GM and welcome to Dove Dispatch #33!
We decided to keep the issues short during Christmas break. We will only include the new fundraising rounds.
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Last week 35 projects announced fundraising rounds:
TreasureDAO ($3M) | Building bridges between metaverses and treasures β with participation from Merit Circle, NeonDao, Blackpool, AcadArena, Ready Player DAO, Jason Choi, Jeffrey Zirlin, Michael Arnold, Andrew Green, Kavin Stewart, DeFi Vader, Jake Becker, 1kx, Lili Feyerabend, Sando, and Ben Beath.
Port Finance ($5.3M) | A lending protocol that aims to provide an entire suite of fixed income products including variable-rate lending, fixed-rate lending, and interest rate swaps β with participation from Alameda Research, Spartan Group, Brevan Howard Asset Management, and a41 Ventures.
Cosmic Guild ($1.5M) | A passionate group of gamers, empowering our members to maximize their potential by connecting NFT capital with skilled crypto gamers β with participation from Binance Labs, DeFiance Capital, Alameda Research, and Play Ventures.
DeSyn Protocol | A DeFi protocol that allows users to create and trade pools-based assets such as ETFs/Portfolios, levered assets, and more via smart contract β with participation from OKEX, MEXC Exchange, Mirana Ventures, Bibox Exchange, TRON Foundation, LD Capital, Spark Digital Capital, Mentha Partners, Kosmos Ventures, Asymmetries Technologies, PAKA, Outliers Fund, CoinSummer, Consensus Lab, Azdag, LucidBlue Ventures, Ticker Capital, TokenInsight, CatcherVC, Everest Ventures, Lancer Capital, and TKX Capital.
Elfin Kingdom ($5.25M) | Quests, combats and more β with participation from Binance Labs, Alameda Research, Merit Circle, Good Games Guild, and BAYZ.
Gear Technologies ($12M) | An advanced WASM based smart contract platform aimed to be a Polkadot / Kusamanetwork parachain β with participation from Blockchange Ventures, Three Arrows Capital, Lemniscap, Distributed Global, The LAO, Mechanism Capital, Bitscale Capital, Spartan Group, Hashkey Capital, Elysium Venture Capital, Signum Capital, and DI Ventures.
Arcade ($15M) | A DeFi lending platform leading the financialization of NFTs β with participation from Pantera Capital, Castle Island Ventures, Franklin Templeton Investments, Zac Prince, Richard Ma, Lemniscap, Golden Tree Asset Management, Eniac Ventures, Protofund, and Probably Nothing Capital.
B.Protocol ($2.2M) | An automated, transparent, user-based backstop solution for DeFiβ with participation from 1kx, Robot Ventures, Spartan Group, Primitive Ventures, Angel DAO, Jai Bhavnani, Ryan Adams, Cyrus Younessi, CKiller, and MonetSupply.
Socean ($5.75M) | A decentralised, algorithmic stake pool for the Solana blockchain β with participation from Dragonfly Capital, CMS Holdings, DeFiance Capital, Foundation Capital, Genblock Capital, Infinite Capital, Jump Capital, Marin Digital Ventures, Mgnr, Ratio Ventures, ROK Capital, Sequoia Capital, Solana Capital, Valhalla Capital, Julian Koh, Francesco Agosti, James Moreau, Cindy Leow, James Simpson, SOLBig Brain, and Cozomo de Medici.
MomentoNFT ($4M) | Own the moments that matter. Direct-to-Fan NFT Social Network β with participation from Cadenza Ventures, FTX, Animoca Brands, and Mark Pincus.
Atlas DEX ($6M) | Solana's first cross-chain liquidity aggregator β with participation from Huobi Capital, 0x Ventures, 3Commas, Solidity Ventures, GBV Capital, Bixin Ventures, Paramount Capital, Genblock Capital, GSR, Momentum 6, Solar Eco Fund, and AU21 Capital.
SPACE ($7M) | The commerce Metaverse β with participation from CoinFund, Dapper Labs, Digital Currency Group, Animoca Brands, and HOF Capital.
Tibles ($3M) | Making digital collecting as authentic and fulfilling as physical collecting β with participation from CoinFund, Dapper Labs, Cadenza Ventures, Warburg Serres, Dominance Ventures, and Alumni Ventures Group.
Shakepay ($20M) | A technology company that provides financial applications for building wealth
Crypto Fight Club ($2.7M) | 3D NFT pixel-based game designed to kick ass β with participation from Shima Capital, AU21 Capital, X21 Digital, Everse Capital, The Ring Boxing Community, GBV Capital, and Raptor Capital.
Imperium Empires ($2.1M) | World's first AAA GameFi 2.0 space metaverse β with participation from GBV Capital, Three Arrows Capital, Avalanche Foundation, AVATAR, Avalaunch, A&T Capital, CMS Holdings, COLONY, Keychain Capital, Kyros Ventures, Muhabbit Capital, Paramount Capital, and TPS Capital.
Multichain ($60M) | Cross-Chain Router Protocol (CRP), envisioned to be the ultimate router for Web3 β with participation from Binance Labs, Sequoia Capital, IDG Capital, Three Arrows Capital, DeFiance Capital, Circle, TRON Foundation, Hypersphere Ventures, Primitive Ventures, Magic Ventures, and Hashkey Capital.
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Credix ($2.5M) | A decentralized credit platform that gives borrowers in emerging countries access to previously untapped capital β with participation from Cumberland, ParaFi Capital, Solana Ecosystem Fund, Solana Capital, Parrot Finance, Mgnr, Mercurial Finance, Petrock Capital, Fuse Capital, Transfero, Jonas Huskic, Matsu Hyoshi, Siong Ong, Marcus Maute, and Thomas Beauchemin.
