Financing Highlights | AI company Anthropic completes $750 million in financing; Tencent leads investment in blockchain data network Chainbase

According to BlockBeats statistics, the total number of financings last week was 18, which was the same as before, with a total amount of approximately US$838.55 million and an average financing amount of US$46.5861 million. Among them, Web3.0+AI fields accounted for the majority, infrastructure fields and digital asset management/payment fields were relatively more, DeFi fields increased, social/creator economy fields and metaverse/GameFi fields were less, and NFT/digital fashion fields and other fields were not financed. The following figure shows the proportion of financing in each sector last week:

Metaverse/GameFi

In the Metaverse/GameFi field, there was a total of 1 financing, with a total amount of US$3 million, accounting for 0.36% of the total financing last week.

Oh Gamers

On July 17, the Web3 player community platform Oh Gamers completed a $3 million seed round of financing, with Axia8 Ventures and several angel investors participating. This funding will drive the early development of Oh Gamers and help it achieve its mission of focusing on players and reshaping the value distribution of the game ecosystem. Oh Gamers positions itself as defining Web3 games and making Web3 gamers the core of its future growth.

Oh Gamers is committed to becoming a bridge for traditional gamers to enter Web3 games and transform them into the core force for the future growth of Web3 games. Through the platform product suite around DID, gamers in the community will optimize their time and value in playing non-speculative games and embark on the path of becoming "professional Web3 gamers."

To date, Oh Gamers has achieved over 12,000 active paying gamers, $5 million in gaming assets generating $16 million in circulation, and nearly 100 game streamers achieving effective traffic growth and conversion. As the platform continues to grow and develop, it will provide full support for Web3 games through upcoming features such as Gamer ID, OhGamers Market, and TapDap.

DeFi

A total of 4 financings in the DeFi field, with a total amount of over $13.6 million, accounting for 1.62% of the total financing last week.

RateX

On July 16, RateX, an innovative Defi protocol focusing on leveraged interest rate trading, announced the successful completion of its seed round of financing. Investors in this round of financing include GSR, SNZ Holdings, Presto Labs, Animoca Ventures, Initial Ventures, G Ventures, KuCoin Ventures, Summer Ventures, and LeadBlock Bitpanda Ventures.

RateX was founded by interest rate traders and portfolio managers to provide users with a brand new way to create synthetic YT and PT for margin trading. Earlier this year, RateX won the first prize in the 2024 Solana Renaissance MCM competition.

RateX is a leveraged interest rate trading DEX built on Solana. On RateX, users can go long or short synthetic yield tokens (YT) with up to 10x leverage, thereby benefiting from the movement of yield in a capital-efficient manner. In addition to leveraged yield trading, RateX also provides integrated features such as fixed income investment and synthetic points trading to meet the needs of different users.

Zivoe

On July 18, the real world asset (RWA) credit protocol Zivoe announced the completion of a new round of $8.35 million in financing, with participation from Andrew Keys, Iceberg Capital and Concave.

The new funds will be used by Zivoe to launch its credit protocol, which uses blockchain to make credit more accessible by connecting on-chain liquidity with real-world borrowers. The token issuance will take place in conjunction with Zivoe’s Initial Tranche Offering (ITO), where liquidity providers can deposit stablecoins into Zivoe’s senior or junior tranches and receive tranches of tokens in return. Currently, the issuance is scheduled for July 31st.

The tokens provide risk-layered exposure to Zivoe’s loan portfolio, secured by a special purpose vehicle backed by consumer loan cash flows. Participants can also stake the tokens to earn yield from real-world consumer loans. ITO participants will be eligible to receive the platform’s native governance and utility token, $ZVE, airdropped as a reward for their participation in Zivoe’s governance framework.

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On July 18, Liquidium, an Ordinals lending platform on the Bitcoin chain, officially announced on the X platform that it had completed a $2.75 million seed round of financing, with Wise3Ventures, PortalVentures, goasymmetric, cmsholdings, Newmancapitalvc, NGC_Ventures, AGE Fund, VidenVC and others participating.

