✴ Here are the valuable Web3 projects that secured funding this week:
⏰️ 20 May 2025

  • Catena Labs secures 💵 $18m (Seed) ✨️ from a16z crypto (and 3 others, viz Breyer Capital, Circle Ventures, Coinbase Ventures) (source).
    🔍 Catena Labs is pioneering the development of the first AI-native financial institution, tailored to meet the unique needs of AI agents and their human collaborators.

  • Rover secures 💵 $4.1m (Seed) ✨️ from Confidential (and 20 others, viz Animoca Brands, CMS Holdings, Bloccelerate VC, Maelstrom, UTXO Management, Infinity Ventures Crypto, Builder Capital, RockTree Capital, Relayer Capital, Wise3 Ventures, Veil, Optic Capital, Stake Capital, WAGMI Ventures, NxGen, Zephyrus Capital, Global Coin Research, MH Ventures, Revelo Intel, Cogitent Ventures) (source).
    🔍 Rover is a decentralized liquid staking protocol on Botanix Labs’ Spiderchain, enabling Bitcoin holders to stake BTC, receive the liquid staking token rovBTC, and participate in DeFi while maintaining liquidity and earning rewards..

  • Slash secures 💵 $41m (Series B) ✨️ from GoodWater Capital (source).
    🔍 Slash is a verticalized neo-banking platform.

  • TrueX secures 💵 $11m (Series A) ✨️ from Accomplice, PRE Ventures (and 3 others, viz Reciprocal Ventures, PayPal Ventures, Variant Fund) (source).
    🔍 TrueX is a non-custodial, stablecoin-native cryptocurrency exchange.

⏰️ 15 May 2025

  • XP secures 💵 $6.2m (Seed) ✨️ from Blockchange Ventures (and 2 others, viz L1 Digital, Reflexive Capital) (source).
    🔍 a Solana-based ticketing platform.

  • Acurast secures 💵 $5.4m (Public token sale) ✨️ from Confidential 🏷️ at valuation $90m (source).
    🔍 Acurast is a decentralized, serverless cloud computing network that leverages the idle processing power of smartphones to provide secure, scalable, and confidential compute for applications, rewarding users for contributing their devices’ resources.

  • XSY secures 💵 $5m (Series A) ✨️ from Borderless Capital, Protagonist (and 4 others, viz Paper Ventures, Avalanche Blizzard Fund, Sonic Boom Ventures, Chain View Capital) (source).
    🔍 XSY.fi is a decentralized finance (DeFi) capital management platform that leverages advanced strategies to optimize liquidity and capital efficiency, exemplified by its synthetic dollar Unity ($UTY) on the Avalanche blockchain.

  • Giza secures 💵 $2.2m ✨️ from CoinFund, Echo, Base Ecosystem Fund (and 11 others, viz Contango Digital Assets, HASH CIB, Wise3 Ventures, Spaceship DAO, Metropolis DAO, MH Ventures, zeroDAO, Good Partners, Q42, Encode Club, WGMI Capital) (source).
    🔍 a DeFi project building infrastructure for Xenocognitive Finance, using AI-driven autonomous agents to optimize markets and reduce cognitive barriers for users.

⏰️ 14 May 2025

  • N1 secures 💵 $2m (Public token sale) ✨️ from Confidential (source).
    🔍 N1 is a scalable Layer 1 blockchain.

  • TrendX secures 💵 $5.6m ✨️ from Animoca Brands, Cream Labs (source).
    🔍 TrendX is a next-generation on-chain asset trading platform that leverages AI and DePIN technologies to provide premium, one-click trading and investment solutions across multiple blockchain ecosystems, empowering users with intelligent market insights and seamless transactions.

  • KYD Labs secures 💵 $7.1m (Seed) ✨️ from a16z crypto (and 3 others, viz Finality Capital Partners, Ambush, Techstars) (source).
    🔍 a company focused on revolutionizing live event ticketing through blockchain technology.

⏰️ 13 May 2025
  • Perpl secures 💵 $9.25m ✨️ from Dragonfly Capital, Ergonia (and 6 others, viz Brevan Howard, Mirana Ventures, L1 Digital, HashKey Capital, Breed VC, CMS Holdings) (source).
    🔍 a decentralized perpetual futures exchange.
⏰️ 12 May 2025

  • Nirvana Labs secures 💵 $6m (Seed) ✨️ from Jump Crypto, Crucible Capital (and 3 others, viz RW3 Ventures, Castle Island Ventures, Hash3) (source).
    🔍 a blockchain-optimized cloud startup.

