Winklevoss Brothers' Gemini IPOs, Inversion Capital Raises $26.5M, and 13 Other PJs【Fundraising PJ Summary】
13 fundraising PJs from 9/6~12
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I am mitsui, a web3 researcher.
Today's edition of "Fundraising PJs for the Week Ahead" is a summary of the week's fundraising PJs.
💥Top 5 projects in terms of proceeds
1、Figure
summary: a blockchain technology startup company that provides loan origination, equity management, and payment services using the Provenance blockchain. The company aims to transform the financial services industry by bringing speed, efficiency, and savings to both consumers and financial institutions.
categoryPayment, Stablecoin
amount raised：$787.50M
Investment round：IPO
investor: General Investor
2、Rapyd
summary: a global fintech-as-a-service platform that provides an end-to-end payment infrastructure. Businesses can accept card payments, bank payments, local wallets, and payments via digital wallets, make global payments, issue virtual and physical cards, and manage multi-currency business accounts Through APIs and hosted checkout solutions, the platform supports over 190 countries and 150 Supports fintech functionality for currencies.
category：Payment
amount raised：$500M
Investment round：Series F
investor：XBO Ventures、Target Global、BlackRock、General Catalyst、etc..
3、Gemini
summary: US-based crypto asset exchange and custody bank founded in 2014 by Cameron Winklevoss and Tyler Winklevoss, providing a secure platform to buy, sell, trade, and store over 70 crypto assets, supporting both retail and institutional investors.
category：CEX
amount raised：$425M
Investment round：IPO
investor: General Investor
summaryA private equity firm that helps revitalize traditional companies, especially in areas such as telecommunications and financial services, by integrating blockchain infrastructure: acquiring existing businesses, such as MVNOs, and implementing blockchain-based solutions to improve efficiency, such as instant payments and reduced operating costs. and other efficiencies by acquiring existing businesses, such as MVNOs, and deploying blockchain-based solutions.
category：PE
amount raised：$26.50M
Investment roundSeed
investor：★Dragonfly Capital、VanEck、Lightspeed Faction、ParaFi Capital、etc..
summaryThe platform is a distributed platform that aims to improve the quality and accessibility of social knowledge by providing the infrastructure, tools, and applications to create an open and flexible knowledge graph. Users can create attestations on any subject, which are stored in a navigable and queryable format and can be leveraged by other applications.
category：DID
amount raised：$2.13M
Investment round：Public Sale
investor: General Investor
✨Other, 8 projects
PlayAI[$2M/Public Sale]: a modular blockchain infrastructure designed to provide developers with the high-quality data and tools needed to deploy AI agents and models; positioned as an orchestration layer between AI and cryptocurrency, user-supplied data can be securely aggregated and validated on-chain to Securely aggregate and validate user-provided data on-chain to enable the development of gaming and decentralized automation applications.
Everlyn[$2M/Public Sale]The world's first open-source foundational video model and multimodal agent ecosystem. The flagship model, Everlyn-1, pushes the boundaries of video AI with ultra-realistic image quality, long output times, low latency, and interactive capabilities.
Gyld Finance[$1.50M/Pre Seed]Provide an institutional marketplace for: staked digital assets, enabling the conversion of passive staking fees into actively managed fixed-income products.
Recoveris[$1.26M/Seed]A Swiss-based start-up specializing in blockchain intelligence and digital asset recovery services that leverages its expertise in AI-powered forensic investigation and cross-chain tracing to help individuals, legal professionals, web3 platforms, and law enforcement agencies recover lost or stolen crypto assets. recover lost or stolen crypto assets.
Based One[TBD/TBD]Hyperliquid: A mobile-first trading platform based on Hyperliquid. It provides seamless access to perpetual and spot markets with high liquidity and advanced trading tools.
ChatterPay[TBD/Strategic]: A web3 wallet integrated into WhatsApp that allows users to easily send, receive, and manage cryptocurrencies through simple chat messages. Without requiring technical knowledge or a separate app, users can purchase, exchange, and hold assets such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Stablecoin through a conversational interface. Employs account abstraction and runs on the Layer 2 blockchain (Scroll) for secure and low-cost transactions.
KaleidoSwap[TBD/Pre seed]: an unmanaged desktop application that enables trustless trading of RGB assets on the Lightning network. Combines the security of Bitcoin, the speed of Lightning, and the programmability of the RGB protocol to enable atomic swaps of BTC, USDT, and other RGB20 tokens.
Sensible[TBD/M&A(Coinbase)]Offers: secure, beginner-friendly crypto asset savings accounts that earn variable annual interest rates of up to approximately 8% on major crypto assets such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, and more. Direct connection to existing crypto asset wallets and exchanges for seamless deposits.
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