[New Fundraising] Solana-based social graph protocol Tapestry raises $5.75 million in Series A funding

Tapestry is a powerful social graph protocol that enables developers to build sophisticated social features into their blockchain applications with ease. It provides a robust infrastructure for managing user profiles, social connections, and interactions and stores them directly on the Solana L1.

More about Tapestry: https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Tapestry?k=MTU5MDI%3D

Source: https://www.theblock.co/post/335251/solana-protocol-tapestry-funding

[New Fundraising] Web3 gaming firm Hyve Labs raises $2.75 million in pre-seed funding

Hyve Labs develops a gaming rollup built using, among other technologies, the decentralized data availability service EigenDA to act as a game launcher. The protocol also lets Hyve integrate on Telegram, Discord, Farcaster and other social platforms.

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

Source: https://www.theblock.co/post/334576/web3-gaming-firm-hyve-labs-raises-2-75-million-in-pre-seed-funding

[New Fundraising] Open source economic infrastructure Merit Systems completes $10 million seed round, led by a16z crypto and others

Merit Systems is an open source economic infrastructure that allows capital sources to route funds to the code base and directly incentivize builders. As corporate hierarchies direct resources with nested layers of middle management, Merit distributes capital to builders in a distributed ecosystem programatically. Over time clear merit-based incentives will attract the best builders to projects where they can maximize their agency and impact.

More about Merit Systems: https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Merit%20Systems?k=MTU5MDM%3D

Source: https://www.merit.systems/fundraise

[New Fundraising] Anime ecosystem Oshi raised $12.5 million, led by Polychain and Superscrypt

Oshi is using blockchain technology to create an open anime ecosystem that empowers creators, deeply engages fans, and ensures the art form's growth on a global scale. Oshi envisions a transformed anime industry where global access to Japanese anime IP is seamless and fans evolve from viewers to active stakeholders.

More about Oshi: https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Oshi?k=MTU5MzA%3D

Source: https://x.com/oshikatsu_co/status/1880318818217796060

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[New Fundraising] EVAA Protocol Raised $2.5M Private Funding, Animoca Ventures and Others Participate

Evaa Protocol is a lending protocol built on the TON Blockchain. It allows users to lend and borrow digital assets seamlessly within the Telegram Messenger platform. With Evaa Protocol, users can earn interest on their assets by providing liquidity, borrowing assets using their deposits as collateral, and repaying loans to close positions.

More about EVAA Protocol:
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Evaa%20Protocol?k=OTM4OA%3D%3D

Source:
https://www.theblock.co/post/335492/ton-defi-lender-evaa-protocol-raises-2-5-million-in-private-token-sale

[New Fundraising] RWA tokenization protocol Hamilton raised $1.7 million Pre-Seed round of financing

Hamilton is a protocol to bring tokenized assets to Bitcoin, dedicated to integrating traditional financial instruments with Bitcoin’s security and transparency.

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

Source:
https://newsini.com/news/hamilton-raises-1-7m-to-tokenize-real-world-assets-on-bitcoin?uid=235050

[New Fundraising] GRVT raised $5 million in financing, with Further Ventures participating

GRVT(Gravity) is an institutional-grade, trustless trading infrastructure for crypto. Built by technology and financial markets professionals, Gravity helps create a platform where institutional traders can enjoy a fully private, regulated (KYC & AML) and self-custodial trading venue.

More about GRVT:
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/GRVT?k=NzY4Mg%3D%3D

Source:
https://www.theblock.co/post/336009/abu-dhabi-backed-vc-firm-zksync-crypto-exchange-grvt

[New Fundraising] Circle has acquired tokenized real-world asset (RWA) issuer Hashnote

Hashnote is a decentralized asset management platform that provides institutional-grade transparency, regulation, and simplified DeFi.

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

Source: https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/01/21/circle-enters-tokenization-race-by-acquiring-hashnote-usd1-3b-real-world-asset-issuer

[Upcoming Tokens] Jambo, Network3, E Money Network, Yuliverse, SoSoValue will launch token in the coming days

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[New Fundraising] SOON raised $22 million in an NFT sale ahead of mainnet launch

SOON is a rollup stack designed to deliver top-tier performance across all Layer 1 blockchains, powered by the Decoupled SVM and a configurable DA layer. Built on the OP Stack, SOON leverages the advanced capabilities of the Decoupled SVM for unmatched speed and scalability, and it offers flexibility in data availability with options like Celestia, EigenDA, and Avail. This architecture is tailored to meet the high-performance demands of modern decentralized applications, ensuring seamless execution, integration, and optimized data availability across the blockchain ecosystem.

