Global Blockchain Investment and Financing Weekly Report: 16 Public Financing Events, Total Fund Scale Exceeds 272 Million USD

According to statistics, last week (6.23-6.29), there were a total of 16 public financing events in the global Blockchain sector, with a total funding scale exceeding 272 million USD. The main investment areas are distributed as follows:

• There were 8 financing events in the DeFi sector, among which the DeFi infrastructure company Veda completed a financing of $18 million, led by a well-known venture capital firm;
• There were 2 financing events in the Web3 gaming track, game developer Spekter Games Inc. completed a $5 million pre-seed financing;
• There is 1 financing event in the DePIN field, DePIN completed a $3.15 million financing with the enterprise-level cloud platform dKloud;
• There were 8 financing events in the infrastructure and tools sector, among which the privacy blockchain Canton Network developer Digital Asset completed a $135 million strategic financing;
• In other application areas, there was 1 financing event where the decentralized entertainment platform MEET48 received investment.
• There has been 1 financing event in the centralized finance sector, with the Bitcoin financial platform Castle completing a $1 million Pre-Seed round of financing.

DeFi

DeFi infrastructure company Veda has completed a $18 million financing round, led by a well-known venture capital firm, with participation from multiple institutions. Veda offers a modular vault framework that supports developers in building simplified DeFi yield products, having processed over 100,000 user deposits and managed assets exceeding $3.7 billion. Collaborative projects include ether.fi, Plasma, and Berachain.

The DEX GTE based on MegaETH has completed a $15 million Series A financing, exclusively led by a well-known crypto venture capital institution. GTE claims to be "the fastest decentralized exchange in the world," using a centralized limit order book mechanism, with trading latency comparable to mainstream centralized exchanges while maintaining decentralized characteristics. GTE aims to address the "blind trust" of centralized exchanges and the high latency and costs of traditional DEXs. The platform has been built on the MegaETH Blockchain, attracting approximately 700,000 users to its testnet.

Multichain DeFi infrastructure company Blueprint Finance announced the completion of a $9.5 million financing round, led by a well-known investment institution, with participation from several other organizations. Blueprint Finance focuses on simplifying the process for cryptocurrency holders to participate in DeFi lending and has launched two products, Concrete and Glow, which cover the Ethereum and Solana ecosystems, respectively. The new funds will be used for team expansion, technology development, and marketing.

DeFi infrastructure company Yield.xyz has secured $5 million in strategic financing from a well-known investment institution. The company, formerly known as the multi-chain wallet Omni, transformed into a yield aggregation platform after being acquired this year. Yield.xyz integrates over 200 Solana ecosystem yield sources through a unified API, providing plug-and-play DeFi yield functionality for wallets and crypto applications. Future plans include expansion into traditional fintech companies and the development of automated yield strategy features.

The private equity tokenization platform Jarsy has completed a $5 million Pre-Seed round of financing, led by a well-known investment institution. The platform provides retail investors the opportunity to invest in pre-IPO companies like Stripe and Anthropic by issuing tokens that are 1:1 pegged to the equity of private companies, with a minimum investment threshold of $10.

The institutional-level DeFi execution engine Makina has announced the completion of a $3 million strategic round of financing, with multiple institutional and individual investors participating. Makina Finance is a DeFi execution engine that empowers various users such as AI agents and asset managers, deploying institutional-level, risk-adjusted yield strategies on-chain.

The on-chain commodity derivatives exchange Sphinx has completed a $2 million Pre-seed round of financing, with participation from multiple institutions and individual investors. Sphinx is an institutional-grade commodity derivatives exchange based on its own licensed Layer 1 Blockchain, providing round-the-clock direct access to futures, options, and perpetual contracts for oil, natural gas, and other energy commodities.

RWA tokenization infrastructure developer Byzanlink has completed a $1 million private placement financing, with multiple institutional and individual investors participating. The company is committed to providing institutional-grade tokenization solutions for traditional assets such as private equity, credit, and real estate through Blockchain technology.

Web3 Games

Game developer Endless Clouds announced that it has secured $6.25 million in financing from multiple institutions. The company has launched a new token, END, as the premium token of its ecosystem, with the first project integrating END being the open-world MMORPG "Treeverse."

Game developer Spekter Games Inc. has completed a $5 million pre-seed funding round with participation from multiple institutions. Its first Web3 game, Spekter Agency, is now live. This funding will be used to expand the Spekter Agency's business to more platforms and support the development of the second game.

DePIN

DePIN has completed a $3.15 million financing round with the enterprise-level cloud platform dKloud, with participation from multiple institutions. dKloud is a decentralized cloud infrastructure platform that connects DePIN with enterprise-level IT, enabling businesses to deploy applications using cryptocurrencies and fiat currencies. The platform also features a marketplace where developers can contribute reusable tools and earn DKT tokens.

Infrastructure and Tools

The developer of the privacy blockchain Canton Network, Digital Asset, has completed a strategic financing round of $135 million, with participation from several well-known companies in traditional finance and the crypto space. Canton Network focuses on configurable privacy and has attracted multiple companies to test their RWAs on its platform. This financing will help the Canton Network further expand the coverage of RWAs.

The privacy-focused confidential Blockchain protocol Zama has completed a $57 million Series B financing, with a valuation exceeding $1 billion. Zama provides developers with cross-chain privacy solutions through fully homomorphic encryption technology, supporting the deployment of "confidential smart contracts" on existing Blockchains. The protocol currently supports 20 transactions per second and plans to enhance this to over 10,000 transactions per second on a single chain through dedicated hardware accelerators.

The encrypted trust infrastructure Inference Labs has completed a strategic financing round of $6.3 million. The funding will be used to optimize circuit design and expand support for multi-proof systems, covering scenarios in healthcare, finance, DeFi, and other areas that require trustworthy AI decision-making. The company's "Proof of Inference" zero-knowledge proof protocol provides a decentralized verification layer for AI models, ensuring the verifiability of output results while protecting model privacy.

Other Applications

An organization announced an investment in the decentralized entertainment platform MEET48 through a certain accelerator, supporting its $IDOL token mechanism to enhance fan engagement. MEET48 integrates virtual performances, idol management games, and offline events, aiming to reach over 30 million Asian fans, and plans to hold a large Web3 idol performance gala in Hong Kong on August 2.

Centralized Finance

The Bitcoin financial platform Castle has completed a $1 million Pre-Seed round of financing, led by a well-known accelerator with several institutions participating. The platform provides automated Bitcoin allocation solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises, allowing them to automatically convert their sales revenue into Bitcoin at a set ratio. The platform has integrated with multiple payment tools, serving clients in industries such as catering, e-commerce, and real estate.

Venture Capital Firm Dynamics

The venture capital firm Sentinel Global, based in San Francisco, USA, announced that its first fund has completed raising $213.5 million, which will be invested in areas related to privacy security, financial internet, open finance, and open social technologies, Blockchain, and decentralized networks.

A well-known cryptocurrency organization announced the completion of its first venture capital fund raising, totaling $175 million, exceeding the original target of $150 million. This fund marks the organization's first introduction of external capital, focusing on investments in stablecoins, decentralized finance, and other areas at the intersection of traditional finance and Blockchain.

The newly established crypto venture capital fund Frachtis has completed a $20 million fundraising, focusing on the intersection of Blockchain and artificial intelligence, and will invest in decentralized infrastructure, middleware, and consumer applications.