Gate News message, April 23 — RealGo, an AR/LBS and AI-powered Meme 3.0 application on BNB Chain, announced the completion of a $3.5 million Early Investor and Strategic funding round. The round was backed by Animoca Brands, Cogitent Ventures, X21 Digital, Notch VC, and Becker Ventures. The

Gate News message, April 23 — Jack Yi, founder of Liquid Capital, shared on X that past crypto VC and project failures were largely driven by teams wasting capital developing unnecessary Web3 products by incorrectly benchmarking against Web2. Yi argued that Web3 is fundamentally a financial

Optiver Holding BV has invested in Eden Block to gain exposure to early-stage cryptocurrency and AI companies, which are anticipated to transform trading and capital markets.

Optiver Holding BV has invested in Eden Block, a venture capital firm focusing on cryptocurrency and AI. This move aims to enhance Optiver's exposure to innovative companies in these sectors, as both technologies could transform trading and capital markets.

The crypto venture capital landscape is shifting, with investors now demanding proven user bases and revenue before funding. The appeal of token models is waning, while the AI sector diverts resources. However, improved conditions may enhance investments in stablecoins and financial infrastructure by 2026-2027.

Earth Venture Capital invested in Sygaldry Technologies, a quantum AI startup, contributing to a total funding of $139 million. Sygaldry develops hybrid servers for efficient AI workloads, co-founded by Chad Rigetti, previously of Rigetti Computing.

Gate News message, April 17, according to Gate market data. As of the time of writing, PIPPIN (pippin) is trading at $0.0362. It is up 39.78% over the past 24 hours, with a high of $0.0436 and a low of $0.02575. The 24-hour trading volume is $12.4612 million, i.e., $12,461,200. Its current market cap is approximately $36.1977 million. Pippin is an SVG unicorn drawn using the latest LLM benchmarks on ChatGPT 4o. Pippin was created by Yohei Nakajima, a widely recognized innovator and thought leader in the AI VC space. He is known for his public build approach and has been at the forefront of the "AI for VC" movement, launching more than 100+ AI-driven prototypes, automated agents, and open-source projects. Its most well-known release is BabyAGI (March 2023), the first popular open-source autonomous agent with task-planning capabilities. It went viral on Twitter, accumulating millions of impressions, and generated tens of thousands of GitHub stars, dozens of Arxiv citations, and coverage by major global online publications. This news is not investment advice. Please be aware of market volatility risks when investing.

Ghanaian fintech startup appsNmobile has secured $1 million from Oasis Capital VC to expand its e-payment services, especially its virtual point-of-sale solution for MSMEs, while meeting regulatory capital requirements.

Varys Capital venture investment chief Tom Dunleavy noted that in the past six months, the crypto VC funding environment has changed significantly: well-funded projects are proactively coming to them, while most VC capital has run out or shifted to late-stage investments, extending the fundraising cycle to 2–3 months. Only a few institutions are still making early-stage investments, and in the future they may see investment opportunities on a historic scale.

Southeast Asia’s first OpenClaw Agentic Trading Event will be held in Singapore on April 16, showcasing how developers can use OpenClaw to build agentic trading applications. The event is organized by Moss in partnership with Lightspeed and blockchain VC, among others, and features guests including founders of blockchain projects.