[New Fundraising] Brighty secures USD 10 million in funding from Futurecraft Ventures

Brighty is an all-in-one app that combines digital and crypto banking. Save, send, spend, and earn at up to 10% per year on your stablecoins, paid daily. Brighty is committed to enabling individuals to buy cryptocurrencies and access the crypto economy more securely.

More about Brighty: https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Brighty?k=MTUyOTQ%3D

Source:
https://thepaypers.com/cryptocurrencies/brighty-secures-usd-10-million-in-funding-from-futurecraft-ventures--1271223

[New Fundraising] BLIFE Protocol has raised $7M to shape Bitcoin's future by bringing Culture to the forefront and build the ultimate hub for your life on Bitcoin.

BLIFE's vision is to lead the adoption and growth of Web3 on Bitcoin, utilizing $BLIFE to revolutionize the ordinals and Bitcoin fungible tokens ecosystem from being niche and complex to valuable and accessible. This vision spans DEFI, gaming, entertainment, and education, with $BLIFE as a key governance token.

More about Brighty: https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/BLIFE%20Protocol?k=MTUyOTU%3D

Source:
https://x.com/BLIFEProtocol/status/1863570033366151538

[New Fundraising] OpenPad AI raised $2 million in financing, led by Basics Capital

OpenPad is a decentralized investment platform tailored for web3 protocols, providing a comprehensive solution for capital infusion, liquidity support, and community engagement.

More about OpenPad:
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/OpenPad?k=ODMwNA%3D%3D

Source:
https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/12/02/2990002/0/en/OpenPad-AI-Raises-2M-To-Transform-Web3-Investments-With-Decentralized-AI-Analytics.html

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[New Fundraising] Union Labs, a Connector of Blockchains, Raises $14M in Series A Round

Union is a yper-efficient interoperability protocol connects all blockchains and rollups, across any ecosystem.

More about Union: https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Union?k=MTAxMjY%3D

Source:
https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/12/02/union-labs-a-connector-of-blockchains-raises-usd14m-in-series-a-round

[New Fundraising] Crypto-AI startup GAIB raises $5 million in pre-seed funding

GAIB is the economic layer for AI and computing power. GAIB creates a new asset class that allows anyone to directly invest in AI, GPU, and computing power markets. It enables true AiFi, GPU tokenization, GPU-backed stablecoins, derivatives, and more.

More about GAIB: https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/GAIB?k=MTQ3MjE%3D

Source:
https://www.theblock.co/post/329306/crypto-ai-startup-gaib-funding

[New Fundraising] DeFi.app raises $2 million seed round at $100 million token valuation

DeFi.app aims to simplify DeFi trading while maintaining full self-custody of crypto assets. Through DeFi.app, users can buy tokens on any blockchain, perform "instant, one-click" cross-chain swaps, access decentralized derivatives markets and yield opportunities — all without gas fees or the need for bridges — Greer said. The platform uses "full-chain abstraction" to eliminate gas fees, employs passkeys and biometrics for security and requires no know-your-customer (KYC) checks.

More about DeFi.app: https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/DeFi.app?k=MTUzMjY%3D

Source: https://www.theblock.co/post/329504/defi-app-funding-token-valuation

[New Fundraising] Fiamma announces $4M seed round led by Lightspeed Faction and L2 Iterative Ventures

Fiamma is a verification network that specializes in zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs, striving to provide a secure, decentralized, and economically efficient solution for universal blockchain integration. At its heart, Fiamma is engineered to leverage the robust cryptoeconomic and network security value of Bitcoin via the integration with Babylon and implementation of BitVM2. This combination enables Fiamma to introduce ZK capabilities into the Bitcoin ecosystem and secure ZK use cases in Ethereum and beyond, enhancing the scope and effectiveness of ZK technology.

More about Fiamma: https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Fiamma?k=MTMzNzE%3D

Source: https://cointelegraph.com/press-releases/fiamma-announces-4m-seed-round-led-by-lightspeed-faction-and-l2-iterative-ventures

[New Fundraising] Story Protocol-based AI startup Sekai raises $3 million in seed round led by Hashed

Sekai is a platform for creating, sharing and monetizing interactive narratives, in partnership with Story Protocol. When users create stories or story assets, they are not just telling a story, they are triggering a creative chain reaction.

More about Sekai: https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Sekai?k=MTQzMzk%3D

Source:
https://www.theblock.co/post/329456/story-protocol-based-ai-startup-sekai-raises-3-million-in-seed-round-led-by-hashed

[New Fundraising] Holyheld Raises Funding to Launch Blockchain Reconciliation and Remittance Record

Holyheld is a Web3 debit card for a non-custodial wallet. It creates smart contract logic that can be used across blockchains and is standardized to settle for fiat currency. It eliminates a large part of the current payment process. Cryptocurrency is exchanged for fiat currency, which can then be used through conventional spending methods, such as Mastercard.

