Overview of Global Blockchain Investment and Financing Last Week

According to statistics, there were 21 financing events in the global blockchain field last week (5.26-6.1), with a total scale exceeding $133 million, a decrease compared to the previous week. The main investment areas include:

• In the DeFi sector, 5 incidents occurred, including the decentralized exchange platform Dexari completing a $2.3 million seed round financing;
• In the Web3 gaming sector, there were 2 incidents, including the game distribution platform Oncade which raised $4 million in funding;
• In the Web3+AI field, there were 4 occurrences, among which the AI project Freysa AI received $30 million in financing;
• In the infrastructure and tools sector, there were 7 incidents, among which Donut Labs completed a $7 million Pre-Seed round of financing;
• Along with other applications, Matador completed a second-round private placement financing of approximately 1.42 million CAD.
• Centralized finance has seen two occurrences, with the fintech platform Velocity securing $10 million in pre-seed funding.

DeFi领域

A company completed a $36 million Series A funding round.

A stablecoin company announced the completion of a $36 million Series A financing round, led by a well-known investment institution, with participation from multiple other institutions. This round of financing brings the company's total fundraising amount to $53 million, with the valuation undisclosed. The company was founded in 2021 and focuses on building stablecoins and related infrastructure.

Dexari Raises $2.3 Million in Seed Funding

The decentralized trading platform Dexari announced the completion of a $2.3 million seed round financing, led by Prelude Ventures and Lemniscap, with participation from several well-known angel investors in the ecosystem.

Solana Ecosystem DEX Fermi Labs Completes $1.2 Million Pre-seed Round

Solana ecosystem DEX Fermi Labs has announced the completion of a $1.2 million Pre-seed funding round, led by Equilibrium and BBig Brain Holdings, with participation from multiple angel investors. Fermi Labs is a Web3 R&D studio focused on developing dApps and infrastructure, with its flagship product, Fermi DEX, operating on Solana and utilizing instant order settlement and liquidity abstraction technology.

ego.tech raised $800,000 in Pre-Seed funding

The Solana ecosystem project ego.tech announced the completion of an $800,000 Pre-Seed funding round, with investors including several well-known project founders and institutions. Ego is a protocol aimed at financializing personal profiles on the internet and is currently live.

Avalon Labs completes strategic round of financing

Avalon Labs, a capital market on the Bitcoin Blockchain, announced the completion of a strategic round of financing, led by YZi Labs, with participation from multiple institutions. The specific amount has not been disclosed. This financing will support several initiatives, including the application for regional licenses, the launch of public funds, and the expansion of institutional lending services.

Web3 Gaming Field

Oncade completes $4 million financing

The Web3 game publishing platform Oncade announced the completion of a $4 million financing round, led by a well-known investment institution. Oncade is dedicated to helping game studios increase revenue by enhancing player engagement and community interaction. Its core philosophy is to break the traditional distribution model of gaming platforms through a community-driven approach, building a game store directly aimed at players.

Revolving Games has completed a new round of financing

Web3 video game publisher Revolving Games has announced the completion of a new round of financing to expand its game distribution ecosystem based on the RCADE Network, with the specific amount undisclosed. The company plans to accelerate the release of the "War of Nova" and "Hatchlings" series, as well as the new title "Skyborne: Phoenix Flight," which is set to launch a PC exclusive beta version in the third quarter of 2025.

AI Field

Freysa AI's backend team secures $30 million in funding

The crypto AI project Freysa AI has completed a $30 million funding round through its affiliated entities, with participation from several well-known institutions. The project is based on a well-known Blockchain and aims to build a "personal AI digital twin." The Freysa team was co-founded in 2024 by several industry veterans, including PhDs in cryptography, theoretical physics, and serial entrepreneurs.

Donut Labs raised $7 million in funding

Donut Labs, based in New York, announced the completion of a $7 million Pre-Seed funding round, led by several well-known investment institutions, with participation from ecological leaders. Donut aims to create the world's first "proxy" cryptocurrency browser, featuring an AI proxy that can identify webpage intentions and automatically execute on-chain transactions, such as currency exchanges, mining, and asset optimization. This browser integrates wallet, DEX, and decentralized network access functions, and plans to evolve into a crypto financial manager for users in the future.

Rumi Raises $4.7 Million in Pre-Seed Funding

AI media company Rumi announced the completion of a $4.7 million Pre-Seed funding round, led by several well-known investment institutions. Rumi is dedicated to transforming passive media content into interactive experiences, allowing users to earn rewards by contributing computing power and data through a "watch-and-earn" mechanism, and interact with AI in real-time. Its decentralized infrastructure supports intelligent analysis of media content and has established partnerships with multiple organizations, aiming to create the world's first user-driven intelligent media ecosystem.

Assisterr Completes $2.8 Million Financing

The Solana-based AI platform Assisterr announced the completion of a $2.8 million funding round, with the company's valuation reaching $75 million. This round of funding was participated in by several well-known institutions. Assisterr is dedicated to helping users create, deploy, and monetize personalized AI agents through no-code tools, with its core technology focusing on small language models (SLMs) to reduce costs and enhance customization capabilities.

Infrastructure and Tools

Spetz Inc raises $7.35 million in first round of private financing

The blockchain infrastructure company Spetz Inc announced the completion of its first round of private placement financing, issuing 14,702,617 units at a price of CAD 0.50 per share, raising a total of CAD 7,351,308.50. Each unit consists of 1 common share and 0.5 warrants. The company stated that the funds will be used for the purchase of certain tokens, the deployment of validation node infrastructure, and the implementation of DeFi strategies.

Cooking.City completed a $7 million financing.

