During the period from April 12 to April 19, 2025, it was announced that 21 projects in the Web3 sector secured financial resources. Of these, 17 raised over $450 million in investments, while the others did not disclose details of their funding rounds. This indicates a growing activity in the blockchain, decentralized finance, and smart contract sectors, as well as investor interest in new technological solutions.
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Key Investment Projects in the Web3 Sector
The largest funding was received by several leading companies that continue to develop innovative solutions in the blockchain industry. Here are the main participants and their goals:
- Auradine — a company engaged in manufacturing mining equipment and developing solutions in the fields of blockchain, security, and artificial intelligence, raised $153 million in a Series C round. The round was led by StepStone Group with participation from Maverick Silicon, Premji Invest, Samsung Catalyst Fund, Qualcomm Ventures, Mayfield, MARA Holdings, GSBackers, and others. The company plans to expand its core cryptocurrency mining business and its new AI division, AuraLinks AI.
- ZenMEV — a platform for staking and earning through MEV, raised $140 million. The investment came from VC VentureX and aims to expand global reach, increase liquidity, and accelerate MEV transaction detection technology.
- LayerZero — a DeFi protocol that secured $55 million from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) during an undisclosed round. The investments are aimed at expanding functionality and scaling the platform.
- World Liberty Financial — a platform associated with the Trump family, received $25 million from DWF Labs through a private deal, highlighting investor interest in crypto projects with high management potential.
- APX Landing — a Canadian crypto lender, raised $20 million from Cypress Hills to expand in the country in response to the growing demand for loans.
Other Significant Investment Rounds and Development Plans
In addition to the main projects, several other startups received funding in various rounds. Among them:
- Optimum — a blockchain memory infrastructure project, raised $11 million during a seed round from venture firm 1kx.
- Resolv Labs — a team working on a protocol for the stablecoin USR, secured $10 million from Maven 11 Capital and Cyber Fund to expand their crypto platform.
- OpenZK — developers of an L2 solution, raised $6 million from Animoca Brands and Coinstore.
- ORO AI — a decentralized AI platform that received $6 million from Delphi Ventures and a16z CSX to expand access to AI data.
- Plastic Labs — a company working on solving the “identity problem,” raised $5.35 million in a pre-seed round from Variant, White Star Capital, and Betaworks.
Overall, from April 5 to April 12, 2025, leading investment funds actively invested in the fields of Blockchain Service, Blockchain Infrastructure, DeFi, CeFi, and GameFi. This indicates a high interest in the development of decentralized finance technologies, innovative blockchain tools, and promising projects in the sector.
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