According to Odaily Star Daily's incomplete statistics, there were a total of 17 domestic and international blockchain financing events announced from September 18th to September 24th, which is a decrease from the previous week's 24. The disclosed total financing amount is approximately $170 million, an increase from the previous week's $110 million.
Last week, the project that received the most investment was the blockchain gaming startup Proof of Play ($33 million), and the crypto startup Bastion also attracted attention with its impressive financing lineup.
The specific financing events are as follows (Note: 1. Sorted by disclosed amount; 2. Excluding fund-raising and M&A events; 3. * indicates "traditional" companies in fields related to blockchain):
On September 21st, the blockchain gaming startup Proof of Play announced the completion of a $33 million seed round financing, led by Greenoaks and a16z, with participation from Balaji Srinivasan, Twitch founder Justin Kan and Emmett Shear, Mercury, Firebase, Zynga, and Alchemy.
On September 18th, the crypto startup Bastion completed a $25 million seed round financing, led by a16z crypto, with participation from Nomura Group's Laser Digital Ventures, Robot Ventures, Not Boring Capital, and others.
It is reported that Bastion was co-founded by Riyaz Faizullabhoy, former CTO of a16z crypto, and Nassim Eddequiouaq, former Chief Security Officer, with its initial employees including regulatory and compliance executives from cryptocurrency exchanges such as Kraken.
Crypto payment company Mesh completes $22 million Series A financing, led by Money Forward
On September 22nd, the crypto transfer and payment service startup Mesh (formerly Front Finance) completed a $22 million Series A financing, led by Money Forward, with participation from Galaxy, Samsung Next, Streamlined Ventures, SNR.VC, Hike VC, Heitner Group, Valon Capital, Florida Funders, Altair Capital, Network VC, and several angel investors.
Mesh will use this round of financing to further develop its deposit, payment, and expenditure tools, and support the operation of its products. As of now, Mesh's total financing amount has reached $32 million.
Digital asset startup Fuze completes $14 million seed round financing, led by Further Ventures
On September 20th, the Middle Eastern digital asset startup Fuze announced the completion of a $14 million seed round financing, led by Abu Dhabi venture capital firm Further Ventures, with participation from Liberty City Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm in New York.
It is reported that Fuze was founded in December 2022 and joined the global tech ecosystem Hub71 in Abu Dhabi this year. Fuze enables banks, fintech companies, or enterprises to offer regulated digital asset products to customers through native applications. Its white-label solution can handle the complexity of blockchain and the regulatory costs of enterprises, enabling them to easily offer stablecoins, cryptocurrencies, CBDCs, and tokenized assets.
On September 19th, the blockchain medical data exchange platform Briya announced the completion of an $11.5 million Series A financing, led by Team8, with participation from Insight Partners, Amiti Ventures, Innocare Health Investments, and the George Kaiser Family Foundation. Briya's total financing amount has reached $17 million.
Briya's scalable data exchange platform enables hospitals to utilize their patient data, and has been used in healthcare systems and academic institutions, mainly in Europe and Israel.
French online insurance startup Stoïk raises $10.7 million, led by Munich Re Ventures
On September 19th, the French online insurance startup Stoïk raised $10.7 million, led by Munich Re Ventures, with participation from Opera Tech Ventures, investors Andreessen Horowitz, and Alven. This round of funding will be used for market expansion.
It is reported that Stoïk monitors DNS records and scans online databases to find password leaks associated with domain names.
On September 19th, the blockchain company Jiritsu, which focuses on verifiable computation, announced the completion of two rounds of financing totaling $10.2 million, led by gumi Cryptos Capital, with participation from Susquehanna Private Equity Investments, LLLP, Republic Capital, and others.
Today, Jiritsu also launched its asset tokenization platform Tomei RWA. The Tomei platform uses zero-knowledge authentication to achieve secure and compliant asset logging, while also providing fine-grained, licensed data access.
On September 19th, the fashion-focused metaverse data analysis service provider Geeiq announced the completion of an $8.2 million Series A financing, led by YFM Equity Partners, with participation from GFR Fund and FOV Ventures.
