Same Song

It would have been epic to beat last week's mind blowing funding amount of $6B but we continue to see at least $1B inflows; same song.

The fact that the Celsius raise got oversubscribed demonstrates that money goes where it’s best treated. Investors continue to be bullish on the gaming sector as well as DeFi.

Low Tier ($23.9MM)

RPG adventure game Illuvium boosted by $2MM gaming guild fundraise

MetaSoccer raised 2MM euros to launch the first football game in the metaverse

Axie Infinity plot of virtual land sells for record $2.4MM

Canadian investment company bought $2.5MM worth of virtual real estate in Decentraland

African Bitcoin exchange Busha raised $4.2MM seed, led by Jump Capital

Animoca Brands raised $5MM for NFT marketplace, Quidd

OliveX to raised $5.8MM via share placement to build fitness metaverse

Mid Tier ($128.5MM)

Circle led a $13.5MM Crowdcube raise to build out its investment marketplace

Blockchain gaming guild Avocado raised $18MM from Solana Ventures and others

ORIGYN Foundation secured $20MM funding for NFT-based authentication certificates

Panther Protocol raised $22MM in public sale to build interoperable privacy layer for DeFi and Web3

NFT Music Platform Royal Secured $55MM in Series A Funding From a16z

High Tier ($2.4B)

UK's Payhawk raised $112MM as expenses fintech race heats up

$250MM Creator Fund launched for XRPL-focused NFT enthusiasts

Valued at $9B, Pokemon Go creator to build metaverse with $300MM in fresh funding into Niantic

Game7 to integrate gaming and Blockchain with a $500MM platform

Crypto startup MoonPay raised $555MM to hit $3.4B valuation

Celsius expanded its Series B from $400M to oversubscribed $750MM

In addition, November’s Crypto VC funding already tops $3 Billion