According to statistics from Mars Finance, from December 30, 2023 to January 5, 2024, a total of 8 investment and financing events occurred in the crypto market, including 1 in the infrastructure field, 2 in the DeFi field, 0 in the asset management field, 0 in the chain game and NFT field, and 4 in the Web3 field. The total amount of investment and financing disclosed is about 76 million US dollars. (Note: The amount of financing is not disclosed for the Bitcoin data availability layer project Nubit, DEX Copycat Finance, the Web3 metagame matrix Abyss World, and the Ethereum smart contract automatic execution tool Gelato)
There is only one 10 million US dollar financing, which is the B round of financing completed by artificial intelligence startup Perplexity. The round was led by IVP, whose portfolio includes a number of crypto and fintech companies, such as Coinbase and Robinhood. In addition, Series A investors NEA, Elad Gil, Nat Friedman and Databricks participated, and new investors included NVIDIA and Jeff Bezos (through the Bezos Expeditions Fund).
Compared with last week, the number of investment and financing in the cryptocurrency market this week has decreased significantly. In the subdivided field, the amount of investment and financing this week is concentrated in the direction of Web3.
Among VCs, there were no significant active institutions this week.
infrastructure
Nubit, a Bitcoin data availability layer project, completed an angel round of financing, with participation from Bounce Finance and others
Nubit, a Bitcoin data availability layer project, has completed an angel round of financing, with participation from Bounce Finance, domo, and others, and the specific amount of financing has not been announced. Nubit developer Riema Labs will partner with key industry players and participate in various blockchain initiatives.
Defi
Copycat, a DEX incubated by Binance Labs, has received a strategic investment from Openpad at a valuation of $60 million
Copycat Finance today announced that it has secured a strategic investment from Openpad at a valuation of $60 million to explore the BRC20 world. Openpad is an innovative AI decentralized Launchpad, and Copycat, a DEX incubated by Binance Labs, previously launched Bitcat, an inscription DEX based on BRC20, and listed as an IDO on Bakeswap on January 2.
Bracket Labs完成200万美元种子轮融资
Bracket Labs closed a $2 million seed round and announced the official listing of its volatility market product, Passages, on Arbitrum. Passages provides users with a volatility betting platform capable of making 2-day prediction markets with a clean design.
Web3
PowerPod, a shared charging pile project on the DePIN track, closed a $1 million seed round of financing, led by Waterdrip Capital
PowerPod, a DePIN track shared charging pile project, recently closed a $1 million seed round led by Waterdrip Capital, with participation from Iotex, Future Money Group, JDI Group, Future3 Campus and Wagmi Venture. The financing will be mainly used to strengthen hardware development and testing, verify the minimum closed-loop business model, and build a community ecosystem. PowerPod aims to build a globally open and connected charging network to help accelerate the global goal of low carbon emissions in mobility.
Abyss World, a Web3 meta-game matrix, announced that it has received a strategic round of additional funding from 2Moon Capital
Web3 metagame matrix Abyss World announced that it has received a strategic round of additional funding from 2Moon Capital, a move that will help the game officially launch in the market this year. Previously, Abyss World developer Metagame Industries completed a strategic round of financing, investors include Sui developer Mysten Labs, Swiss game platform Xterio, game publisher Funplus, investment company 2moon Capital, Big Brain Holdings, DWeb3 Capital, ZeroX Fund and MH Ventures, GMA, etc.
Perplexity closed a $73 million Series B funding round at a reported valuation of $520 million
AI startup Perplexity announced a series of milestones and updates on January 4. The company's successful Series B funding round, raising $73.6 million, is the key news. The round was led by IVP, whose portfolio includes a number of crypto and fintech companies, such as Coinbase and Robinhood. In addition, Series A investors NEA, Elad Gil, Nat Friedman and Databricks participated, and new investors included NVIDIA and Jeff Bezos (through the Bezos Expeditions Fund). TechCrunch's Kyle Wiggers reported that the Series B funding was valued at $520 million. According to Perplexity, the company has raised $100 million so far.
Gelato, an Ethereum smart contract auto-execution tool, closed an extended round of funding led by IOSG Ventures
Xiao Ray, senior director of IOSG Ventures, disclosed on social media that Gelato, an Ethereum smart contract auto-executing tool, recently completed an extended round of funding, led by IOSG Ventures.
other
Binance Labs 已投资 Memeland 项目代币 MEME
Binance Labs 已投资 Memeland 项目代币 MEME,具体投资金额未知。