seed funding

CEO of Pi Squared Grigore Rosu (Pi Squared)
Pi Squared, Building 'Universal ZK Circuit', Raises $12.5M
The startup, led by a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign computer science professor, uses zero-knowledge technology to enable “trustless remote computing" along with othe...
CEO of Pi Squared Grigore Rosu (Pi Squared)

(MegaLabs)
MegaLabs, Behind the 'Real-Time' Blockchain, Raises $20M, Led By Dragonfly
The fresh round of capital will go towards building out the MegaETH protocol, with the aim of having a testnet go live in the next few months.
(MegaLabs)

Humanity Protocol's seed funding round valued the identity protocol at $1 billion. (benketaro/flickr)
Humanity Protocol Raises $30M at $1B for Decentralized Identification to Rival Worldcoin
While Worldcoin's technology is based on iris scans, Humanity Protocol uses palm prints.
Humanity Protocol's seed funding round valued the identity protocol at $1 billion. (benketaro/flickr)

Arbitrage opportunities opened up the funding gates for Stream Trading. (Alexander Grey/Unsplash)
Crypto Derivatives Exchange Stream Trading Raises $1.5M in Seed Funding
The funding round values the company at $20 million.
Arbitrage opportunities opened up the funding gates for Stream Trading. (Alexander Grey/Unsplash)

two fingers adding a coin to one pile of coins among many
Web 3 Startup Tensorplex Labs Raises $3M Seed Funding to Decentralize AI
Tensorplex said decentralization can help prevent tech giants monopolizing artificial intelligence, making them prone to biases or censorship.
two fingers adding a coin to one pile of coins among many

headshot of ClearToken CEO Benjamin Santos-Stephens
ClearToken Raises $10M From Institutional Investors Including Nomura’s Laser Digital
The crypto clearing house plans to start preliminary settlement services in the U.K. this year, subject to regulatory approval.
headshot of ClearToken CEO Benjamin Santos-Stephens

16:9 Portal, door, entrance (Tama66/Pixabay)
Fintech Provider Portal Raises $34M Seed Round for Bitcoin-Based Decentralized Exchange
Portal aims to offer a decentralized infrastructure for peer-to-peer swapping of BTC across different blockchains without the need for intermediaries, which heighten the risk...
16:9 Portal, door, entrance (Tama66/Pixabay)

Setter app (Setter)
A16z Backs Web3 Consumer App Setter in $5M Seed Round
Setter aims to address "the complexity and unfriendliness of current wallet technologies," making entry into Web3 a more seamless experience for more users.
Setter app (Setter)

TaprootWizards.com NFT (ordinals.com)
Bitcoin-Focused Ordinals Project Taproot Wizards Raises $7.5M in Seed Round
Taproot Wizards, which describes itself as "magic internet JPEGs", offers a collection of Microsoft Paint images of wizards harking back to a 2013 bitcoin meme: "magic interne...
TaprootWizards.com NFT (ordinals.com)

Llama co-founders Austin Green and Shreyas Hariharan (Llama)
Smart Contract Platform Llama Raises $6M From Investors Including Polygon, Aave Founders
The firm aims to allow blockchain governance protocols to encode role-based functionality.
Llama co-founders Austin Green and Shreyas Hariharan (Llama)