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📣 We are excited to announce that Singularity Finance will be partnering with us on the RWA Base Camp Accelerator Program. Outlier Ventures has partnered with Singularity Finance to launch the RWA Base Camp Accelerator, a specialized program for startups in the real-world assets (RWA) sector. Throughout the 12-week Base Camp accelerator program, the cohort will receive $100,000 and get firsthand support from Outlier Ventures’ team of experts across essential areas such as legal frameworks, token design, community-building strategies, tokenomics and fundraising, pitch deck refinement, along with workshops and mentorship from Singularity Finance. The programme also incorporates mentor feedback synthesis, goal-setting to help founders achieve and tailored mentor matching. The partnership follows on from Outlier Ventures' recent announcement of strategic industry alliances with SingularityDAO Labs AI x Crypto Base Camp accelerator program, aimed at supporting startups with the resources and expertise needed to navigate and drive growth in the evolving AI x Crypto landscape. 💬 Cloris Chen, CFA, CEO of Singularity Finance shared: “Our partnership with Outlier Ventures is an important step for us to grow the SFI ecosystem. With their years of experience in the Web3 space, incubating top-notch companies, we can make our L2 the go-to place for high-quality projects.” Explore our real-world asset thesis to learn how tokenization is reshaping tangible value in #Web3: https://lnkd.in/ekVEZ5Rf

Top 10 pre-seed to Series A funding rounds of the week: ⚫ Blockchain ⚫ 🔶 1. Echelon, a startup that allows users to earn interest and leverage their assets using non-custodial pools on Move-based blockchains, raised a $3.5 million seed round. → Investors: Amber Group and others → Founded by: Craig Breed 🔶 2. Hypernative, a startup providing real-time monitoring and risk prevention for digital assets, protocols, and blockchain applications, raised a $16 million Series A round. → Founded by: Gal Sagie → Investors: Quantstamp ⚫ Fintech ⚫ 🔶 3. Linker Finance (TS F23), a startup offering a digital banking platform tailored for community banks, credit unions, and other financial institutions, raised a $3.7 million seed round. → Investors: Ten One Ten Ventures, Techstars, and others → Founded by: Jorge Garcia 🔶 4. Palm, a startup offering automated cash management software designed to help global businesses manage their treasury operations more efficiently, raised a $6.1 million seed round. → Investors: Speedinvest and Target Global → Founded by: Gurjit Pannu, Christian Sobkowski 🔶 5. Ziina زينة, an app for individuals and businesses to send, receive, and manage money digitally, raised a $22 million Series A round. → Investors: Altos Ventures, FJ Labs, and others → Founded by: Faisal Toukan ⚫ AI ⚫ 🔶 6. Root Signals, a startup helping companies monitor and improve the reliability of their AI models, particularly large language models, raised a $2.8 million round. → Investors: Angular Ventures → Founded by: Ari Heljakka 🔶 7. Champion, a startup using AI to identify key customers who can provide testimonials, referrals, and other advocacy efforts that boost new sales, shorten sales cycles, and increase retention, raised a $3.3 million seed round. → Investors: Flyover Capital and others → Founded by: Jeff Reekers., Gianna Scorsone, Courtney C. 🔶 8. Hello Wonder, a startup building an AI-powered browser for kids, raised a $2.1 million round. → Investors: Designer Fund, a16z Scout Fund, and others → Founded by: Seth Raphael, Brian Backus and Dan Shiplacoff ⚫ eSports ⚫ 🔶 9. DubClub, a startup connecting amateur sports bettors with professional sports handicappers, allowing users to receive real-time sports betting advice and plays, raised a $7.5 million Series A round. → Investors: Renegade Partners → Founded by: Ryan Gaertner, Andrew Daschbach and Lewis Burik ⚫ Audio ⚫ 🔶 10. Treble Technologies, a startup developing an advanced sound simulation and spatial audio technology, raised a $12.2 million Series A round. → Investors: KOMPAS VC and others → Founded by: Finnur Pind and Jesper Pedersen 👏 Huge congrats to all these startups on their successful funding rounds! ⚜⚜ ⚜ ⚜ ⚜ PS: If you're new here, I'm Ivelina, head of content at doola and founder of EverythingStartups. Follow me for this kind of stuff. ;) #startups #funding #venturecapital #fundraising

