Edition #99 - 02 MAR 2024
gaming developments
Social gaming infrastructure Ready Games Network (READYgg) raised $4M in a funding round from Delphi Digital, NeoTokyo, Merit Circle, Momentum 6 (M6), Purechain Capital, Token Metrics Ventures, Alex Becker.
Web3 game user-generated content API platform PlayMakers raised $1.5M in a Pre-seed funding round led by RockawayX, with participation from Sebastien Borget, Vincent Hart de Keating, Hugues Ouvard.
Gaming platform GameCentric raised $1.5M in a Angel funding round led by Bilal Merchant.
Gaming NFT marketplace and rental Prom closed Strategic funding round led by DWF Labs. Amount raised is not disclosed.
FPS Mobile Game in Metaverse Matr1x FIRE closed Strategic funding round led by Animoca Brands. Amount raised is not disclosed.
Web3 gaming mega-ecosystem and studio Crystal Fun raised $5M in a Seed funding round from KuCoin Ventures, Actoz Soft, Waterdrip Capital, Comma3 Ventures, Stratified Capital, Cypher9 Ventures, Aelf Blockchain, W Labs DAO (Watermelon Labs), Masverse.
metaverses & AI
AI-powered prediction market built on Sei Network PredX raised $500k in a pre-seed funding round led by Penrose Tech, with participation from Mulana Ventures.
defi
Institution-grade staking and blockchain infrastructure platform ContributionDAO raised $2.8M in a seed funding round led by KX Ventures, with participation from Axelar Network, GuildFi, WhaleGround, Agnostic Fund, Six Network, Eternal All Time High (EATH), Arjun Bhuptani, Keone Hon.
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Bitcoin restaking protocol BounceBit raised $6M in a Seed funding round led by Blockchain Capital, Breyer Capital, with participation from dao5 (daofive), Coin Merge Strategy (CMS), Bankless Ventures, NGC Ventures (NEO Global Capital), Matrixport Ventures, Primitive, Arcane Group, IDG Capital, Bixin Ventures, Nomad Capital, GeekCartel, DeFiance Capital, General Mining Research (GMR), OKX Ventures (ex OKEx Blockdream Ventures), Mirana Ventures, HTX Ventures (ex Huobi Ventures), MEXC Ventures, Bodhi Venture Labs, Nathan McCauley, Calvin Liu, James Parillo, 13yearoldvc, George Lambeth, RookieXBT, MacnBTC, Pentoshi.
Decentralized perpetual contract trading platform OX FUN raised $4M in a funding round led by Foresight Ventures, with participation from Double Peak Group, Emchain, Genblock Capital.
Decentralized Rollup-as-a-Service protocol AltLayer raised $14.4M in a Strategic funding round led by Polychain Capital, Hack VC.
funding rounds
Liquid staking platform ether.fi raised $27M in a Series A funding round led by Bullish, CoinFund, with participation from Amber Group, Bankless Ventures, OKX Ventures (ex OKEx Blockdream Ventures), ConsenSys, Selini Capital, Foresight Ventures, Fourth Revolution Capital (4RC), Punk Ventures, White Star Capital, Relayer Capital, Collider Ventures, Lvna Capital, Draper Dragon, Arrington Capital, North Island Ventures (NIV), Chapter One, Version One Ventures, Node Capital, Parallel, MrBlock, Stani Kulechov, Sandeep Nailwal, DeFiDad, Will Price, Leptokurtic.
Ethereum restaking protocol EigenLayer raised $100M in a funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z crypto).
Japan seeks to allow certain VCs to invest directly in crypto and Web3 startups.
