#Investment Round

CARV Brings on Animoca Brands As Strategic Investor and Node Operator

SANTA CLARA, California, 31st May 2024, Chainwire

MyShell Raises $11 Million for its Decentralized AI Consumer Layer

Tokyo, Japan, March 27th, 2024, Chainwire — MyShell, a decentralized AI consumer layer, announced today that it has raised US$11 million in a Pre-Series A round, with participation from a cohort of high-profile investors, including Dragonfly, Delphi Ventures, Bankless Ventures, Maven11 Capital, Nascent, Nomad Capital, OKX Ventures, etc. Prominent angel investors, such as former Coinbase CTO […]

Firewall Raises $3.7M to Take Smart Contracts Mainstream with Programmable Finality

San Francisco, CA, March 7th, 2024, Chainwire Firewall secures funding from North Island Ventures, Breyer Capital, and Hack VC to bulletproof smart contract networks. Firewall, a blockchain infrastructure startup, announced its $3.7M pre-seed round, co-led by North Island Ventures, Breyer Capital, and Hack VC. Firewall transforms the usability of smart contract technology through an innovative […]

Nibiru Chain Secures $12 Million to Fuel Developer-Focused L1 Blockchain

Dallas, TX, February 5th, 2024, Chainwire — Nibiru Chain, a general-purpose layer 1 blockchain, has successfully closed its latest round of funding, securing $12 million to set the stage for an ambitious phase of growth. Venture investments included contributions from Kraken Ventures, ArkStream, NGC Ventures, Master Ventures, Tribe Capital, and Banter Capital. “Nibiru has taken all […]

MEXC Ventures Makes Eight-Figure Investment in Toncoin, Launches Strategic Partnership with TON Foundation

Zug, Switzerland, October 4th, 2023, Chainwire — MEXC Ventures, a subsidiary of MEXC’s global cryptocurrency exchange MEXC, has announced a significant investment in The Open Network, the largest layer-1 investment the firm has ever made. This investment works alongside a strategic partnership with The Open Network (TON) Foundation. This symbiotic partnership represents the shared vision of […]

Supra Completes Over $24m in Early Stage Funding to Date

Miami, Florida, September 28th, 2023, Chainwire Supra has raised over $24m in private investment rounds. Supra has received investment from several multi-billion dollar prominent VCs including: Animoca, Coinbase Ventures, HashKey, Prosus Ventures, Razer, United Overseas Bank Venture Management, Valor Equity Partners, among many more. Supra is developing an innovative cross-chain oracle and “bridgeless” communication network […]

Terminal 3 Raises Pre-Seed Funding for Decentralized User Data Infrastructure

Hong Kong, Hong Kong, August 2nd, 2023, Chainwire — Terminal 3, a Hong Kong-based Web3 startup, has successfully raised an oversubscribed pre-seed round to build user data infrastructure for a decentralized future. The company announced today a world-class investor group comprising 500 Global, CMCC Global, Consensys Mesh, Bixin Ventures, BlackPine, DWeb3, Hard Yaka, Bored Room Ventures, […]

Narwhal Finance Secures $1M in Seed Funding Led by Animoca Ventures

Denmark, Copenhagen, 24th March, 2023, Chainwire — Narwhal Finance, the decentralized cross-market perpetual trading platform built on BNB Chain and Arbitrum, announced a $1 million seed round funding led by Animoca Ventures, with participation from Hailstone Ventures and various angel investors. Narwhal Finance empowers users to engage in leveraged trading across an extensive array of pairs, […]

Mangrove DAO Raises $7.4 Million to Revolutionize DeFi Finance with ‘Offer-is-Code’ Approach

Denver, CO, February 28, 2023 – Mangrove, the order book-based Decentralized Exchange, announced its Series A fundraising of $7.4 million. Led by Cumberland and Greenfield Capital and followed by CMT and gumi Cryptos Capital (gCC), this round succeeds the company’s seed funding round of $2.7 million in July 2021, which was backed by prominent VCs […]

APWine Finance Raises $2.6M to Build Most Efficient and Modular Interest Market in DeFi

November 11, 2022 – APWine, a DeFi protocol that creates yield derivatives and opens the market for future yield, announces the successful raise of its $2.6 million seed extension, led by Greenfield One. APWine was founded in August 2020 and had previously raised $1 million in seed funding with a round led by Delphi Ventures […]

