Overview of Last Week's Blockchain Industry Financing

According to statistics, from April 28 to May 4 of last week, a total of 13 investment and financing events occurred in the global Blockchain industry, with a total financing scale exceeding 137 million USD, a decrease compared to the previous week. The main investment areas include:

• In the DeFi sector, 3 incidents occurred, among which the blockchain financial company Dinari completed a $12.7 million Series A funding.
• In the Web3+AI field, 2 events occurred, among which Camp Network completed a $25 million Series A financing.
• In the field of infrastructure and tools, there were 6 instances, including the privacy Blockchain Miden which completed a $25 million seed round financing.
• In the Web3 entertainment sector, YOAKE entertainment has completed a financing round of approximately $1.25 million.
• In the field of centralized finance, payment startup Next Generation has completed a $5 million seed round financing.

DeFi Field

( Blockchain financial company Dinari completes $12.7 million Series A financing.

Dinari announced the completion of a $12.7 million Series A financing round, led and participated by several well-known investment institutions. The company's total financing amount has reached $22.65 million, with a valuation of $40.15 million in 2024. Dinari focuses on providing U.S. stock investment services for overseas investors, issuing tokens that represent ownership of U.S. stocks through Blockchain technology. Its API services have been integrated into multiple fintech platforms, allowing users to purchase tokens representing stocks of companies like Apple. Dinari will directly purchase and hold the corresponding stocks in the U.S. stock market, ensuring 100% asset backing.

) Education Finance RWA Agreement Pencil Finance completes $10 million liquidity pool financing.

EduFi ### RWA protocol Pencil Finance has announced the completion of a $10 million liquidity pool financing, with funds already deployed in the liquidity pool on the Open Campus EDU Chain. Pencil Finance will collaborate with traditional education loan companies to bring education loans in Southeast Asia and the United States on-chain, creating a new asset class for on-chain investors. At the same time, by providing on-chain yield opportunities to traditional education loan companies, it aims to help lower interest rates on education loans.

Stablecoin startup Zar has raised $7 million in funding.

Stablecoin project Zar announced the completion of a $7 million financing round, with investors including several well-known institutions. Zar was founded by Brandon Timinsky and Sebastian Scholl in 2024, aiming to enable "corner stores" worldwide to support cash-to-stablecoin exchange transactions. The platform is not yet open, but there are approximately 100,000 users waiting to register, and 7,000 stores have expressed willingness to cooperate, covering 20 countries including Pakistan, Indonesia, and Nigeria. Zar plans to officially launch this summer.

Web3+AI领域

( Camp Network completed a $25 million Series A financing.

The blockchain project Camp Network, focused on AI copyright revenue sharing, announced the completion of a $25 million Series A financing, led by several well-known investment institutions, with a valuation of up to $400 million. Camp Network aims to build an on-chain storage and licensing platform for content creators and plans to launch a cryptocurrency this year. Co-founder Murthy stated that as AI companies gradually standardize data usage, blockchain can become an important tool for verifying copyright compliance.

) Decentralized AI project Gata completes $4 million seed round financing.

The decentralized AI project Gata has announced the completion of a $4 million seed round financing. Gata focuses on the development of decentralized large model inference, training, and data technology, aiming to achieve decentralized infrastructure participation and support the global AI economy. Gata has launched the DataAgent platform, which utilizes computing power resources contributed by global users to automatically generate the data required for AI training through AI, aiming to replace traditional manual data labeling methods.

Infrastructure and Tools

Privacy Blockchain Miden completes $25 million seed round financing

The privacy blockchain project Miden, co-founded by former Meta engineers, announced the completion of a $25 million seed funding round, led by several well-known investment institutions. Miden focuses on achieving transaction privacy through zero-knowledge proofs while also considering the performance and decentralization of the blockchain.

Parallel MPC Network Ika secures strategic investment

The parallel MPC network Ika has announced a strategic investment. Since then, Ika has secured over $21 million in financing, reaching a maximum valuation of $600 million in the private placement phase with an FDV. Ika is a parallel MPC### multi-party computation ### network that will soon be launched on a certain Blockchain.

Unto Labs completed $14.4 million financing.

Unto Labs announced the completion of a $14.4 million financing round, with a valuation of $140 million. Unto is developing its own Blockchain and self-developed virtual machine ThruVM, based on the RISC-V architecture, aiming to enhance compatibility with traditional hardware and lower the entry barrier for non-crypto developers. The funds will be used to expand the team and accelerate product development.

( Web3 startup Terminal 3 completes $8 million seed round financing.

Hong Kong Web3 startup Terminal 3 has completed an $8 million seed round financing. The company's decentralized identity and data privacy protocol has served over 8 million users, and the new funding will be used to launch enterprise-level solutions by the end of the year. Terminal 3 combines Blockchain and zero-knowledge proof technology to provide secure data storage solutions for scenarios such as banking, government credentials, and AI agents.

) ROVR Network, a decentralized high-precision map protocol, has completed a $2.6 million seed round financing.

The decentralized high-precision map protocol ROVR Network has completed a $2.6 million seed round financing. The project combines LiDAR laser radar with real-time dynamic positioning technology ###RTK### to provide centimeter-level precision open-source map data solutions for the autonomous driving industry. ROVR founder Guang Ling stated that the funds from this round will be used for global hardware deployment and community data collection.

aZen, a Web3 infrastructure project, has completed a $1.2 million seed round financing.

Web3 infrastructure project aZen announces the completion of a $1.2 million seed round financing. In addition, aZen Holdings has also secured a $40 million equity investment to promote long-term expansion and ecosystem development. The new funds will support its construction of decentralized AI-native computing infrastructure.

Other Fields

( Web3 entertainment company YOAKE entertainment has completed a financing of approximately 1.25 million USD.

Web3 entertainment company YOAKE entertainment announced that it has completed approximately $1.25 million in financing through private token sales and convertible corporate bonds. The financing will be used for the development of the next-generation entertainment platform and global IP content production. YOAKE focuses on the blockchainization of entertainment IP, and recently announced the launch of the official NFT series for the popular Japanese anime "The Seven Deadly Sins."

Centralized Finance Sector

) Next Generation payment company completed $5 million seed round financing.

Next Generation, a blockchain-driven payment startup, announced the completion of a $5 million seed funding round. This funding will accelerate the launch of the company's B2B payment ecosystem, which aims to connect traditional finance and digital finance through its proprietary stablecoin pegged to the euro and compliant with MiCA standards.

Venture Capital Fund

The crypto venture capital firm dao5 has completed a $222 million second phase fundraising.

The crypto venture capital firm dao5 announced the completion of a $222 million second-phase fundraise, mainly from family offices and high-net-worth individuals. The firm was founded in 2022 by former Polychain investment partner and corporate lawyer Tekin Salimi, and its first $125 million fund has been fully allocated to multiple projects. Currently, the DPI### actual capital return rate ### has reached 1 time. The new fund will focus on institutional applications such as stablecoins and asset tokenization, planning to invest in 15-20 early-stage projects.