Crypto Funding Surges 136%: Top Investors and Categories in Blockchain, DeFi, and GameFi

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Jul 28, 2024 — 1 min read

Last week, the crypto world saw $210.51M raised across 20 rounds, marking a 136.40% increase in funds and a 42.86% rise in rounds compared to the previous week.

Most Active Investors

CMS Holdings, participated in 3 rounds, focusing entirely on DeFi.

Pantera Capital, took part in 2 rounds, targeting DeFi and GameFi.

Mantle, invested in 2 rounds, with a focus on Chain and GameFi.

Most Interesting Categories

Blockchain Infrastructure, saw $116.70M raised in 5 rounds, up from $42.00M in 4 rounds last week.

GameFi, secured $22.21M in 2 rounds, compared to $13.60M in 3 rounds the previous week.

Chain, raised $18.50M in 2 rounds, up from $13.00M in 2 rounds last week.

Biggest Rounds

Block Mining, Blockchain Infrastructure with $92.50M raised from Riot Blockchain. Block Mining offers Bitcoin mining infrastructure and colocation services, including competitive hardware and hosting packages.

B3 fun, GameFi with $21.00M raised from Hashed Fund, Mirana Ventures, Bitscale Capital, Mantle, Collab+Currency, Sfermion, Makers Fund, Pantera Capital. B3 is a horizontally scaled gaming ecosystem built on the Base blockchain.

Caldera, Blockchain Infrastructure with $15.00M raised from DragonFly Capital, Sequoia Capital, TrueBridge Capital, ArkStream Capital, Lattice, Founders Fund. A modular blockchain platform, enabling developers to deploy a rollup with EigenDA in one click.

Pudgy Penguins, NFT with $11.00M raised from Selini Capital, Fenbushi Capital, 1kx, Everest Ventures, Founders Fund. Pudgy Penguins is a collection of 8,888 NFTs, accelerating Web3 innovation through IP utilization and community empowerment.

Bitlayer, Chain with $11.00M raised from Flow Traders, GSR, Presto Labs, FalconX, Skyland Ventures, Domo, Stake Capital Group, WAGMI Ventures, GTS Ventures, Cryptonite Capital, Optic Capital, 280 Capital, Terranova, vVv, TPC Club, Jets Capital, Metalpha, Caladan (Alphalab), Franklin Templeton Investments, ABCDE. Bitlayer is a Layer 2 solution that achieves Bitcoin-equivalent security, built upon BitVM.

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