Author: Biteye core contributor Viee
Editor: Biteye core contributor Crush
Recently, several pre-launch projects have successfully raised over tens of millions of US dollars, involving sectors such as AI, L2, zk, and DeFi. In this article, Biteye will introduce 18 of these projects, including KOL attention, investors, and funding amounts.
1. Azra Games
Raised $42 million, invested by Pantera Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, and others.
A blockchain gaming company aiming to create mainstream collectible and role-playing games.
2. Glow
Raised $30 million, invested by Framework Ventures, USV, and others.
Glow is building proof-of-physical-work (PoPW) for carbon credits.
3. Nillion
Raised $25 million, invested by Hack VC, Hashkey Capital, and others.
Building a decentralized public network based on "zero computation" to protect data privacy.
4. Atlas
Raised $21 million, invested by Haun Ventures, Paradigm, and others.
A blockchain for verifiable finance, built for reliable transactions and near-zero transaction costs financial applications.
5. Ithaca
Raised $20 million, invested by Paradigm.
An open-source L2 that spun out from Paradigm, developing Odyssey.
6. Bluesky
Raised $15 million, invested by Blockchain Capital, SevenX Ventures, and others.
Building the AT protocol to enable creators to freely build independent of platforms.
7. Citrea
Raised $14 million, invested by Founders fund, Maven 11, and others.
Each transaction is fully protected by zero-knowledge proof and verified through BitVM.
8. zkPass
Raised $12.5 million, invested by Archetype, Breyer Capital, and others.
A private data protocol using 3P-TLS and hybrid ZK technology.
9. Opacity Network
Raised $12 million, invested by Archetype, Breyer Capital, and others.
A zero-knowledge proof protocol that enables trustless information sharing and verification in minutes.
10. Solv Protocol
Raised $11 million, invested by Blockchain Capital, OKX Ventures, and others.
A decentralized Bitcoin collateralization protocol.
11. delta
Raised $11 million, invested by Variant Fund, Maven 11, and others.
A network with shared state.
12. Sapien
Raised $10.5 million, invested by Variant Fund, Primitive Ventures, and others.
A scalable data labeling solution aimed at advancing AI language learning models.
13. Variational
Raised $10.3 million, invested by Bain Capital Crypto, Peak XV Partners, and others.
A crypto derivatives trading protocol based on Arbitrum.
14. vlayer
Raised $10 million, invested by Andreessen Horowitz, BlockTower Capital, and others.
A trustless, verifiable data infrastructure supported by zero-knowledge proofs.
15. PumpBTC
Raised $10 million, invested by SevenX Ventures, Mirana Ventures, and others.
Babylon's liquidity staking solution.
16. Validation Cloud
Raised $10 million, invested by TCG.
A Web3 infrastructure platform providing elite, high-performance nodes and staking infrastructure.
17. Mento
Raised $10 million, invested by Hashkey Capital, No Limit Holdings, and others.
A stablecoin and digital asset innovation lab spun out from cLabs (Celo).
18. PiP World
Raised $10 million, investors not disclosed.
A Web3 gaming and education project that launched a game called Gold Rush on Telegram.
