Crypto VC Funding: Celestia, Infinex, Pencils Protocol Score Backing

CryptoNews · 2024-09-28T15:53:04.000Z

In this week’s venture capital update, more than $253 million flowed into the crypto startup world, although the bulk of that funding went to the blockchain network Celestia Foundation. Crypto.news perused social media and tapped the latest data from Crypto Fundraising to determine that at least 15 other companies raised capital between Sept. 22 and Sept. 28. You might also like: Memebet token benefits from Shiba Inu rally as it raises $300k in presale Celestia Foundation, $100 million The Liechtenstein-based non-profit organization, known for building Celestia (TIA), raised $100 million from major crypto-focused venture capital firms, led by Bain Capital Crypto. Infinex, $65.29 million Infinex, a decentralized exchange, secured $65.29 million via a non-fungible token, or NFT, sale. Framework Ventures, Solana Ventures, Wintermute, Eden Block, Moonrock Capital and Bankless VC each participated in the effort. ⚡️@infinex_app, a decentralized exchange, has raised $65.29 million in an NFT Sale with participation from @hiFramework, @SolanaVentures, @wintermute_t, @edenblockvc, @MoonrockCapital, @BanklessVC, and others.👉 https://t.co/XJONZ0MilX pic.twitter.com/d6wVXnRb0f — Fundraising Digest (@CryptoRank_VCs) September 26, 2024 Pencils Protocol, $30 million Pencils Protocol, an auction platform and yield aggregator on Scroll, raised an additional $30 million. DePIN X, Taisu Ventures, Black GM Capital and Bing Ventures are among its strategic investors. Initia, $14 million Initia clinched $14 million in a Series A round. Tomasz Tunguz and Spencer Farrar from Theory VC led the effort. Delphi Ventures and Hack VC also participate.d. All your chains are belong to us 🪢Initia is excited to announce our $14M Series A fundraise led by @ttunguz and @SpencerFarrar at @theoryvc with @Delphi_Ventures and @hack_vc doubling down. pic.twitter.com/lCj2Ve204L — Initia 🪢 (@initiaFDN) September 25, 2024 Mawari Network, $10.8 million TK Mawari Network has raised $10.8M in strategic funding to pioneer the future of spatial computing 🕶️Building on Mawari’s expertise in streaming immersive experiences, Mawari Network leverages DePIN to bring 3D content quickly & affordably to devices around the world. pic.twitter.com/SnNK2VzIPc — Mawari (@mawariXR) September 26, 2024 Mind Network, $10 million Mind Network raised $10 million in a pre-A funding round. Investors in the effort included Animoca Brands, Arkstream Capital, Cogitent VC, MH Ventures, Moonhill Capital, SwissBorg, IBC Group, Master VC, and others. ❗️@mindnetwork_xyz raised $10 million in a Pre-A funding roundInvestors in the round include Animoca Brands, Arkstream Capital, Cogitent VC, MH Ventures, Moonhill Capital, SwissBorg, IBC Group, Master VC, and others. 👉 https://t.co/8nHO3Pd5Dh pic.twitter.com/quRVTEWTiA — 🇺🇦 CryptoDiffer – StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 (@CryptoDiffer) September 27, 2024 Darkbright, $6 million Bitkraft Ventures led an oversubscribed $6 million seed round for Darkbright, the web3 studio behind the Smolbound role-playing game. Announcing our oversubscribed $6M Seed round led by @BITKRAFTVC and other leading gaming and web3 investors.Smolbound is a refreshing take on the life sim RPG genre, and the first title by @darkbrightgames to build the future of midcore gaming.Learn more 👇 pic.twitter.com/hwhOldtUMt — Smolbound (@smolbound) September 23, 2024 Daylight, $6 million Union Square Ventures and 1kx Network co-led a $6-million seed funding round in crypto platform Daylight. The startup is known for its transaction recommendation API. .