It is reported that Geeiq primarily provides metaverse market data analysis services for brand owners, and also helps enterprises obtain custom data analysis capabilities on metaverse platforms such as Roblox, Zepeto, Decentraland, and Fortnite. Its clients include fashion brands such as Gucci and Tommy Hilfiger.
Hybrid crypto exchange GRVT completes $7.1 million financing at a valuation of $39 million
On September 19th, the hybrid crypto exchange GRVT announced the completion of two rounds of financing totaling $7.1 million at a valuation of $39 million.
GRVT stated that its seed round financing was $5 million, led by Matrix Partners and Delphi Digital, with participation from ABCDE, Susquehanna Investment Group, CMS Holdings, Hack VC, Matter Labs (developer of zkSync), and others. Its Pre-Seed round financing was $2.1 million, with participation from 500 Startups, Folius Ventures, and others.
It is reported that GRVT aims to provide the efficiency of centralized exchanges and the self-custody function of decentralized exchanges.
On September 21st, the crypto data analysis platform CoinScan completed $6.3 million financing, with participation from Shalom Meckenzie, the largest individual shareholder of sports betting company DraftKings (DKNG), Mor Weizer, CEO of gambling software development company Playtech (PTEC), and digital asset trading company Tectona (TECT).
CoinScan aims to provide data for crypto users to help reduce losses from vulnerabilities, hacker attacks, and scams, and has been in development for two years.
On September 21st, the intent-based crypto infrastructure company Essential completed $5.15 million seed round financing, led by Maven11, with participation from Robot Ventures, Karatage, Batuhan Dasgin, Skip, James Prestwich, Brandon Curtis, Eclipse founder Neel Somani, and others. According to the announcement, Essential is currently building core infrastructure, including intent standards for Ethereum, a domain-specific language (DSL) for intent expression, and a "fully intent-centric blockchain protocol."
Web3 creator community Afterparty completes $5 million financing, led by Blockchange Ventures
On September 21st, the Web3 creator community Afterparty completed $5 million financing, led by Blockchange Ventures, with participation from Acrew Capital, Act One Ventures, Tamarack Global, Wilson Sonsini, and Vinny Lingham. This strategic growth round of financing brings the total funds raised to $12 million.
Privacy Layer 1 network Swisstronik completes $5 million seed round financing
On September 19th, the privacy Layer 1 network Swisstronik, based on Cosmos, announced the completion of $5 million seed round financing, with two investors Constantin and Anton Polianski currently joining the team as CEO and executives.
On September 20th, the decentralized information market protocol Freatic completed $3.6 million seed round financing, led by a16z Crypto, with participation from Anagram, Archetype, Not3Lau Capital, Robot Ventures, Arweave, Stefano Bernardi, Meltem Demirors, Stephane Gosselin, Jutta Steiner, MacLane Wilkison, and others.
On September 18th, the Paris-based blockchain data visualization startup Bubblemaps completed $3.2 million ($3 million euros) seed round financing, led by INCE Capital, with other participants including Stake Capital, Momentum 6, Lbank, V3ntures, Nicolas Bacca of Ledger, Dyma Budorin of Hacken, and French influencer and entrepreneur Owen "Hasheur" Simonin.
The new financing will be used to expand the team and accelerate the company's development, including hiring more developers and strengthening the company's marketing efforts on social media platforms.
Web3 social app Orb completes $2.3 million pre-seed round financing
On September 21st, the Web3 social app Orb, based on the Lens Protocol, announced the completion of a $2.3 million pre-seed round financing, with participation from Superscrypt, Founders Inc, ArkStream Capital, LD Capital, Foresight Ventures, Aave Companies, Lens Protocol founder Stani Kulechov, and Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal.
Orb is a Web3 social app focused on community, with chat and community features. The chat feature allows users to connect and communicate with friends, while the community feature allows users to join like-minded groups.
On September 21st, the decentralized hackathon platform and global open-source developer organization BeWater announced the completion of $1 million angel round financing. This round of financing was jointly led by ABCDE and OKX Ventures, with follow-on investments from ScalingX, Galaxy Mercury Asia, Contentos, and individual investors such as Blake Gao.
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