Dove Dispatch #37 - Polkadot (Part 2)
Is $DOT's Popularity Driving Polkadot Ecosystem Investment?
Continued from Part 1.
Last week 38 projects announced fundraising rounds:
Unblocked ($10M) | NFT applications that enable music & entertainment brands to build meaningful value for their communities — with participation from Tiger Global Management, Penske Media Corp., Electric Feel Entertainment, Primary Wave Music, Dapper Labs, Oaktree Capital Management, Marcy Venture Partners, BAM Ventures, BCapital, M13, Defy VC, GFT Ventures, Crosscut Ventures, 21 Shares, Sandbox Studios, Shawn Mendes, Roham Gharegozlou, George Ruan, Farhad Mohit, Brian Thomas, and Andrew Gertler.
FTX ($400M) | A cryptocurrency derivatives exchange company built by traders, for traders — with participation from SoftBank, Paradigm, Tiger Global Management, and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan.
MetaDojo ($3M) | NFT premises ready for your website & Metaverse — with participation from DFG , OKX, NGC Ventures, Altonomy, Jsquare, Walsh Wealth Ventures, Good Games Labs, PAKA, NFT Technologies, IBC Group, LD Capital, TsingTing Capital, Vendetta Capital, AZer Capital, Illusionist Group, ExNetwork Capital, and OnBlock Ventures.
Phantom ($109M) | A friendly Solana wallet built for DeFi & NFTs — with participation from Paradigm, Andreessen Horowitz, Variant, Solana Capital, and Jump Crypto.
Footprint Analytics ($1.5M) | An all-in-one analysis platform to visualize blockchain data and discover insights — with participation from IOSG Ventures, NGC Ventures, ArkStream Capital, YouBi Capital, SevenX Ventures, Puzzle Ventures, Jary Ngan, and Avi Zurlo.
PRISM | Enabling users to split digital assets into yield and principal components, unleashing the next level of DeFi composability — with participation from Hashed, Jump Crypto, and Terra.
Swing ($6M) | A cross-chain liquidity and bridge protocol — with participation from Republic, Celer, Bitcoin.com, and Morningstar Ventures.
Space Falcon ($4M) | Intergalactic metaverse featuring PvP space shooter game with premium Sci-Fi NFTs — with participation from Solar Eco Fund, Momentum 6, Maven Capital, Lavender Capital, OKX, Magnus Capital, Unanimous Capital, Basics Capital, ExNetwork Capital, Peech Capital, Good Games Labs, Cyclical Ventures, and ZBS Capital.
OptyFi ($2.4M) | AI-powered protocol helps you to generate wealth in DeFi — with participation from Dialectic Capital, Stratos Technologies, Octava, Wave Financial, 0x Ventures, and Platinum Fund.
StarryNift | The first gamified massive creation platform and launchpad for fun digital collectibles — with participation from Binance Labs.
Galaxy Blitz ($10M) | A Play-To-Earn strategy NFT game where you lead the descendants of humanity to forge a new empire — with participation from Conflux, IoTeX, BitMart, Amplio Capital, Bybit, Gate.io, LBank, Enjinstarter, NFTb, and MoonCarl.
ArthSwap ($1.5M) | A one-stop Defi protocol aiming to become a leading DEX on Astar Network — with participation from DFG, LongHash Ventures, and Next Web Capital.
RELATION | Make socializing easy in Web3, make Web3 easy for everyone — with participation from Hashkey Capital, SNZ Holding, Signum Capital, SpringWind Ventures, DRK Lab, Nothing Research, and Winkrypto.
BlockPI ($3M) | A Distributed Multi-chain Acceleration Layer, providing high performance and reliable RPC services for Web3 — with participation from NGC Ventures, Hashkey Capital, Continue Capital, SNZ Holding, Shima Capital, CMS Holdings, Old Fashion Research, LD Capital, MathWallet, StaFi, LucidBlue Ventures, Jocy Lin, and Roger Luo.
Aleph Zero ($2.9M) | A peer-reviewed DAG platform that is scalable, fast, and developer-friendly — with participation from JUN Capital, Petrock Capital, Genblock Capital, Node Kapital, BlackDragon Capital, Block54, BlockUnify, Master Ventures, and Supernova Fund.
Astar Network ($22M) | The Polkadot-native dApp hub supporting Ethereum, WebAssembly, dApp Staking, and Layer2 solutions — with participation from Polychain Capital, Alameda Research, Alchemy, Crypto.com Capital, Animal Ventures, DFG, GSR, ROK Capital, Scytale Ventures, Vessel Capital, Injective Protocol, Gavin Wood, Richard Ma, and Keisuke Honda.
