BlockchainWork: Capital Raising
BlockchainWork raised approximately $142,000 in Seed 2 round from Japanese investors, with three repeat investors from Seed 1 round ($87,000 in 2024). Company planning expansion into AI-first product development, market consolidation in Vietnam, and geographic expansion to Japan and Singapore
Source: discovered:vir.com.vn
The leadership read
Fresh capital usually broadens web3 & blockchain leadership bench strength — scale, go-to-market and operational depth — rather than any single appointment.
Market context: Backdrop: a 98.6 (Neutral) Talent Market Index (down 1.4 on the month) with Asia activity rising (+2.4pts).
BlockchainWork: 1 signal in the last 90 days — in line with the Web3 & Blockchain median of 1 across 6 tracked companies; 0.1% of MitchelLake's Asia signal flow.
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