The second week of 2025 started with the sale of $32.70 million of FTX EU to Backpack. Total known investments came in at around $189.96 million across various blockchain sectors.
The activity shows a steady flow of capital in the early days of the new year. The second week's funding numbers are nearly $100 million more than the second week's funding numbers $88 million in first week.
The week's activities centered around centralized exchanges, AI integration, and infrastructure development, with projects at various stages attracting capital. Let's take a look at the main events per Crypto fundraising data.
VOOX, $50 million
- It raised $50 million in an undisclosed round
- The investment was backed by Pinnacle Venture
- VOOX is building an AI-powered trading platform
FTX EU, $32.7 million
- FTX EU awarded M&A deal worth $32.7 million
- The project was acquired by Backpack
- FTX EU is the European branch of the crypto exchange
OG Labs, $32.24 million
- It raised $32.24 million through a public sale
- Combining AI with L1 infrastructure
- OG Labs is developing blockchain infrastructure tools
- The project has raised over $107.24 million to date
Eventflo, $20 million
- Eventflo received $20 million in an undisclosed round
- The project is supported by Rothman Management
- Eventflo works on payment, marketing and event operations solutions
SoSoValue, $15 million
- It raised $15 million in Series A with a $200 million FDV
- SoSoValue is supported by HongShan, Mirana and SafePal
- The project is building an analytics platform and has raised $19.15 million to date.
Exclusive crypto VC funding rounds under $10 million
- Nakamoto Games raised $10 million for P2E gaming on Polygon (MATIC)
- Alpen Labs received $8.5 million in strategic funding
- Privasea raised $5.25 million Series A with $180 million FDV
- Superseed raised $4.47 million through a public sale
- ZKcandy received $4 million in seed funding
- Rena Labs raised $3.3 million in pre-seed funding
- Starpower received $2.5 million in an undisclosed round
- Ooga Booga raised $1.5 million in strategic funding
- BAD Coin raised $1.25 million via public sale with $12.50 million FDV
- Enclave and Aligned Layer each raised $1 million
- Yiedl received $735,000 in an undisclosed round
- Xterio raised $300,000 through a public sale with a $0.04 FDV
- Primex Finance raised $50,000 through a public sale
- Wise Monkey funding amount TBD