According to incomplete statistics from Odaily Planet Daily, from June 16 to June 22, there were a total of 16 financing events disclosed in the global blockchain sector, slightly up from 14 the previous week; the total financing amount was approximately $110 million, down from $195 million the previous week.
This week's financing highlights focus on the AI sector. Among them, AI startup Cluely completed a $15 million financing round, and robotics intelligence platform startup PrismaX completed an $11 million seed round. Data indicates that although the number of financing events has increased, the scale of financing for individual projects has decreased, and the funding attractiveness of pure crypto projects is waning.
The following are specific financing events (Note: 1. Sorted by disclosed amount; 2. Excludes fund raising and merger events; 3. * indicates traditional companies involved in blockchain):
AI startup Cluely completes $15 million financing, a16z participates
On June 21, AI startup Cluely announced the completion of a $15 million financing round, with participation from a16z. Cluely is a company developing AI tools, with its core product being an undetectable AI assistant that provides real-time support in scenarios such as interviews, sales calls, and meetings by monitoring users' screens and audio.
Robotics intelligence platform PrismaX completes $11 million seed round financing, led by a16z
On June 17, robotics intelligence platform startup PrismaX announced the completion of an $11 million seed round financing, led by a16z CSX, with participation from Stanford Blockchain Builder Fund, Symbolic, Volt Capital, Virtuals Protocol, and others. The company officially debuted at the CSX Demo Day on June 3.
PrismaX aims to enhance the diversity and authenticity of robotic visual data through decentralized incentive mechanisms, addressing long-standing issues in the physical AI field such as high costs, poor quality, and lack of scalability.
Units Network completes $10 million financing, led by Nimbus Capital
On June 17, the modular blockchain ecosystem Units Network, built on the Waves protocol, announced the completion of a $10 million financing round, led by Nimbus Capital. The new funds will drive the development of two key projects: AI Launchpad and AI Liquidity Manager, and will also be used to enhance Units Network's infrastructure, including expanding validator capacity and optimizing cross-chain liquidity.
On June 17, decentralized AI infrastructure project Gradient Network announced the completion of a $10 million seed round financing, led by Pantera Capital and Multicoin Capital, with participation from HSG (formerly Sequoia China) and several well-known angel investors and advisors from AI, crypto, and other fields. Gradient aims to create a decentralized AI driven by widespread user participation, with two core protocols launching this week: the decentralized data communication protocol Lattica and the decentralized inference engine Parallax.
Stablecoin startup Ubyx completes $10 million seed round financing, led by Galaxy Ventures
On June 17, stablecoin startup Ubyx, founded by former Citigroup executive Tony McLaughlin, completed a $10 million seed round financing, led by Galaxy Ventures, with participation from Founders Fund, Coinbase Ventures, Paxos, and VanEck. The company aims to build a clearing system connecting stablecoin issuers with banks and fintech companies to address interoperability issues in payment scenarios.
On June 17, stablecoin-supported institutional cross-border settlement platform XFX announced the completion of a $9.1 million sub-round financing, led by HAUN Ventures, with participation from Castle Island Ventures, Oak HC/FT, MAYA Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Paxos, and Bitso. XFX is an institutional-level cross-border settlement platform that supports real-time transparent flows of fiat and stablecoins.
On June 18, Web3 protocol Thousands announced that it had jointly completed $9 million in financing with its sister company, Web3 game development company The Wildcard Alliance, with joint leadership from Arbitrum Gaming Ventures and Paradigm. The new funds will be used to accelerate the development of its comprehensive product ecosystem, leveraging the Thousands protocol and Thousands.tv platform to create new user acquisition channels centered around creators and to help launch their upcoming game Wildcard.
On June 17, AI company PublicAI, known as the "Web3-enabled version of ScaleAI," announced the completion of an $8 million Series A financing round, with participation from Saudi Telecom Group, Blockchain Builders Fund, Tykhe Blocks Ventures, NEAR Foundation, Taisu Ventures, MH Ventures, YGG, CSP DAO, IBC Group, G20, Whitewater Labs, and UXLink. PublicAI aims to provide everyone with a way to stay engaged and profit in the AI economy. The company previously completed a $2 million seed round, bringing its total financing to $10 million.
Project Eleven completes $6 million financing, led by Variant Fund and Quantonation
On June 20, Project Eleven, a company focused on post-quantum cryptography, completed $6 million in financing, led by Variant Fund and quantum technology investment firm Quantonation. The new funds will be used to develop tools that protect digital assets like Bitcoin from quantum computing attacks.
DeFi infrastructure TAC raises a total of $11.5 million in two rounds of financing, led by Hack VC
On June 19, blockchain project TAC, built to connect Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) decentralized applications to the TON and Telegram ecosystems, announced it had raised a total of $11.5 million in seed and strategic rounds, with the latest $5 million strategic round led by Hack VC.
On June 20, crypto platform Stackup, founded by former SpaceX mission manager John Rising, completed $4.2 million in seed round financing, led by 1kx, with participation from Y Combinator and Digital Currency Group. The platform provides enterprises with a "centralized control" solution for decentralized assets through account abstraction technology, supporting features like spending limits and batch transaction reviews.
Base ecosystem gaming platform Uptopia completes $4 million financing, led by Pantera Capital
On June 18, according to official news, Base ecosystem gaming platform Uptopia completed $4 million in financing, led by Pantera Capital, with participation from Spartan, Coinbase Venture, and others. Uptopia is a game publishing and discovery platform aimed at enhancing liquidity for games on-chain, and its platform is currently under maintenance.
On June 18, UAE-based stablecoin infrastructure provider SaturnX announced the completion of a $3 million seed round financing, led by White Star Capital, with participation from strategic institutional investors.
SaturnX provides global payment API services based on stablecoins for enterprises and financial institutions, supporting smart forex routing and compliant payment networks, primarily targeting major remittance corridors in Southeast Asia and Africa. Within just 5 months of its establishment, the platform's transaction volume has exceeded $250 million and has achieved profitability. This financing will be used to expand payment corridors in Southeast Asia, including the Philippines, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Pakistan, strengthen compliance infrastructure, and enhance its enterprise-level API stablecoin payment platform.
On June 18, cryptocurrency savings app Nook, founded by three former Coinbase engineers, completed a $2.5 million financing round, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, defy.vc, and UDHC. The company declined to disclose the valuation for this round of financing. Nook aims to make it easier for non-crypto native users to increase their cryptocurrency holdings through services like Aave, which allows users to lend their cryptocurrencies to borrowers in exchange for interest.
Defx completes $2.5 million seed round financing, with participation from Pantera Capital and others
On June 18, Layer 1 project Defx completed a $2.5 million seed round financing, with participation from Pantera Capital, CMT Digital, gumi Cryptos Capital (gCC), Baboon VC, CoinShares Ventures, Robot Ventures, and Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal. The new funds are intended to support the construction of a decentralized exchange optimized for perpetual contract trading.
On June 18, DeFi protocol BitVault announced the completion of a $2 million pre-seed financing round, with investors including GSR, Gemini, Auros, and Keyrock. BitVault will launch an over-collateralized stablecoin, bvUSD, supported by Bitcoin derivatives, along with its yield-bearing variant, sbvUSD. The protocol will be deployed on the new decentralized finance chain Katana, incubated by Polygon Labs and GSR, utilizing a permissioned fork of Liquity V2 to achieve permissioned lending, user-defined interest rates, and automatic liquidation infrastructure. BitVault plans to deploy on the Katana mainnet in June 2025 and is actively onboarding institutional borrowers.
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