@morley & I are excited to announce @daylight's $6M round led by @USV, co-led by @1kxnetwork!We are the “onchain for you” API that powers personalized recommendations in apps like Coinbase Wallet, MetaMask, Zerion and OKX Wallet.Our mission: grow onchain GDP. We are hiring! pic.twitter.com/nJqtcnlxpn — kyle (@kyle) September 24, 2024 Gunzilla Games, $6 million Delphi Ventures invested in Gunzilla Games, its largest gaming investment to date. Gunzilla’s GUNZ blockchain is a key component of the studio’s upcoming Web3 game, “Off The Grid.” We are proud to have more remarkable supporters of our vision as @Delphi_Ventures has become the largest validator of our blockchain network, @GUNbyGUNZ.We are looking forward to having Delphi as a partner as we grow the GUNZ ecosystem.Read more: https://t.co/dL0JpqtS4e pic.twitter.com/0FG4QQrdvL — Gunzilla Games (@GunzillaGames) September 25, 2024 AminoChain, $5 million AminoChain, a decentralized biobank and Layer 2 network, remained relatively quiet over the past two years. That is, until, a16z crypto led a $5 million seed funding round for the startup. This brought total funding to $7 million. The deal marks a16z’s first investment in DeSci, or decentralized science. After 2 years of building in silence we’re so excited to finally share what we’ve been working on at AminoChain and announce our $5M seed round led by @a16zcrypto ! — AminoChain (@Amino_Chain) September 25, 2024 Funding rounds < $5 million Eigenpie: The restaking SubDAO designed to maximize earning potential for liquid staking token holders raised $4 million. Meshmap: The open and decentralized platform received $4 million from a16z, Colosseum, Lattice, Escape Velocity, GSR and other institutions. Meridian: ParaFi Capital, Borderless Capital, Amber Group, Saison Capital, Interop Ventures, and Oak Grove Ventures pooled $4 million for the Hong Kong-based decentralized liquidity marketplace. Helixlabs: The startup nabbed $2 million in a pre-seed funding round from Tribe Capital, EMURGO Ventures, Taureon Capital, LD Capital, and Double Peak Group. Its valuation hovers at around $40 million. EarthFast: Nascent led a $1.4 million pre-seed funding round; The General Partnership also participated alongside Kain Warwick, Roneil Rumburg, Bodhi Ventures For last week’s column, click here. Read more: Bitcoin ETFs hit $1b weekly inflows, analysts expect FOMO-driven rally

在本週的創投更新中，超過 2.53 億美元流入了加密新創公司世界，儘管其中大部分資金流向了區塊鏈網路 Celestia 基金會。
Crypto.news 仔細研究了社羣媒體並利用了 Crypto Fundraises 的最新數據，確定至少有 15 家其他公司在 9 月 22 日至 9 月 28 日期間籌集了資金。
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Celestia基金會，1億美元
這家總部位於列支敦士登的非營利組織以創建 Celestia (TIA) 而聞名，從 Bain Capital Crypto 領導的主要加密貨幣風險投資公司籌集了 1 億美元。
Infinex，6529萬美元
去中心化交易所 Infinex 通過非同質化代幣 (NFT) 銷售籌集了 6529 萬美元。Framework Ventures、Solana Ventures、Wintermute、Eden Block、Moonrock Capital 和 Bankless VC 均參與了此項工作。
⚡️@infinex_app 是一家去中心化交易所，在 NFT 銷售中籌集了 6529 萬美元，參與者包括 @hiFramework、@SolanaVentures、@wintermute_t、@edenblockvc、@MoonrockCapital、@BanklessVC 等。👉 https://t.co/XJONZ0MilX pic.twitter.com/d6wVXnRb0f
— 籌款文摘 (@CryptoRank_VCs) 2024 年 9 月 26 日
鉛筆協議，3000 萬美元
Scroll 上的拍賣平臺和收益聚合器 Pencils Protocol 又籌集了 3000 萬美元。DePIN X、Taisu Ventures、Black GM Capital 和 Bing Ventures 是其戰略投資者之一。
Initia，1400萬美元
Initia 在 A 輪融資中籌得 1400 萬美元。Theory VC 的 Tomasz Tunguz 和 Spencer Farrar 領投。Delphi Ventures 和 Hack VC 也參與其中。d.
