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Last week 36 projects announced fundraising rounds:
BuzzAR ($3.8M) | Augmenting places and faces, empowering the next billion users within a little universe β with participation from F50 Elevate, Ian Wilson, and Peter Hlavnicka.
Chillchat ($1.85M) | A pixel art NFT metaverse, a vast collection of virtual worlds, made entirely by its players β with participation from Solana Capital, Animoca Brands, FTX, Griffin Gaming Partners, PKO Investments, A&T Capital, YGG SEA, Infinity Ventures Crypto, and Diamond Hands Ventures.
Arkon Energy ($2.6M) | Renewable energy to Bitcoin. More profitable, more of the time β with participation from Kestrel 0x1, and Linked Group Services.
Jambo ($7.5M) | Empowering the next generation of Africans via web3 β with participation from Tiger Global Management, Three Arrows Capital, Alliance DAO, Alameda Research, Delphi Digital, Polygon Studios, DeFiance Capital, Hashed, Yield Guild Games, UOB Venture, Signum Capital, Mirana Ventures, QCP Capital, Genblock Capital, LongHash Ventures, Impossible Finance, Avocado DAO, GuildFi, Folius Ventures, TPS Capital, Kronos Research, GSR, Morningstar Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Brevan Howard Asset Management, Santiago R. Santos, Ryan Selkis, Gabby Dizon, Do Kwon, Jordan Momtazi, Jihan Wu, 0xMaki, and Alan Howard.
Helium ($200M) | An Internet-of-Things developer platform for building the network and transferring IoT device data. β with participation from Tiger Global Management, and FTX.
Amber Group ($200M) | Optimizing investment flexibility, maximizing investment returns, and delivering long-lasting value for our clients β with participation from Temasek, Sequoia Capital, Pantera Capital, Tiger Global Management, Tru Arrow Partners, and Coinbase Ventures.
Heroes of Mavia ($2.5M) | The first AAA Blockchain Base Builder Game β with participation from Crypto.com Capital, Hashkey Capital, Merit Circle, GuildFi, YGG SEA, and Avocado Guild.
Voltage Finance ($3.4M) | All-in-one decentralized finance platform on Fuse Network β with participation from Spark Capital, Shima Capital, Collider Ventures, GBV Capital, ExNetwork Capital, Blockchain Founders Fund, Node Capital, Sheesha Finance, LVT Capital, MVST:MG, Angel DAO, ZBS Capital, Metavest Capital, Alpha Sigma Capital, Tectona, and TRGC.
Mecha Morphing ($2M) | A next-generation violence aesthetic combat strategy game β with participation from YGG SEA, Infinity Ventures Crypto, Sfermion, Shima Capital, AC Capital, LucidBlue Ventures, Momentum 6, Maven Capital, 8186 Capital, y2z Ventures, ZBS Capital, Spark Digital Capital, HG Ventures, 3Commas, Mirana Ventures, AU21 Capital, NFV, CoinW, Good Games Guild, Suji Yan, and Innovion.
tiiik ($5.2M) | A one-stop digital wallet enabling you to save, spend and earn β with participation from Jump Capital, Global Founders Capital, FinTech Collective, B Digital, Decision Tree Capital, Investible, LedgerPrime, 0x Ventures, Athena Ventures, Double Peak, Valhalla Capital, Parsiq, Gate.io, NxGen, Waterdrip Capital, Alvin Singh, Bosco Tan, Heslin Kim, Jonty Kelt, Lucas He, and Digital Asset Capital Management.
JuiceBox ($800k) | A governance minimization protocol that provides community funding for individuals and projects in the BSC chain β with participation from MGC Venture Capital, Cloud Hashrate, Bastion Guild Games, Unionblock VC, and Butterfly Capital.
Symbiosis Finance | A multi-chain liquidity enabler β with participation from Binance Labs.
DeHorizon | Bridging the gap between great artists, independent developers, and award-winning celebrities, including the development, promotion, and distribution of blockchain-based games to make DeHorizon an interactive and decentralized Metaverse Game Ecosystem β with participation from Griffin Gaming Partners, and Circle.
Multis ($7M) | Providing financial services for companies holding euros, dollars, and cryptocurrencies β with participation from Sequoia Capital, Long Journey Ventures, Sound Ventures, UDHC, Paul Veradittakit, Ryan Selkis, Diogo Monica, eFounders, Y Combinator, and White Star Capital.
LaCollection ($10M) | NFT Platform certified by the world's greatest museums and artists β with participation from Alven, AglaΓ© Ventures, Cygni Capital, Kima Ventures, Artnova, Motier Ventures, Premier Janvier Capital, LIAN Group, Nicolas Julia, Adrien Montfort, and Thomas France.
Dexalot ($7M) | The first CLOB DEX on Avalanche β with participation from Blizzard Fund, Avalaunch, COLONY, BENQI, AVentures DAO, Avascan, Republic, GSR, Muhabbit Capital, Woodstock Fund, and Maven Capital.
