Weekly Funding Roundup | 10 projects secured funding, totaling $100 million (November 3-9)

The largest single funding round was $25 million for crypto infrastructure Commonware, followed by $17 million in Series A funding for cryptocurrency trading app Fomo.

The following are specific financing events (Note: 1. Sorted according to the amount disclosed; 2. * indicates companies in “traditional” sectors whose businesses involve blockchain):

Crypto infrastructure provider Commonware raises $25 million, led by Tempo.

On November 7, crypto infrastructure Commonware announced the completion of a $25 million funding round, led by Tempo. Commonware founder Patrick O’Grady declined to disclose other investors who participated in the funding round, only stating that the company is dedicated to developing open-source code to help others launch their own blockchain projects.

Cryptocurrency trading app Fomo raises $17 million in Series A funding, led by Benchmark.

On November 6th, cryptocurrency trading app Fomo announced the completion of a $17 million Series A funding round, led by Benchmark. This brings the company’s total funding to $19 million. Launched in May of this year, Fomo integrates with Apple Pay for quick account opening and trading. The platform supports cross-chain trading of millions of crypto assets, charges a 0.5% transaction fee and waives gas fees, and includes built-in social features allowing users to track other users’ trading strategies.

Donut Labs has raised $15 million in seed funding, with participation from Makers Fund and others.

On November 3, Donut Labs announced the completion of a $15 million seed funding round, with participation from BITKRAFT, Makers Fund, Sky9 Capital, Altos Ventures, and Hack VC. To date, the company has raised a total of $22 million. The company is developing Donut Browser, an AI-powered “agent” browser that can automate cryptocurrency trading, risk analysis, and on-chain strategy execution.

Peer-to-peer Bitcoin transaction protocol Rift raises $8 million in funding, with Paradigm participating.

On November 8, the peer-to-peer Bitcoin trading protocol Rift announced that it had secured $8 million in funding from Paradigm to promote the development of native Bitcoin transactions on Ethereum and other platforms.

Standard Money raises $8 million in strategic funding round, led by Yzi Labs.

On November 3, Standard Money, the developer of the BNB Chain-based stablecoin USDsd, announced the completion of an $8 million strategic funding round, led by Yzi Labs, with participation from Gate.io, Crypto.com, and Animoca Brands. The new funds will be used to support Standard Money’s mainnet launch and expand its liquidity partnerships and global operations.

Arx Research has raised $6.1 million in seed funding, led by Castle Island Ventures.

On November 6th, hardware and software company Arx Research announced the completion of a $6.1 million seed funding round, led by Castle Island Ventures, with participation from Inflection, Placeholder, Seed Club Ventures, and 1kx, among others. Arx Research co-founder and CEO Cameron Robertson stated that the round used a SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) structure, but did not disclose the funding timeline or post-money valuation. The new funds will support the company’s launch of a handheld point-of-sale device that integrates digital assets with traditional payments.

Harmonic has raised $6 million in seed funding, led by Paradigm.

On November 5, Solana infrastructure startup Harmonic announced the completion of a $6 million seed funding round, led by Paradigm. The round reportedly also included angel investment from undisclosed “key stakeholders of Solana,” but specific investor information has not yet been disclosed.

Cross-chain infrastructure startup Sprinter has raised $5.2 million in seed funding, led by Robot Ventures.

On November 7th, Sprinter, a cross-chain infrastructure startup founded by Ethereum developers, completed a $5.2 million seed funding round led by Robot Ventures, with participation from A Capital, Atka Capital, Topology, and Uniswap Labs Ventures. Several well-known angel investors also participated, including Ameen Soleimani of 0xbow and Eva Beylin of Optimism.

Kyo Finance has raised $5 million in Series A funding, led by Castrum Istanbul and others.

On November 8, Kyo Finance announced the completion of a $5 million Series A funding round, valuing the company at $100 million. The round was led by Castrum Istanbul, TBV, and BZB Capital.

The core objective of this protocol is to establish a single liquidity layer to eliminate chain boundaries and complexities in decentralized finance (DeFi).

Zynk has raised $5 million in seed funding, with Coinbase Ventures participating.

On November 4th, Zynk, a stablecoin cross-border payment infrastructure platform, announced the completion of a $5 million seed round of financing, led by Hivemind Capital, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Alliance DAO, Transpose Platform VC, Polymorphic, Tykhe Ventures, and Contribution Capital. This round of financing was completed in August of this year via a SAFE agreement.

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