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According to The Block, Cambrian, a blockchain data infrastructure startup, has announced the completion of a $6 million seed funding round co-led by Franklin Templeton and Polychain Capital. Flow Traders, Selini Capital, Paper Ventures, and Nomad Capital also participated. Angel investors include Jason Mo, Avi Felman, and Alex Lee and Willy Chuang, co-founders of TrueNorth. This round was structured as a SAFE with token warrants, and Franklin Templeton and Polychain Capital have secured board observer seats. With this round, Cambrian’s total funding raised reaches $11.9 million, including its previously announced $5.9 million pre-seed round led by a16z CSX.
YZi Labs has announced the opening of applications for Season 4 of the EASY Residency program—a 10-week initiative structured as five weeks online followed by five weeks in-person in Bhutan. Applications close on June 21 at 23:59 GMT−7. This season’s in-person residency will take place in Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC), a Special Administrative Region of Bhutan, with a focus on Web3, artificial intelligence, and biotechnology—specifically targeting stablecoin infrastructure, global payments, agent economies, next-generation decentralized finance (DeFi), AI infrastructure, and AI × Bio. Selected teams may receive up to $500,000 in funding, including a $150,000 SAFE investment for 5% equity and an additional $350,000 uncapped SAFE. Accommodation, meals, and co-working space during the Bhutan phase are fully covered by the program.