News list for " lead investment"
Universal, a cross-chain asset packaging protocol, completed a $9 million funding round led by a16z. This round of financing will be used to scale the business and strengthen the front-end user experience in addition to continuing to distribute new assets through other DApps. The long-term goal of the Universal team is to make its packaged asset service as popular as WBTC (packaged bitcoin).
Talus Network, a decentralized AI protocol, has raised $6 million in a strategic funding round led by Polychain Capital, valuing it at $150 million. The funding will help further grow the Talus ecosystem, including Protochain, the Nexus framework and the "AI dating experience" app.
Stablecoin infrastructure platform Noble completed a $15 million Series A round led by Paradigm. Noble has partnered with stablecoin issuers such as Circle, Ondo Finance, Hashnote Labs and Monerium, and currently manages assets of over $458 million.
Privacy blockchain project Nillion has raised $25 million in a funding round led by Hack VC, with Arbitrum, Worldcoin and Sei also participating. Nillion is trying to attract projects at the intersection of blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) that need to securely share and store large amounts of data. Blockchain converges with AI by attempting to decentralize ownership and leverage the data required by AI engines, preventing it from being dominated by a few centralized entities.
Plasma Network raised $3.50 million in funding led by Bitfinex, with participation from Christian Angermayer and venture capital firms Split Capital, Anthos Capital, Karatage and Manifold Trading. Paolo Ardoino, CTO of Bitfinex and CEO of Tether, also backed the project. The chain will be fully compatible with the Ethereum Virtual Machine, meaning it can run any Ethereum-compatible smart contract to provide a solution that extends Bitcoin's functionality.
Hemi Labs raised $15 million in a funding round led by Binance Labs to launch a modular blockchain. Participants in this round also include Crypto.com, Web3 Ventures, HyperChain Capital, Alchemy, SALT Fund, Kelly Investments, Sunflower Capital, DNA Fund, Gate Ventures, Quantstamp, TRGC, BTC INC, Artichoke Capital, Cypher Capital, SNZ Holding, C6E, IBG Capital, Protein Capital, MON Ventures, SV5, Impossible Finance, Jihan Wu, George Burke and Sonny Sing...
1. Titan Network completed a seed round of financing, led by Arrington Capital; 2. DeFi abstract platform Infinit completed 6 million US dollars financing, and Electric Capital participated in the investment; 3. Decentralized music streaming platform Tune.fm 50 million dollars, Animoca Brands and others participated; 4. Gas cost optimization tool GasHawk completed the $1.60 million Pre-Seed round of financing, and 3SEHoldings participated in the investment; 5. Solana ecological DeFi project Carr...
Solayer raised $12 million in a seed round led by Polychain Capital, with other investors including Big Brain Holdings, Hack VC, Nomad Capital, Race Capital, ABCDE and Maelstrom, the family office of Arthur Hayes. Co-founder Rachel Chu revealed that the round closed in May and was structured as a Simple Future Equity Agreement (SAFE) with token warrants. Chu added that the round enabled Sol...
1. Moonveil completes Pre-A round of financing, led by Spartan; 2. TON ecological project TONX announced that it received 4 million US dollars in financing; 3.AI liquidity allocation agreement Quantlytica completed 1 million Euro financing; 4. UniWorlds, a chain game infrastructure provider, completed a seed round of financing, led by unisat; 5. ZK order book Vessel completed the $10 million seed round financing, and Sequoia Capital participated in the investment; 6. L2 project LYNC completed th...
Cryptocurrency lending protocol Morpho has raised $50 million in a strategic funding round led by Ribbit Capital, an early investor in fintech companies such as Robinhood, Revolut and Coinbase. Also participating in the private token sale are a16z crypto, Coinbase Ventures, Variant, Pantera, Brevan Howard, BlockTower and Kraken Ventures.
