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WEEKLY RECAP Weekly totals in fundraising and deal count showed slight decreases week over week. Total funding fell 7% from $199 million to $185 million, and deal count dropped 11% from 27 to 24. Infrastructure has dominated the month of August, making up 65% of the month’s funding and comprising 70% of this week’s total. Gaming and DeFi made up the majority of the remaining funding, representing 14% and 11%...
WEEKLY RECAP Weekly funding showed a slight decrease, falling from $211 million to $199 million, while the total deal count increased 37% from 19 deals to 26. Infrastructure was the leading category, totaling $156 million in funding across 12 deals and making up over three-quarters of the total amount. DeFi was the second leading category, with $26 million in funding, including SatLayer, a Bitcoin restaking solution similar to EigenLayer. This...
WEEKLY RECAP Weekly funding saw a notable increase from $82 million to $202 million, a 147% increase, while this week’s deal count was roughly in-line with the previous two weeks, notching 17 deals compared to 18. Infrastructure was the leading category in terms of fundraising, making up approximately two-thirds of the total with $137 million. CeFi was the next most funded category at $40 million, with the two companies receiving...
WEEKLY RECAP Weekly funding fell 19% to $82 million, while the deal count was steady week-over-week at eighteen deals. Two categories were absent of funding this week, with CeFi and Web3 not tallying any deal flow. Of the three categories notching deals, Infrastructure made up 51% of funding and 50% of deal count. Gaming posted a strong week with four deals totaling $23 million in funding. From a deal stage...
WEEKLY RECAP Total funding dropped 17% from $122 million to $101 million, while the deal count fell 36% from 28 to 18. Although totals were muted compared to the prior two weeks, this week had the highest average deal size, at $5.6 million. DeFi was the leading category from both a fundraising and deal flow perspective, raising $57 million across eight deals, including our Deal of the Week, Morpho Labs....
WEEKLY RECAP Weekly funding fell by 34% from $126 million to $83 million, while deal count rose approximately 22% from 18 to 22. Infrastructure was the leading category, totaling $51 million across nine deals and comprising 61% of total funding. CeFi logged its second consecutive week of two deals, including Caliza’s $8.5 million investment round supporting its mission to provide cross-border remittances leveraging stablecoins. Web3 and Gaming deal flow has...
WEEKLY RECAP In the final week of Q2, crypto funding bounced back, rising 64% from $78 million to $128 million, while deal count rose modestly from 18 to 20. The funding total was dominated by Infrastructure, which comprised 88% of the total and also made up 55% of the total deal count. CeFi broke its streak of two weeks with no deal flow with a singular Series A round completed...
WEEKLY RECAP Private funding was suppressed as we enter the summer season, with total funding dropping 43% week-over-week to $66 million and deal count decreasing 52% to 15 deals. Infrastructure still took the top spot from a funding perspective, totaling $31 million across three deals, including Sonic, our Deal of the Week. DeFi tallied the most deals (6) and had the second most funding across categories ($24m). CeFi had its...
WEEKLY RECAP This week’s $113 million in funding was less than half of last week’s $242 million, although the deal count showed a more modest 17% drop to 30 deals. Infrastructure continues to be the most popular investment category. Infrastructure’s $66 million in funding was stapled by Nexus Labs and Nuffle Labs’ $25 million and $13 million respective investment rounds. After tallying a few deals in the previous two weeks,...
WEEKLY RECAP Weekly funding fell by almost 50% to $182 million, while the deal count fell by about a third to 23. The Infrastructure category led both funding and deal count, bolstered by Avail’s $47 million Series A round. CeFi saw $26 million in funding, including XREX’s $18.75 million strategic round with Tether. XREX will use the funding to help facilitate regulatory-compliant cross-border payments using USDT. Gaming had the second...
WEEKLY RECAP Total funding fell 18% week over week to $191 million, while the deal count rose 32% to 33. May saw $883 million in funding across 136 deals, being slightly above the 2024 average of approximately $800 million per month. Infrastructure was the leading category with $106 million in funding, primarily comprised of Babylon’s $70 million undisclosed round led by Paradigm. The Gaming category posted its highest totals in...