Fundraising


Finance

Parallel Finance Doubles Valuation in $5M Funding Round

The Polkadot-based lending platform is planning to raise up to another $60M this quarter.

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Finance

A16z Leads $4.8M Round for P2E Gaming Startup Battlebound

Battlebound will use the capital for phased launches of its two newest game titles.

A scene from Evaverse, one of two new games Battlebound is developing. (Battlebound)

Finance

A16z, FTX and Sequoia Lead $135M Round for LayerZero at $1B Valuation

The blockchain interoperability protocol first emerged from stealth last September.

The Open Intents Framework is a new initiative created by Ethereum ecosystem leaders to simplify and standardize cross-chain token transfers.  (Akinori UEMURA/Unsplash)

Finance

Delphi Digital Leads $5M Seed Round for Money Market Protocol ZkLend

Three Arrows Capital and Starkware also invested in the round, which will go toward additional hiring and the launch of zkLend’s core products.

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Finance

Animoca Brands, Ubisoft Invest in $12M Round for Blockchain Game 'Cross the Ages'

The free-to-play card game features digital trading cards as NFTs that can also be converted to physical cards.

"Cross the Ages" blockchain game (Cross the Ages)

Finance

Decentralized Creator Platform Joystream Raises $5.8M

The Polkadot-based platform allows creators to sell their videos as NFTs and turn their channels into tokens.

(Joystream)

Finance

Web 3 Game Development Platform Joyride Raises $14M Ahead of Launch

Optimized for Unity, Joyride allows developers to build blockchain-powered esports, casual and social games on mobile devices.

Joyride's Tennis Champs play-to-earn game (Joyride)

Finance

A16z, Paradigm Lead $150M Round for Ethereum Scaling Solution Optimism at $1.65B Valuation

A16z previously led Optimism’s $25 million Series A round.

Andreessen Horowitz co-founder and General Partner Marc Andreessen (Fortune Live Media via Flickr)

Finance

TravelX Raises $10M to Launch Multichain Distribution Protocol

The protocol for the travel industry tokenizes inventory for airlines and suppliers.

TravelX team (TravelX)

Finance

Pantera, Animoca Brands Co-Lead $10M Investment in Metaverse Game Studios

Solana Ventures and Everyrealm were also leaders of the financing round for the creator of blockchain game Angelic.

Angelic (Metaverse Game Studios)