Crypto Investment Surge: $379.65M Raised in 26 Rounds, Led by Chain and DeFi Categories
Summary of the Week's Results
Last week, the crypto investment scene saw a significant surge, raising $379.65M across 26 rounds. This marks an impressive 760.01% increase in funds raised and an 18.18% increase in the number of rounds compared to the previous week.
Most Active Investors
OKX Ventures participated in 4 rounds, focusing on categories: Chain, Chain, DeFi, and Blockchain Service.
Bankless Ventures was involved in 3 rounds, concentrating on categories: Chain, DeFi, and Chain.
Karatage invested in 3 different rounds, with a focus on categories: Social, Social, and Chain.
Most Interesting Categories
Chain led the way with $277.45M raised in 6 rounds, a notable rise from $18.50M raised in 7 rounds last week.
Blockchain Service followed, raising $31.80M in 7 rounds, compared to $17.30M raised in 4 rounds last week.
DeFi secured $28.60M in 4 rounds, a jump from $5.34M raised in 3 rounds the previous week.
Biggest Rounds
0G Labs, Chain with $250.00M raised from Stanford Blockchain, Animoca Brands, and others. 0G is a Modular AI Chain designed for AI dapps, ensuring seamless interoperability and security across chains.
StakeStone, DeFi with $22.00M raised from HashKey Capital, Binance Labs, and more. StakeStone is a liquidity staking derivatives basket token backed by ETH staking yield, optimizing staking strategies.
Wyden, CeFi with $16.90M raised from FiveT, Sygnum, and others. Wyden specializes in digital asset trading technology tailored for institutional investors.
Notabene, Blockchain Service with $14.50M raised from NextBlock, Wintermute, and others. Notabene provides a platform for transaction risk management, ensuring compliance with regulations.
BNB, Chain with $10.00M raised from Google Cloud. BNB is the native token for Binance Smart Chain, facilitating operations within the Binance ecosystem.
