Ventures, Kraken Ventures, Crypto.com Capital, Figment, Kiln, Everstake, BitGo Ventures and Fenbushi. As of now, the company's total financing amount has reached $38 million. The new funds are intended to be used to build its SDK - Reown AppKit and Reown WalletKit to further develop the on-chain user experience platform and solve problems such as the use of crypto subscription payments without the use of a custodial account. Its crypto solution customers include financial infrastructure platform Stripe and gift card giant Raise.
On January 17, Merit Systems, an open source economic infrastructure, completed a $10 million seed round of financing, led by a16z crypto and Blockchain Capital, with participation from Solana co-founder Toly, Not Boring Capital founder Packy McCormick, Farcaster co-founder Dan Romero, and Framework Ventures co-founder Vance Spencer. The funds raised will be used to accelerate the development of the open source economy.
On January 13, Alpen Labs, a financial infrastructure on the Bitcoin chain, announced the completion of a strategic financing of US$8.5 million, led by DBA and Cyber Fund. Ribbit Capital, Castle Island Ventures and Geometry were the largest investors in its seed round and supported Alpen again in this round of financing. This round of funds will help it accelerate the development of Bitcoin ZK Rollup "Strata" and release it to the mainnet in 2025.
On January 17, Solana's ecological social graph protocol Tapestry completed a $5.75 million Series A financing with a $35 million equity valuation and a $70 million token valuation. Union Square Ventures and Fabric Ventures jointly led the investment, and Stellation Capital, Slow Ventures and Foresight Venture participated in the investment. It is reported that as part of the transaction, Nick Grossman of Union Square Ventures, Anil Hansjee of Fabric Ventures and Peter Boyce of Stellation Capital have joined the Tapestry board of directors.
On January 17, digital advertising platform EarnOS announced the completion of a US$5 million seed round of financing, led by Escape Velocity (E V3), with participation from Animoca Brands, GD 1, Laser Digital, XION, Mysten Labs, Opacity Network and others.
On January 17, Web3 gaming company Hyve Labs completed a $2.75 million Pre-Seed round of financing led by Framework Ventures, with participation from Volt Capital, Builder Capital, 32 Bit Ventures and a group of angel investors.
On January 15, Barcelona-based RWA tokenization platform Brickken announced the completion of a $2.5 million seed round of financing, with a post-investment valuation of more than $22.5 million. Psalion, Ergodic Fund, SNZ Capital, Blue Bay Ventures, Mocha and Hodl Ventures participated in the investment.
On January 17, Crypto x AI company Reppo Labs announced the completion of a $2.2 million financing round, with participation from Protocol Labs, CV VC, CMS Holdings, etc., partly raised on Echo.xyz. The new funds will be used to develop key infrastructure to enable permissionless collaboration between data owners and AI developers and agents on niche data sets.
On January 15, Berachain's ecological farm simulation game project Beratone announced the completion of a US$2 million seed round of financing, led by Animoca Brands, with participation from SNZ Holding, Citizen X, Avid 3, Metazero Capital, Digits, TheCryptoDog, CBB 0 FE, Santiago Roel, The Rollup, Tong, MetaverseHQ, Yat Siu, Jani, Raito, Beartic, wassielawyer, Scott, Sina and several other angel investors.
Web 2.5 infrastructure company Torram completes $710,000 Pre-Seed round of financing
On January 16, Web 2.5 infrastructure company Torram announced the completion of a $710,000 Pre-Seed round of financing, with participation from Draper Associates, Blockchain Founders Fund, Boost VC, Side Door Ventures, Deep Ventures, MH Ventures, Silvermine Capital and Trive Digital.
On January 14, AI-driven Web3 social platform Metya announced the completion of a new round of financing, with investors including TIDO Capital, Candaq Ventures and Oasis Labs.