More about SOON: https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/SOON?k=MTM5MzA%3D

Source: https://www.theblock.co/post/336234/soon-ethereum-layer-2-solana-virtual-machine-raised-22-million-nft-sale-mainnet

[New Fundraising] Bitcoin payments startup Breez raises $5 million

Breez is reimagining how Lightning can work with a non-custodial SDK that can be easily integrated. This allows companies to provide users with P2P payments and access to their bitcoin from any device or app.

More about Breez:
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Breez?k=NTk2OQ%3D%3D

Source:
https://medium.com/breez-technology/breez-has-been-building-momentum-and-were-just-getting-started-06cf97c272ab

[New Fundraising] Solana Derivatives Exchange Ranger Raises $1.9M Led by RockawayX

Ranger is an aggregated, multi-asset trading platform designed for traders on Solana.

More about Ranger:
https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Breez?k=NTk2OQ%3D%3D

Source:
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/01/23/ranger-labs-raises-usd1-9m-eyes-ai-powered-crypto-trading-products

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[New M&A] Jupiter has acquired the majority stake in Moonshot

Moonshot is a platform for discovering, buying and selling Meme coins, allowing users to make cash deposits using credit and debit cards, and cash out their assets at any time via bank transfer.

More about Moonshot: https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Moonshot?k=MTQ4NzA%3D

Source: https://x.com/jup_dao/status/1883068829527646706

[New Fundraising] Pell Network announces $3.5M raised in strategic round, empowering the future of AI-driven DeFi by BTC Restaking

Pell Network aims to create a decentralized token economy security leasing platform for the Bitcoin ecosystem. By constructing a network that aggregates native BTC Stake and LSD Restake services, it allows stakers to choose to validate new software modules built upon the Pell Network ecosystem. Stakers opt-in by granting Pell Network smart contracts the ability to impose additional reduction conditions on their staked assets, thereby allowing for the expansion of cryptographic economic security.

More about Pell: https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Pell%20Network?k=MTI3Mzg%3D

Source: https://x.com/Pell_Network/status/1883855520471380247

[New Fundraising] Layer 1 network developer Pod raises $10 million in seed funding

Pod is a new L1 primitive incubated by Common Prefix that is blockless, leaderless and relaxes the notion of transaction total ordering.

More about Pod: https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/pod.network?k=MTQzMzg%3D

Source: https://www.theblock.co/post/337379/pod-layer-1-network-seed-funding

[New Fundraising] Sign raises $16 million in funding led by Yzi Labs

Sign is building smarter, more transparent systems for global token distribution and credential verification. Sign’s flagship product TokenTable powers the core of the crypto economy: token issuance and distribution. To date, TokenTable has secured more than $4 billion in token airdrops and unlocks, reaching 40 million users and investors. Over 200 projects are using TokenTable, including Movement, Starknet, ZetaChain, DOGS, and Mocaverse, as well as their investors.

More about Sign: https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Sign%20Protocol?k=MjM4OQ%3D%3D

Source: https://x.com/BinanceLabs/status/1884285647667826838

[New Fundraising] Token trading infrastructure provider Reservoir raises $14 million in Series A funding

Reservoir is a token and NFT trading infrastructure provider. Reservoir’s product suite includes Relay, a bridging and swaps platform for Solana, Bitcoin, Tron, Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) chains and rollup networks; Reservoir Swap, a decentralized exchange and token API; and Reservoir NFT, an NFT marketplace and API.

More about Reservoir: https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Reservoir?k=MjU3Mw%3D%3D

Source: https://www.theblock.co/post/338994/token-trading-reservoir-funding

[New Fundraising] Fragmetric raised $ 7 M in Seed round

Fragmetric is a native liquid restaking protocol on Solana, with a vision of enhancing the Solana ecosystem's security and economic potential. Through implementing advantage of Solana's token extension, Fragmetric has effectively implemented NCN reward distribution. Furthermore, Fragmetric designed practical solutions, the Normalized Token Program for leveraging various LSTs in restaking platforms. Fragmetric’s mission is to build a secure, transparent, and highly efficient restaking infrastructure that empowers users and supports the stability of the Solana's restaking ecosystem.

More about Fragmetric: https://www.rootdata.com/Projects/detail/Fragmetric?k=MTM5ODg%3D

Source: https://x.com/fragmetric/status/1887864107946397986