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On July 19, multi-chain DEX ZKEX completed a US$2.5 million seed round of financing, with participation from Fenbushi Capital, KXVC and RockTree Capital. This round of financing will support ZKEX to launch its fiat currency entry service, mobile application, etc. in the next quarter.

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Social/Creator Economy

There was a total of 1 financing in the social/creator economy field, with a total amount of more than US$3 million, accounting for 0.36% of the total financing last week.

Beoble

On July 15, Web3 social platform Beoble announced that it had completed an additional $3 million in financing through existing investors. The funds raised will be used to launch new features, improve user experience and repurchase.

Beoble completed a $5 million seed round of financing in February this year, with Hashkey, Samsung Next, DCG, DWF Ventures, Nomura Laser Digital, Cypher Capital and Blockchain Founders Fund participating.

Beoble is a communication infrastructure and ecosystem that allows users to chat between wallets, supporting formats such as files, emojis, pictures, and NFTs. Beoble's products include a web-based chat application and a toolkit that allows Dapps to be integrated.

The Beoble Labs team consists of former employees from well-known companies such as Citadel, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Microsoft, and Meta. Beoble currently supports all EVM networks (such as Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, Polygon, etc.), and the team said it plans to expand to other blockchains such as Solana, Cosmos, Flow, Aptos, and Sui.

Infrastructure

A total of 6 financings in the infrastructure field, with a total amount of more than US$37.75 million, accounting for 4.5% of the total financing last week.

Owlto Finance

On July 17, the cross-chain interoperability protocol Owlto Finance announced the completion of a new round of financing with a valuation of US$150 million, with participation from institutions such as Matrixport.

It is reported that this round of financing is only two months away from the previous round of US$8 million strategic financing. It was previously jointly led by Bixin Ventures and CE Innovation Capital, and participated by institutions such as Presto, Hailstone Labs, and Skyland Ventures.

Owlto is a full-chain interoperability cross-chain bridge, which has currently connected to more than 45 networks in the BTC, ETH, and SOL ecosystems. In DefiLlama's 24-hour trading volume ranking, Owlto ranks in the top three and ranks first in some periods. In addition, Owlto already has nearly 2 million user independent addresses in more than 200 countries and regions.

Allium

On July 18, blockchain data provider Allium completed a $16.5 million Series A financing, led by Theory Ventures.

Allium said it plans to use the newly raised funds to invest in data infrastructure, including providing a launch platform for financial institutions seeking to embrace digital assets. The company has already worked with Stripe and Visa, which assisted Allium in launching the Visa on-chain analytics dashboard. Its cryptocurrency native clients include the Uniswap Foundation and Phantom, a major Solana wallet provider.

It is reported that Allium previously raised $5 million in seed round funding from Kleiner Perkins and Amplify Partners, and worked with Visa, Wormhole and Jito Labs.

Chainbase

On July 18, blockchain data network Chainbase completed a $15 million Series A financing round, with Tencent Investment Group and Matrix Partners China co-leading the round. Other investors include DFG, Folius Ventures, Hash Global, JSquare, Mask Network and Bodl Ventures.

Chainbase describes itself as a full-chain data network that integrates all blockchain data into one platform, making it easier for developers to access and use to build and maintain applications. Its data network supports more than 15,000 developers and 8,000 projects, and manages more than 500 billion data calls.

It is reported that following the $3 million in seed and angel rounds, this round of financing brings Chainbase's total funding to $18 million. With the new funds in place, Chainbase will "invest heavily" in the next six months to build local communities in major cryptocurrency centers around the world.

The rest of the infrastructure financing includes:

On July 16, stablecoin developer Bima Labs completed a $2.25 million seed round of financing, led by Portal Ventures, with participation from Draper Goren Blockchain, Jeffrey Feng of Sei Labs, and Smokey of Berachain. Bima has developed USBD, a Bitcoin-backed stablecoin that can be minted by providing Bitcoin liquidity pledges and re-pledged tokens as collateral.

