Affected by the aftermath of the "FTX thunderstorm", the recent Crypto market sentiment is very fragile, and the rebound is weak. According to last week’s statistical data (9 projects in total), the number of financing for Web3 infrastructure projects (1) has decreased significantly, the financing environment for Game (4) and NFT (3) has picked up, and DeFi (1 ) The popularity of DAO (1) projects continued to decline. CGV and CTC have summarized the investment and financing information worth paying attention to in the encryption market for a week. The following is the investment and financing information of the global encryption market from November 21 to November 27, 2022:
【infrastructure】
1. Vezgo | Financing $750,000|Bitnomic Capital and others participated in the investment
On November 21, Vezgo, a Web3 data solution, completed a $750,000 Pre-Seed round of financing. Bitnomic Capital, Flinks Technologies, M2S Capital, Chouinard Family Office, and individual investors including Andrew Izyumov and Rachid Ajaja participated in the investment.
Vezgo is spun off from the investment aggregation platform Wealthica and operated independently. It aims to provide Web2 finance and fintech companies with APIs, including centralized trading platforms, wallets, NFT and other on-chain data.
Original link: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/vezgo-closes-750k-in-oversubscribed-pre-seed-round-to-accelerate-growth-and-development-of-new-features-for -our-leading-crypto-data-api-301683340.html
【Game】
2. Carv | $4 million in financing|Vertex Ventures leads the round
On November 22, Carv, a decentralized identity start-up project for gamers, completed a financing of US$4 million at a valuation of US$40 million. Temasek’s venture capital firm Vertex Ventures led the investment, EVOS (ATTN Group), SNACKCLUB (Loud Gaming), Infinity Ventures Crypto, YGG SEA, UpHonest Capital, Lyrik Ventures, Lintentry Foundation, PAKADAO, 7UpDAO and angel investor Aliaksandr Hadzilin (co-founder of NEAR) participated.
Carv's main products include an engine that aggregates game player data from Web2 and Web3 and centralizes this information under a unique user ID. On the enterprise side, Carv provides white label data services for game operators, and game operators can query cross-platform data of new users.
Original link: https://guce.techcrunch.com/consent?brandType=nonEu&gcrumb=RwORETc&lang=en-US&done=https%3A%2F%2Ftechcrunch.com%2F2022%2F11%2F22%2Fcarv-funding-40-million-valuation %2F%3Ftpcc%3Dtcplustwitter%26guccounter%3D1%26guce_referrer%3DaHR0cHM6Ly9mb3Jlc2lnaHRuZXdzLnByby8%26guce_referrer_sig%3DAQAAAIgSG3pZkXgfqKZar5oA3iItTA338ZTIajuF dBhhGiSYUn6zbcMQ_qLXKHvOmvtsZbkCMRypjljlwrR67E
3. Insert Stonks | pre-seed round of financing $ 2.5 million | FunFair Ventures led the round
On November 22, Insert Stonks, a Web3 game infrastructure service provider, announced the completion of a US$2.5 million pre-seed round of financing, led by FunFair Ventures.
Insert Stonks provides personalized tools to help players and developers monetize their games quickly and transparently.
Original link: https://mobidictum.biz/insert-stonks-raises-over-2-5m-in-a-pre-seed-round/
4. Fenix Games | Financing 150 million US dollars | Cypher Capital and others participated in the investment
On November 25th, Web3 game publisher Fenix Games completed a financing of US$150 million. Phoenix Group and Dubai venture capital firm Cypher Capital participated in the investment. This round of financing will be used to acquire, invest and distribute blockchain games.
Original link: https://venturebeat.com/games/fenix-games-raises-150m-for-blockchain-game-publishing/
5. Midnight | $7.5 million in seed round financing|Shima Capital led the investment
On November 25, Midnight, a Web3 game development company, announced the completion of a US$7.5 million seed round of financing, led by Shima Capital, blockchain platform Forte, popular game community Snackclub, guild and modding platform Overwolf, Woodstock Fund, FJ Labs, Bixin Ventures Wait to vote.
