ChainCatcher news, according to The Information, disclosed by a person who discussed financing matters with a partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, the company is raising funds for three new funds, with a total amount that could reach around $7 billion.

ChainCatcher news, the decentralized synthetic social network CharacterX has completed a $2.8 million seed round financing, with the company valued at $30 million. This round of financing was co-led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, INCE Capital, and Spark Digital Capital, with participation from 84000LP, Mask Network, CGV, ZC Capital, Web3Port, GRI Capital, Fermion Capital, Fan Zhang, and others.It is reported that CharacterX was initiated by a team from Stanford University, combining AGI technology with blockchain. The team recently launched the CharacterX mobile applications for Android and iOS, as well as a developer website for users to create and interact with artificial intelligence.

ChainCatcher news, according to TechCrunch, Andalusia Labs, a company focused on digital asset risk infrastructure (formerly known as RiskHarbor), has completed a $48 million Series A funding round, with a valuation close to $1 billion. This round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from Mubadala Capital, as well as Pantera Capital, Framework Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, and Digital Currency Group.While raising new funds, Andalusia Labs has also established its global headquarters in Abu Dhabi. Raouf Ben-Har, co-founder of Andalusia Labs, stated that the funding will be used for product development and team expansion. To date, the company has raised approximately $51 million.

ChainCatcher news, according to Techcrunch, French artificial intelligence startup Mistral AI has completed a €105 million ($113 million) seed round financing, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from Xavier Niel, JCDecaux Holding, Rodolphe Saadé, Motier Ventures, La Famiglia, Headline, Exor Ventures, Sofina, First Minute Capital, and LocalGlobe. Sources indicate that this financing values the company at €240 million ($260 million).It is reported that the company is a new venture formed by former researchers from DeepMind and Meta, aiming to compete with OpenAI and Google in the construction, training, and application of large language models and generative AI, developing generative artificial intelligence infrastructure. The company plans to release its first text-based generative AI model in 2024. (Source link）

ChainCatcher news, MPC wallet Fordefi has completed a $18 million seed round financing, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from Electric Capital, Alameda Research, JumpCrypto, Castle Island, Pantera Capital, Illuminate Financial, PayPal Alumni Fund, Nima Capital, Digital Currency Group, Defiance Capital, and StarkWare.It is reported that Fordefi's MPC wallet platform and Web3 gateway enable institutions to seamlessly connect to dApps across various chains while keeping digital assets secure. Fordefi is the first institutional MPC wallet and security platform built for decentralized finance (DeFi), offering MPC key management, self-service DeFi strategy control, trade-time smart contract insights, trade simulation, and risk alerts.