Crypto Fundraising weekly
Dates: 26 Jul – 01 Aug 2026

This week's biggest funding round

Axis Robotics raised $12M in a Seed funding round from Hack VC*, Nomad Capital, Pi Network, 10K Ventures.

AXIS Robotics is a decentralized Physical AI infrastructure that uses browser-based simulation and crypto incentives to crowdsource robot training data. Contributors generate manipulation trajectories in virtual environments, which are validated, augmented, and used to train robotics foundation models for real-world deployment. The platform records data provenance on-chain, enabling verifiable ownership and decentralized coordination of datasets, models, and AI agents.

Pre-seed and Seed investment rounds

BirdAI raised $4M in a Seed funding round from Castle Island Ventures*, Metalayer Ventures, The Venture Dept.

BirdAI is an execution intelligence platform focused on the Sui blockchain that reconstructs and analyzes every finalized MEV (Maximal Extractable Value) transaction. Instead of relying on mempool data, it rebuilds execution context from finalized blocks to identify arbitrage, sandwich attacks, backruns, searcher behavior, and profit attribution. The platform provides analytics for DeFi protocols, market makers, MEV searchers, researchers, and investors through an observability dashboard and API, enabling users to measure execution quality, quantify MEV exposure, and gain detailed insights into on-chain trading activity.

Axis Robotics raised $12M in a Seed funding round from Hack VC*, Nomad Capital, Pi Network, 10K Ventures.

AXIS Robotics is a decentralized Physical AI infrastructure that uses browser-based simulation and crypto incentives to crowdsource robot training data. Contributors generate manipulation trajectories in virtual environments, which are validated, augmented, and used to train robotics foundation models for real-world deployment. The platform records data provenance on-chain, enabling verifiable ownership and decentralized coordination of datasets, models, and AI agents.

Other investment rounds

Fluid (InstaDApp) raised undisclosed amount in a  funding round from AppWorks.

Fluid is a DeFi liquidity layer that unifies lending, borrowing, and decentralized trading into a single capital-efficient protocol. By sharing liquidity across its lending markets, vaults, and DEX infrastructure, Fluid enables higher loan-to-value ratios, lower liquidation penalties, tighter spreads, and improved capital efficiency compared to traditional DeFi protocols. Originally launched as Instadapp, Fluid has evolved into a modular financial infrastructure designed to serve as the foundation for next-generation on-chain financial applications while maximizing liquidity utilization across its ecosystem.

Perceptron Network (ex Block Mesh Network) raised $6.5M in a Strategic  funding round from Sigma Capital, Selini Capital, QCP Capital, P2 Ventures (Polygon Ventures), CoinDCX, Momentum 6 (M6), DeFi Capital, Walrus Protocol, Aethir, Colosseum, GuruDev Capital, Tempo Finance, NewTribe Capital, Digital Consensus Fund, CodeCraft Capital.

Perceptron Network is a decentralized AI data economy and DePIN platform that enables users to monetize unused internet bandwidth and computing resources by running lightweight browser or mobile nodes. Contributors help collect, verify, and process high-quality datasets for AI agents and large language models while earning PERC tokens and reputation-based NFTs. By combining decentralized infrastructure, transparent data collection, and on-chain incentives, Perceptron creates a trustless marketplace connecting data providers, AI developers, and users, empowering community-owned AI infrastructure and reducing reliance on centralized data platforms.

Ethereum Institutional raised undisclosed amount in a  funding round from BitMine*, Sharplink*, Joseph Lubin*, Mihai Alisie*.

Ethereum Institutional is an independent non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating institutional adoption of Ethereum, its Layer 2 networks, applications, and broader ecosystem. It serves as a neutral bridge between Ethereum and financial institutions by providing education, research, ecosystem coordination, and institutional engagement. The organization works with banks, asset managers, fintechs, regulators, and public institutions to support tokenization, stablecoins, and on-chain financial infrastructure while promoting Ethereum as the foundational settlement layer for institutional finance. Founded by former Ethereum Foundation enterprise leaders, it operates independently and is funded by Ethereum-aligned partners.

Dow Protocol raised $9M in a  funding round from MH Ventures*, OKX Ventures (ex OKEx Blockdream Ventures), Animoca Brands, Arcane Group, Essentia Partners, Quartet Group.

Dow Protocol is a Real-World Asset (RWA) financing platform that provides blockchain-based working capital solutions for cross-border e-commerce merchants. By addressing the liquidity gap between ongoing sales and delayed settlement, it enables businesses to access short-term financing that supports inventory, advertising, procurement, fulfillment, and supplier payments. Beyond financing, Dow Protocol is evolving into a programmable on-chain infrastructure for financial coordination, enabling automated repayment, settlement, liquidation, claims, and other obligation-driven workflows that reduce operational friction and improve capital efficiency.

Beezie (ex The Colony) raised $4M in a  funding round from Psalion VC.

Beezie is a social marketplace for collectors and resellers, focused on high‑value graded collectibles such as trading cards, sealed hobby boxes, sneakers, and video games. Users can pull items via “Claw” machines with transparent odds, buy/sell in a marketplace, or redeem physical items. All items are stored and authenticated in Brink’s‑secure vaults. Users can pay by credit card or crypto wallet, track their collections online, and swap items instantly if they wish. Beezie emphasizes trust, authenticity, and user engagement through a community first approach.

Gno land raised undisclosed amount in a Public sale  funding round from .

Gno.land is an open-source smart contract platform built using Gno, an interpreted and fully deterministic variation of the Go programming language for succinct and composable smart contracts. It provides transparent, auditable code for realms and includes Boards, a fully on-chain social forum for creating topics, posting threads, commenting, replying, and community-managed moderation. Gno Playground is a web application for building, running, testing, sharing, and deploying Gno code.

Newton (Magic Labs) raised undisclosed amount in a M&A  funding round from Payward.

Newton is a decentralized authorization layer for onchain transactions that enables programmable compliance across any blockchain. It allows developers and institutions to enforce policies such as identity verification, jurisdiction restrictions, spending limits, sanctions screening, and eligibility checks before smart contract execution. Powered by decentralized validators, cryptographic attestations, and zero-knowledge technologies, Newton delivers verifiable, privacy-preserving policy enforcement without sacrificing composability or cross-chain interoperability. The protocol is designed for institutional DeFi, stablecoins, tokenized real-world assets, and AI-powered autonomous agents requiring compliant onchain execution.

TownSquare raised $1.3M in a Public sale  funding round from .

TownSquare is a crosschain yield infrastructure focused on institutional curated yield and onchain brokerage. It powers institutional curated vaults and crosschain brokerage features, works with curator teams on trading strategies, and supports yield strategies on Monad, Ethereum, and BNBChain. The project also brings USD1 stablecoin and real-world assets such as onchain gold-backed assets into its pipeline.

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