Financing Weekly | 27 projects raised $160.7 million
This week, 27 blockchain startups raised $160.7 million in funding. Blockaid closed a $50 million Series B round, the largest round of the week.

This week, 27 blockchain startups raised $160.7 million in funding. Blockaid closed a $50 million Series B round, the largest round of the week.
Fourteen blockchain startups raised a total of $130.6 million in funding this week. Biggest funding round of the week: Beam raised $72 million in a public funding round.
This week, 29 blockchain startups raised a total of $752.2 million in funding. Bitcoin mining and hosting company Riot received $594.4 million in funding.
The largest round of funding this week was raised by Ithaca, which raised $20 million from Paradigm. Yala raised $8 million in a seed round. Eight projects, including ZAP, received other rounds of funding.
Thirty-two blockchain startups raised a total of $202.3 million in funding this week.
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This week, 34 blockchain startups raised $109.3 million in funding. The largest round was raised by Nexus, which raised $25 million. Ten projects received seed and pre-seed funding, and 22 projects received other rounds of funding.
This week, 28 blockchain startups raised $169.7 million in funding. The largest round was raised by Babylon, which raised $70 million. 13 projects received seed and pre-seed funding, and 15 projects received other rounds of funding.
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