Ref Finance ($4.8M) | Multi-purpose DeFi platform built on NEAR Protocol β with participation from Jump Crypto, Alameda Research, Dragonfly Capital, D1 Ventures, OKX, KuCoin Labs, SevenX Ventures, Woo Network, MOVE Capital, and Puzzle Ventures.
Bullieverse ($4M) | Open world metaverse platform β with participation from Fundamental Labs, OKX, ExNetwork Capital, 6th Man Ventures, Good Games Guild, LD Capital, Spark Digital Capital, Shima Capital, DWeb3 Capital, GravityX Capital, CΒ² Ventures, Jsquare, Gate.io, and Rainmaker Games.
Titan Mining ($250k) | Powerful software and services for crypto mining at scale β with participation from DFG.
Shade Protocol ($5M) | An array of connected privacy-preserving DeFi applications built on Secret Network β with participation from "Figment Capital, KuCoin Labs, Composable Finance, AW3L, NGC Ventures, SkyVision Capital, a41 Ventures, SkyBridge 20 Ventures, 0x Ventures, Bison Fund, Shima Capital, Momentum 6, Basics Capital, Taureon Capital, Divergence Ventures, BoringDAO, AVentures DAO, GravityX Capital, Citadel.one, and SCRT Labs.
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Fluence Labs ($9M) | A decentralized computing network for building, hosting, and running peer-to-peer applications and protocols β with participation from Multicoin Capital, Alameda Research, Angel DAO, Arweave, Hard Yaka, LayerX, OP Crypto, Peer VC, Polymorphic Capital, Protocol Labs, Signum Capital, Stakely, StreamingFast, Tiger Global Management, UOB Venture, Zerion, Anna Vladi, Doug Petkanics, Eric Tang, Nathan Montone, Raphael Kim, Taiyang Zhang, IPFS, Filecoin, and Turing Research Network.
Gemie ($3.8M) | Asiaβs Leading Entertainment Metaverse β with participation from Shima Capital, Infinity Ventures Crypto, Kenetic, NGC Ventures, Newman Capital, Soul Capital, Spark Digital Capital, ICO Pantera, SL2 Capital, Oddiyana Ventures, Beyond Next, QUDAX, and Avstar Capital.
Fusotao Protocol ($2.4M) | A verification protocol for order-book based matching systems, using the new paradigm of "execute off-chain, verify on-chain" β with participation from D1 Ventures, SevenX Ventures, Big Brain Holdings, Octopus Network, 0x Ventures, Vespertine Capital, CeloLaunch Labs, Alpha Investment Group, and Cryptobuddy.
Housecat ($3.5M) | Democratizing crypto investment strategies for users, empowering individuals to become asset managers β with participation from BlueYard Capital, Inflection, Notation Capital, 3K VC, Marvin Ammori, Vinny Lingham, Philipp Banhardt, and Jutta Steiner.
Backdrop ($1.7M) | Connecting tokenized communities β with participation from Lemniscap, Scalar Capital, Seed Club Ventures, el cap, Betaworks, Coinbase Ventures, Carlos Gomes, Cuy Sheffield, Jonathan Hillis, CyberConnect, Alex Masmej, Julia Rosenberg, Sari Azout, Patrick Rivera, Forefront, Joyce Yang, Jenil Thakker, Nir Kabessa, Jihad Esmail, Scott Moore, Fedora Capital, Tom White, Nir Kabessa, Bhaumik Patel, TokenAngels, Spencer Kier, Louis Albiverse, Guild, Jad Esber, Chase Chapman, Odyssey DAO, Mirror, and Global Coin Research.
Cabin ($2.5M) | A decentralized city built by creators, for creators β with participation from "Balaji Srinivasan, Ellie Day, Bobby Thakkar, Trevor McFedries, Ben Lakoff, Zach Anderson, Tracheopteryx, David Phelps, Clay Coffman, David Rodriguez, Artia Moghbel, Kunal Tandon, Stew Bradley, Justin Alanis, Scott Moore, Sahil Lavingia, ReubenBramanathan, Kevin Henrikson, JJ Zhang, Abhishek Punia, Marc Weinstein, Yalor Mewn, Sky Minert, See Eun Ha, Joshua Lapidus, Gordon Gould, Spencer Graham, Brad Lichota, Harsh Patel, Jonathan Wasserstrum, Ian Lee, Gabriel Haines, and John Paller.
Ceramic ($30M) | Decentralized data network for building Web3 applications with composable data β with participation from Multicoin Capital, Union Square Ventures, Placeholder, Reciprocal Ventures, CoinFund, Jump Crypto, Figment Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Hashed, Digital Currency Group, Variant, The LAO, Dialectic Capital, Zee Prime Capital, Edge & Node, Dapper Labs, StreamingFast, MetaCartel Ventures, Protocol Labs, Animoca Brands, Collab+Currency, BlockScience, ConsenSys Ventures, Polymorphic Capital, Redbeard Ventures, Gaingels, Distributed Global, DAOSquare, Bitscale Capital, Northzone, Venrock Capital, Fenbushi Capital, Amplify Partners, and others.
