# Funding Intelligence

By [RadiantDream](https://paragraph.com/@radiantdream) · 2023-07-15

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Industry Funding News

1.  Roi
    

Amount: $3.6 million

Round: Undisclosed

Date: July 13th

Investors: Spark Capital, Thirty Five Ventures (35V), Gradient Ventures, Balaji Srinivasan

Project Type: Tools

Project Description: Roi is a portfolio management platform that allows users to manage, discover, and trade everything from cryptocurrencies to stocks to sneakers.

Website: [**https://getroi.app/**](https://getroi.app/)

Twitter: [**https://twitter.com/investwithroi**](https://twitter.com/investwithroi)

2.  Patex
    

Amount: $10 million

Round: Undisclosed

Date: July 13th

Investor: Acura Capital

Project Type: CeFi, CEX

Project Description: Patex ecosystem is a comprehensive crypto solution for the Latin American market, providing solutions for regulatory and user needs. The ecosystem focuses on trading in the blockchain industry, CBDC development, education, and careers. It consists of Patex Network, Centralized Patex, and Patex Campus.

Website: [**https://patex.io/**](https://patex.io/)

Twitter: [**https://twitter.com/patex\_ecosystem**](https://twitter.com/patex_ecosystem)

3.  Ion Protocol
    

Amount: $2 million

Round: Pre-Seed

Date: July 14th

Investors: Portal Ventures, SevenX Ventures, Bankless Ventures, Maelstrom Capital, and others

Project Type: DeFi, LSD

Project Description: Ion Protocol is a collateralized debt position (CDP) issuer that accepts deposits of various types of Liquid Staked Tokens (LST) and collateralized asset-backed positions (e.g., EigenLayer re-staked positions). By depositing these assets, users can mint a synthetic representation of ETH called "$allETH" based on their collateral positions. Users can freely deposit various loan collateral/re-stake collateral assets by providing different underwriting parameters for the deposited protocol's zombie collateral, and mint $allETH.

Website: [**https://www.ionprotocol.io/**](https://www.ionprotocol.io/)

Twitter: [**https://twitter.com/ionprotocol**](https://twitter.com/ionprotocol)

4.  MetaCene
    

Amount: $5 million

Round: Seed

Date: July 14th

Investors: SevenX Ventures, Hash Global, Wemade, EMURGO, and others

Project Type: Gaming

Project Description: MetaCene is building the next-generation blockchain MMORPG game for mainstream gamers. It presents a surreal post-apocalyptic society and interacts with different NFTs, redefining civilization. MetaCene pioneers player-centric entertainment, governance, and creation through innovative PVE and PVP gameplay, robust technical infrastructure, social guild DAO governance, sustainable economic systems, and an in-game editor. MetaCene is created by gaming experts with over 20 years of industry experience from companies like Shanda Games, Blizzard, and Perfect World.

Website: [**https://metacene.io/**](https://metacene.io/)

Twitter: [**https://twitter.com/MetaCeneGame**](https://twitter.com/MetaCeneGame)

5.  AGII
    

Amount: $15 million

Round: Undisclosed

Date: July 14th

Investors: Undisclosed

Project Type: Web3, AI

Project Description: AGII is a leading AI platform providing innovative solutions for content generation in the Web3 era. With its state-of-the-art AI models, drawing creation tools, and powerful functionalities, AGII aims to revolutionize content creation and consumption. The platform offers a range of AI generators and magical tools that provide users with unparalleled creativity, efficiency, and flexibility.

Website: [**https://agii.app/**](https://agii.app/)

Twitter: [**https://twitter.com/TheAGII**](https://twitter.com/TheAGII)

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