Happy Friday! Here are the 5 most interesting crypto fundraises for the week ending 5/2/25:

1. Miden

Privacy blockchain Miden raised $25M in a Seed round led by a16z crypto, Hack VC, and 1kx with participation from Finality Capital, Symbolic Capital, and others

Miden spun out from Polygon Labs and uses ZKPs to offer high scalability and native privacy by executing transactions on users’ devices (edge devices). It is focused on enabling confidential, high-throughput applications.

2. Dinari

RWA token protocol Dinari raised $12.7M in a Series A round led by Hack VC and Blockchange Ventures with participation from VanEck, F-Prime Capital, Blizzard, and others.

Dinari enables users to access and trade tokenized equities (dShares), which are 1:1 backed by underlying stocks, ETFs, and other securities held in reserve, ensuring full collateralization and regulatory compliance

Tokenize all the things!

3. Gata

Decentralized AI data platform Gata raised $4M in a Seed round from YZi Labs, Gate Ventures, Maelstrom, and many others. 

Gata is building a decentralized, verifiable, user-owned data network to ensure transparency, security, and scalability for AI applications.

Decentralized data is key to ensure ethical and secure AI systems.

5. Camp Network

IP protocol Camp Network raised $25M in a Series A round led by 1kx and Blockchain Capital with participation from OKX Ventures, Lattice Fund, Paper Ventures, and others.

Camp Network modernizes intellectual property infrastructure and powers AI agents trained on user-owned, provenance-backed IP. Its architecture features a core Proof of Provenance protocol for transparent IP registration and attribution, along with isolated app chains for scalable, high-performance AI and IP applications.

IP and provenance is becoming more important in the age of AI

Congrats to all the teams for their fundraises!

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4. ROVR

Decentralized 3D mapping protocol ROVR raised $2.6M in a Seed funding round led by Borderless Capital and Geodnet with participation from IoTeX.

ROVR stands for “Robotically Operated Vehicle Research” and they are building the world’s first decentralized 3D mapping protocol, delivering real-time, regulatory-compliant geospatial data for autonomous vehicles and spatial AI. 

They will launch the $ROVR token on Solana to reward their community for contributing their map data.