本周融资事件共计 14 笔，Quora 获 a16z 7500 万美元投资 | 投融资周报

foresightnewsОпубліковано о 2024-01-12Востаннє оновлено о 2024-01-12

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在投融资细分赛道中，本周各个领域均较为低迷。

据 Foresight News 统计，2024 年 1 月 6 日至 2024 年 1 月 12 日期间，加密市场共发生 14 笔投融资事件，其中工具和基础设施 3 笔、 DeFi 领域 3 笔、资管领域 2 笔、链游和 NFT 领域 2 笔、Web3 领域 4 笔。已披露投融资总金额约 2 亿美元。

周级别已披露融资总额及融资笔数汇总图：

本周投融资项目按融资金额排序如下图：

本周千万级美元融资共 3 笔，其中包括 Quora 获 a16z 7500 万美元投资，将加速发展其 AI 聊天平台 Poe；加密托管和质押服务商 Finoa 完成 1500 万美元融资，Maven 11 Capital 和 Balderton Capital 领投；Core Scientific 完成 5500 万美元股权发行超额认购。

在投融资细分赛道中，本周各个领域均较为低迷。

机构方面，本周活跃机构有 OKX Ventures、Lightspeed Venture Partners 等，主要聚焦于工具基础设施领域。

工具和基础设施

Polyhedra Network 完成 A 轮融资

Polyhedra Network 是一个 ZK 互操作基础设施。

Pontem 完成 600 万美元融资

Pontem 是一个 Web3 产品开发工作室，目前正在以太坊等 EVM 链上开发 Move 虚拟机产品，包括新的基于 Move 的 Layer2 Lumio，以将 Move 语言扩展至 Aptos 与 Sui 之外。

比特币 Layer 2 网络 Bitfinity 以 1.3 亿美元估值完成 700 万美元代币融资

Bitfinity 是一个基于 Internet Computer 协议的 EVM 兼容比特币 Layer 2 网络。

Core Scientific 完成 5500 万美元股权发行超额认购

Core Scientific 是一个比特币矿企。

DeFi

Entangle 完成 400 万美元融资

Entangle 是一个跨链 DeFi 协议。

Altitude 完成 610 万美元种子轮融资

Altitude 是一个 DeFi 借贷协议，目前已成功完成链上测试，将很快进入封闭测试阶段。

Solana 生态 DeFi 产品 Saros 已完成 375 万美元私募轮融资

Saros 超级应用程序是一款完全非托管应用程序，其提供全面的金融服务，旨在为用户提供安全的数字经济体验。

资管

Finoa 完成 1500 万美元融资

Finoa 是一个加密托管和质押服务商，估值达 1 亿美元。

Umoja 完成 200 万美元融资

Umoja 是一个由 ConsenSys 前高管创立的去中心化风险对冲策略管理公司，该公司主要服务加密货币领域，未来计划将其去中心化对冲模式拓展到数字债券、房地产和大宗商品等更多数字资产领域。

NFT 和链游

OKX Ventures 战略投资 Web3 游戏公司 Matr1x

Matr1x 正在开发一款具有 CS:GO 风格及「大逃杀」模式的第一人称射击类游戏 Matr1x Fire，允许玩家组队作战并获得胜利。

Eeesee 完成 285 万美元融资

Eeesee 是一个游戏化 NFTFi 和 SocialFi 平台。

Web3

Quora 获 a16z 7500 万美元投资

Quora 是一个在线问答网站，目前正在加速其 AI 聊天平台 Poe 的发展，此轮融资资金将主要用于加速其 AI 聊天平台 Poe 的发展。

趋势追踪和智能交易平台 TrendX 完成 100 万美元种子轮融资

TrendX 是由 AI 驱动的 Web3 趋势追踪和智能交易一站式平台，利用大语言模型和 AI 技术寻找市场趋势，并与智能交易无缝结合。

去中心化 AI 合成社交网络 CharacterX 以 3000 万美元估值完成 280 万美元融资

CharacterX 由来自斯坦福大学的团队发起，该项目将 AGI 社交与区块链相结合。该团队最近推出了适用于 Android 和 IOS 的 CharacterX 移动应用程序以及开发者网站，供用户与人工智能生物创建和建立情感依恋。

摩根士丹利战略投资 OpenAI 旗下 AI 项目 WorldBrain

WorldBrain 是由 OpenAI 旗下的基金会 Worldbrains Foundation 发起的一项创新项目，将人工智能、神经科学和区块链技术相结合，旨在开发全面的、多功能的、去中心化人工智能系统。

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