Tensor — the ‘Blur of Solana’ — raises $3 million in seed funding

Tensor, which brands itself as “the Blur of Solana,” raised $3 million in a seed funding round. Placeholder VC led the round, with Solana Ventures, Alliance DAO, Big Brain Holdings, ...

NFT finance protocol Insrt raises $2.2 million in SAFT round

Published 30 minutes earlier on Insrt Labs, the core contributor of the Insrt Finance protocol, raised $2.2 million in a pre-seed funding round. Hashkey Capital and Infinite Capital co-led the r...

Indian web3 gaming studio Kratos raises seed round at $150M valuation, acquires IndiGG

Kratos Studios, a web3 gaming startup based in India, reached a valuation of $150 million in a seed funding round of $20 million. Accel led the round, and other investors included Prosus Venture...

Web3 database developer Polybase raises $2 million in pre-seed funding

Deals • February 22, 2023, 9:01AM EST Published 30 minutes earlier on Polybase, a crypto startup developing a privacy-focused decentralized database, raised $2 million in a pre-seed funding round. ...

Former Jump Trading developers raise $19 million to build Monad blockchain

Monad Labs, a Layer 1 blockchain project co-founded by former Jump Trading developers, raised $19 million in funding led by Dragonfly Capital. Other investors included Placeholder Capital, Lemni...

Modular blockchain Dymension raises $6.7 million in private token round

Dymension, a modular blockchain that leverages Cosmos’s and Celestia’s technologies, raised $6.7 million in a seed funding round. Big Brain Holdings and Stratos led the round, with M...

VRRB Labs raises pre-seed round at $20 million valuation as it builds its own Layer 1

VRRB (pronounced “verb”) Labs, a Miami-based crypto startup that is developing a Layer 1 blockchain network, raised $1.4 million in a pre-seed funding round. Investors in the round i...

DeFi protocol Archimedes raises $4.9 million in seed funding

Archimedes, a decentralized lending and borrowing protocol focused on leverage, raised $4.9 million in a seed funding round. Hack VC led the round, with Uncorrelated Ventures, Truffle Ventures, ...

Decentralized market maker Arrakis Finance raises $4 million: Exclusive

Arrakis Finance, a decentralized market-making protocol, raised $4 million in a seed funding round. Investors included Uniswap Labs Ventures, Accel, Polygon Ventures and Robot Ventures. There wa...

NFT infrastructure protocol Decent raises $3.5 million from Y Combinator and others: Exclusive

Decent, an NFT infrastructure protocol that helps artists monetize their work, raised $3.5 million in a seed funding round. Crypto-focused venture capital firm Archetype led the round, with Y Co...

Uniswap-based DeFi protocol Panoptic raises $4.5 million

Panoptic, a Uniswap-based decentralized finance protocol for trading perpetual options, raised $4.5 million in a seed funding round. Gumi Cryptos Capital led the round, with Uniswap Labs Venture...

Brevan Howard Digital co-leads $4.8 million round for NFT fraud detection startup Yakoa

Yakoa, a California-based NFT fraud detection startup, has raised $4.8 million in a seed funding round.  Brevan Howard Digital, Volt Capital and Collab+Currency co-led the round, with Uniswap La...