In 2023, a total of 1020 investment and financing events occurred in the cryptocurrency market, with a disclosed total investment and financing amount of approximately 11.123 billion US dollars.

Author: aididiaojp.eth, Foresight News

According to Foresight Wiki statistics, the total number of investment and financing events recorded by Wiki in the cryptocurrency industry in 2023 was 1020, including 323 in tools and infrastructure, 143 in the DeFi sector, 160 in the asset management sector, 181 in the blockchain gaming and NFT sector, and 213 in the Web3 sector, with a disclosed total investment and financing amount of approximately 11.123 billion US dollars.

In 2023, there were a total of 20 investment and financing events exceeding one billion US dollars, including 3 in the AI field. The following are ten noteworthy project financings:

• AI startup Anthropic completed a $450 million C round of financing, led by Spark Capital
• French AI startup Mistral AI completed a $415 million financing, led by Andreessen Horowitz
• Fintech company Ramp completed a $300 million financing, led by Thrive Capital and others
• Wormhole completed a $2.25 billion financing at a valuation of $25 billion and established a new company, Wormhole Labs
• CoreWeave completed a $221 million Series B financing, led by Magnetar Capital
• Cryptocurrency custody company BitGo completed a $1 billion financing at a valuation of $17.5 billion
• LINE's NFT subsidiary, LINE NEXT, completed a $140 million financing
• Bitcoin and blockchain infrastructure company Blockstream completed a $125 million financing through convertible notes and secured loans
• Cross-chain interoperability protocol LayerZero completed a $120 million Series B financing at a valuation of $30 billion
• Hardware wallet Ledger completed a €100 million financing at a valuation of €13 billion

There were a total of 97 investment and financing events in the tens of millions, with 20 disclosed financing amounts of $50 million and above. The following are ten noteworthy projects:

• DWF Labs announced a partnership with the Algorand Foundation, including the purchase of $50 million worth of ALGO tokens to provide liquidity for the Algorand ecosystem
• Sei Network raised $50 million for its ecosystem fund, with investments from Bitget and Foresight Ventures
• Ethereum Layer 2 network Scroll, based on ZK Rollup, completed a $50 million financing
• Bitcoin mining enterprise Core Scientific announced that Bitmain has agreed to invest $53.9 million in the company to expand their long-term partnership
• On-chain IP protocol Story completed a $25 million Series A financing led by a16z, with a total financing amount exceeding $54 million
• AI metaverse startup Futureverse completed a $54 million Series A financing, led by 10T Holdings
• Game company Believer, founded by former Riot executives, completed a $55 million financing, led by Lightspeed, with participation from a16z and others
• Ethereum infrastructure service Flashbots completed approximately $60 million Series B financing at a valuation of $1 billion, with participation from multiple venture capital firms, DEX, MEV supply chain participants, and several angel investors
• Silicon Valley-based network infrastructure solution provider Auradine completed an $81 million Series A financing, led by venture capital firms Celesta Capital and Mayfield
• Blockchain development platform QuickNode completed a $60 million Series B financing, led by 10T Holdings

In terms of institutions, the institutions with the most disclosed investment times in 2023 were HashKey Capital, DWF Labs, Shima Capital, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Foresight Ventures, Polygon, Animoca Brands, Big Brain Holdings, OKX Ventures, and Polychain Capital, with specific investment times and amounts as follows:

• HashKey Capital made a total of 29 investments, including 9 projects with financing in the tens of millions of US dollars, namely hi, SynFutures, iZUMi Finance, Karate Combat, AnotherBall, Forge, DigiFT, RSS3, and Matr1x.
• DWF Labs made a total of 28 investments, including 14 projects with financing over tens of millions of US dollars, namely EOS, Algorand, tomiNET, Beldex, Synthetix, Conflux, Radio Caca, Yield Guild Games (YGG), Conflux, Orbs, Alchemy Pay, RSS3, Radix Tokens, and CryptoGPT.
• Shima Capital made a total of 27 investments, including 2 projects with financing over tens of millions of US dollars, namely SupraOracles and Moxy.
• Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) made a total of 26 investments, including 16 projects with financing over tens of millions of US dollars, namely Mistral AI, LayerZero Labs, Story Protocol, Gensyn, CCP Games, Proof of Play, PLAI Labs, Bastion, Blackbird, Socket, Sound.xyz, IYK, Ideogram AI, Dynamic Labs, smlXL, and Yield Guild Games (YGG).
• Foresight Ventures made a total of 26 investments, including 9 projects with financing over tens of millions of US dollars, namely The Block, Polyhedra Network, Space ID, Mocaverse, DCS, Story Protocol, RSS3, Sei, and CyberX Project.
• Polygon made a total of 24 investments, including 6 projects with financing over tens of millions of US dollars, namely hi, Red Beard Ventures, Superplastic, Transak, Forge, and Farcana.
• Animoca Brands made a total of 22 investments, including 3 projects with financing over tens of millions of US dollars, namely Cosmic Wire, Forge, and Moxy.
• Big Brain Holdings made a total of 20 investments, with 0 projects with financing over tens of millions of US dollars.
• OKX Ventures made a total of 20 investments, including 5 projects with financing over tens of millions of US dollars, namely LayerZero Labs, Sei, Babylon, AlienSwap, and Mocaverse.
• Polychain Capital made a total of 18 investments, including 9 projects with financing over tens of millions of US dollars, namely Berachain, Manta Network, Nil Foundation, NEON Machine, Babylon, REALLY, Thetanuts Finance, Polyhedra Network, and SPACE ID.

In the cryptocurrency fund sector, a total of 17 cryptocurrency funds announced their establishment or financing of over one billion US dollars in 2023, including:

• Venom Foundation collaborated with Iceberg Capital to launch a $1 billion Web3 fund, focusing on payment, asset management, and other areas.
• HashKey Capital's third fund raised $500 million, focusing on Web3 infrastructure, tools, and other projects.
• Courtside Ventures launched a $100 million venture capital fund, investing in blockchain games and other areas.
• Steven Bartlett, founder of Web3 developer platform Thirdweb, launched a $100 million fund, investing in blockchain and other areas.
• Injective launched a $1.5 billion ecosystem plan, supported by Pantera Capital and others.
• Bain Capital Ventures raised a total of $1.9 billion through two funds.
• Crypto 1 established the C1 Secondaries Fund, aiming to invest $500 million in the secondary market of cryptocurrency, Web3, and fintech companies.
• BITKRAFT raised $220.6 million for its second token fund, with a total fundraising target of $240 million.
• Bitget launched a $100 million Web3 fund, investing in Web3 projects and related investment institutions.
• Hitachi Ventures, a subsidiary of Hitachi, established a new $300 million fund, focusing on investments in the Web3 and generative AI fields.
• Moonfire Ventures' Fund II raised $1.15 billion, investing in AI, Web3, and other areas.
• QED's two funds raised $925 million, planning to continue investing in the cryptocurrency, payment, and other fintech fields.
• Illuminate Financial raised $235 million for its third fund.
• C Capital, a fund under Hong Kong real estate tycoon Cheng Chi Kong, raised $250 million for a private equity fund.
• Singapore's Credit Saison's venture capital firm Saison Capital allocated $100 million to invest in the risk of Web2 and Web3, including continued investment in the blockchain and cryptocurrency markets.
• French investment company Serena launched a new €100 million fund, focusing on the blockchain, AI, and quantum technology fields.
• Lightspeed Faction, a blockchain-focused venture capital firm, launched a $285 million early-stage crypto fund, focusing on raising seed or Series A financing for early-stage blockchain projects.

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