1. Liqwid Labs, the developer of Liqwid Finance, a lending protocol on Cardano, has completed a $2.7 million seed round of financing, led by cFund, with participation from Shima Capital, Animoca Brands, Altonomy, Genblock Capital, Optim Finance, Double Peak Group and Bitrue.
2. Finery Markets, a provider of multi-dealer electronic markets and crypto market trading solutions for institutional participants, announced today that it has received $5.5 million in seed round financing. This round of financing is the first time the company has received external funding. The round was co-led by G1 Ventures, gumi Cryptos and Shima Capital, and participated by Communitas Capital, DV Chain, GravityX, Unlimint, Daedalus Angels, oneAlpha, Floating Point Group and others.
3. Web3 wearable technology startup Spatial Labs (sLABS) completed a $4 million Pre-Seed round of financing, with Marcy Venture, owned by American rapper Jay-Z, participating in the investment.
4. The options protocol Lyra announced the completion of a $3 million strategic round of financing, with Framework Ventures and GSR participating. According to reports, in August 2021, Lyra was launched as one of the first protocols based on Optimism. Since its launch, Lyra's decentralized options trading protocol has exceeded $850 million in nominal option trading volume, facilitating more than 15,000 addresses and a total of 90,000 transactions.
5.Layer2 cross-chain bridge Orbiter Finance announced the completion of its first round of financing, with participation from Tiger Global, Matrixport, A&T Capital, Starkware, Cobo Ventures, GGV, imToken, Mask Network, Zonff Partners and others.
6. Fintech risk assessment company Strategic Risk Associates (SRA) announced the completion of a US$12 million Series B financing round, led by EJF Silvergate Ventures Fund, JAM FINTOP and FINTOP Capital, with participation from Atlantic Union Bankshares Corporation and a group of existing investors.
---source from PANews
