【Global Hot Financing】#2

◉ Web3.0

 

    1. Project Description: Blockchain game
    2. Round: Angel round
    3. Amount: $3 million
    4. Investor: DWF Labs

 

    1. Project Description: Web3 "phygital" fashion startup
    2. Round: undisclosed
    3. Amount: undisclosed
    4. Investor: Game payment platform Xsolla participated

 

    1. Project Description: Web3 XR combat live streaming platform
    2. Round: Strategic investment
    3. Amount: $18 million
    4. Investor: Led by Bitkraft Ventures, with participation from Delphi Digital, The Operating Group, Alpha Wave Global, Hashkey, Lattice, M13, Santiago Santos, RooxieXBT, and others.

 

    1. Project Description: Web3 data management company
    2. Round: Series A
    3. Amount: $10 million
    4. Investor: Led by SineWave Ventures

 

    1. Project Description: Web3 game battlegrounds developer
    2. Round: Private placement round
    3. Amount: $3 million
    4. Investor: Youbi Capital, GSR Ventures, A&T Capital, and others participated.

 

    1. Project Description: Web3 notification platform
    2. Round: Strategic investment
    3. Amount: $3.5 million
    4. Investor: Led by Electric Capital, with participation from Collab+Currency, Coinbase Ventures, Dapper Labs, Form Capital, and North Island.

 

    1. Project Description: Korean blockchain game developer
    2. Round: Seed round
    3. Amount: undisclosed
    4. Investor: Binance Labs

 

◉ AR/VR

 

    1. Project Introduction: VR game studio
    2. Round: Seed round
    3. Amount: $5.1 million
    4. Investors: Makers Fund (lead investor), Y Combinator, Soma Capital, Pioneer Fund, Anorak Ventures, BonAngels, and Twitch co-founder Kevin Lin

 

    1. Project Introduction: VR haptic feedback solution provider
    2. Round: Strategic investment
    3. Amount: $3.55 million
    4. Investor: Lumaux

 

◉ Other Infrastructure

 

    1. Project Introduction: Decentralized AI integration startup
    2. Round: Seed round
    3. Amount: $1 million
    4. Investors: undisclosed

 

    1. Project Introduction: Distyl AI forms a service alliance with OpenAI
    2. Round: Seed round
    3. Amount: $7 million
    4. Investors: Coatue and Dell Technologies Capital (lead investors), Nat Friedman (former CEO of GitHub), Brad Gerstner (founder and CEO of Altimeter), and Dr. Jim Cash (Harvard Business School professor)

 

    1. Project Introduction: Social metaverse company
    2. Round: undisclosed
    3. Amount: $6 million
    4. Investors: SNZ, Everest Venture Group, Folius Ventures, Y2Z Ventures, Mask Network, Tess Ventures, Stratified Capital, Mindfulness Capital, and others

 

    1. Project Introduction: Online virtual event product and service platform
    2. Round: Series A+
    3. Amount: undisclosed (millions of dollars)
    4. Investor: Lenovo Capital

 

Reportedly, Skyland Ventures has invested in about 150 companies, mainly Japanese startups. After 2022, it began to focus on investing in Web3 startups. The SV4 Fund was established in April 2022 as a seed venture capital fund primarily investing in Web2 and Web3 startups, particularly in generative AI and metaverse-like digital economy sectors.
 
In addition, AR medical device company Ocutrx announced a strategic acquisition of electronic manufacturing and assembly company Spectrum Advanced Manufacturing (Spectrum AMT). Through the acquisition of Spectrum, Ocutrx intends to expand its product applications in and outside of the medical field, and further promote AR integration globally, including markets such as aerospace, robotics, 5G, 5G-MEC, automobiles, and games.

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