Funding

Delphi Labs team (Delphi Digital)
Delphi Labs Raises $13.5M for Web3 Accelerator
P2P led and Jump Crypto joined the incubator’s first external funding round.
Delphi Labs team (Delphi Digital)

Megan Knab, CEO of Franklin. (Franklin)
Crypto Payroll Company Franklin Closes $2.9M Seed Round
The payroll company is the second spin-off project developed internally at boutique Web3 marketing firm Serotonin, founded by Ethereum mainstay Amanda Cassatt.
Megan Knab, CEO of Franklin. (Franklin)

Bitcoin miners at work (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)
Immersion Cooling Firm LiquidStack Secures Series B Funding to Build Manufacturing in U.S.
The company says it can reduce the carbon footprint and land and water use of bitcoin miners through its technology.
Bitcoin miners at work (Eliza Gkritsi/CoinDesk)

John Collison, president of Stripe (Christophe Morin/IP3/Getty Images)
Payments Processor Stripe Secures $6.5B in Funding at $50B Valuation
Stripe's valuation has fallen about 47% from its 2021 fund raise of $95 billion.
John Collison, president of Stripe (Christophe Morin/IP3/Getty Images)

(Metalink)
VC-Backed NFT Social Platform Metalink Launches Mobile App
Funded by notable Web3 figures Guy Oseary, Gary Vaynerchuk and MoonPay CEO Ivan Soto-Wright, Metalink aims to be the first mobile platform where NFT collectors can talk, track...
(Metalink)

Common Spaces (Sasha Belitskaja)
Digital Art Platform and Residency Program Wildxyz Raises $7M
Notable investors such as Reid Hoffman, Gwyneth Paltrow and Cozomo de Medici participated in the seed funding round.
Common Spaces (Sasha Belitskaja)

Portal co-founders (left to right) David Scrobonia, Raj Parekh, Rami Shahatit and Parsa Attari (Portal)
Web3 Infrastructure Startup Portal Raises $5.3M
The company emerges from stealth with a roster of backers, including Katie Haun’s investment firm.
Portal co-founders (left to right) David Scrobonia, Raj Parekh, Rami Shahatit and Parsa Attari (Portal)

(Rachel Sun/ CoinDesk)
Bitcoin’s Future Hinges on Donations, and That’s Got People Worried
It costs up to $200 million a year to keep Bitcoin’s code maintained and functioning. Can developers find the resources they need in a plunging market? Frederick Munawa checks...
(Rachel Sun/ CoinDesk)

Beldex raises $25 million with a new DWF Labs partnership (Unsplash)
DWF Labs Invests $25M in Privacy Tech Startup Beldex
The funds will help promote the ecosystem of decentralized applications that protect user data.
Beldex raises $25 million with a new DWF Labs partnership (Unsplash)

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Superchain Network Raises $4M to Build Decentralized Data Indexing Protocol
The $4 million combined seed and pre-seed round included participation from Blockchain Capital, Maven 11 and other investors.
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