Web3 Investment and Financing Weekly Report: 13 incidents this week, with a total scale exceeding $143 million

According to statistics, there were a total of 13 public financing events in the global Web3 field last week (July 21 - July 27), with a total funding scale exceeding $143 million. The main investment directions include DeFi, Web3 gaming, AI, infrastructure, and other fields.

DeFi

The DEX and tokenization platform Syntetika has completed a $2.5 million seed round of financing. The platform aims to simplify the issuance, trading, and management processes of on-chain assets, with its first product set to launch a tokenized version of a Bitcoin yield strategy.

Web3 Games

Web3 game studio Delabs Games has raised $5.2 million in new funding, bringing its total funding to $17.2 million. The funds will be used to promote AI-powered Web3 game development and support the upcoming launch of new games.

AI

Decentralized AI infrastructure developer Gaia Labs has completed a $20 million financing round, led by ByteTrade/SIG Capital and Mirana/Mantle Eco Fund. The company plans to launch a smartphone equipped with local AI inference capabilities within the year.

The AI decentralized data layer project Poseidon has secured $15 million in seed funding, led by a16z. The project aims to provide high-quality, legally authorized training data for AI developers.

The on-chain AI agent orchestration layer Questflow has completed a $6.5 million seed round financing, led by CyberFund. The multi-agent orchestration protocol developed by the company supports automated task execution across Web2 and Web3 applications.

The decentralized dataset platform Data Guardians Network has completed a $5 million Pre-Seed financing. The company will expand its contributor operations in multiple regions and deepen its integration with AI frameworks.

Infrastructure and Tools

Korean blockchain infrastructure provider DSRV has completed approximately $11.6 million in Series B funding. The company provides infrastructure for over 70 blockchain networks worldwide, managing more than 4 trillion won in digital assets.

Web3 domain registrar Freename has completed a $6.5 million Series A funding round. The company focuses on bridging traditional DNS with blockchain domain systems, supporting multi-chain domain resolution.

AI-driven governance protocol Quack AI completes $3.6 million in funding. The protocol uses autonomous AI agents to read, analyze, and execute DAO proposals across multiple blockchains.

071labs makes a strategic investment in the Bitcoin scalability project Nubit. Nubit is dedicated to enhancing the scalability and openness of the Bitcoin ecosystem.

Others

Cryptocurrency mining company Bitzero has secured $25 million in funding to expand its mining operations. The first tranche of funds will be used to purchase 2,900 mining machines.

Soluna Holdings completed a $20 million financing to advance the Kati green data center project in Texas.

Centralized Finance

European investment app Lightyear completes $23 million financing, planning to launch crypto products. The company aims to create the "European version of Robinhood."

UK digital asset exchange Archax will acquire German crypto asset management company DDA, expanding its European crypto ETP layout.