Top 10 pre-seed to Series A funding rounds of the week: ⚫ Crypto & Gaming ⚫ 🔶 1. BetHog Inc, a startup offering casino games and sports betting with digital currencies raised a $6 million seed round. → Investors: 6MV, Will Ventures, Bullpen Capital, Karatage, Advancit Capital → Founded by: Nigel Eccles and Rob Jones ⚫ Blockchain ⚫ 🔶 2. Brevis, a startup developing a zero-knowledge coprocessor for decentralized applications, raised a $7.5 million seed round. → Investors: Polychain Capital, Binance Labs, IOSG, and others → Founded by: Michael Dong and Mo Dong 🔶 3. Pond, a startup developing AI models that assist cryptocurrency traders and developers by analyzing blockchain data, raised a $7.5 million seed round. → Investors: Archetype, Cyber Fund, Delphi Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, Near Foundation → Founded by: Dylan Zhang and Feng "Bill" Shi ⚫ AI ⚫ 🔶 4. Deckmatch, a startup using AI to automate startup pitch deck analysis, raised a $3.1 million seed round. → Investors: Alliance VC, Luminar Ventures, First Degree Capital, Skyfall Ventures → Founded by: Léopold Gasteen and Walid Fayez Mustapha, PhD, PhD 🔶 5. Zeplyn a startup creating an AI-powered assistant for financial advisors to manage client meetings more efficiently, raised a $3 million seed round. → Investors: Leo Capital, Converge → Founded by: Era Jain and Divam Jain 🔶 6. Bluespine, an AI-powered platform that helps self-insured employers detect and recover overbilling in healthcare claims, raised a $7.2 million seed round. → Investors: Team8 → Founded by: David Talinovsky, Gal Frishman, Yossi Mansano 🔶 7. Cogna, a startup using AI to build custom ERP applications, raised a $15 million Series A round. → Investors: Notion Capital, Hoxton Ventures, Chalfen Ventures → Founded by: Ben Peters and Lars Mennen ⚫ Content Creation ⚫ 🔶 8. Substack, a startup enabling writers to monetize newsletters directly, raised $10 million. → Investors: Omeed Malik, Nate Silver → Founded by: Chris Best, Jairaj Sethi, and Hamish McKenzie ⚫ Fintech ⚫ 🔶 9. Vega, a startup streamlining tasks for alternative asset managers, raised a $20 million Series A round. → Investors: Apollo, Motive → Founded by: Alexis Augier ⚫ Communications ⚫ 🔶 10. Prokeep, a startup helping distributors manage customer communications, raised a $25 million Series A round. → Investors: Dahlia Equity Partners, Ironspring Ventures, and others → Founded by: Jack Carrere, McKay Johnson, and Mark Kanof 👏 Huge congrats to all these startups on their successful funding rounds! ⚜⚜ ⚜ ⚜ ⚜ PS: Check out EverythingStartups for more like this. #startups #funding #venturecapital #fundraising

Thrilled to see the latest from Andreessen Horowitz, who just announced raising an impressive $7.2 billion across various funds. This milestone is a promising signal of optimism within the tech startup ecosystem. 💼💡 💰 Growth Fund Boost: The largest chunk, $3.75 billion, is earmarked for the growth fund, signaling confidence in later-stage companies nearing public offerings or requiring substantial investment. 🛠️ Diverse Sector Allocation: The allocation across infrastructure, AI, apps, games, and sectors supporting national interests like aerospace and defense reflects a strategic and diversified investment approach. 📈 Market Resilience: Despite prevailing market challenges, this move showcases resilience and foresight, with plans to raise more for crypto and biotech funds. 👏 Noteworthy Investments: Notable investments like backing Adam Neumann’s startup, Flow underscore a forward-thinking strategy.

This week in our #𝗙𝗧𝗙, we’re spotlighting remarkable new 𝗩𝗖 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀!🚀🌍 🇺🇸 Halo Capital, 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗲:$𝟮𝟱𝗠 Halo Capital, co-founded by Daniel Howard and Bhavin Vaid, officially launched a $25 million new VC fund. Based in New York, Halo Capital is focused on early-stage investments across the digital asset sector, covering everything from Bitcoin to decentralized AI. Notable investments already include Bima Labs and Andrena. With an extensive network of about 20 expert partners, Halo is poised to make a significant impact in the space. 🇺🇸 Alpha Partners 𝗜𝗜𝗜, 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗲: $𝟭𝟱𝟯𝗠 Alpha Partners, founded by Steve Brotman in 2014, continues its approach of partnering with early-stage VCs to preserve their ownership in promising startups as they scale. The firm announced the close of its $153 million third fund, nearly triple the size of its previous fund in 2017. Alpha Partners’ recent portfolio includes investments in Pearl, Shield AI, and Rad AI. With notable exits such as Coursera, Udemy, and Coupang, Alpha has solidified its place in the VC ecosystem. 🇬🇧 Atomico 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝗩𝗜, 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗲: $𝟰𝟴𝟱𝗠 & Atomico 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵 𝗩𝗜, 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗶𝘇𝗲: $𝟳𝟱𝟰𝗠 Atomico has closed its largest-ever fundraise with a total of $1.24 billion. This funding will be split between two distinct funds: $485 million for early-stage startups through Atomico Venture VI, and $754 million for growth-stage companies through Atomico Growth VI. With this fundraise, Atomico continues to support European startups at multiple stages, demonstrating its commitment to the tech ecosystem during a challenging market climate. Recent investments from these funds include DeepL, Pelago, and Corti for growth-stage companies, and Neko Health, Ben, and Dexory for early-stage ventures. If you want to stay updated on more fund announcements, sign up for our monthly newsletter here > https://lnkd.in/dUDMPTZx

