DeFi Gaining Momentum
Weekly Recap
Crypto funding rose 59% week over week from $85 million to $135 million, while deal count held steady at 21 total deals. DeFi was the most funded category from both a fundraising and deal count perspective, raising $70 million across eight deals, including a $14 million strategic round completed by Ethena Labs and led by Dragonfly Capital. Ethena is striving to create a yield-bearing synthetic dollar by leveraging Ethereum staking and delta-neutral hedging. The funding round brought Ethena’s valuation to $300 million. Infrastructure was the second most funded category, totaling $46 million across eight deals, comprising approximately 34% of total funding and 38% of deal count. From a deal stage perspective, over 57% of deals failed to disclose the funding round type, leaving seed rounds as the most funded at $40 million across four deals.
Funding by Category
Funding by Deal Stage
Deal of the Week
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WEEKLY RECAP Weekly funding increased 65% from $103 million to $170 million despite the deal count falling 15% from 26 to 22. Eight companies raised $10 million or more this week, in contrast to just 10 companies combined in the last two weeks. The bulk of funding was concentrated in the Infrastructure category, with projects raising $112 million across 12 deals. DeFi was the second most funded category, with $48...
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