TRENDX Financing Daily News on 05/24/2024 provides the latest industry financing news, featuring significant investments in various sectors such as DeFi, gaming, DAO solutions, and blockchain infrastructure. Highlights include Zaros raising $1.8 million with investors like SNZ Holding and Cogitent Ventures, Aria's RPG game development funded by groups including Spartan Group and Galaxy Digital, and significant seed rounds for Pencils Protocol and Plume Network at $2.1 million and $10 million respectively. Other notable mentions include strategic financing for Fantom with a $10 million investment from entities like Signum Capital and AAVE, and Dora Factory's $10 million funding to enhance DAO infrastructure services. The report also covers mergers and acquisitions, with Robokiden being a key example.

Provide the latest and most complete industry financing news, get first-hand news, please pay attention to TrendX financing daily!<h3>【1】Zaros</h3>Amount: $1.8 millionStages: UndisclosedDate: May 22Investors: SNZ Holding, Cogitent Ventures, First Class Warehouse, DCI Capital, Kieran Warwick, Anthony Sassal, Fernando Martinelli, Andy Chen, Danny WilsonCategory: DeFi, Derivatives, LSDDescription: Zaros is a liquidity hub for on-chain derivatives focused on bringing real yield for LSTs holders, capital efficiency, and deep liquidity.Additions: Zaros raised $ 540 K in funding round on August 17, 2023Website：<a href="https://www.zaros.fi/" target="_blank">https://www.zaros.fi/</a>X：<a href="https://x.com/zarosfi" target="_blank">https://x.com/zarosfi</a><h3>【2】Aria</h3>Amount: UndisclosedStages: Seed roundDate: May 23Investors: Spartan Group, Folius Ventures, Merit Circle, Galaxy Digital, Animoca Brands, Bitscale Capital, Formless Capital, 32-Bit Ventures, Big Brain Holdings, Selini Capital, LiquidX, Fisher8 Capital, partyhatDAO, Zeneca, gainzy, Tuba, naniXBT, Hype.eth, Yu Hu, Miles Deutscher, 0xLawliette, Sanjay Saini, Hidden Street, Beanie, @Tree_of_Alpha, @owen1v9, @wizardofsoho, @bribe, @0xkinnif, @akiaeki, @Renz_BDAO, @KangDewgg, @gaius917, CryptoJamie, @metaversejoji, @CryptoVonDoom, @The_Bogfather, @web3_honey, @apixtwtsCategory: GameDescription: Aria is an RPG game where players can freely roam in an open world environment while experiencing the thrill of epic quests and battles. The game&rsquo;s developer, Inutan Studios, has received funding from Tencent, NetEase and Riot Games.Website：<a href="https://sit.playariagame.com/" target="_blank">https://sit.playariagame.com/</a>X：<a href="https://x.com/PlayAriaGame" target="_blank">https://x.com/PlayAriaGame</a><h3>【3】UniTap</h3>Amount: UndisclosedStages: Strategic financingDate: May 23Investors: X VenturesCategory: BRC-20, Runes, DeFi, Cross-chain BridgeDescription: UniTap is an All-in-one platform for Runes and BRC-20. The platform offer Swap, Bridges and Wallet function. It aims to be the central hub for TAP DeFi, making token transfers and bridges more efficient and decentralized.Website：<a href="https://unitap.io/" target="_blank">https://unitap.io/</a>X：<a href="https://x.com/Uni_Tap" target="_blank">https://x.com/Uni_Tap</a><h3>【4】MUA DAO</h3>Amount: UndisclosedStages: UndisclosedDate: May 23Investors: Avalanche, ByteTrade, RockTree Capital, Jihan WuCategory: DAODescription: Metaverse Union of Architects (MUA) is a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) with a mission to help millions of professionals around the world break the barriers and overcome the high threshold of the crypto world. It aims to create the largest virtual reality guild of architects, providing a large number of excellent builders for the metaverse. The MUA DAO also strives to gather more and more real estate-related resources and traffic flows, serving as the infrastructure of the powerful metaverse real estate to bridge the gap between reality and the future world.Website：<a href="https://mudao.build/" target="_blank">https://mudao.build/</a>X：<a href="https://x.com/MUA_MUADAO" target="_blank">https://x.com/MUA_MUADAO</a><h3>【5】Pencils Protocol</h3>Amount: $2.1 millionStages: Seed roundDate: May 23Investors: OKX Ventures, Animoca Brands, Galxe, Gate Labs, Aquarius, Presto, Sandy Peng, David Gan, Ryan Li, Agarwood, Ashely Xiong, Lucia ZhangCategory: DeFi, Revenue Aggregator, LaunchpadDescription: Pencils Protocol is the next-gen decentralized platform that offers auction services for blockchain native assets and RWAs, along with unified and leveraged yield aggregation services for users to maximize asset utilization.Website：<a href="https://pencilsprotocol.io/" target="_blank">https://pencilsprotocol.io/</a>X：<a