Crypto Fundraising weekly
Dates: 22 – 28, Nov 2021

This week's biggest funding round

MoonPay raised $555M in a Series A funding round from Tiger Global*, Coatue*, Paradigm, Thrive Capital, NEA, Blossom Capital, Mantis VC (The Chainsmokers), K5 Global, Marcy Venture Partners, PTC Crypto (Palm Tree Crew), Paris Hilton, Ashton Kutcher.

MoonPay offers a fast and simple way to buy and sell cryptocurrencies. Buy crypto with credit card, bank transfers or Apple Pay today.

Pre-seed and Seed investment rounds

MetaSoccer raised $1.8M in a Seed funding round from Play Ventures, DeFiance Capital, ParaFi Capital, DAO Maker, Kyros Ventures, Peech Capital, Metrix Capital, ReBlock.

MetaSoccer is the soccer metaverse where users can manage their own club and generate income while playing.

Neon District raised $5M in a Seed funding round from Animoca Brands*, DIGITAL (Steve Cohen)*, 6th Man Ventures (6MV), Meltem Demirors, Flamingo, Galaxy Interactive.

Neon District is a tactical cyberpunk RPG diving into the depth of dystopia by an indie studio Blockade Games.

Talis Protocol raised $2.3M in a Seed funding round from Arrington Capital*, ParaFi Capital*, Benson Oak Ventures.

Talis Protocol is the NFT marketplace that empowers artists and bridges physical & digital art on the Terra blockchain.

Other investment rounds

Unicly raised $10M in a  funding round from Blockchain Capital*, Animoca Brands*, Ascensive Assets, Morningstar Ventures, 3Commas.

Unicly is a permissionless, community-governed protocol to combine, fractionalize, and trade NFT.

HappyLand raised $3M in a  funding round from AU21 Capital, Hulk Crypto (HC Capital), ZBS Capital, Banter Capital, Netvrk, Kyber Ventures, Kyros Ventures, Gains Associates, Good Games Guild, Maven Capital, SMO Capital.

HappyLand is a play-to-earn gaming platform on the blockchain, inspired by the Texas countryside in the USA.

Avocado Guild raised $18M in a Series A  funding round from Animoca Brands, QCP Soteria, Three Arrows Capital, Polygon Studios, Hashed, Binance, Solana Ventures.

P2E guild that aims to unlock life-changing opportunities and rewarding experiences for its 10k+ scholars.

Celsius Network raised $350M in a  funding round from .

Celsius Network is a blockchain-based lending platform that is accessible through a free mobile app.

Staking Rewards raised $3.2M in a  funding round from Galaxy Digital, Digital Currency Group (DCG), CoinShares Ventures, 1kx.

Staking Rewards is a data provider for staking, crypto-growth rates and yield-bearing assets.

BlockchainSpace raised $3.8M in a  funding round from Animoca Brands*, The Spartan Group*, Infinity Ventures Crypto (IVC)*, 3Commas, Arca Fund, Bitscale Capital, Coin Merge Strategy (CMS), Coingecko, Fenbushi Capital, Genesis Block Ventures Capital (GBV), Mechanism Capital, Parataxis Capital, Petrock Capital, Sfermion, StableNode, YGG SEA.

BlockchainSpace enables PlayToEarn Guilds to scale in the Metaverse.

GAMA raised $6M in a Series A  funding round from Synergis Capital, Collab+Currency, Ant Capital (a&t), Shima Capital, Sfermion, Lattice Fund.

NFT project. A decentralized organization pioneering the future of energy on Earth.

Axelar Network raised undisclosed amount in a Strategic  funding round from Crypto.com Capital, 0xMaki, Morningstar Ventures, Scytale Ventures, Zero Knowledge Validator (ZKV).

Axelar is the universal overlay network, securely connecting blockchain ecosystems, applications, assets and users to deliver Web3 interoperability.

Royal raised $55M in a Series A  funding round from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z crypto), Coinbase Ventures, Paradigm, Founders fund, Crush Music, Connect Ventures, The Chainsmokers, Nas.

Royal is a platform where you can buy ownership in songs directly from your favorite artists and earn royalties with them.

C3 Protocol raised $3.6M in a  funding round from Arrington Capital*, Jump Capital*, Golden Tree, Cumberland (DRW), Node Capital, Digital Currency Group (DCG), ParaFi Capital, Mechanism Capital, Borderless Capital.

C3 is a decentralized capital market that uses a cross-margin cross-collateralization clearing engine protocol as its backbone.

MOBLAND (known as Syn City) raised $8M in a  funding round from Ant Capital (a&t)*, Goat Capital*, Justin Kan*, Hack VC, Animoca Brands, The Spartan Group, Galxe (ex Project Galaxy), Do Kwon.

MOBLAND is a free play-to-earn action-adventure RPG game.

Swan Bitcoin raised $6M in a Series A  funding round from Mimesis Capital*, Ten31*, Xoogler Ventures, Lightning Ventures, HCM Capital.

Swan Bitcoin is a financial services firm dedicated to facilitating long-term Bitcoin investment through a user-friendly platform. With automated savings plans and expert guidance, Swan simplifies the process of buying, selling, and managing Bitcoin. The platform prioritizes security and transparency, providing educational resources to empower users and make Bitcoin accessible to a broader audience.

* fund, that lead investment round