Midnight aims to use blockchain technology to build an IP-based game world for players. Its products include 2D pixel fighting game Next Protectors, 4X MMO game Legion, etc.
Original link: https://venturebeat.com/games/midnight-comes-out-of-stealth-with-7-5m-in-funding-for-a-new-game-company/
【NFT】
6. Tropee | $5.1 million in financing|Tioga Capital leads the round
On November 22, Tropee, an NFT utility platform, announced the completion of US$5.1 million in financing, led by Tioga Capital, with angel investors including Sébastien Borget from The Sandbox, Thibault Launay from Exclusive, Grégoire le Jeune from Geometry, and Lorens Huculak from Gem. cast.
Tropee aims to empower NFTs by helping brands elevate the user experience from their collections.
Original link: https://www.theblock.co/post/188971/nft-utility-platform-tropee-raises-5-million-led-by-tioga-capital-exclusive?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
7. Vinci Protocol | Financing $2.1 million|TGE Capital led the investment
On November 23, NFT infrastructure Vinci Protocol announced the completion of US$2.1 million in financing. This round of financing was led by UOB Venture Management, Signum Capital and TGE Capital. This round of financing will be used to develop NFT data services and development tool kits, including NFTFi, NFT oracle, NFT governance and other tools.
Original link: https://medium.com/@vinciprotocol/vinci-protocol-completed-2-1m-seed-round-fundraising-4d1c6f6e0de6
8. nftperp | $1.7 million in seed round financing | Dialectic and others participated in the investment
On November 27, nftperp, an NFT perpetual contract trading platform, announced the completion of a $1.7 million seed round of financing at a valuation of $17 million. This round of financing was funded by Dialectic, Maven 11, Flow Ventures, DCV Capital, Gagra Ventures, AscendEX Ventures, Perridon Ventures , Caballeros Capital, Cogitent Ventures, Nothing Research, Apollo Capital, Tykhe Block Ventures, OP Crypto and other institutions participated in the investment.
nftperp tracks the lowest prices for collections of NFTs, allowing users to go long and short NFTs.
Original link: https://medium.com/@nftperp/nftperp-raised-1-7m-for-its-seed-round-27a431b1f063
【DeFi】
9. Onomy | Financing $10 million|Bitfinex and others participated in the investment
On November 23, Onomy, a Cosmos-based DeFi protocol, announced the completion of $10 million in financing. This round of financing was participated by Bitfinex, GSR Markets, Ava Labs, CMS Holdings, and DWF Labs.
Onomy aims to merge DeFi and foreign exchange markets, and its products include a Layer 1 blockchain network and cross-chain bridge, as well as a decentralized trading platform and non-custodial wallet called Onex.
Original link: https://twitter.com/TheBlock__/status/1595387317031645184
【DAO】
10. XDAO | $2.3 million in seed round financing|Panony and others participated in the investment
On November 25, the DAO tool XDAO completed a $2.3 million seed round financing at a valuation of $50 million, with Panony, DWF Labs, Telos Foundation, Grizzly Capital and others participating.
Original link: https://www.theblock.co/post/189740/xdao-closes-token-funding-round?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
About Cryptogram Venture (CGV): Cryptogram Venture (CGV) is an encryption industry research and investment institution headquartered in Japan with compliance qualifications. With "research-driven investment" as the business orientation, he has participated in early investments such as FTX, Republic, CasperLabs, AlchemyPay, The Graph, Bitkeep, Pocket and Powerpool, as well as the yen stable currency JPYW under the supervision of the Japanese government. At the same time, CGV FoF is the LP of Huobi venture, Rocktree capital, Kirin fund and other funds. It has set up brand activities such as Web3 Hackathon and Industry Summit. From July to October 2022, it will launch the first Web3 Hackathon (TWSH) in Japan, and has won the cooperation of Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Keio University, SONY, Softbank and other institutions and experts. support. Currently, CGV has branches in Singapore, Canada and China.