Exciting things are happening in the financial startup scene here in Vancouver. We've witnessed game-changing innovations and groundbreaking ventures that deserve a spotlight. Our recent article dives deep into the thriving landscape of Vancouver's flourishing financial startups. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dZ6NT458 Featuring: Pocketed Grant Platform Founded by Aria Hahn & Brianna Blaney Traders Central NFTX Founded by Alex Gausman Red Thread Ventures Founded by James Mark Mitchell & Sean Hodgins RiskMetrics Group Holdings LLC Synergist Wealth Empress Royalty Corp. Decentral Park Capital Founded by Eric Kasanowski RAYL Innovations Inc. Canada Finances Restack Founded by Anthony Paes-Braga & Paul Kevener These companies, among others, are the lifeblood driving Vancouver's explosive financial startup sector. Their undying spirit to innovate and revolutionize the financial industry is nothing short of inspiring. 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁, 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲. #VancouverStartups #FinancialInnovation #Fintech #Startups #CanadianInnovation

We've raised $15 million in a pre-launch funding round led by Generative Ventures and Borderless Capital 💪 The funds will go towards making it easier and faster for apps (#DePIN) to build, launch, and scale on the peaq network. We're on a mission to power a global infrastructure revolution - and we're well on our way with over 20 apps building on peaq in industries such as mobility, energy, and telecoms. This is all before the launch of the peaq network and token ($PEAQ), which will take place in the coming weeks. We'll have a public token offering before that. You can sign up here for launch updates: https://lnkd.in/gMz292h2 Immensely grateful to everyone who had a hand in getting us this far. A special tap on the shoulder to Till Wendler who pushed as hard as anyone in the last months, and to Michael Ganser for your guidance, challenges, and perspective. We've been building peaq in various shapes and forms for over 6 years. This has been the best possible university for this kind of venture. peaq today is a culmination of those years. There's no substitute for experience, and there's nothing more powerful than an idea whose time has come. peaq's time is now. https://lnkd.in/gPxqBdfZ

💰New InnMind blog post dives deep into the world of Crypto Investments in 2024: 15 Most Active Crypto VC Funds ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dpqdQACb In this article, you'll discover: 🔹 Who are the key players shaping the crypto VC landscape?  🔹 What areas are these funds focusing on? 🔹 How can this information influence your fundraising strategy in 2024? Follow InnMind for the best tips & advice for web3 founders & crypto startup entrepreneurs!

VCLink's Daily Round Report (Part 3) 15. Nabil Jallouli's Rollstack, an AI-powered platform that automates presentation creation for businesses, raises $11 million in Series A funding led by Insight Partners, with participation from Y Combinator. The platform is already being used by companies like SoFi and monday.com to save time and optimize decision-making. https://lnkd.in/dzavdAwp 16. James Malley's Paccurate, a packaging optimization company, raised $8.1 million in its Series A round from High Alpha. Tech Square Ventures, Grand Ventures, and SpringTime Ventures also participated, as the company aims to help brands reduce packaging waste and shipping costs. https://lnkd.in/dDVrPcF8 17. Eslam Ahmed Hussein's invygo, a car subscription platform, raises $8 million in a Series A extension to drive profit-oriented growth with backing from STV's NICE Fund. Existing investors Al Rajhi Partners and Arab Bank Ventures also participated. https://lnkd.in/dB83SRZm 18. Marcelo Ruiz de Olano's karpatkey, an onchain treasury management provider, has closed a $7 million funding round to expand services to DAOs and traditional financial institutions. AppWorks, Wintermute Ventures, Joseph Lubin (Consensys), and Stani Kulechov (AAVE) also participated. https://lnkd.in/dypZvwuU 19. Jackson Denka's Azura, a DeFi platform, raises $6.9 million in seed funding to unite crypto wallets, blockchains, and exchanges, simplifying the DeFi user experience. Initialized Capital led the round. https://lnkd.in/dkP4WigV 20. Benoit Machefer's Keel, a London-based startup bridging the gap between no-code and ERP solutions, has raised $6 million in seed funding. Earlybird Venture Capital and LocalGlobe led the round. https://lnkd.in/dz9yuh8H 21. Qpoint has raised $4 million in pre-seed funding, led by Mango Capital, with participation from Preface Ventures, Scribble Ventures, and Bloomberg Beta. The company leverages eBPF technology to improve platform team visibility and control over service integrations, enhancing security, reliability, and efficiency. https://lnkd.in/dKq_eJ6v

Altana Wealth is among tier 1 investors The Spartan Group, Animoca Ventures, CMCC Global (and others), to allocate in a DePin focused start-up peaq. Roland Roventa and Samed Bouaynaya, CFA the PMs of Altana Digital Assets Fund source off-market opportunities and invest in blockchain technology across a spectrum of sectors. #digitalassets #bullmarket #blockchain #venturecapital