According to Foresight News, from December 14, 2024 to December 20, 2024, there were 14 investment and financing events in the crypto market, including 8 in tools and infrastructure, 3 in DeFi, 2 in asset management, 0 in blockchain games and NFT, and 1 in Web3. The total amount of investment and financing disclosed is approximately US$155 million.
Summary of total disclosed financing amount and financing number at weekly level:
This week's investment and financing projects are sorted by financing amount as shown below:
There were four rounds of financing worth tens of millions of dollars this week, including Lens's $31 million financing, led by Lightspeed Faction; tokenization startup Plume's $20 million financing, with Galaxy Ventures and others participating; stablecoin infrastructure company BVNK's $50 million financing, led by Haun Ventures; and MegaETH developer MegaLabs' $10 million financing through the Echo platform.
Among the investment and financing segments, the infrastructure sector was relatively hot this week, while NFT and blockchain games were relatively sluggish.
In terms of institutions, active institutions this week include Haun Ventures, Lightspeed Faction and Foresight Ventures, which mainly focus on tools and infrastructure.
Tools and Infrastructure
DuckChain completes $5 million in financing
DuckChain is a TON ecosystem L2.
Skynet Completes $1.2 Million Pre-Seed Round of Financing
Skynet is a decentralized AI agent payment protocol.
Decentralized AI training platform FLock completes $3 million strategic round of financing
FLock aims to use blockchain technology to solve problems such as insufficient transparency, weak data privacy, and unfair rewards for contributors in the traditional centralized AI system. Through its decentralized collaboration model, data is always kept locally without having to be uploaded to a third party. Contributors fairly share the benefits of data, computing power, and feedback, giving everyone the opportunity to participate in AI development.
UTXO Stack completes a new round of financing, with UTXO Management and others participating
UTXO Stack is a modular BTC L2 blockchain launch platform.
On-chain DePIN project Silencio Network completes $2.5 million seed round financing
Silencio aims to decentralize data collection and leverage everyday devices to ensure value flows directly to users.
Crypto AI startup Fraction AI completes $6 million Pre-Seed round of financing
Founded in February, Fraction AI aims to decentralize data labeling, which involves attaching meaningful tags to raw data such as images, text or audio to train artificial intelligence models to recognize patterns and make accurate predictions.
Masa completes new round of financing, led by Grayscale parent company DCG
Masa is a decentralized AI data chain.
MegaLabs raises $10 million via Echo platform
MegaLabs is a MegaETH developer.
DeFi
Yei Finance Completes USD 2 Million Seed Round Financing
Yei Finance is a Sei ecosystem lending protocol.
DeFi application layer Rujira completes $7 million in financing
Rujira is the DeFi application layer on THORChain, created by the Rujira Alliance between Kujira, Levana, and THORChain.
BVNK completes $50 million financing
BVNK is a stablecoin infrastructure company.
Asset Management
Plume completes $20 million financing, Galaxy Ventures and others participate
Plume is a tokenization startup.
Tokenized securities firm Prometheum announces $20 million in funding
Prometheum has two subsidiaries, one of which is an alternative trading system that is expected to launch in the first quarter of 2025. The other is a custody company that currently provides services for a few familiar crypto assets for institutional investors. The funds will support the addition of more crypto assets and the upcoming security tokens.
Web3
Lens completes $31 million financing, led by Lightspeed Faction
Lens is a Web3 social protocol.
