According to incomplete statistics from Odaily Planet Daily, from January 5 to January 11, 2025, a total of 7 financing events were disclosed in the global blockchain sector, a slight increase from 4 in the previous week; the total financing amount was $332 million, a significant increase from $27.7 million the previous week. This week, investment and financing activities began to return to normal.
The largest single financing this week was announced by the stablecoin company Rain, which completed a $250 million financing at a valuation of $1.95 billion; the second largest was the AI data exchange platform Protege, which announced the completion of a $30 million Series A financing.
The following are specific financing events (Note: 1. Sorted by the disclosed amount; 2. * indicates that some businesses involve "traditional" sectors related to blockchain):
Stablecoin company Rain completes $250 million financing at a $1.95 billion valuation, led by ICONIQ
On January 9, the stablecoin company Rain announced the completion of a $250 million financing at a valuation of $1.95 billion, led by ICONIQ, with participation from Sapphire Ventures, Dragonfly, Bessemer, Lightspeed, and Galaxy Ventures. To date, the company's total financing has exceeded $338 million. Rain helps customers launch stablecoin cards on the Visa network and plans to use this capital to expand its presence in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa, as well as to adapt to the rapidly changing global regulatory environment.
AI data exchange platform Protege completes $30 million Series A financing, led by a16z
On January 8, the AI data exchange platform Protege announced the completion of a $30 million Series A financing, led by a16z, with participation from Footwork, CRV, Bloomberg Beta, and others. To date, the company's total financing has reached $65 million. Protege supports AI optimization, data cleaning, anonymization, and formatting for training/evaluation through authorized aggregated datasets, and helps data providers earn revenue shares.
On December 31, the Web3 game ecosystem project RuneSoul officially announced the completion of a $30 million strategic financing. It is reported that this round of funding will be specifically used for the reconstruction of the platform's underlying architecture and brand strategy upgrade, marking RuneSoul's formal transition from a GameFi game project to a Web3 game aggregation launch platform (Aggregator & Launchpad).
RuneSoul aims to build a one-stop full-chain service system from asset issuance, user growth, incentive mechanisms, on-chain data analysis to final settlement, aiming to become the "Steam + distribution middle platform" in the Web3 field.
Babylon completes $15 million financing, a16z Crypto participates
On January 7, the decentralized protocol Babylon in the Bitcoin ecosystem announced that it has completed $15 million in financing, with participation from a16z Crypto. Specific valuation data has not been disclosed. It is reported that Babylon's competitors include centralized service providers such as Coinbase, Kraken, and Tether. The company is expected to integrate its technology with the lending protocol Aave in the second quarter of this year and currently has over 40 employees.
RWA distribution infrastructure TBook raises over $10 million, led by SevenX Ventures
On January 9, RWA distribution infrastructure TBook announced the completion of a new round of financing, led by SevenX Ventures, with participation from KuCoin Ventures, Mask Network, HT Capital, VistaLabs, Blofin, Bonfire Union, LYVC, GoPlus, and others. The company stated that its total financing has exceeded $10 million and is currently building an embedded RWA liquidity layer aimed at connecting asset issuers with qualified users.
HabitTrade completes nearly $10 million Series A financing, led by Newborn Town Inc.
On January 8, HabitTrade announced on platform X that it has completed nearly $10 million in Series A financing. This round of financing was led by Newborn Town Inc., with participation from Bright Venture Capital, StableStock, and other investors. This financing marks HabitTrade's entry into the next stage of scaling from infrastructure to expansion. HabitTrade will use this funding to expand its regulated brokerage infrastructure globally and accelerate the integration of traditional capital markets with on-chain finance.
KOLECT completes $1.2 million Pre-Seed financing, led by amber.ac under Amber Group
On January 10, the trading strategy platform KOLECT announced that it has recently completed $1.2 million in Pre-Seed financing. The round was led by amber.ac, a Web3 accelerator program under Amber Group, with follow-on investments from Wonder Capital Group and GC Capital.
On January 9, digital finance and payment infrastructure PhotonPay announced the completion of tens of millions of dollars in Series B financing, led by IDG Capital, with participation from GL Ventures, Enlight Capital, Lightspeed Faction, and Shoplazza. The new funds will support its deployment of blockchain-driven next-generation payment infrastructure, using smart contracts to reshape the automation and transparency of global settlements, reduce transaction friction and flow costs, and enhance AML (anti-money laundering) and anti-fraud systems.
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