MyContainer ($6M) | A platform for easy staking — with participation from Mapleblock Capital, Shima Capital, Bybit, Mirana Ventures, Spartan Group, viaBTC Capital, Bixin Ventures, DFG , Prime Ventures, Jsquare, LD Capital, Bogdan Dinu, Vladyslav Skakun, Genie Chien, Daniel Kaczmarek, Lukasz Swiercz, and Bartosz Pucek.
Fireblocks ($550M) | An all-in-one platform to store, transfer, and issue digital assets across your entire ecosystem — with participation from D1 Capital Partners, Spark Capital, General Atlantic, Index Ventures, Mammoth, CapitalG, Altimeter Capital, ParaFi Capital, ICONIQ Growth, Sequoia Capital, Coatue Management, Ribbit Capital, BNY Mellon, Paradigm, and SCB 10X.
CoinTracker ($100M) | Track your crypto portfolio & taxes — with participation from Accel, Coinbase Ventures, Kraken, Intuit Ventures, General Catalyst, Initialized Capital, Y Combinator Continuity, Seven Seven Six, Gokul Rajaram, Claire Hughes Johnson, Jeremy Liew, Alex Bouaziz, Garry Tan, and Alexis Ohanian.
Solv Protocol | The pioneer of financial NFTs — with participation from Binance Labs.
Corite ($6.2M) | Release your music, get funding and share the success with your fans — with participation from ChromaWay, Kyros Ventures, KuCoin Labs, and Charles Goldstuck.
FTX US ($400M) | A cryptocurrency derivatives exchange company built by traders, for traders — with participation from Paradigm, Temasek, NEA, Multicoin Capital, Tribe Capital, Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, SoftBank, Greenoaks Capital, Steadview Capital, and Lightspeed Venture Partners.
DROPP GG ($8M) | Geo-based minting, Land, and AR, developed with usable NFTs — with participation from Animoca Brands, Three Arrows Capital, DeFiance Capital, Alameda Research, Spartan Group, Genblock Capital, Anti Fund, Kevin Lin, and Dan Dinh.
Superdao ($10.5M) | Modern infrastructure for DAOs — with participation from SignalFire, Alliance DAO, DIGITAL, One Block Capital, Fika Ventures, Pear VC, Shima Capital, Great Oaks, Norwest Venture Partners, Fifty Years, Circle, Protocol Labs, VentureSouq, Integrated Ventures, Fundamental Labs, Soma Capital, Web3 Capital, Gen Z Ventures, Lemniscap, Otherwise Fund, Eniac Ventures, Sponsor VC, Liberty City Ventures, FinSight Ventures, Designer Fund, Magic Fund, Jesse Clayburgh, Jude Gomila, Immad Akhund, Anton Bukov, Sriram Krishnan, Sergej Kunz, Christophe Lassuyt, John Pfeffer, Derek Callow, Shiyan Koh, Verity Coltman, and others.
Blockdaemon ($207M) | A blockchain deployment facilitator that manages nodes and payment rails for blockchain networks — with participation from Sapphire Ventures, Tiger Global Management, SoftBank, Boldstart Ventures, StepStone Group, Matrix Capital Management, Lerer Hippeau, Kenetic, and Galaxy Digital.
KLKTN ($6.4M) | A curated music, manga, and art NFT platform connecting creators with fans through special experiences — with participation from Katsunori Sago, Animoca Brands, Dapper Labs, and Joi Ito.
Colizeum ($8.4M) | Shortcut for mobile game developers to implement blockchain-based economy — with participation from Deribit, SevenX Ventures, Axia8 Ventures, LD Capital, Genblock Capital, ZBS Capital, TPS Capital, Momentum 6, DWeb3 Capital, X21 Digital, Profluent Ventures, Redline DAO, Good Games Guild, CRT Capital, AU21 Capital, Pluto Digital Assets, Basics Capital, Tokenomik, Dutch Crypto Investors, MofeFI, Kernel Ventures, Novabit Capital, ConnectIco Capital, Seed Thrift Ventures, and Kenzo Ventures.
RAILGUN ($10M) | A smart contract that brings privacy to cryptocurrencies and DeFi — with participation from Digital Currency Group.
