Weekly Funding Roundup | 11 Projects Secured Investments, Total Funding Reaches $232 Million (Jan 12-18)
According to Odaily Planet Daily, from January 12 to 18, 2025, the global blockchain sector saw 11 funding rounds, a slight increase from the previous week, though the total funding amount decreased to $232 million from $332 million.
The largest single funding round was secured by fintech infrastructure provider Alpaca, which raised $150 million in a Series D round led by Drive Capital, achieving a valuation of $1.15 billion. The second largest was a $20 million investment in Project Eleven, a crypto security startup focused on protecting cryptocurrencies from quantum attacks, valuing the company at $120 million.
Other notable funding includes: VelaFi, a stablecoin financial infrastructure provider, raised $20 million in a Series B round; Singapore-based crypto financial platform Veera raised $10 million; Noise, building a prediction market information platform, raised $7.1 million; and stablecoin service provider Meld raised $7 million.
Additional investments were made in BeatCoin ($5 million), Neuramint ($5 million for a Web3 AI agent platform), Slips ($3.5 million for a decentralized prediction market), Titl ($2.5 million for blockchain real estate tech), and AGGX ($2 million for AI and GPU infrastructure).
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