Funding Fridays

KEY SLIDES FROM THIS REPORT... QUARTERLY FUNDING (SLIDE 4) Q3 2023 FUNDRAISING OVERVIEW (SLIDE 6) DEAL VERTICAL SUMMARY (SLIDE 7) DEAL STAGE SUMMARY (SLIDE 8)

WEEKLY RECAP The crypto VC market finally broke its three-week streak of over $100 million weekly funding, falling to $78 million this week. Infrastructure emerged as the top-funded category for the second week, raising $48 million. Most came from Rated Labs and SupraOracles, two of our selected deals. This week, rather than the infrastructure blockchains we are accustomed to seeing, there was an emerging interest in data analytics and cross-chain...

WEEKLY RECAP This week marked the third consecutive week of total funding over $100 million. This week’s total rose to $136 million compared to last week’s $119 million. A trend has developed of projects beginning to emerge from stealth development and announcing their product updates or new fundraises. Projects may be seeing light at the end of the tunnel of this bear market and think it is the right time...

WEEKLY RECAP Momentum has continued after last week’s rebound in funding, with both deal count and total funding at similar levels. Total funding dropped $13m but still reached a robust $116m, while deal count stayed level with last week at 22 deals. Metaverse & Gaming is resurging after only three deals were announced for the category in August. These start-ups raised $31m in four deals, half of which came from...

WEEKLY RECAP After two weeks of lackluster funding activity, there was a considerable rebound in both total fundraising and deal count. Total funding rose to $129 million, over 8x last week’s total, while deal count more than doubled. In addition to funding activity increasing, the average deal size increased to $8 million compared to $3 million last week. Four deals were in the $10-$25 million bucket, the highest count in...

WEEKLY RECAP In the final week of summer, crypto funding activity diminished. Total weekly funding fell to $16 million from $24 million the previous week. Deal count fell 25% to just 9 deals. Of the nine deals, both DeFi and Web3 & NFTs notched four deals. The Web3 & NFTs deals were slightly larger, totaling $9 million in investment compared to DeFi’s $5 million. A noticeable trend in the last...

WEEKLY RECAP Last week was a big week for funding, with $211 million raised by crypto companies. While a pullback was expected from these levels, given recent market sentiment, the magnitude of this pullback is telling. Only $24m in deals were closed this week, a nearly 90% drop in one week. Over half of the funds were raised by Anytype, which closed $13.4 million in an undisclosed round. Anytype calls...

WEEKLY RECAP Funding levels have rebounded significantly, rising nearly 4x from last week to reach $211m this week. Half of the funds raised came from industry veteran BitGo’s $100m series C round, our deal of the week. Web 3 & NFTs saw a significant jump in funds raised, with companies like ZTX and Port.3 looking to utilize blockchain technology for novel use cases. Infrastructure continues to be the main focus of investors, contributing $174m...

WEEKLY RECAP Funding levels remain muted, rising $9m from last week to $58m this week. Most funds raised came from the DeFi and Infrastructure verticals, with DeFi seeing a jump in interest since the previous few weeks. The largest raise of the week came from the DeFi category, with Liquid Staking provider Helio protocol receiving $10m from Binance labs to expand to Ethereum-based staking. There were also a few strategic...

WEEKLY RECAP Crypto funding seems to be on vacation as total funding fell on a weekly basis to $36 million compared to $157 million last week. Deal count followed suit, falling to a measly 7 deals, bringing total funding and deal count to their lowest weekly levels since the first week of 2023. Of the five deals with disclosed funding amounts, all fell within the $0-10 million range. Infrastructure was...

Crypto funding fell on a weekly basis to $153 million compared to $219 million last week. Notably, 10 of the 15 deals announced this week secured funding within the $0-$10 million range. This is significant because it continues a trend of crypto VCs increasingly allocating capital towards early-stage funding rounds and being more selective in later stages. Our team highlighted this trend in our Q2 2023 Crypto Fundraising Report. Infrastructure-related...