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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...

NFT projects raised  $185 million while payments companies raised over $600 million and new venture capital aggregate funds were $1.285 billion this weekDEAL OF THE WEEK: Crypto exchange FTX raises $420 million at a $25 billion valuationActive investors this week include Galaxy Digital, CMS, Polychain and Ribbit Capital ------------------------- VENTURE CAPITAL DEALS Deel is an international payroll, human resources and compliance management platform that helps companies manage international employees. Deel...

Payments companies raised $145 million, infrastructure companies raised $433 million, and new venture capital funds raised over $2.0 billion this weekMost active investors this week include DCG, Fenbushi, Dragonfly Capital, and Borderless CapitalDeal of the Week: MoonPay a payments company raises $400 million at $.34 billion valuation to help link traditional payments companies to crypto ------------------------- VENTURE CAPITAL DEALS Elliptic provides blockchain analytics, training, and certification for crypto businesses, financial...

Investors bet big on crypto exchanges, allocating almost $345 million to deals this weekDeal of the Week: Sky Mavis, creator of Axie Infinity raised $152 million at $3 billion valuationActive investors this week include Paradigm, MultiCoin, Digital Galaxy and Accel ------------------------- VENTURE CAPITAL DEALS BITOASIS is one of the oldest crypto exchanges in the Middle East and North African (“MENA”) region. BitOasis, received regulatory approvals from the Abu Dhabi Global...

Social platforms raise $12.9 million and energy efficient projects raise $3.9 million this weekToken sales raised $36.4 million; Bit2Me raised $23.9 million while Immutable X raised $12.5 millionOur Deal of the Week, Cardano’s commercial and venture arm, EMURGO Ventures will invests $100 million in NFT, DeFi, and Blockchain education.Most featured investors include AU21, Huobi Ventures, Alameda Research, and GBV ------------------------- VENTURE CAPITAL DEALS GREEN BELI’S mission is to promote an...

NFT platforms raised a combined $933 million, and infrastructure raised $155 million in new funding this weekDeal of the Week: Sorare, a soccer-NFT platform closed a $680 million Series B funding roundActive investors this week include Softbank, Coinbase Ventures, and Digital Currency Group ------------------------- VENTURE CAPITAL DEALS Blockdaemon, a New York-based startup that builds blockchain nodes and other tech, has raised $155 million at a valuation of $1.26 billion. The...