Privacy-focused Layer 2 Aztec Network raises $40.20M、ETF-specialized Layer 1 Helios raises $15M、and more—25 projects in total【Fundraising Project Summary】

Top 25 Funding Projects from December 6 to 12

Good morning.
I’m Mitsui, a web3 researcher.

Today’s topic is “Summary of the Fundraising Project for This Week.”

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💥Top 5 Projects by Funding Amount

1、Aztec Network

• Overview：A privacy-focused Layer 2 network for Ethereum. By combining zero-knowledge rollups with programmable privacy, it enables encrypted smart contracts. Developers can build applications where data—such as balances, transactions, and logic—remains private by default, while inheriting Ethereum’s security.

• Category：L2、Privacy

• Procurement amount：$40.20M

• Investment round：Public Sale

• Investor: Individual investor

2、LI.FI

• Overview：A cross-chain liquidity aggregation protocol that bridges developers and users to DEXs and decentralized liquidity sources through a single API, SDK, or widget. It intelligently routes trades and bridges to find the optimal price, lowest cost, and most secure path, enabling optimized swaps and asset transfers across over 30 blockchains.

• Category：Infrastructure

• Procurement amount：$29M

• Investment round：Series A

• Investor：Multicoin Capital、CoinFund

3、Real Finance

• Overview：A Layer 1 blockchain for institutional investors specializing in tokenizing RWA financial assets, insurance, and trading. Combining EVM compatibility with a Cosmos-based architecture enables compliant issuance and on-chain management of bonds, real estate, commodities, and more, embedding risk metadata and regulatory compliance at the protocol level.

• Category：L1, RWA

• Procurement amount：$29M

• Investment round：TBD

• Investor：★Nimbus Capital、Magnus Capital、Frekaz Group