ββArbitrum-based gaming ecosystem Trudan Studios (Kuroro Beasts) raised $2.50M in a Strategic funding round led by Sanctor Capital, Animoca Brands, with participation from RW3 Ventures, Rarestone Capital, Treasure, Cogitent Ventures, Yat Siu, Gabby Dizon, Zeneca, Ivan on Tech, Jeffrey Zirlin.
ββDecentralized lending protocol Mountain Protocol raised $8M in a Series A funding round led by Multicoin Capital, with participation from Castle Island Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Bankless Ventures, Department of XYZ, Borderless Capital, Aptos Network, Cross-Chain Ecosystem Fund.
ββSui-based shooter with RPG progression XOCIETY raised $7.50M in a Series A funding round led by Hashed, Sui Network, with participation from The Spartan Group, Neoclassic Capital, Big Brain Holdings, Arena-Z, Yield Guild Games (YGG), BreederDAO, Krafton, Mozaik Capital, Taisu Ventures, A41, Avocado Guild, Liquid X Ventures, Good Games Guild, Cristian Manea.
ββL2 data network for large-scale Dapps Glacier Labs raised $8M in a Seed funding round from Foresight X, UOB Venture Management, Laser Digital, KuCoin Ventures, Signum Capital, Cogitent Ventures, Gate Labs, Candaq Fintech Group, Open Digital Infrastructure Group (ODIG), Mask Network, Dewhales Capital, DCI capital (Dutch Crypto Investors), Polkastarter, FounderHeads VC, Contribution Capital, Aza Ventures, PermaDAO, Berkeley Blockchain Xcelerator, Aptos Network.
ββWeb3 security solution for banks, regulators, and users GoPlus Security raised $10M in a Private funding round from OKX Ventures (ex OKEx Blockdream Ventures), Hashkey Capital, Fenbushi Capital, Web3Port Labs, Redpoint, Animoca Brands, Quantstamp, Undefined Labs, 7UpDAO, Ash Crypto, Richard Ma, Presto Labs.
ββBitcoin-Native data availability layer Riema Labs (Nubit) raised $8M in a Seed funding round led by Polychain Capital, with participation from Nomad Capital, dao5 (daofive), The Spartan Group, Primitive, OKX Ventures (ex OKEx Blockdream Ventures), L2 Iterative Ventures (L2IV), GeekCartel, Symbolic Capital (ex Hyperedge Capital), Big Brain Holdings, Global Coin Research (GCR), Protagonist, Gate Ventures, Animoca Ventures, Mask Network.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).