More about Holyheld: https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Holyheld?k=NzU0NQ%3D%3D

Source:
https://decrypt.co/295036/holyheld-raises-funding-to-launch-blockchain-reconciliation-and-remittance-record

[New Fundraising] Lending protocol Suilend raised $4M financing, led by Robot Ventures

Suilend is an autonomous lending and borrowing platform on Sui.The project had previously raised $2 million in February this year.

More about Suilend:
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Suilend?k=MTA2OTM%3D

Source:
https://x.com/suilendprotocol/status/1864723110420975875

[New Fundraising] Spexi Secures $11.5M Series A to Expand Ultra-High-Resolution Drone Imagery Network

Spexigon is a proof-of-physical-work platform for drone imagery, where drone owners can earn crypto by capturing imagery in a fly-to-earn rewards system. Once the algorithm verifies the images, they are moved into the marketplace for businesses and developers to consume, and pilots are rewarded with tokens.

More about Spexi: https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Spexi?k=NDU1MQ%3D%3D

Source: https://dronelife.com/2024/12/05/spexi-secures-11-5m-series-a-to-expand-ultra-high-resolution-drone-imagery-network/

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[New Fundraising] Hyperbolic raised $12 million Series A funding round led by Variant and Polychain

Hyperbolic is building an AI cloud to enable open access to AI. It also launched the decentralized orchestration layer Hyper-dOS (Hyperbolic Distributed Operating System), providing solid technical support for the entire GPU market.Hyperbolic plans to launch its own blockchain next year.

More about Hyperbolic:
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Hyperbolic%20Labs?k=MTE1MDk%3D

Source:
https://coinness.com/community/opinion/7199

[New Fundraising] Klickl raised $25 million Series A financing, led by Aptos Labs and Web3Port Foundation

Klickl is a global virtual asset service provider, providing spot, futures trading, legal currency OTC, B2B institutional solutions, payment, wallet, custody, wealth management and other services.

More about Klickl:
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Klickl?k=MTAwNTE%3D

Source:
https://chainwire.org/2024/12/10/klickl-international-completes-25-million-series-a-funding-round-achieves-125-million-valuation/

[New M&A] Interchain Foundation Acquires Blockchain Solutions Provider Skip to Reignite Cosmos: the interchain

Skip Protocol is building tools for sovereign communities. Skip:Go API empowers developers to build sovereign software, providing all the infrastructure required for cross-chain control flow and simple abstractions to drive complex multi-domain interactions. Skip:Connect is a native oracle system that allows your chain to stream on-chain and off-chain data in realtime.

More about Skip: https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Skip%20Protocol?k=Mjg1Mw%3D%3D

Source: https://chainwire.org/2024/12/10/interchain-foundation-acquires-blockchain-solutions-provider-skip-to-reignite-cosmos-the-interchain/

[New Fundraising] Neptune Protocol raised $ 3.9 M in Seed round

Neptune is a decentralized borrowing protocol that enables users to take out interest free loans leveraging the most popular assets available on Eclipse as collateral. Loans on deposited collateral are issued in USDN which can be utilized within Eclipse's DeFi ecosystem or deposited back into Neptune to earn yield.

More about Neptune: https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Neptune%20Protocol?k=MTU0MjE%3D

Source: https://x.com/Neptune_Stable/status/1866487539819061365

[New Fundraising] Perena completed a pre-seed round to build the foundations for the next era of money

Perena is building stablecoin infrastructure paving the way for a more efficient, accessible, and equitable financial system. Users can enjoy guaranteed redemption and diversified risk-free yield from cash equivalent assets issued by regulated entities.

More about Neptune: https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Perena?k=MTQyNTk%3D

Source: https://x.com/Perena__/status/1866847687955583455

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[New Fundraising] Peak XV and HongShan have co-led a $10 million seed investment in KAST

KAST is a cryptocurrency card for stablecoin and cryptocurrency spending, designed for individuals who want to save, earn and spend on-chain.

More about KAST: https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/KAST?k=MTQ0OTI%3D

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2024/12/11/kast-stablecoin-neobank-hongshan-peak-xv/

[New Fundraising] Haun Ventures and Dragonfly Capital have co-led a $9 million funding round for Commonware

Commonware is building an open, Rust-based blockchain framework architected for excessive throughput, tractable modification, and embedded interoperability. Like the Cosmos-SDK, the Commonware Framework will enable a developer to launch their own blockchain.

More about Commonware: https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/commonware?k=MTM5MjE%3D

Source: https://www.theblock.co/post/330443/former-ava-labs-engineering-lead-raises-9-million-to-build-anti-framework-blockchain-developer-tools