Crypto Research

The trend of massive investment into centralized finance ( CeFi ) and infrastructure projects continued over the past week. CeFi projects raised $430 million, and infrastructure raised $312 million, together making up 80% of this week’s $930 million of investments from venture capital. $167.5 million went into NFTs, and DeFi and gaming brought up the rear with $11.25 million and $7 million, respectively. Two new venture capital funds raised a...

Over $1.8 billion was raised through venture capital this week, with $928 million going towards 6 infrastructure projects to help build ecosystem functionality. Two new venture funds raised $435 million for future investments into a variety of crypto verticals. Centralized Finance (CeFi) brought in $433 million, NFT projects received $12.2 million, and a DeFi project raised $6 million. The bigger move in the NFT capital markets world came by way...

Venture capital firms took a shotgun approach to investing this week, raising just over $1 billion in total for investments across the crypto space, focusing heavily on NFTs, Infrastructure, and Centralized Finance (CeFi) projects. NFT projects raised $240 million, infrastructure saw $239 million, CeFi raked in $324 million, and DeFi and Metaverse raised $33 million and $45 million, respectively. Acquisition activity was also high, with OpenSea and BitMEX eyeing other...

This week’s venture capital was heavily weighted towards infrastructure projects, with some dabbling into NFTs, Gaming, DAOs, and DeFi. Crypto infrastructure projects raised over $1.3 billion, with interoperability and usability as the biggest attractions in the space. Token sales were effective fundraising instruments this week, raising $85 million for 3 protocols. Signs point to a massive influx of capital in future Funding Fridays, as 3 new funds raised $7.9 billion...

Venture capital funds kicked off 2022 with $359 million invested in NFT projects that are focused on continuing to grow the NFT ecosystem through creator and project incubation. DeFi investment was also highly active, raising $396 million this week, mostly for expanding existing protocols’ product and service offerings. Web3.0 infrastructure projects raised $30 million, $6 million went to gaming, and Bitfarms is keeping its foot on the gas with a...

VENTURE CAPITAL DEALS Africa Blockchain Lab is a blockchain technology business and creator of African crypto application VIBRA. The company has raised $6 million in a Series Pre-A investment to help support the launch of its VIBRA wallet. Investors include Dragonfly Capital, Hashkey Capital, Fenbushi, Cadenza Capital, Lateral Frontiers, CRE Venture Capital, among others. Africa has received plenty of investments from top global venture funds in 2021, projects like Ejara...

New Venture Capital funds raised an aggregate $1.9 billion this week with a metaverse and decentralized finance (DeFi) focus. Metaverse projects raised $213 million in capital, while cybersecurity firm Certik raised $80 million and Coinbase acquired cybersecurity firm Unbound for an undisclosed amount.Active investors this week include Alameda Research, Solana Ventures, Softbank and Coatue.DEAL OF THE WEEK: 1inch Network raises $175 million in a strategic Series B funding round led...

New Venture Capital funds raised an aggregate $2.76 billion this week. Gaming projects raised $13.5 million in capital, while Ethereum-based building companies raised $250 million this week. Bitcoin mining company Bitdeer will go public via a SPAC valued at around $4 billion. Iris Energy is a Bitcoin mining company that went public via an IPO and upsized its offering to be valued at roughly $1.5 billion at the time of...

Gaming projects raised $825 million in capital this week, compliance projects raised over $25 million in aggregate funds, decentralized protocols brough in $37.2 million this week.DEAL OF THE WEEK: Forte. io has raised a $725 million Series B funding round. The Company had raised a $185 million round at a $1 billion valuation in May.Argo Blockchain, a cryptocurrency miner, will sell up to $57.5 million in bonds maturing in 2026.Active...

Metaverse projects raised an aggregate $287 million in capital this week, payments and investment platforms raised $153 million, new venture capital funds created brought in $240 million and M&A activity reached $970 million this week.Deal of the Week: Digital Currency Group sells shares worth $700 million to Softbank and Alphabet among other investors at $10 billion valuationActive investors this week include SoftBank, Alameda Research, AU21 and Animoca Brands ------------------------- VENTURE...

Decentralized Exchanges (DEXes) raised $83.3 million this week; infrastructure deals had another great week with cumulative investments of $330 million and NFT projects raised $21.2 million this weekDeal of the Week: Alchemy raises $250 million in Series C, valuing the Company at $3.5 billionActive investors this week include Multicoin, Alameda Research, and Jump Capital ------------------------- VENTURE CAPITAL DEALS Label Foundation is a blockchain-based global education content incubation platform that provides...