GRNGrid Secures $50 Million Investment Commitment from GEM Digital

Zug, Switzerland, September 19, 2022 — The GRN Association announced today that it has secured an investment totaling $50M for the GRNGrid project from GEM Digital Limited, a venture capital focused on digital currencies. About GRNGrid GRNGrid is an environmentally friendly, scalable, and stable Layer 1 blockchain, with novel DeFi features. On GRNGrid, users have the […]

Asia-Focused Multi-Currency Stablecoin Protocol Bluejay Finance Raises $2.9M in Funding

Singapore, July 20, 2022 — Bluejay Finance, a capital-efficient decentralized stablecoin protocol for issuing stablecoins pegged to real-world currencies, has raised $2.9M in funding from Zee Prime Capital, C2 Ventures, Stake Capital Group, RNR Capital, Daedalus Angels, Moonlanding Ventures, Oval Ventures, and more, with operator-angels including DeFi projects like Ribbon Finance, Flux, Voltz, and Alpha Venture […]

Wombat Exchange Raises New Funds in a Strategic Round Investment Led by Shima Capital

Hong Kong — April 18, 2022 — Wombat Exchange gained the support of Shima Capital as the leading investor in a strategic round investment that raised new capital, with the important participation of Jump Crypto and Wormhole. Being the hyper-efficient multi-chain stableswap backed by Binance, Wombat’s dedication, and conviction to thrive in the DeFi space aligned […]

TiTi Protocol Secures $3.5 Million to Build the First Use-to-Earn Algorithm Stablecoin

Singapore — April 11, 2022 — TiTi protocol announces a successful fundraising round of $3.5 million, led by Spartan Group, with participation from SevenX Ventures, Incuba Alpha, DeFi Alliance, Agnostic Fund, Fourth Revolution Capital (4RCapital), Solidity Venture, and other institutions, as well as other individual investors including 0xb1 (Fold Finance), Tascha and Nipun (Alpha Venture DAO), […]

Bridge Network Raises $3.8M to Build Better Cross-Chain Experiences with Backing From FTX Ventures

Bridgetown, Barbados — April 6, 2022 — Bridge Network, a cross-chain communication protocol, has closed its $3.8M funding round with backing from FTX Ventures, MEXC Global, Master Ventures, Blockfinex, Croc Capital, and others. The protocol has been in development for over a year and has plans to revolutionize the way users transact in the multichain world […]

GameFi Platform and Play-to-Earn Guild Polemos Raises $14M at $100M Valuation

Sydney, Australia — April 6, 2022 — Global GameFi platform and play-to-earn guild Polemos has closed a $14 million seed round at a $100 million fully-diluted valuation, establishing it as one of the fastest-growing entrants to the extremely hot global GameFi sector. Funds will go to further developing its proprietary tech platforms, which will facilitate the […]

Humanode Raises $2M Led by Republic Capital While Testnet Hits 1650 Unique Validators

New York City — February 10, 2022 — Humanode, the first cryptobiometric network where one human = one node, has successfully closed its $2M seed round. Led by Republic Capital, the seed round was supported by institutions such as Tribe Capital, Blizzard – the Avalanche ecosystem fund, Wintermute, GravityX Capital, Shima Capital, Genblock, AU21, and […]

FTX Trading Closes $400M Series C Round

Nassau, Bahamas — January 31, 2022– FTX Trading Ltd., owner and operator of FTX.COM, today announced the closing of a $400 million Series C fundraise, increasing the valuation of the company to $32 billion. The round saw participation from Temasek, Paradigm, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board, NEA, IVP, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Lightspeed Venture Partners, […]

MyCointainer Raises $6 Million in Seed Round to Develop Its Yield Earning Platform

Tallinn, Estonia — January 26, 2022 — MyCointainer, a platform for easy yield staking, announced it has raised $6 million in a Seed Round. The event was led by Maple Block and co-led by Shima Capital & ByBit, one of the dominant cryptocurrency exchanges worldwide. Numerous high-profile angel investors also participated in the round. Among them […]

Alan Howard, Tiger Global Invest $20M in Livepeer as Web3 Infrastructure Momentum Grows

The Series B extension will accelerate the growth of Livepeer’s leading Web3 infrastructure, expand its video streaming offerings New York — January 5, 2022 — Livepeer, the decentralized video transcoding network built on the Ethereum blockchain, has raised a $20 million Series B-1. The new investors in this round include Alan Howard, Tiger Global with […]