Average Deal Size Continues to Exceed Q1 Levels

June 2, 2023 in Crypto Funding Friday

Crypto funding maintained last week’s levels, rising slightly to $179 million from $171 million. The general trend of Infrastructure and Seed deals being the most common continued. Additionally, Infrastructure deals made up 76% of the total fundraising amount. Interestingly, this was the second week in a row for CeFi and Mining not tallying any deals, as both categories have lost …

Funding Skyrockets on the Back of Infrastructure

May 19, 2023 in Crypto Funding Friday

Crypto funding sharply increased this week, rising 114% from $108 million to $231 million. Infrastructure was the breadwinner, representing 44% of the total funding amount. The largest deal was an $81 million Series A deal completed by Auradine, valuing the company at $500 million. Despite the notable rise in total funding, deal counts dropped from 23 to 20, while the average …

All Eyes on Infrastructure and Web3 & NFTs

May 12, 2023 in Crypto Funding Friday

Funding increased 40% week-over-week from $75 million to $105 million. Infrastructure and Web3 & NFTs dominated fundraising, representing 88% of total funding. Deal counts also rose this week, ticking up 31% to 21 deals. Deal sizes were consistent with last week’s levels, with an average of $6 million per deal. The week’s largest deal was a $16.5 million token sale …

VC Interest in DeFi Slowly Picking Up

April 28, 2023 in Crypto Funding Friday

Funding declined this week from $280M last week to just $147M this week. Not surprisingly, most deals were infrastructure-related, something we’ve seen all month. DeFi, which has generally been one of the less funded verticals the last year, has slowly begun to see an uptick in funding. DeFi was the second highest funded vertical in the past two weeks, with …

Big Week for Beras

April 21, 2023 in Crypto Funding Friday

Total funding for this week rose approximately 25% from $198 million to $249 million, with the large majority coming from the Infrastructure and DeFi verticals. One of the larger DeFi deals was Nayms’ $12 million round valuing the company at $80 million. Nayms is building a fully-regulated on-chain insurance platform to bring efficient and transparent features to a largely off-chain …

Investors Capitalize on Security

in Crypto Funding Friday

Total funding this week was little changed on a week-over-week basis, with $286 million raised compared to $278 million last week. Infrastructure continued to lead funding, with an extension round from hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger ($109m) accounting for over one-third of total funding for the week. Ledger has benefited from implosions on centralized exchanges which led to an increasing demand …

Web3 & Gaming Attracting Investors’ Interest

March 24, 2023 in Crypto Funding Friday

Total funding rose from $124 million last week to $247 million this week, with nearly two-thirds represented relatively evenly between Web3 & NFTs and Metaverse & Gaming. 53% of the deals this week were seed rounds, comprising 32% of the total funding. One of the larger deals this week comes from OP3N, a Web3 AI-powered platform described by its CEO …

Funding Rebounds While Markets Dive

in Crypto Funding Friday

Funding rebounded this week despite drawdowns across crypto and traditional markets. Total weekly funding rose from $103M to $312M, with all sectors seeing increased funding except for DeFi and Mining. Infrastructure and Web3 & NFTs were the top funded verticals, raising $152M and $73M, respectively, while Mining has gone two straight weeks without funding. CeFi deals totaled $20m, showing signs …

Galaxy Digital Remains Active in the Private Market

February 24, 2023 in Crypto Funding Friday

Funding saw a notable increase this week, rising 19.5% to $312 million from $261 million a week prior. Infrastructure and Web3 & NFTs were the two largest categories, raising $103 million and $70 million, respectively. This week’s largest deal was a $70 million Series C round raised by Chain Reaction. Chain Reaction is focused on building out infrastructure like semiconductors …

Digital Identities for BNB

February 10, 2023 in Crypto Funding Friday

This week’s funding totals were on par with last week, declining slightly from $231 million to $226 million. Funding amounts were concentrated in the Infrastructure and CeFi verticals, raising $104 million and $64 million, respectively. SALT Lending closed a $64 million Series A deal, representing the largest deal this week and comprising the entire amount of CeFi capital raised. SALT Lending is …