Cricket Star Manager ($2M) | A Play-to-Earn mobile-first cricket manager game — with participation from Black Edge Capital, GBV Capital, Ethernal Labs, Banter Capital, Spark Digital Capital, Solidity Ventures, Vorto Gaming, Paribus Ventures, Maven Capital, Stakely VC, Prometeus Labs, and Oddiyana Ventures.
HAL ($3M) | The digital asset management platform — with participation from CoinFund, Eden Block, Animoca Brands, Hashkey Capital, Wintermute, SkyVision Capital, imToken Ventures, Bitcoin.com, and Brevan Howard Asset Management.
BasicBlock ($78M) | A mobile application for truck drivers to scan and upload documents for quick and easy payment — with participation from Autotech Ventures, Clear Haven Capital Management, Emergent Venture, Nelnet, SaaS Ventures, and TNT Ventures.
Project Galaxy ($10M) | Discover infinite possibilities in Web3 with Credential Data Network — with participation from Multicoin Capital, Dragonfly Capital, Spartan Group, Sky9 Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Binance, C Squared Ventures, Lattice, Mirana Ventures, Folius Ventures, Solana Capital, Jump Capital, Alameda Research, Sfermion, Hashkey Capital, 6th Man Ventures, Zee
Prime Capital, Smrti Lab, Mask Network, Draper Dragon, Injective Protocol, Cultur3 Capital, Matrixport, APENFT , Republic, Shima Capital, and Evernew Capital.
Flint ($5.1M) | Providing simple diversification to crypto users with returns up to 13% per annum on stable coins, without any lock-in period — with participation from Sequoia Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Better Capital, IOSG Ventures, Antler, Saison Capital, Hashed, Titan Capital, MSA Capital, Global Founders Capital, Kunal Shah, Sandeep Nailwal, Jaynti Kanani, Do Kwon, Nitin Gupta, Kunal Bahl, Rohit Bansal, Tanmay Bhat, Akshay BD, Abhishek Nag, chainyoda.eth, Marc Bhargava, Prakhar Khanduja, Chris Zeoli, Utsav Somani, Kushal Bhagia, Farid Ahsan, Prakhar Agarwal, Maninder Gulati, Rahul Dalmia, Aayush Gupta, SJ Park, Aditya Nagarsheth, Puneet Kumar, Aakash Kumar, Akshay Chaturvedi, Rakesh Yadav, Abhishek Goyal, Anmol, Gaurav Dahake, Ajinkya Kulkarni, Anurag Prasad, Sarbvir Singh, Krishnan Menon, and Madhusudhan Ramakrishnan.
Atomic Form ($4.5M) | Hardware and Software for NFTs and Web3 media — with participation from SinoGlobal Capital, SamsungNext, Wave Financial, Mechanism Capital, Animoca Brands, ThankYouX, Brendan Dawes, Jose N. Silva, Parallel, Duncan Cock Foster, bitcoinPalmer, Jenna Larson, Andrew Steinthal, Darryl Lau, Zac Prince, Darren Lau, 0xMaki, Jordan Lyall, Michael Sofaer, fomosaurus, gmoneyNFT, Tom Yi, nft now, Tim Beiko, HanDAO, and Focus Labs.
BreederDAO ($10M) | The NFT asset factory of blockchain games — with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Delphi Digital, Hashed, Com2uS, Infinity Ventures Crypto, Yield Guild Games, Mechanism Capital, Sfermion, Ascensive Assets, Bitscale Capital, Mentha Partners, Firex Capital, The LAO, Longling Capital, Morningstar Ventures, and Emfarsis.
Eaglebrook Advisors ($20M) | Crypto for Wealth Management, Asset Managers, and Institutional Investors — with participation from Castle Island Ventures, Brewer Lane Ventures, Gemini , Avon Ventures, Jump Capital, Sybil Capital, Marty Bicknell, Ric Edelman, Mark Casady, and Joe Mrak.
Kleoverse ($1.2M) | The DAO working platform— with participation from byFounders, Sfermion, Ville Vesterinen, and Equilibrium.
BCB Group ($60M) | The leading Europe payment services provider for cryptocurrency and blockchain institutions — with participation from Foundation Capital, Circle, Backed, PayU, Digital Currency Group, Nexo, Wintermute, Menai Financial Group, tokentus investment AG, Cowa Ventures, Profluent Ventures, LAUNCHub Ventures, North Island Ventures, Blockchain.com, Rockaway Blockchain Fund, Pantera Capital, and L1 Digital.
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