Herald of the Institution: Uniswap attracted $ 165 million, and Tatum – more than $ 40 million

The cryptocurrency industry is attracted by an increasing number of institutional players. This is evidenced by new investments in infrastructure and more close attention, which companies show to bitcoin as a class of assets. The most important events of the last weeks are in the FORKLOG review.

Uniswap decentralized exchange attracted $ 165 million

The Uniswap Labs company, standing behind the Defi Protokol, attracted $ 165 million during the round of financing of the series in.

It was led by the venture company Polychain Capital. The participants were current investors represented by Andreessen Horowitz (A16Z), Paradigm, SV Angel and Variant.

According to the founder of the project Hayden Adams, Uniswap Labs focuses on expanding ecosystems: tools for developers, launching NFT, mobile applications and others.

Tatum blockchain project attracted $ 41.5 million

The team of platform for the development of blockchain applications Tatum attracted $ 41.5 million funding.

Round headed Evolution Equity Partners. Among the participants: Octopus Ventures, 3VC, Tensor Ventures, Depo Ventures, Leadblock Fund, Circle and Bitpanda founders.

According to the statement, Tatum has a working product and has more than 90,000 customers.

Skyweaver blockchain-game developer attracted $ 40 million

Canadian gaming NFT company Horizon Blockchain Games attracted $ 40 million during the round of financing of series A. It was led by Brevan Howard Digital and Morgan Creek Digital.

Investrandus also participated in traditional video game firms Ubisoft Entertainment SA and Take-Two Interactive Software.

The company’s attracted funds will direct the three main products to the further development of:

• Skyweaver games based on NFT cards;
• platforms for developers Sequence;
• Nraftyswap digital assets market.

Despite the bearish market and the tendency to reduce personnel in the industry, Horizon plan to expand the team from 60 to 80 people before the end of the year.

The Golden Web3-Data Transfer Protocol attracted $ 40 million

The team of the Web3-data transfer protocol Golden closed the round of the BOOD of the series B by $ 40 million. It was headed by A16Z.

Investments were also provided by Protocol Labs and its founder Juan Benet, founder of SOLANA Raj Goyal, co-founder Dropbox and ex-CTO Arash Ferdosei, CEO FIGMA Dylan Field, founder of postmates Bastion Lemann and others.

The raised funds will be directed to create a decentralized protocol in which tokens serve as a reward for the provision and verification of reliable information. Its incorrect nature provides for sanctions to network participants. Organizations using data and paying for them provide direct feedback.

“The world lacks a standardized interface to detect, distribute and verify information. To create it, a scalable method requires not only data, but also the development of incentives for entering data, verification and management, ”explained the founder and CEO Golden Jud Gomil.

The developers launched the Golden test network. Meinnet is expected in the second quarter of 2023.

EXPONONELA startup attracted $ 14 million

Platform for searching for investment and risk assessment in the Exponential Defi sector attracted $ 14 million as part of the SEED-Runda under the leadership of Paradigm.

The financing was also provided by Haun Ventures ex-partner A16Z Katie Haun, FTX Ventures, Solana Ventures, Polygon, Circle Ventures and more than 80 business angels.

Exponential plans to overcome the gap between Web2 and Web3, simplifying the investments in Defi Protokols through the platform.

Finteh Startap Zerion attracted $ 12.3 million

The Zerion investment application has attracted $ 12.3 million as part of the round of financing of series B. He was headed by Wintermute Ventures – a venture unit of the same marquetmaker.

Placeholder, Mosaic, Polymorphic Capital, Coinbase Ventures, founders of 1inch Network Sergey Pharma Bro’s token Kuntz and Anton Bukov, Alchemy Ventures and others also took part in the round.

The project team will direct funding for the further development of the product.

Ex-employees of Coinbase attracted $ 5.3 million for Web3 startup

The startup of SCALE3 LABS founded by former specialists has attracted $ 5.3 million in the sowing round of financing from Redpoint Ventures, Mysten Labs, Howard University and other investors.

The raised funds will be directed to the creation of infrastructure for the uninterrupted operation of NOD operators, the expansion of commands and the development of the ecosystem.

According to the founders, the startup allows you to accelerate the “super -complex” process of updating GCD from eight hours to “less than 20 minutes” due to the use of the platform, which performs all the internal work and provides direct links for updates.

SCALE 3 developed a monitoring panel that provides updates in real time.

The startup solution supports Mysten Labs Sui blockchain. The plans include the addition of Ethereum, Solana and Aptos. The project expects to integrate the top 10 blockchains over the next six months.

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• Blocktower attracted $ 150 million to a venture fund oriented on Web3.

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