Venture Funding Slides Lower

Funding decreased this week to the lowest levels all month, declining from $142M to $96M. While funding decreased, the total number of deals remained the same at 22. Web3 & NFTs had the most funding this week, with six deals totaling $34M, including digital asset wallet Galaxy Finance, the largest deal of the week at $30M. Infrastructure had the second most funding at $31M. Each other sector lagged behind, with Mining and Metaverse & Gaming being the least funded, each receiving no funding.

While many deals this week didn’t disclose what round they were, the majority of deals were early stage, with 6 of the 22 being seed round.

Funding by Category

Funding by Stage

Deal of The Week:

Maverick Protocol, a DeFi Infrastructure project, raised $9m in an undisclosed round led by Founders Fund, with participation from Pantera Capital, Binance Labs, Coinbase Ventures, and Apollo Crypto. This follows an $8m strategic raise from February of 2022, with participation from Panteral Capital, Circle, Spartan Group, and CMT Digital. According to founding member Alvin Xu, Maverick aims to “provide critical market infrastructure required to eliminate inefficiencies from DeFi and help the industry grow to new highs.” The team recently launched a decentralized exchange in March, with $37m in...