According to incomplete statistics from Odaily Planet Daily, there were 8 blockchain financing events announced at home and abroad from September 30 to October 6, a significant decrease from last week's data (19 events). The total amount of financing disclosed was approximately US$34.05 million, a significant decrease from last week's data (US$180 million).
Last week, the project that received the most investment was the AI social platform SecondLive ($12 million); followed by the Web3 game development studio Moonray Studio ($8.25 million).
The following are specific financing events (Note: 1. Sort by the amount of money announced; 2. Excludes fund raising and M&A events; 3. * indicates a "traditional" company whose business involves blockchain):
SecondLive Completes $12 Million Private Funding Round, Led by Crypto.com
On September 30, AI social platform SecondLive announced the completion of a $12 million private round of financing, led by Crypto.com, with participation from Spark Digital, Cypher Capital, MetaEstate, TAISU Ventures, NewTribe Capital, BitValue Capital, Titans Ventures, Newave Capital and CSP DAO. This round of financing brings SecondLive's total financing to $15 million, with the seed round led by Binance Labs.
Web3 game studio Moonray Studio raises $8.25 million in two rounds of funding
On October 4, Web3 multiplayer battle arena game development studio Moonray Studio announced that it had raised $8.25 million in two rounds of financing, with participation from Animoca Brands, Polygon Ventures and Cardano. It also established a game development partnership with Digital Void, a streaming content partnership with Reel FX, and user acquisition partnerships with gaming guilds such as YGG, Snack Club and Unix.
Yuanbi Technology Completes $7.8 Million Series A1 Financing, with Sequoia China, Solana Foundation and Other Participants
On September 30, according to official news, Yuanbi Technology announced the completion of a $7.8 million Series A1 financing round, with participation from Sequoia China, Hivemind Capital, Aptos Labs, Hash Global, SNZ Capital, Solana Foundation, Anagram and Upward Capital. Yuanbi Technology said that this round of financing will connect the company to the Web2 and Web3 worlds and continue to contribute to the construction of the Hong Kong Web3 ecosystem.
Full-stack decentralized development tool developer Layer completes $6 million in financing, led by 1kx
On October 3, Layer, a full-stack decentralized development tool developer, announced the completion of a $6 million seed round of financing. This round of financing was led by 1kx, with participation from Fabric Ventures, Arrington Capital and IOBC, as well as angel investors including Sreeram Kannan of EigenLayer, Rok Kopp and Mike Silagadze of Ether.fi, and former BlackRock employee Paul Taylor.
Base Ecosystem Fund participated in Sundial Mirage Pre-Seed round of financing
On October 1, Sundial Mirage published a post on X stating that through Coinbase Ventures, Base Ecosystem Fund has participated in its ongoing Pre-Seed round of financing.
Decentralized AI training network Nodepay completes new round of financing, Animoca Brands and others participate
On October 2, the decentralized AI training network Nodepay recently announced on X that it had completed a new round of financing. Animoca Brands, Jump Crypto, Elevate Ventures, OKX Ventures, Mirana Ventures, NGC Ventures and others participated in the investment. The specific amount of financing and valuation information have not been disclosed yet.
Binance Labs announces investment in Sophon
On October 3, according to market news, Binance Labs announced an investment in ZKsync's "elastic chain" Sophon. The specific amount has not been disclosed. It is reported that Sophon uses Matter Labs' modular open source framework to build a second-layer network. The main network will be launched next month and the token will be deployed soon. It is reported that the total amount of financing of Sophon has exceeded US$70 million so far.
Decentralized credit rating platform Synnax completes a new round of strategic financing, with Wintermute Ventures and TON Ventures participating
On October 4, Wintermute Ventures announced on the X platform that it and TON Ventures had made a strategic investment in the decentralized credit rating platform Synnax. As of now, Synnax’s total financing amount has reached 1.55 million US dollars. The new funds will support the development of the Synnax credit intelligence rating protocol and its Telegram applet SynQuest to build a decentralized and transparent credit market and optimize the credit rating industry by obtaining predictive analysis through decentralized data sources.
