01 Nov: Follow Dat Money

01 Nov: Follow Dat Money

By theinspired | Inspiration | 1 Nov 2022


Welcome to November folks! Last month we saw another $10B flow into Digital Asset projects. Funds brought in the lions shared followed by Banking. What will take the biggest haul this month? Any guesses?

Total: $9.202B

  • Founders of short-lived NFT investing game Visionrare raise $1.5 million for web3 job network: Exclusive (TB) [08]
  • Shima Capital backs PlayEmber's $2.3 million raise (TB) [15]
  • Multichain DAO builder XDao closes $2.3M token round at $50 million valuation (TB) [25]
  • Crypto Wallet Blocto Launches $3M Fund for Aptos-Based Projects (Coindesk) [04]
  • Play Casual Games, Win NFTs: Burn Ghost Raises $3.1M for Gaming Platform (Decrypt) [29]
  • DeFi protocol Centrifuge raises $4 million in strategic round: Exclusive (TB) [02]
  • Bain Capital and 6th Man Ventures lead $4 million round for crypto privacy startup Nucleo (TB) [22]
  • Coinbase Ventures participated in $4.2M funding round for NiftyApes (TB) [02]
  • Anode Labs raises $4.2 million to build web3 energy grid (TB) [17]
  • Cardano Builder Makes $4.5M Investment into University of Edinburgh (UToday) [17]
  • Solana yield manager Texture raises $5 million, enters private beta (TB) [04]
  • Colombia-based crypto platform Zulu raises $5 million seed round (TB) [17]
  • NFT utility platform Tropee raises $5 million led by Tioga Capital: Exclusive (TB) [22]
  • Blockchain Capital backs Catapult's $5 million raise: Exclusive (TB) [30]
  • Heroic Story secures $6 million to build Web3 tabletop RPG world (Cointelegraph | TB) [17]
  • Polkadot-based protocol t3rn raises $6.5 million: Exclusive (TB | Finbold | TDH) [25]
  • Caitlin Long's digital asset bank Custodia raises $7MM (TB) [01]
  • Crypto Exchange Coinmetro Eyes US, Europe Expansion With $7M Funding Round (Coindesk) [07]
  • Pantera Capital Leads $10MM Funding Round for Crypto Wallet Firm Braavos (Coindesk) [01]
  • Pudgy Penguins seeks $10 million from investors; CEO denies raising money (TB) [03]
  • Decentralized search startup Sepana raises $10 million (TB) [08]
  • Foresight Ventures Launches $10M Web3 Startup Fund, in Spite of Market Turmoil (Coindesk) [22]
  • DeFi protocol raises $10M from Bitfinex, Ava Labs despite turbulent market (Cointelegraph) [23]
  • Proximity Labs unveils $10 million developer fund for trading protocols on Near (TB) [24]
  • Eco-friendly Crypto Presale Raises $12 Million - How to Get in Early? (Cryptonews) [04]
  • WalletConnect raises $12.5 million to build 'web3 communications network' (TB) [03]
  • Game studio Ncsoft strikes partnership with Mysten Labs, reveals $15 million backing (TB | Decrypt) [08]
  • Web3 and VR gaming studio Thirdverse raises $15 million in latest funding round (TB) [22]
  • A16z Leads $15M Round for Game Studio Roboto Games (Coindesk) [30]
  • Bitcoin Mining Firm TeraWulf Raised $17M of Capital in Q3, But Cash Reserves Remain Low (Coindesk) [15]
  • Kraken and ConsenSys back staking platform Kiln in $17 million round (TB | Cointelegraph | Coindesk) [28]
  • Web3 fund led by ex-Binance Labs executive Nicole Zhang lands $20MM (TB) [01]
  • Casper Association launches $25M grant to support developers on its blockchain (Cointelegraph) [25]
  • Evmos developers raise $27 million in a token sale led by Polychain (TB | Coindesk) [02]
  • Startup Arkon Energy Raises $28M to Further Expand Into Bitcoin Mining (Coindesk) [17]
  • Abrdn leads digital assets exchange Archax's $28.5 million raise (TB) [08]
  • Thoma Bravo leads $70 million round into crypto compliance firm TRM Labs (TB | Cointelegraph) [09]
  • Crypto payments firm Ramp raises $70 million in 'more than 50% up round' (TB) [09]
  • Ripple leads $72 million round into crypto market maker Keyrock (TB | Cointelegraph) [30]
  • Amber Group reduces valuation, seeks additional $100 million: Bloomberg (TB) [04]
  • OKX exchange plans $100 million market recovery fund (TB) [16]
  • Crypto lender Matrixport seeks $100M funding despite lending crisis (Cointelegraph | TB | Coindesk) [25]
  • Bybit launches $100M support fund for institutional traders (Cointelegraph) [25]
  • Game7 allocates $100M in open-source technology grants for Web 3.0 gaming companies (Cointelegraph | Coindesk) [28]
  • TON Steward Looks to Draw Projects to its Ecosystem With $126M Rescue Fund (Coindesk) [30]
  • European crypto venture firm LeadBlock Partners hits first close of $150 million fund: Exclusive (TB) [08]
  • Fenix Games raises $150M to fuel next-generation blockchain gaming (Cointelegraph) [27]
  • Nomura unit invests in Orderly Network's token round at $200MM valuation (TB) [01]
  • zkSync developer Matter Labs raises $200M, commits to open-sourcing platform (Cointelegraph | TB) [16]
  • Web3 VC firm CoinFund eyes $250MM for seed investments (TB | Coindesk) [01]
  • Binance clarifies initial $1 billion recovery fund deposit came from own assets (TB | TB | TDH | BIC | TB) [25]
  • Animoca plots $2 billion metaverse investment fund: Nikkei (TB | BIC | Cointelegraph) [30]
  • Japanese mobile operator NTT Docomo plans up to $4 billion web3 investments (TB) [08]

OTHER NEWS

  • Standard Chartered invests in JPMorgan-founded blockchain tech platform Partior (TB) [03]
  • Bitpanda's founders launch their own venture capital firm: Exclusive (TB) [03]
  • Crypto Venture Capital Investment Slowed Further in October: JPMorgan (Coindesk) [08]
  • Blockchain VC funding halves in October despite some strong raises (Cointelegraph) [23]

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