Interlay ($6.5M) | Enables you to invest, earn and pay with BTC on any blockchain via a decentralized open-source protocol β with participation from Nexo, Signum Capital, DFG , KR1, IOSG Ventures, Hypersphere Ventures, and D1 Ventures.
RSS3 | The feed of Web3 β with participation from CoinShares, Coinbase Ventures, Dragonfly Capital, Mask Network, Hashkey Capital, Fabric Ventures, Arweave, Dapper Labs, AVATAR, YouBi Capital, Headline, Formless Capital, imToken Ventures, Balaji Srinivasan, Jeff Zirlin, Miss βΏitcoin, Hash Global, SevenX Ventures, Fundamental Labs, Continue Capital, Sky9 Capital, Winkrypto, Rhizome DAO, Atlas Capital, Incuba Alpha Labs, Longling Capital, EM3 DAO, y2z Ventures, and HoneyDAO.
PlayerOne ($3.2M) | A metaverse integrating tool, social scenes, market, and P2E Project β with participation from Susquehanna International Group, GameFi, and The9.
Metamall ($4.6M) | A first-of-its-kind virtual reality (VR) experience on the blockchain, allowing users to build, explore, and trade in their very own virtual mall β with participation from 316VC, MarsVC, W.L.I. Capital, BullPerks, HVS Ventures, and CCK Ventures.
GhostMarket ($2M) | The first cross-chain NFT marketplace. Buy, sell, create and discover rare digital collectibles β with participation from ZBS Capital, MEXC Exchange, NEO EcoFund, Dragon Roark Venture, COZ, Aza Group, and Scorpio VC.
Render Network ($30M) | A peer-to-peer service for providing 3D rendering power β with participation from Multicoin Capital, Alameda Research, Sfermion, Solana Foundation, Vinny Lingham, and Bill Lee.
Talent Protocol ($1.5M) | A social token that allows you to back talent you believe in and be rewarded when they succeed β with participation from Protocol Labs, Good News Ventures, and Flori Ventures.
Dogami ($6M) | The world's first petaverse β with participation from Ubisoft, Animoca Brands, SΓ©bastien Borget, Arthur Madrid, XAnge, Blockchain Founders Fund, GHAF Capital Partners, and Draper Goren Holm.
StarSharks ($4.8M) | A shark-themed metaverse defined and shared by the community with a sustainable economic system β with participation from 3Commas, AC Capital, Binance Labs, Banter Capital, Bas1s.Ventures, Basics Capital, Bigcoin Capital, DAO Maker, Everest Ventures, Everse Capital, ExNetwork Capital, Forward Analytics, Gate.io, GeekCartel, Genblock Capital, Hyperedge Capital, Drops Ventures, Jsquare, Kirin Fund, Krypital Group, KuCoin Labs, LD Capital, Momentum 6, MarketAcross, NGC Ventures, Redline DAO, Skyman Ventures, SL2 Capital, Titans Ventures, Unix, Vendetta Capital, Winkrypto, YBB Foundation, Infinity Ventures Crypto, and YGGSEA.
Debond ($500k) | A Bond-based decentralized monetary model β with participation from Bixin Ventures, Spark Digital Capital, CollinStar, ExNetwork Capital, HOT Labs, Waterdrip Capital, Lotus Capital, CryptoDormFund, and Wave Capital.
Figment ($110M) | Making it simple for token holders and developers to use, build and govern blockchains β with participation from Thomas Bravo, Counterpoint Global, ParaFi Capital, Avon Ventures, Bitstamp, Two Sigma Ventures, Mirae Asset Global Investments, Franklin Templeton Investments, DTCP, CMS Holdings, Binance Labs, StarkWare, 2TM, Binance.US, Bonfire Ventures, Anchorage Digital, BlockFi, Voyager Digital Ltd, Raptor Group, Declaration Partners, Warburg Serres, HOF Capital, L1 Digital, Wicklow Capital, IRONGREY, Notion, Quiet Capital, Chaos Ventures, Atreides Management, Hazoor, Cobalt, True Equity, Willoughby Capital, Appworks, Standard Investments, Liberty City Ventures, Senator Investment Group, and B Capital.
Metadome ($4M) | A metaverse that provides the no-code infrastructure to millions of creators and brands to build immersive experiences for the virtual world β with participation from Seedrs, 100x Entrepreneurs, Chiratae Ventures, Lenskart, and Prashant Pitti.
Cherry ($2.9M) | A blockchain network designed specifically for media activities, with the goal of empowering artists to express themselves β with participation from Varys Capital, Shima Capital, Protocol Ventures, Dutch Crypto Investors, and Coral Capital.
Cowboy Snake ($2.1M) | The TvT play-to-earn game inspired by snake on blockchain β with participation from UFIN, Tienthuattoan Capital, ThuanCapital, OrenCT Ventures, Onus, MoniHub, MEXC Exchange, KiwiGROUP, and Krypital Group.
Rvvup | Building the global infrastructure to enable the interoperability of both the centralized and Web 3 decentralized financial systems, empowering billions of people with more choice, and businesses with faster settlement and lower costs
Acknoledger ($300k) | A Global Consortium that maps, monetize, and distributes Web 3.0 Digital Assets Seamlessly across all the Metaverses and Gaming NFTs β with participation from Eximius Ventures.
VRYNT ($1.5M) | Brings the power of e-Commerce based NFT monetization to the Metaverse β with participation from Jaycen Joshua, Steve Miller, and Eric Meyer.
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