href="https://x.com/pencilsprotocol" target="_blank">https://x.com/pencilsprotocol</a><h3>【6】RoboKiden</h3>Amount: UndisclosedStages: M&amp;ADate: May 23Investors: ElixirCategory: Game, Shooting GamesDescription: RoboKiden is a free online third-person party shooter for Windows, PS5, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch. Set in a whimsical battle arena with colorful characters and surrounded by towering robots, players will battle alongside friends in a team-based game that combines chaotic fun with strategic gameplay, promising a fresh and engaging experience for gamers of all types.Website：<a href="https://robokiden.com/" target="_blank">https://robokiden.com/</a>X：<a href="https://x.com/RoboKiden" target="_blank">https://x.com/RoboKiden</a><h3>【7】Omakase</h3>Amount: UndisclosedStages: UndisclosedDate: May 23Investors: Nomura HoldingsCategory: Staking Service, Node ValidatorDescription: Omakase is a Web3 infrastructure provider that focuses on validator operation, development, maintenance and technical consulting services. It focuses on blockchain business and aims to develop the future form of staking business.Website：<a href="https://0xmakase.co.jp/" target="_blank">https://0xmakase.co.jp</a>X：<a href="https://x.com/0xmakase_jp" target="_blank">https://x.com/0xmakase_jp</a><h3>【8】Dora Factory</h3>Amount: $10 millionStages: UndisclosedDate: May 23Investors: Nomad Capital, No Limit Holdings, Cloud Nine Capital, Interop Ventures, Long Leader Capital, Calvin Liu, UVM Signum Blockchain FundCategory: DAO SolutionsDescription: Dora Factory is a multi-chain DAO infrastructure, providing infrastructure-level services such as multi-chain grants, privacy voting, and bounty services for startup teams and DAOs. It provides a playground where DAOs can be easily created and equipped with useful pallets to meet their essential governance, fundraising, collaboration, and administrative needs.Additions: Dora Factory raised \$ 2.5 M in funding round on March 1, 2021;Dora Factory raised \$ 2 M in Seed round on February 7, 2021Website：<a href="https://dorafactory.org/" target="_blank">https://dorafactory.org/</a>X：<a href="https://x.com/DoraFactory" target="_blank">https://x.com/DoraFactory</a><h3>【9】Plume Network</h3>Amount: $10 millionStages: Seed roundDate: May 23Investors: Haun Ventures, Superscrypt, Galaxy Digital, SV Angel, A.Capital, Reciprocal Ventures, Portal Ventures, Eric Chen, Anthony Ramirez, Andrew Kang Jeff Feng, Jayendra Jog, Ezaan Mangalji, Austin King, Tyler Tarsi, location tba, Martin Quensel, Mirza Uddin, Calvin Liu, Matthew Paik, Adam Lawrence, Charlie Feng, Jasper de GooijerCategory: Infrastructure, Layer2Description: Plume Network is a Layer 2 blockchain platform that integrates real-world assets into the blockchain. It enables diverse asset investments like art and green energy with fast transactions and low fees.Website：<a href="https://www.plumenetwork.xyz/" target="_blank">https://www.plumenetwork.xyz/</a>X：<a href="https://x.com/plumenetwork" target="_blank">https://x.com/plumenetwork</a><h3>【10】Fantom</h3>Amount: $10 millionStages: Strategic FinancingDate: May 23Investors: Signum Capital, UOB Venture, Aave, SoftBank, Robert Leshner, Stani Kulechov, Tarun Chitra, Sam Kazemian, Michael Egorov, Fernando MartinelliCategory: Infrastructure, Layer1Description: Fantom is a high-performance, scalable, EVM-compatible, and secure smart-contract platform. Developers can port their existing Ethereum-based dApps to the Fantom Opera mainnet in a matter of minutes, significantly improving performance and reducing costs.Additions: Fantom raised \$ 15 M on April 28, 2021;Fantom raised \$ 20 M in funding round on March 3, 2021;Fantom raised \$ 35 M in funding round on February 24, 2021;Fantom raised \$ 40 M in funding round on June 16, 2018Website：<a href="https://fantom.foundation/" target="_blank">https://fantom.foundation/</a>X：<a href="https://x.com/FantomFDN" target="_blank">https://x.com/FantomFDN</a><h3>About TrendX</h3>TrendX is an AI-driven Web3 trend tracking and intelligent trading one-stop platform, using large language model and AI technology to find market trends, and seamlessly combined with intelligent trading, committed to becoming a new generation of AI trading platform for 1 billion users to enter Web3 to check projects, find hot topics, see trends, primary investment, and secondary trading.Website： <a href="https://app.trendx.tech/" target="_blank">https://app.trendx.tech/</a>Twitter： <a href="https://twitter.com/TrendX_tech" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/TrendX_tech</a>

TRENDX Financing Daily News Highlights Major Investments in DeFi, Gaming, and Blockchain Infrastructure