Crypto Investment Surge: $530M Raised in 34 Rounds, CeFi Leads with $270M Boost!
Summary of the Week's Results
Last week, the crypto investment landscape saw a significant surge, with a total of $530.07M raised across 34 rounds. This marks a remarkable increase of 230.16% in funds raised and a 36.00% increase in the number of rounds compared to the previous week.
Most Active Investors
Haun Ventures took the lead with participation in 3 rounds, focusing on categories such as CeFi, Blockchain Infrastructure, and Blockchain Service.
Franklin Templeton Investments followed with 2 rounds, concentrating on Blockchain Infrastructure and DeFi.
ParaFi Capital also engaged in 2 rounds, targeting Blockchain Service and CeFi.
Most Interesting Categories
CeFi emerged as the top category, raising $270.00M in 2 rounds, a notable rise from $79.05M in 7 rounds the previous week.
DeFi followed with $134.00M across 7 rounds, up from $40.00M in 4 rounds last week.
Blockchain Service secured $82.82M in 9 rounds, a significant increase from $20.00M in 4 rounds the prior week.
Biggest Rounds
Figure, CeFi with $200.00M raised from Sixth Street. Figure is revolutionizing financial services with blockchain, offering speed and efficiency in loan origination and payments, establishing itself as a unicorn.
Ethena, DeFi with $100.00M raised from DragonFly Capital and others. Ethena is creating derivative infrastructure for Ethereum, aiming to launch the first crypto-native yield-bearing stablecoin, USDE.
Bitwise, CeFi with $70.00M raised from multiple investors. Bitwise provides BTC and ETH funds, thematic index funds, and ETFs focused on companies with crypto exposure.
Raise, Blockchain Service with $63.00M raised from Selini Capital and others. Raise is a digital payment platform enhancing customer loyalty through savings and rewards for retail purchases.
Ethena USDe, Stablecoin with $20.00M raised from MEXC. Ethena Labs issues a delta-neutral synthetic dollar, USDe, designed to be scalable and censorship-resistant.
