Blockchain Funding Weekly Report: Deals and Investments Overview (Oct 27 - Nov 2)

Key Highlights

• Weekly funding volume exceeds $0.92 billion across 17 deals.
• Additional listed company crypto asset reserve financing exceeds $4.68 billion.
• DeFi: Accountable raises $7.5 million led by Pantera Capital.
• Web3 + AI: Coinbase Ventures strategic investment in Kite AI.
• Infrastructure & Tools: Bron Labs completes approximately $15 million in financing.
• CeFi: Pakistani stablecoin company ZAR completes $12.9 million in financing led by a16z.
• GameFi: KapKap announces $10 million in financing led by Animoca Brands.

Deal Analysis

DeFi

Accountable Raises $7.5 Million

Accountable, a "non-fully collateralized" crypto credit infrastructure, completed a $7.5 million funding round led by Pantera Capital. Participation includes OKX Ventures, Onigiri Capital, and KPK. The company plans to expand its team, promote institutional cooperation, and accelerate product launches.

Web3 + AI

PoobahAI Raises $2 Million

PoobahAI, a no-code artificial intelligence platform, announced it has received $2 million in seed funding from FourTwoAlpha Ltd. The funding will be used to develop AI and Web3 and drive market expansion plans.

Kite AI Gets Coinbase Ventures Investment

AI Payment Public Chain project Kite AI has received a strategic investment from Coinbase Ventures. This funding comes as an extension of a previous $33 million round led by PayPal Ventures and General Catalyst. The funds will be used to support the development of independent AI intelligent body payment infrastructure.

DGrid AI Receives Seed Funding

DGrid AI, a decentralized AI inference routing network, announced that it has received seed funding support from Waterdrip Capital, IoTeX, Paramita VC, Cacher VC, 4EVER Research, Zenith Capital, and Abraca Research. DGrid AI aims to provide low-cost, verifiable, and trust-free AI capabilities for Web3.

Infrastructure & Tools

Bron Labs Raises $15 Million

Dmitry Tokarev, the founder of Copper, launched a new company called Bron Labs focusing on digital asset security. Bron Labs raised approximately $15 million earlier this year, with investors including LocalGlobe, Fasanara Digital, and GSR.

Semantic Layer Raises $5 Million

Semantic Layer completed a Series A funding round led by Greenfield Capital, bringing total funding to $5 million. It aims to promote on-chain AI autonomy and agents, dApps, and asset sequencing sovereignty.

Pieverse Receives $3 Million from CMS Holdings

Web3 payment and compliance infrastructure startup Pieverse received $3 million in funding from CMS Holdings. This funding will be used to expand x402b on the BNB Chain.

DeepSafe Raises $3 Million

DeepSafe announced the closing of a $3 million seed funding round with participation from Antalpha, ViaBTC Capital, Spark Capital, Cogitent Ventures, Sharding Capital, Gate, Satoshi Lab, and CKB Eco Fund. The company focuses on building a better “Trust Layer.”

Summary

The last week of October and the first week of November indicate continued activity in blockchain funding, with particular interest in AI, DeFi, and infrastructure. These funding rounds demonstrate continued confidence in the long-term potential of blockchain technology.