Crypto Fundraising weekly
Dates: 20 – 26, Aug 2023

This week's biggest funding round

Maple raised $5M in a Strategic funding round from BlockTower Capital*, Tioga Capital Partners*, Cherry Ventures, The Spartan Group, GSR Ventures, Veris Ventures, Maven 11 Capital, Framework Ventures.

Maple is a blockchain-based credit marketplace that operates as an on-chain institutional capital platform. It offers undercollateralized loans to institutional borrowers and fixed-income opportunities for lenders, governed by the Maple Token (MPL). MPL token holders can engage in governance, share in fee revenues, and stake insurance in Lending Pools, enabling participation in the protocol's operations.

Other investment rounds

Pendle raised undisclosed amount in a  funding round from Binance Labs Fund*.

Pendle is an on-chain yield asset aggregator that enables the separation and trading of future yield.

Lumina raised undisclosed amount in a Strategic  funding round from Mina Protocol, Big Brain Holdings, Jump Crypto.

LuminaDEX is a decentralized exchange (DEX) built on the Mina Protocol. It is a zkKYC-enabled DEX, which means that users can be verified anonymously using zero-knowledge proofs. LuminaDEX is designed to be fast, secure, and user-friendly. It supports a wide range of tokens, including MINA, BTC, ETH, and USDT.

Delphinus Lab raised undisclosed amount in a  funding round from Binance Labs Fund*.

Delphinus Lab is an infrastructure provider pioneering the zkWASM domain by deploying zero-knowledge (ZK) cryptography within WebAssembly (WASM) environments, featuring the first fully implemented open-source zkWASM virtual machine for developers. This technology enables developers to create zero-knowledge applications across WASM-supported environments, enhancing security and privacy, and bridging Web2 and Web3 applications seamlessly.

UXUY raised undisclosed amount in a  funding round from MEXC*.

UXUY is a cross-chain liquidity aggregation protocol and next-gen MPC-based decentralized trading platform that enables seamless token swapping across multiple chains. The platform offers customizable widgets that can be easily integrated into DApps, allowing developers to focus on building without worrying about integrating disparate bridges and DEXs. UXUY aims to provide a comprehensive stablecoin liquidity pool and a CEX-like user experience while supporting mainstream public chains and actively participating in the building of the "Unclaimed" ecosystem.

* fund, that lead investment round