Compiled by: Golden Finance
This week, 19 blockchain startups raised a total of $178.3 million in funding.
The largest financing deal of the week
EigenLayer (including EigenCloud and Eigen Labs) received $70 million in financing from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z crypto).
EigenCloud is a developer platform launched by Eigen Labs that aims to bring blockchain-level verifiability to Web2 and Web3 applications. The platform is built on EigenLayer's re-staking protocol and integrates three modules: EigenDA (data availability), EigenCompute (off-chain computing), and EigenVerify (dispute resolution) to form a unified and modular infrastructure. By leveraging re-staking ETH, EigenCloud provides "verifiability as a service", anchoring trust and payments on the chain while achieving scalability of off-chain operations.
Pre-Seed and Seed financing overview
Stackup raised $4.2 million (Seed round)
Investors include 1kx*, Y Combinator, Goodwater Capital, Digital Currency Group (DCG), and SevenX Ventures.
Stackup is an open source toolkit dedicated to simplifying Web3 application development through account abstraction. It supports the deployment of smart contract wallets using social login and enables seamless access between EVM chains, suitable for developers and enterprises. Features include role-based permission approval, batch payments, Gas sponsorship, and regulatory-compliant workflows. Built by former employees of Coinbase and Trust Wallet, Stackup also provides real-time fund management, fiat currency entry, and SOC2-level security, connecting Web2 finance with Web3 infrastructure.
BitVault Raises $2 Million (Pre-Seed Round)
Investors include GSR Markets LTD, Gemini Frontier Fund, Auros Global, Keyrock.
BitVault is a permissioned DeFi protocol designed for institutions, issuing two Bitcoin-backed stablecoins: bvUSD (overcollateralized stablecoin) and sbvUSD (a variant of GSR's neutral strategy that generates yield). The protocol is based on the permissioned Liquity V2 fork, deployed on the Katana chain, and allows whitelisted institutions to mint, borrow, and redeem assets. It supports user-set interest rates, multi-asset collateral, and automatic redemption mechanisms, connecting Bitcoin to DeFi to achieve a combination of stability, yield, and liquidity.
Nook Raises $2.5 Million (Seed Round)
Investors include Defy, Coinbase Ventures, and UDHC.
Nook is a DeFi savings app built on the Base chain, helping users earn high yields (about 7.6% annualized) by converting user funds into USDC and deploying them to optimized lending protocols such as Morpho and Moonwell. The platform has no lock-up restrictions, no withdrawal delays, and security is guaranteed through a bug bounty program and Coinbase integration. Created by former Coinbase team members, Nook aims to make DeFi savings easily accessible to mainstream users with a simple user experience and transparent mechanisms.
Ubyx Raises $10 Million (Seed Round)
Investors include Galaxy Digital*, Coinbase Ventures, Founders Fund, VanEck, Mirana Ventures, LayerZero Labs, Paxos, Payoneer, Boku, Monerium.
Ubyx is a global settlement and clearing platform that aims to make stablecoins usable like global digital cash. The platform allows banks, fintech companies, issuers and merchants to accept, deposit and redeem stablecoins across multiple currencies and chains, directly connecting to the existing financial system. It uses a unified rulebook and pre-deposited settlement accounts to ensure face value redemption, and complies with IAS7 (cash equivalents) accounting treatment standards, supporting peer-to-peer payments without intermediaries.
XFX raises $9.1 million (Seed round)
Investors include HAUN Ventures*, Castle Island Ventures, Oak HC/FT, MAYA Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Paxos, Bitso.
XFX is an institutional-grade cross-border settlement platform that supports real-time and transparent circulation of fiat currencies and stablecoins. For corporate users, XFX provides deep liquidity access, instant settlement of global channels, and enterprise-level audit and reporting tools. The platform complies with SOC2 and ISO 27001 standards, supports web consoles, APIs, and OTC services, eliminates hidden fees and stranded capital, and ensures transaction speed, security, and compliance transparency.
Gradient Network Raises $10 Million (Seed Round)
Investors include Pantera Capital*, Multicoin Capital*, and Sequoia China (now HongShan).
Gradient Network is a decentralized AI runtime and edge computing network based on Solana, using a P2P architecture. Anyone can share and monetize local computing resources through a browser extension (Sentry Node), providing support for low-latency AI reasoning, content distribution, and serverless computing on a global scale.
Uptopia Raises $4 Million (Pre-Seed Round)
Investors include Pantera Capital*, The Spartan Group, Coinbase Ventures, Kyber Ventures, Istari Ventures, Arche Fund (Coin98 Ventures), Zentry, and Vessel Capital.
Uptopia is a blockchain game discovery and distribution platform built on the Base chain, helping games increase liquidity and exposure through game tokens, while enhancing discovery with the help of social relationship graphs. The platform supports airdrops, rewards, and user growth and engagement tools, combining game and social incentive mechanisms to increase the attention and activity of the Web3 game ecosystem.