The Solana ecosystem token issuance platform Cooking.City announced the completion of a $7 million financing round, with participation from several top institutions. The platform has pioneered the "Confidence Pool" mechanism and a social incentive rebate system, aiming to create a transparent, sustainable, and community-oriented new paradigm for issuance, promoting the fair launch of on-chain projects and returning to the core spirit of Web3.

Naoris Protocol completes $3 million strategic round financing

Naoris Protocol, a blockchain security protocol, has completed a $3 million strategic round of financing, led by Mason Labs, with participation from multiple institutions. The funds will be used to develop blockchain security infrastructure against quantum computing threats. The core products of Naoris Protocol include: plug-and-play cybersecurity mesh architecture, a Layer 1 blockchain compatible with all EVM chains using post-quantum encryption technology, and a PoS consensus mechanism that meets international security standards such as NIST.

Asigna completes $3 million financing

The Bitcoin smart multi-signature wallet service provider Asigna announced the completion of a $3 million financing round, led by several institutions with participation from angel investors. At the same time, it released a v2 version upgrade, which adds support for embedded applications and a developer SDK toolkit. This non-custodial multi-signature solution currently manages over $1.1 billion in assets, supports the Bitcoin main chain and multiple Layer 2 protocols, and can interface with various meta-protocols. The new version allows users to interact with DApps directly through the multi-signature environment and introduces enterprise-level features such as sub-account management and privacy mode.

BlockSpaces completes $2 million financing

According to the BlockSpaces announcement, the company has completed a $2 million strategic financing led by Axiom, which will be used to launch the Bitcoin native collateral and risk management platform ARCC. The platform constructs a trust-minimized execution environment through HTLC technology, allowing institutions to manage BTC collateral contracts, forward trades, and BitBonds natively, without the need for sidechains or custodial bridges. BlockSpaces stated that ARCC will usher in a new era of Bitcoin smart contract finance, promoting the modernization of institutional capital market infrastructure.

The smart crypto trading tool Alph.AI completes a $2 million funding.

The smart crypto trading tool Alph.AI announced the completion of a $2 million financing round, with a certain trading platform as the lead investor. The new funds are intended to promote the platform's AI intelligence development to help users identify high-potential tokens early.

Mirage completed $1.6 million financing

According to official news from Mirage Protocol, the project has completed a $1.6 million financing, aiming to build a modular financial protocol based on the Move language. The core products include the yield-bearing stablecoin mUSD and a perpetual contract platform with low fees and high liquidity. Investors include several institutions and angel investors. The protocol is built on the Aptos and Movement ecosystem, with the mainnet expected to go live next week.

Other Applications

Matador completes approximately 1.42 million CAD in the second round of private placement financing

Bitcoin technology company Matador Technologies Inc announced the completion of its second round of non-brokered private placement, issuing 2,588,955 units at a price of CAD 0.55 per share, raising a total of CAD 1,423,925. Together with the first round of issuance completed on May 26, the company has issued a total of 5,452,773 units, raising a total of CAD 2,999,025. The funds will be used for Bitcoin acquisitions, advancing gold business, and general corporate purposes.

Centralized Finance

Velocity completed a $10 million pre-seed round of financing

The European fintech infrastructure platform Velocity has completed a $10 million pre-seed round of financing, setting a record for financing at the same stage in Europe this year. This round was led by Activant Capital, with multiple institutions participating, and received strategic investments from several corporate executives.

The company focuses on three major development areas: 1) Integrating a unified account structure for virtual IBAN and digital wallets; 2) Supporting real-time foreign exchange smart routing for fiat and stablecoins; 3) Automated cross-border settlement systems. The current team consists of 11 members, with plans to expand to 30 by the end of the year, with a focus on strengthening engineering and compliance operations. Velocity leverages traditional payment industry experience to build an enterprise-level fund management platform that is compatible with both traditional banking and Blockchain systems. Its technology has realized programmable payments, liquidity collaboration, and other functions to address practical scenarios such as vendor payments and multi-currency fund pools.

Beam completes $7 million financing

Beam, a stablecoin-based payment service provider, raised $7 million in a financing round led by Castle Island Ventures, with participation from several institutions. Beam is a payment platform that connects traditional finance with blockchain technology, enabling users to send and receive cross-border funds using stablecoins and fiat currencies, providing services such as real-time currency exchange, conversion from cryptocurrency to fiat, and seamless integration with bank accounts and digital wallets. Beam is registered as a money services business in the U.S. and complies with SOC 2 Type II standards.

Venture Capital Fund

Blockchain Builders raised 28 million USD in fund-raising

Founded by three Stanford graduates, Blockchain Builders announced the completion of $28 million in fund raising, which was oversubscribed. The fund has invested over $16 million in 40 blockchain startups, focusing on the intersection of AI and blockchain as well as fintech applications.

Core investments include: investing $1 million each in modular AI company 0G and supercomputing project Nexus Labs (with additional investments planned), and participating in their competitive round financing. The fund plans to complete the remaining $12 million deployment by the end of 2025, with several invested projects preparing for Token Generation Events (TGE). The second phase of the fund aims to expand its investment network to more universities.

Metalayer Ventures launches a $25 million fund

The cryptocurrency venture capital firm Metalayer Ventures, founded by executives from Chainlink and Two Sigma, has announced the launch of a $25 million fund focused on investing in early-stage projects in areas such as stablecoins, asset tokenization, and crypto infrastructure. The fund has already invested in seven companies. The co-founders have also developed a platform called "Moirai" for analyzing on-chain data to identify potential projects. The fund ultimately plans to provide early-stage financing to up to 30 companies, with individual investment amounts expected to range from $500,000 to $1 million.