Sequencers Steal Spotlight
Weekly Recap
March continues to be an impressive month for the crypto private market. Total funding reached $228 million across 32 deals, marking the third consecutive week with over 30 deals. Average deal size has slowly been increasing. This week’s average deal amount was $10.9 million. For comparison, 2023’s average deal size was $9.2 million, representing an 18.4% increase. DeFi was the leading category from a deal count perspective, representing 34% of total deals but only 11% of total funding. In contrast, Infrastructure was the leader from a funding perspective, representing 55% of funding and only 19% of deals. Examining deal stages, Series A deals accounted for 50% of funding, totaling $115 million. There has been a recent uptick in Series A rounds. March has seen 13 Series A rounds while January and February both saw about half that amount.
Funding by Category
Funding by Deal Stage
Deal of the Week
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