Highlights of This Issue
According to incomplete statistics from PANews, there were 4 investment and financing events in the global blockchain sector last week (2025.12.29-2026.1.4), with a total funding scale exceeding $42.6 million. The overview is as follows:
- DeFi reported 1 investment and financing event, with the RWA fixed income market Haven completing seed round financing at a valuation of $30 million, with participation from Candaq and others;
- The Web3+AI sector reported 1 investment and financing event, with the emerging platform AIAV, which integrates AI and Web3, completing $4 million in financing, with investors including Animoca Brands;
- Other Web3 applications reported 2 investment and financing events, including the cryptocurrency rewards platform SocialGood Inc. completing approximately $5.63 million in Series B financing.
DeFi
RWA fixed income market Haven completes seed round financing at a valuation of $30 million, with participation from Candaq and others
The RWA fixed income market Haven announced the completion of its seed round financing at a valuation of $30 million, with investors including Candaq, Apus Capital, ZC Capital, and BlockPulse Digital Asset Management. Haven aims to build a transparent and programmable on-chain RWA fixed income market by bringing traditional low-volatility, predictable yield assets onto the blockchain, establishing fixed income as a foundational layer of on-chain finance. Currently, Haven has launched U.S. Treasury products, allowing users to access on-chain Treasury yields using USDT, USDC, and USD1.
AI
Web3+AI platform AIAV completes $4 million financing
The emerging platform AIAV, which integrates AI and Web3, has completed $4 million in financing, with investors including Animoca Brands, DuckDAO, Castrum Capital, VistaLabs, Edimus Capital, Bedrock Ventures, Notch Ventures, Gemhead Capital, R&G Capital, and Alpha Capital. This round of financing will primarily be used for product development and ecosystem expansion.
AIAV's technological foundation includes a Decentralized Learning Framework and Data to Value Pipeline, enabling users to truly own and train AI models in a decentralized environment and benefit from their own conversational data. The project employs a paralinguistic learning model that not only understands textual content but also captures linguistic features such as tone emphasis, rhythm, and style; it also coordinates interactions among multiple roles through the x402 protocol to achieve a more authentic multi-role dialogue experience.
Meta acquires AI application developer Manus for billions, creating a butterfly effect
Meta has acquired the company Manus, which develops AI applications, for billions of dollars. This is Meta's third-largest acquisition since its establishment, following WhatsApp and ScaleAI. It is reported that before the acquisition, Manus was in a new round of financing at a valuation of $2 billion. Liu Yuan, a partner at ZhenFund and an angel investor in Manus, stated that the acquisition negotiations were completed in a very short time, taking only about ten days. Manus and Meta Platforms (META.O) each released statements on their respective official websites announcing Manus's joining of Meta, without disclosing specific transaction details.
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Kimi has completed $500 million in Series C financing, with a post-financing valuation of $4.3 billion. IDG led the round with $150 million, and existing shareholders including Alibaba, Tencent, and Wang Huiwen oversubscribed; Wang Huiwen has invested a total of $70 million. CEO Yang Zhilin stated that the company has cash reserves exceeding 10 billion RMB and is not in a hurry to IPO. Kimi is promoting membership fees through its Agent product "OK Computer," with overseas API revenue increasing fourfold since November; the global paid user growth rate is 170% month-on-month. The new funds will be used to expand graphics card capacity and accelerate K3 model training, aiming to catch up with the cutting edge at the pre-training level and focus on Agent commercialization.
(Not included in this financing weekly report)
Other
Tokyo-based cryptocurrency rewards platform SocialGood Inc. announced the completion of 880 million yen (approximately $5.63 million) in Series B financing, bringing its total financing amount to 2.4 billion yen (approximately $15.35 million). This round of financing raised 880 million yen through third-party directed capital increases (such as i-nest capital) and loans. The company plans to use the new funds to further strengthen its internal management system and governance structure. According to the end, the platform provided by SocialGood aggregates e-commerce sites such as eBay, Walmart, and Booking.com, as well as mobile games like "Rise of Kingdoms" and "Ball Sort." Users can accumulate cryptocurrency rewards such as Bitcoin for free by purchasing goods or services through the platform.
MMA completes $3 million private placement financing to build Web3 platform, with participation from Donald Trump Jr.
The American mixed martial arts company MMA announced the completion of $3 million in private placement financing through the issuance of 4,285,714 Series A preferred shares, led by American Ventures LLC. Donald Trump Jr., who currently serves as a strategic advisor to the company, participated in the financing. The new funds will be used to build MMA's Web3 platform and support development within a broader Web3 ecosystem, as well as accelerate platform expansion.
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