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On July 17, DePIN and RWA project SkyTrade announced the completion of the pre-seed round of financing, led by Modular Capital and Portal Ventures, and participated by Solana Foundation, Mercatus Center, etc. It is reported that SkyTrade divides low-altitude airspace into small spaces above real estate, allowing these spaces to be leased, purchased or sold with the permission of the owner to generate income.

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On July 20, blockchain cloud service company Nirvana Labs completed a $4 million seed round of financing, led by Castle Island Ventures and RW3 Ventures, with participation from BitGo Ecosystem Fund, Hash3, Third Earth and Play Ventures. Nirvana Labs' total financing in the past six months reached $5.7 million. Nirvana Labs has developed Nirvana Cloud, a cloud infrastructure designed specifically for Web3.

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Digital Asset Management/Payment

A total of 4 financings in the field of digital asset management/payment, with a total amount of over US$22.2 million, accounting for 2.65% of the total financing last week.

Caliza

On July 15, fintech company Caliza completed US$8.5 million in financing, led by Initialized, with participation from Abstract Ventures, Class 5 Global, Digital Money Group, Kraynos Capital, New Form Capital and Quona, as well as fintech executives as angel investors.

Caliza provides an API and front-end payment system that uses crypto stablecoins (specifically Circle’s USDC) and existing real-time payment networks to enable instant transfers and provide U.S. digital dollar accounts for international merchants.

The startup declined to reveal its client list, but said that customers are mainly banks or fintech companies that want to better support international transaction businesses, as well as individuals who need functions such as remittances and payroll. Currently, most of Caliza’s ten-person team is based in Brazil. As a result of the new round of financing, the company plans to double its headcount. The startup is also moving forward with previously announced local launch plans.

Truvius

On July 19, TheBlock reported that the cryptocurrency investment platform Truvius completed a $3.2 million Pre-seed round of financing, led by Galaxy Ventures, with participation from New Form Capital, Chainview Capital and undisclosed angel investors.

Truvius said it complies with SEC regulations and has partnered with Anchorage Digital, which is reportedly the only federally chartered cryptocurrency bank in the United States.

Digital asset management/payment The rest of the financing includes:

On July 15, Haruko, a British digital asset investment management platform, completed a $6 million Series A financing, led by White Star Capital's Digital Asset Fund and MMC Ventures (which has invested in Supercede and LiveEO). The company's total financing has reached $16 million. The new funds will help the company enter the Southeast Asian market and further consolidate its global influence.

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On July 16, the stablecoin payment platform PEXX announced the completion of a $4.5 million seed round of financing, led by TNB Aura, with participation from Antler and EMO Capital, an early supporter of Filecoin. PEXX's payment platform allows users holding Tether (USDT) and Circle (USDC) stablecoins to transfer their assets directly into bank accounts, helping individuals and businesses to trade across borders without the need for intermediaries or bank accounts.

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Web3+AI

There were a total of 2 financings in the Web3+AI field, with a total amount of more than US$759 million, accounting for 90.51% of the total financing last week. Including:

On July 16, cryptocurrency AI startup Mira completed a $9 million seed round of financing, which was co-led by Bitkraft Ventures and Framework Ventures, with participation from Accel, Mechanism Capital, Folius Ventures and AJ Scaramucci's SALT Fund. The startup is building a decentralized artificial intelligence infrastructure platform to help developers quickly build artificial intelligence applications.

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On July 17, TechCrunch reported, citing people familiar with the matter, that Silicon Valley venture capital firm Menlo Ventures is one of the largest investors in AI company Anthropic and participated in a round of financing of over $750 million that Anthropic has not yet announced. In addition, Anthropic will join hands with Menlo Ventures to establish a $100 million plan called "Anthology Fund" to invest in pre-seed and Series A AI companies.

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