  • Turtle Club secures 💵 $6.2m (Seed) ✨️ from Theia Blockchain (and 17 others, viz ConsenSys, Laser Digital Ventures, SIG DT Investments, L2 Iterative Ventures, Re7 Captial, Selini Capital, Chorus One, Auros Global, Trident Digital, Trident Liquid Fund, Tulipa Capital , Bodhi Ventures, peaq, Moonhill Capital, Frachtis, Archimed Capital, Heliad AG) (source).
    🔍 Turtle Club is a liquidity distribution protocol that helps you earn more from your Web3 activity.

  • DoubleUp secures 💵 $4m (Seed) ✨️ from Karatage (and 7 others, viz Mysten Labs, Selini Capital, Comma3 Ventures, Four Pillars, Alpha DAO, Auros Global, EBlock Capital) (source).
    🔍 defi gaming platform on Sui Network.

⏰️ 08 May 2025

  • T-Rex secures 💵 $17m (Pre-Seed) ✨️ from Confidential (and 9 others, viz Portal Ventures, North Island Ventures, Framework Ventures, ArkStream Capital, Mindfulness Capital, Arbitrum Gaming Ventures, Hypershere, Arche Fund, SNZ Holding) (source).
    🔍 Layer 1 blockchain built on Arbitrum Orbit, designed to reward users for engaging with Web2 platforms like YouTube, TikTok, and X via a Chrome extension, using a UX-first approach to integrate Web3 incentives with social media interactions.

  • Sonic secures 💵 $10m (Strategic) ✨️ from Galaxy Digital (source).
    🔍 Sonic Labs is a fast, EVM-compatible Layer 1 blockchain based on Fantom, offering high throughput, fee-sharing for developers, and a bridge to Ethereum.

  • GoQuant secures 💵 $5m (Seed) ✨️ from GSR (and 5 others, viz Lombard Odier, Copper.co, Capital Union Bank, TYR Capital, FRNT Financial) (source).
    🔍 GoQuant is a digital asset trading platform for institutions, offering low-latency execution, OEMS tools, and access to centralized, decentralized, and OTC liquidity.

  • Fleek secures 💵 $5m (Public token sale) ✨️ from Confidential (source).
    🔍 Fleek is a cloud platform for building, managing, and monetizing AI agents and virtual influencers, designed for next-gen digital engagement.

⏰️ 06 May 2025

  • Xweave secures 💵 $3m (Seed) ✨️ from Lightshift Capital, Jungle Ventures (and 5 others, viz menyala, White Star Capital, Fabric Ventures, DCG, the Venture Dept) (source).
    🔍 Xweave is a non-custodial platform for real-time cross-border payments using regulated stablecoins to enable instant fiat transfers without pre-funding.

  • Sentora secures 💵 $25m (Series A) ✨️ from New Form Capital (and 6 others, viz Joint Effects, Tribe Capital, Ripple, UDHC, Curved Ventures, Bankai Ventures) (source).
    🔍 Sentora is an institutional DeFi platform combining analytics and liquidity tools to offer multi-chain strategies with built-in risk management and security..

  • MYX Finance secures 💵 $0.18m (Public token sale) ✨️ from Confidential (source).
    🔍 A decentralized derivatives protocol with a Matching Pool Mechanism.

  • Alt DRX secures 💵 $2.7m (Series A) ✨️ from Confidential (and 6 others, viz Qatar Development Bank, Brand Capital, Hindustan Media Ventures, Zee Group, nX Capital, WeFounderCircle) (source).
    🔍 Alt DRX is a blockchain-based platform for trading tokenized residential real estate, enabling fractional ownership and real-time pricing for greater accessibility and liquidity.

  • Litheum secures 💵 $0.75m (Strategic) ✨️ from Alphemy Capital fund, Amber Group (source).
    🔍 Litheum is a Layer 1 blockchain using a Proof of Performance consensus to support scalable DeFi, micro-finance, and AI-driven applications with low fees and fast transactions.

  • DogeOS secures 💵 $6.9m ✨️ from Polychain Capital (source).
    🔍 DogeOS is an open-source cloud and app infrastructure layer for Dogecoin, combining SmartOS tech with virtualization and orchestration for scalable dApp deployment.

⏰️ 02 May 2025

  • Doppel secures 💵 $35m (Series B) ✨️ from Bessemer Venture Partners (and 6 others, viz 9Yards Capital, Sozo Ventures, a16z crypto, South Park Commons, Strategic Cyber Ventures, Script Capital) 🏷️ at valuation $205m (source).
    🔍 Doppel is an AI-powered platform that protects against phishing, impersonation, and deepfakes by detecting and disrupting threats across email, social media, websites, and apps.

  • Fuze Finance secures 💵 $12.2m (Series A) ✨️ from Galaxy Digital, e& capital (and 1 others, viz Further Ventures) (source).
    🔍 Fuze Finance is a digital asset platform offering wallets, fiat on/off-ramps, trading, and rewards, focused on businesses in the MENA region.