您的所有連鎖店都屬於我們🪢Initia 很高興地宣佈，我們在 @theoryvc 上完成了由 @ttunguz 和 @SpencerFarrar 領投的 1400 萬美元 A 輪融資，@Delphi_Ventures 和 @hack_vc 加倍下注。pic.twitter.com/lCj2Ve204L
- Initia 🪢 (@initiaFDN) 2024 年 9 月 25 日
Mawari 網絡，1080 萬美元
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Mawari Network 已籌集 1080 萬美元戰略資金，以開拓空間計算的未來 🕶️ 憑藉 Mawari 在流媒體沉浸式體驗方面的專業知識，Mawari Network 利用 DePIN 以快速且經濟的方式將 3D 內容帶到世界各地的設備上。pic.twitter.com/SnNK2VzIPc
- Mawari (@mawariXR) 2024 年 9 月 26 日
Mind Network，1000萬美元
Mind Network 在 A 輪前融資中籌集了 1000 萬美元。投資者包括 Animoca Brands、Arkstream Capital、Cogitent VC、MH Ventures、Moonhill Capital、SwissBorg、IBC Group、Master VC 等。
❗️@mindnetwork_xyz 在 A 輪融資中籌集了 1000 萬美元，本輪投資者包括 Animoca Brands、Arkstream Capital、Cogitent VC、MH Ventures、Moonhill Capital、SwissBorg、IBC Group、Master VC 等。👉 https://t.co/8nHO3Pd5Dh pic.twitter.com/quRVTEWTiA
— 🇺🇦 CryptoDiffer – StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 (@CryptoDiffer) 2024 年 9 月 27 日
Darkbright，600萬美元
Bitkraft Ventures 領投了 Darkbright 的一輪超額認購的 600 萬美元種子輪融資，Darkbright 是角色扮演遊戲 Smolbound 背後的 web3 工作室。
宣佈我們超額認購的 600 萬美元種子輪融資，由@BITKRAFTVC 和其他領先的遊戲和 web3 投資者領投。Smolbound 是對生活模擬 RPG 類型的全新詮釋，也是@darkbrightgames 打造中核遊戲未來的第一款遊戲。瞭解更多👇 pic.twitter.com/hwhOldtUMt
— Smolbound (@smolbound) 2024 年 9 月 23 日
日光，600萬美元
Union Square Ventures 和 1kx Network 共同領投了加密平臺 Daylight 的 600 萬美元種子輪融資。這家初創公司以其交易推薦 API 而聞名。
.@morley 和我很高興地宣佈 @daylight 完成了由 @USV 領投、@1kxnetwork 聯合領投的 600 萬美元融資！我們是“鏈​​上爲您服務”的 API，爲 Coinbase Wallet、MetaMask、Zerion 和 OKX Wallet 等應用提供個性化推薦。我們的使命：增加鏈上 GDP。我們正在招聘！pic.twitter.com/nJqtcnlxpn
— Kyle (@kyle) 2024 年 9 月 24 日
Gunzilla Games，600萬美元
Delphi Ventures 投資了 Gunzilla Games，這是該公司迄今爲止最大的一筆遊戲投資。Gunzilla 的 GUNZ 區塊鏈是該工作室即將推出的 Web3 遊戲“Off The Grid”的關鍵組成部分。
@Delphi_Ventures 已成爲我們區塊鏈網絡 @GUNbyGUNZ 的最大驗證者，我們很自豪能有更多傑出的支持者來支持我們的願景。我們期待在發展 GUNZ 生態系統的過程中讓 Delphi 成爲我們的合作伙伴。閱讀更多：https://t.co/dL0JpqtS4e pic.twitter.com/0FG4QQrdvL
— Gunzilla Games (@GunzillaGames) 2024 年 9 月 25 日
AminoChain，500 萬美元
AminoChain 是一家去中心化生物庫和第 2 層網絡，過去兩年一直相對沉寂。直到 a16z crypto 爲這家初創公司領投了一輪 500 萬美元的種子輪融資。這使總融資額達到 700 萬美元。這筆交易標誌着 a16z 首次投資 DeSci（即去中心化科學）。
經過兩年的默默建設，我們終於可以興奮地分享我們在 AminoChain 的工作成果，並宣佈由 @a16zcrypto 領投的 500 萬美元種子輪融資！
— AminoChain (@Amino_Chain) 2024 年 9 月 25 日
融資輪次<500萬美元
Eigenpie：重新質押 SubDAO 旨在最大限度地提高流動質押代幣持有者的盈利潛力，籌集了 400 萬美元。
Meshmap：開放、去中心化的平臺，從a16z、Colosseum、Lattice、Escape Velocity、GSR等機構獲得了400萬美元融資。
Meridian：ParaFi Capital、Borderless Capital、Amber Group、Saison Capital、Interop Ventures 和 Oak Grove Ventures 爲位於香港的去中心化流動性市場籌集了 400 萬美元。
Helixlabs：這家初創公司在種子輪融資前獲得了 200 萬美元，投資方包括 Tribe Capital、EMURGO Ventures、Taureon Capital、LD Capital 和 Double Peak Group。其估值徘徊在 4000 萬美元左右。
EarthFast：Nascent 領投了 140 萬美元的種子前融資；The General Partnership 也參與其中，Kain Warwick、Roneil Rumburg、Bodhi Ventures 也參與其中
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