ββWeb3 AI and gaming firm PlayAI raised $4.30M in a Seed funding round from P2 Ventures (Polygon Ventures), Jump Crypto, Alpha Wave Global, Zentry, Tykhe Block Ventures, MH Ventures, Jeffrey Zirlin, Sandeep Nailwal, Gabby Dizon.
ββBitcoin staking protocol Babylon raised $70M in a funding round led by Paradigm, with participation from Polychain Capital, Bullish, Hashkey Capital, Hack VC, Galaxy Digital, IOSG Ventures, Breyer Capital, Amber Group, Mantle Network, HTX Ventures (ex Huobi Ventures), ViaBTC Capital, LD Capital, ImToken Ventures, P2P Validator, Allnodes, Everstake, InfStones, Luganodes, Stakin, RockX, Stakewithus, 01node, Bware Labs, Ryan Fang, Smokey The Bera, Ajit Tripathi, Waikit Lau, domo.
ββSecure, time-specific transaction execution protocol STXN (Smart Transactions) raised $5.50M in a Seed funding round from Hack VC, Backed, Shima Capital, Signum Capital, AntAlpha, Breed VC, Chorus One, Tane, Gate Labs.
ββSingapore-based digital market infrastructure Marketnode closed Series A funding round led by HSBC, Temasek. Amount raised is not disclosed.
ββBlockchain-based secure computation network ARPA raised $6M in a funding round led by Laser Digital, DeFiance Capital, with participation from Animoca Ventures, Metrics Ventures, ArkStream Capital, Trinito.
ββWeb3 messaging and social platform Beoble closed funding round from Ripple. Amount raised is not disclosed.
ββDecentralized ZK-RaaS network featuring ZKP mining Lumoz (ex Opside) closed Strategic funding round from IDG Blockchain, Blockchain Coinvestors, Gate Ventures, Summer Ventures, Everest Ventures Group (EVG), 7UpDAO, Sweep Ventures. Amount raised is not disclosed.
ββStreamlined Farcaster development tools Neynar raised $11M in a Series A funding round led by HAUN Ventures, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z crypto), a16z Crypto Startup Accelerator (CSX), Coinbase Ventures, Union Square Ventures (USV).
ββAvalanche stablecoin hub Stable Jack raised $1M in a Angel funding round.
ββMetagame layer Zentry closed Strategic funding round from The Spartan Group, LongHash Ventures, Synergis Capital, DWF Labs, Binance Labs Fund, Coinbase Ventures, Pantera Capital, Hashed, DeFiance Capital, Animoca Brands, Vessel Capital, Play Ventures, Dapper Labs, Arche Fund (Coin98 Ventures), SkyVision Capital, Spirit DAO, Ray Chan, Soby, Loopify, dingaling, Char, Mirza Uddin, Grail eth. Amount raised is not disclosed.
ββOP Stack-based L2 blockchain focused on NFT Mint Blockchain raised $5M in a Seed funding round from Jsquare, SNZ Holding, Antalpha Ventures, Mask Network, Predator Capital, GoPlus Security, Whitelist Ventures, Panony, NFTScan, Smart Token Labs.
ββRWA blockchain platform E Money Network raised $3.30M in a funding round from Animoca Brands, Kelsier Ventures, Genesis Block Ventures Capital (GBV), Momentum 6 (M6), Blockchain Founders Fund, Morningstar Ventures, KuCoin Labs, Black Edge Capital, Banter Capital.
ββWeb3 identity startup Carv received funding from Animoca Brands. Amount is not disclosed.
ββRenewable energy RWA Protocol Plural raised $2.30M in a Pre-seed funding round led by Compound, Necessary Ventures, with participation from Volt Capital, Maven 11 Capital.
ββGameFi platform on zkSync TRALA raised $5M in a funding round from Matter Labs, Animoca Brands, Gate Labs.
ββWeb3 gaming platform NexGami (ex Light eSports, MetaVirus Games) raised $2.50M in a Seed funding round led by Metalpha, with participation from KuCoin Ventures, HTX Ventures (ex Huobi Ventures), Gate Labs, Ledger Capital, Tide Groups, OIG Capital (Oracles Investment Group), XTcom, LBank, Kekkai, IBC Group.
ββNFT collection with meme coin LADYS Milady raised $5M in a funding from DWF Labs.
ββEthereum data network Avail raised $43M in a Series A funding round led by Founders fund, Dragonfly Capital, Cyber Fund, with participation from SevenX Ventures, Figment Capital, Nomad Capital, Chapter One, Foresight Ventures, Mirana Ventures, KR1 plc, Alliance DAO (ex DeFi Alliance), Hashkey Capital, LocalGlobe, Superscrypt, RW3 Ventures, Elixir Capital, Altos Ventures, Spark Digital Capital, LongHash Ventures.
ββSoFi-focused omnichain hub for NFTs Stashh Labs raised $3.30M in a funding round from Animoca Ventures, 6th Man Ventures (6MV), Shima Capital, Hashkey Capital.
ββMarketingFi protocol and AI data layer Cookie3 raised $5.50M in a funding round led by The Spartan Group, Animoca Brands, with participation from Mapleblock Capital, CMT Digital, GSR Markets LTD, ChainGPT, Hartmann Capital, Polkastarter, Orange DAO, Big Brain Holdings, Castrum Capital, Baboon VC, LD Capital, Dewhales Capital, Oddiyana Ventures, Sebastien Borget, Miko Matsumura.
ββConfidential blockchain powered by Fully Homomorphic Encryption Fhenix raised $15M in a Series A funding round led by Hack VC, with participation from dao5 (daofive), Amber Group, Primitive, GSR Markets LTD, Collider Ventures.