Summary of Other Funding Rounds
U2U Network
Funding Amount: Undisclosed (Round A)
Investors: SSI Digital (SSID)*
U2U Network is a DAG (Directed Acyclic Graph)-based, EVM-compatible blockchain platform that is committed to achieving unlimited scalability with "on-demand decentralization" to drive the transformation of real-world applications. The network supports high-performance, complex decentralized applications with excellent security and efficiency, and is committed to providing a one-stop solution for enterprise-level users.
Project Eleven
Funding Amount: $6 million
Investors: Variant Fund*, Quantonation*, Castle Island Ventures
Project Eleven is an applied quantum computing laboratory dedicated to protecting digital assets and blockchains from the threat of quantum computing. Its "Yellowpages" is a registration tool that binds existing Bitcoin addresses to quantum-resistant keys without on-chain transactions, aiming to promote the practical application of quantum-resistant cryptography.
SparkChain AI
Raised: $10.8 million (strategic round)
Investors: OakStone Ventures*
SparkChain AI is a DePIN rollup (decentralized physical infrastructure network) and distributed network platform that supports AI infrastructure by leveraging idle network bandwidth and computing resources. Users can run Spark Lite or full nodes through a browser or desktop node, and earn Spark Points or SPARK tokens by contributing bandwidth. Native tokens are used for staking, governance, and reward mechanisms (accounting for 80% of the platform's revenue), and use cryptographic proofs to ensure privacy.
Units Network
Raised: $10M
Investors: Nimbus Capital
Units.Network is a modular Layer‑0 blockchain ecosystem that allows anyone to create interconnected blockchains through a DAO-governed factory model. Users can stake UNIT0 tokens to earn rewards, participate in treasury voting, and launch custom EVM-compatible chains with liquid restaking and trusted interoperability.
TAC
Raised: $5M (Strategic Round)
Investors: Hack VC*
TAC is a blockchain platform built for EVM dApps, with the goal of making it easy for developers to deploy Ethereum applications to the TON and Telegram ecosystems, reaching over 1 billion users. By bringing EVM functionality and liquidity to TON, TAC provides strong support for building consumer use cases.
The Wildcard Alliance
Raised: $6 million
Investors: Paradigm, Arbitrum Gaming Ventures
Wildcard is a Web3-enabled PvP arena game that blends real-time strategy, MOBA-style combat, and collectible card mechanics. Players choose heroes, build decks of summoned creatures, and fight 2v2 battles in dynamic battlefields like the Frostburn asteroid. Developed by Playful Studios, the game integrates blockchain features such as Wildpass NFTs, which give holders access to closed beta, exclusive events, and future game asset ownership. Its digital assets are based on Ethereum Layer 1 and work with platforms such as Beamable and Space and Time to optimize data processing and gaming experience.
PublicAI
Raised: $8 million (Series A)
Investors: Saudi Telecom Group (STC), Blockchain Builders Fund (BBF), Tykhe Block Ventures, NEAR Foundation, Taisu Ventures, MH Ventures, YGG, Kinetic Kollective (formerly CSP DAO), IBC Group, Whitewater Labs, UXLink, Stanford Blockchain Accelerator (SBA), G20 Group
PublicAI is a Web3 AI data infrastructure and decentralized data annotation marketplace that aims to create a trustless, transnational labor market through blockchain to promote global collaboration on tasks such as data annotation. It addresses ethical issues, data pollution, and domain expertise challenges in AI training through its innovative platform.
Intuition
Raised: $900,000 (public offering)
Investors: Undisclosed
Intuition is a decentralized platform dedicated to improving the quality and accessibility of social knowledge. The platform provides infrastructure and tools for building open knowledge graphs, allowing users to create navigable and queryable attestations on any topic for integration and use by other applications. Its protocols and middleware support third-party systems to seamlessly connect to this knowledge network.
Bombie
Raised: $300,000 (public offering)
Investors: Undisclosed
Bombie is a high-income "play and earn" shooting game on the Web3 platform, supporting channels such as Telegram, LINE, TON, Kaia, etc. The background is set in a post-apocalyptic zombie world. Players can earn tokens through the "shoot to earn" mode and participate in the fair launch airdrop mechanism.
PrismaX
Raised: $11M
Investors: a16z Crypto Startup Accelerator (CSX)*, Volt Capital, Blockchain Builders Fund (BBF), Stanford Blockchain Accelerator (SBA), Virtuals Protocol
PrismaX is a decentralized data marketplace that supports the development of real-world robotics. Users can upload videos and sensor data for everyday tasks such as folding clothes and tallying goods, and ensure content quality through Proof-of-View and CLIP-based scoring mechanisms. Uploaders of high-quality, task-specific data are rewarded with tokens, and the platform supports data transactions through smart contracts. The marketplace provides effective training materials for robotics and AI teams to fill critical data gaps.
Sahara Labs
Raised: $8.5 million (public offering)
Investors: Undisclosed
Sahara is a decentralized AI network that offers two products: Sahara Knowledge Agent (KA) and Sahara Data. The platform supports the creation of customizable, autonomous AI agents, directly compensates contributors, and uses blockchain to record data and distribute rewards to protect privacy. Sahara aims to reshape the AI industry, provide data monetization opportunities and high-value services to individuals and businesses, and ensure the security and transparency of AI model training
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