Edition #55 - 10 MAR 2023
Amazon NFT Marketplace is reportedly launching next month.
gaming developments
VitalXP has raised $3M in a pre-seed funding round to boost the development of Lowlife Forms, the first game of the company's gameverse platform.
Redeem will allow users to receive NFTs via phone numbers. The company has announced a $2.5M raised during a funding round led by Kenetic Capital.
metaverses & AI
AI (Singularity, Fetch AI) narrative is still big and will be for the next months
Metaverse fashion brand Space Runners has partnered with Balmain to create digital counterparts to their iconic Unicorn sneakers, bridging the divide between Balmain’s physical and digital brand. Before this collaboration, Space Runners had not worked on a “phygital” project as they mostly specialize in metaverse fashion.
defi
Impossible Cloud has completed a $7.5M seed round. The Germany-based startup is developing decentralized cloud services for Web3.
DEX Mangrove has raised $7.4M in Series A funding.
EtherFi raised $5.3M in a funding round led by North Island Ventures and Chapter One. Ether.Fi is building a liquid protocol to decentralize staking.
funding rounds
Crypto Payroll Startup Toku raised $20M in a funding round led by Blockchain Capital, with participation from Protocol Labs, GMJP, OrangeDAO, Orrick, Reverie, Quantstamp and Next Web Capital.
Native zkEVM Scaling Solution for Ethereum Scroll raised $50M in a new funding round. Polychain Capital, Sequoia China, Bain Capital Crypto, Moore Capital Management, Variant Fund, Newman Capital, IOSG Ventures and Qiming Venture Partners are among investors.
Web3 superapp Kresus raised $25M in a Series A funding round led by Liberty City Ventures, with participation from Franklin Templeton and JetBlue Ventures.
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