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In 7 days, there were 13 investments totaling 143 million USD, with the financing heat of Web3 and AI continuing to rise.
Global Blockchain Financing Weekly Report: 13 investment and financing events, with a total scale exceeding 143 million USD
According to statistics, last week (7.21-7.27), there were a total of 13 public investment and financing events in the global Blockchain industry, with a total funding scale exceeding 143 million USD. The financing situation in various fields is as follows:
DeFi
The tokenization platform Syntetika has completed a $2.5 million seed round financing. This round attracted over 35 angel investors and venture capital firms, including Hilbert Group's Chief Investment Officer Russell Thompson and former Aave co-founder Alex Berto. Syntetika aims to simplify the issuance, trading, and management processes of on-chain assets.
Web3 Games
Web3 game studio Delabs Games has completed a new financing round of $5.2 million, bringing its total financing to $17.2 million. This round was led by Hashed, TON Ventures, and Kilo Fund. The funds will be used for the development of the AI game creation platform Verse8. Delabs' latest game "Boxing Star X" has nearly 2 million global users and ranks 7th in the DappRadar game rankings.
AI
Decentralized AI infrastructure developer Gaia Labs has completed a $20 million seed and Series A funding round. This round was led by ByteTrade/SIG Capital and Mirana/Mantle Eco Fund, with participation from several institutions including EVM Capital. Gaia Labs has supported over 700,000 active nodes, with a cumulative inference count exceeding 17 trillion times. The funds will be used to launch decentralized AI mobile phones and expand the nodes.
A well-known venture capital company leads a $15 million seed round for the AI decentralized data layer project Poseidon. Poseidon is built on the Story Protocol and aims to solve the problem of acquiring high-quality training data for AI. The project will provide AI developers with secure and compliant access to training data.
The on-chain AI agent orchestration layer Questflow has completed a $6.5 million seed round, led by CyberFund. Questflow is the orchestration layer for a multi-agent economy, enabling AI agents to autonomously operate and earn rewards on-chain. The protocol has collaborated with companies such as Google.
The decentralized dataset platform Data Guardians Network has completed a $5 million Pre-Seed funding round, led by droppGroup and others. The company will expand its contributor operations in multiple regions, develop multimodal datasets, and deepen integration with AI frameworks.
Infrastructure and Tools
Korean blockchain infrastructure provider DSRV has completed approximately $11.6 million in Series B funding. This round was participated in by Intervest, NH-SK Securities, and others. DSRV provides infrastructure for over 70 blockchain networks worldwide, managing more than 40 trillion Korean won in digital assets. The company plans to expand into new business areas and global markets.
Web3 domain registrar Freename has completed a $6.5 million Series A funding round, led by Entrée Capital. Freename focuses on bridging traditional DNS with Blockchain domain systems, supporting multi-chain domain resolution. The funds will be used for product development and market expansion.
AI-driven governance protocol Quack AI completes $3.6 million financing. Quack AI is a decentralized governance protocol that uses AI agents to analyze and execute cross-chain DAO proposals. It currently supports governance in ecosystems such as BNB Chain and Arbitrum.
A certain organization is making a strategic investment in the Bitcoin scaling project Nubit. Nubit is dedicated to improving the scalability of the Bitcoin ecosystem and has developed the soft fork Thunderbolt, which implements native support for applications such as smart contracts.
Other Applications
Crypto mining company Bitzero has secured $25 million in funding, with the initial funds set to purchase 2,900 mining machines. The company is committed to leveraging low-carbon energy sources such as hydropower to promote sustainable development of data centers in North America and Europe.
A publicly listed company that develops green data centers for intensive computing has completed a $20 million financing. The funds will be used to expand the Kati green data center project in Texas and increase Bitcoin custody services.
Centralized Finance
European investment app Lightyear has completed a $23 million financing round, led by NordicNinja. Lightyear offers commission-free trading on over 5,000 stocks globally and has expanded to 25 countries. The company plans to launch cryptocurrency products within two months.
A UK digital asset exchange will acquire the German crypto asset management company DDA to strengthen its presence in major European financial markets. This acquisition will bring a new license under the supervision of Germany's BaFin, which will help better serve EU institutional clients.