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ChainCatcher news, according to informed sources, the blockchain venture capital firm Superscrypt, backed by Temasek Holdings Private Limited, plans to raise up to $100 million for its second investment fund.Informed sources indicate that Temasek has been listed as a major investor in the new fund alongside the New York-based fintech company Republic. Temasek and Republic will jointly serve as general partners of the new company. Informed sources stated that this process is ongoing, and the final amount may change.

ChainCatcher news, according to the official announcement, the decentralized workforce benefits platform Craftt has completed a $2 million seed round of financing, led by Superscrypt, with participation from DCG and several well-known angel investors. Craftt aims to provide universal benefits for the modern workforce, helping independent workers gain financial confidence and achieve work freedom and flexibility.Craftt Pass is now in open testing. Recently, Craftt completed integration with World’s digital human identity verification system World ID, allowing its over 7 million users to log in to Craftt Pass using World ID.Craftt plans to continue developing Layer-2 infrastructure, expand ecosystem collaborations, and further enhance users' benefits and income opportunities.

ChainCatcher news, the crypto risk analysis rating startup Agio Rating announced that it has completed a total of $4.6 million in funding through two rounds of transactions.It is reported that the relevant financing took place in 2023 but was only recently made public, with investors including Superscrypt, Portage, MS&AD Ventures, and several angel investors. Agio Rating aims to become the "Moody's" of the crypto industry, primarily helping market makers, brokers, and lenders in the digital asset ecosystem assess cryptocurrency counterparty risk, and has currently rated 32 cryptocurrency companies.

ChainCatcher news, the Web3 social application Orb based on Lens Protocol has completed a $2.3 million financing round, with participation from Superscrypt, Founders, Inc., Foresight Ventures, Aave Companies, and Lens Protocol founder Stani Kulechov, as well as Polygon co-founder Sandeep Nailwal.Orb co-founder Kimmo Siren stated that this round was an equity financing round that started in March and ended in May, with no lead investor. The plan is to develop a new on-chain social experience that combines business, content, and communication, and to expand the current team of fewer than 10 people by primarily hiring mobile developers and designers.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the RWA protocol Helix has completed a $2 million pre-seed funding round, which was co-led by Saison Capital and Superscrypt, with participation from Emurgo Ventures, Comma3 Ventures, Outlier Ventures, Emoote, and others.It is reported that Helix is incubated by the Singapore private credit company Helicap, and the project aims to provide blockchain-based loans to businesses across Southeast Asia. Its platform combines proprietary credit assessment tools with a range of credit opportunities covering multiple industries.

ChainCatcher news, the AI-based Web3 search engine Kaito has completed a $5.5 million Series A funding round at a valuation of $87.5 million, led by Superscrypt and Spartan. Kaito is creating a Web3 search engine based on large language models and will gradually open the beta version to 35,000 waitlisted users starting June 20.Previous report mentioned that Kaito completed a $5.3 million seed funding round in February this year, led by Dragonfly, with participation from Sequoia China and Jane Street. So far, Kaito's total funding has exceeded $10 million. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, the decentralized identity platform Intuition announced it has raised $4 million in a seed funding round, led by Superscrypt, with participation from Shima Capital, Avon Ventures, WW Ventures, Matrixport Ventures, Polygon Ventures, and ConsenSys, along with several other VCs, DAOs, and angel investors.Intuition plans to publicly launch its protocol and first applications later this year. Intuition provides decentralized infrastructure, developer tools, and applications that support the creation of open and flexible knowledge graphs, thereby enhancing the quality and accessibility of social knowledge. Last November, Intuition's fundraising campaign was co-led by Andrew Keys, founder of DARMA Capital, and Joseph Lubin, co-founder of Ethereum and founder of ConsenSys. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, the Web3 API platform Airstack announced the completion of the second half of its $7 million Pre-Seed round financing, led by Superscrypt, with participation from Polygon, Hashed Emergent, NGC, Primal Capital, UOB Ventures, and Signum Capital. Airstack allows developers to access and utilize on-chain data using AI-supported natural language requests.According to the crypto data platform RootData, Airstack announced the completion of a $3 million seed round financing last October, with participation from institutions such as Polygon and Fenbushi Capital. (Source link)

ChainCatcher news, the cross-chain liquidity protocol Catalyst for modular blockchains has completed a $4.2 million seed round financing, led by Spartan Group, with participation from Foresight Ventures, Robot Ventures, Maven11, Alchemy Ventures, HashKey Capital, Circle Ventures, Superscrypt, and angel investors Calvin Liu, Aditi Sriram, and David Phelps.It is reported that in the coming months, Catalyst will focus on the release of its white paper and testnet, and plans to expand into the Ethereum ecosystem. (source link)

ChainCatcher news, cross-chain bridge aggregator LI.FI announced the completion of a $17.5 million Series A funding round, led jointly by CoinFund and Superscrypt, with participation from Bloccelerate, L1 Digital, Circle, Factor, Perridon, Theta Capital, Three Point Capital, Abra, and nearly 20 angel investors.It is reported that the new funds raised by LI.FI in this round will be used to drive the development of LI.FI in more areas such as blockchains, DEXs, and cross-chain bridges, while strengthening its sales, business development, marketing, and other capabilities to support token and order flow trading. (Source link)