Aurox ($5M) | A cryptocurrency trading terminal designed to help traders accelerate their profits β with participation from RB Capital Partners.
Banger Games ($11.3M) | A blockchain-powered gaming platform that provides its users with an array of earning possibilities β with participation from Avalanche Foundation, Shima Capital, GSR, Flori Ventures, Poolz Ventures, LucidBlue Ventures, Belobaba, CSP DAO, Halvings Capital, OIG Investment Group, Bigcoin Capital, Jaynti Kanani, G-20 Advisors AG, and David Wachsman.
DexGuru ($5M) | A Web3 trading platform that helps traders analyze data across major EVM-compatible blockchains β with participation from Shima Capital, Huobi Capital, Wintermute, Impossible Finance, Mirana Ventures, Legos Capital, HoneyDAO, Nima Capital, Incuba Alpha Labs, D1 Ventures, Woodstock Fund, Daedalus Angel Syndicate, Supernova Fund, and Cadenza Ventures.
Rainbow ($18M) | A mobile app of Ethereum wallet for managing your assets β with participation from Seven Seven Six, Thirty Five Ventures, Hyperguap, Uncommon Projects, Y Combinator, Nikita Bier, and Bloom Investment Holdings.
Suberra Protocol ($1M) | A payment infrastructure for Web 3.0 β with participation from Delphi Digital, Terra, DeFiance Capital, GT Capital, Alex Svanevik, Yenwen Feng, Nick Tong, Xinshu Dong, BigPPDAO, Snowsledge, and cpt n3mo.
AlgoTrader ($4.9M) | An institutional-grade algorithmic trading software solution available for crypto markets β with participation from SBI Investments, Fenbushi Capital, Credit Suisse Entrepreneur Capital, Verve Ventures, Quonota Investments, NeueCapital, and EOS VC Fund.
DIMO ($9M) | A user-owned IoT platform that allows drivers to collect and share their vehicle data β with participation from CoinFund, Variant, Slow Ventures, Table Management, Wonder Ventures, Stratos Technologies, Lattice, Rick Wagoner, Mark Joseph, Trevor McFederies, Amir Haleem, Kiran Bhatraju, Ro Gupta, Michael Cena, Jake Chervinsky, Mason Borda, Packy McCormick, and Streamr.
Maverick Protocol ($8M) | Protocol for decentralized permissionless trading and staking of any asset β with participation from Pantera Capital, Altonomy, Circle, CMT Digital, Coral DeFi, Gemini , GoldenTree Asset Management, Jump Crypto, LedgerPrime, Spartan Group, Taureon Capital, TRON Foundation, Advanced Blockchain AG, Apollo Capital, Shima Capital, and Valhalla Capital.
Aurigami | The noncustodial lending and borrowing haven on Aurora β with participation from Dragonfly Capital, Polychain Capital, Mechanism Capital, Amber Group, Jump Crypto, Coinbase Ventures, Alameda Research, Lemniscap, QCP Capital, DeFi Capital, Folius Ventures, D1 Ventures, Genblock Capital, Alex Shevchenko, Julian Koh, Bobby Ong, TM Lee, Matthew Tan, Alex Svanevik, and Santiago R. Santos.
G4AL ($1.36M) | The blockchain platform for the gaming community β with participation from Inveready, and Bonsai Partners.
Tartarus | Decentralized IDO launchpad for Fantom ecosystem β with participation from Black Edge Capital, Paribus Ventures, Solidity Ventures, GBV Capital, Banter Capital, Prometeus Labs, Newave Capital, Oddiyana Ventures, 3Commas, Stakely VC, and BESKAR.
Kyberdyne | The only BSC Metaverse Platform that rewards Deck-Builders with NFTs β with participation from Shima Capital, LD Capital, Skyman Ventures, Good Games Labs, AC Capital, and NFV.
Gemini | A next-generation cryptocurrency exchange and custodian that allows customers to buy, sell, store and earn digital assets β with participation from Blockchain Infrastructure Alliance.
Alpine DeFi ($1.8M) | The easiest and most affordable way to earn and grow your crypto β with participation from Alexander Pack, Jaynti Kanani, Forrest Browning, Yida Gao, Ed Roman, Daniel Nadler, Marc Bhargava, Tekin Salimi, Cecilia Li, Sabrina Hahn, Thomas Bailey, Aayush Gupta, Stanford Liu, Nathaniel Herman, Jonathan Zhou, and Erik Schluntz.
CrowdForce ($3.6M) | An offline distribution network for market research and financial services β with participation from Havaic, AAIC Holdings, and Aruwa Capital.
Trace Finance ($4.3M) | β with participation from Marcelo Sampaio, Mantis VC, Philippe Teixeira da Mota, Nordstar, Oliver Jung, HOF Capital, Ariel Arrieta, Paulo Silveira, BlockFi, and 2TM.
Nobi ($3.9M) | Your All-in-One Crypto Investing App β with participation from Appworks, Global Founders Capital, AC Ventures, Cakra Ventures, and Skystar Capital.
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