This past week saw nearly $235 million in crypto VC funding with several notable funding rounds, led by Rain, which raised $58 million in Series B funding for its stablecoin interoperability platform.
Other key investments include M^0, securing $40 million for its decentralized middleware protocol, and OrangeX, which raised $20 million for its global crypto trading platform.
Additionally, aPriori gathered $20 million in a strategic round for its work in DeFi, liquidity, and staking. Other projects such as Hemi Labs, The Clearing Company, and Magne AI also raised significant funds, highlighting continued investor confidence across the crypto space.
Series B funding rounds dominated the activity this week. Here’s a breakdown of this week’s crypto funding developments, according to Crypto Fundraising data.
Summary
Crypto VC raised $234.9m this week, led by Rain’s $58m Series B round
M^0 raised $40m Series B, while OrangeX secured $20m for expansion
Smaller projects raised $1.5m–$15m, showing strong sector diversity
Rain
Rain raised $58 million in a Series B round that included Sapphire Ventures, Dragonfly, and Galaxy Digital.
The project is a stablecoin interoperability platform that has raised $88.5 million to date.
The forecast? Heavy Rain. ☔️
We’ve raised $58M in Series B funding—led by @SapphireVC with support from @Dragonfly_xyz, @galaxyhq, @SamsungNext, @lightspeedvp, @NorwestVP & Endeavor Catalyst.
Thanks to our team, partners, and investors for helping us rebuild global payments… pic.twitter.com/mspsObE4sV
— Rain (@raincards) August 28, 2025
M^0
M^0, a decentralized middleware protocol, secured $40 million in a Series B round.
Polychain Capital, Ribbit Capital, and Endeavor backed the startup, which has raised $97.5 million to date.
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OrangeX
OrangeX, a global crypto trading platform, collected $20 million in a Series B round
Investors include Kryptos and SCI Ventures; OrangeX has raised $30 million to date.
🚀 We are thrilled to announce that 🍊#OrangeX has secured $20M in our second funding round!
Led by Kryptos with continued support from key investors, this achievement accelerates our mission to deliver world-class compliant crypto trading.
✅ Over $200M platform liquidity
🏆… pic.twitter.com/TXY13Gr2pF— OrangeX (@OrangeXExchange) August 29, 2025
aPriori
The project gathered $20 million in a strategic round. The startup operates in DeFi, liquidity, and staking sectors
HashKey Capital, Pantera, and Primitive Ventures are aPriori’s investors.
Projects < $20 million
Hemi Labs, $15 million in an unknown round
The Clearing Company, $15 million in a Seed round
Magne AI, $10 million in a Strategic round
Hyperbot, $6.75 million in an unknown round
Metafyed, $5.5 million in an unknown round
Multipli, $5 million in an unknown round
Splendor Labs, $4.5 million in a Seed round
Almanak, $2.5 million in a Public sale
Superfluid, $2 million in a Public sale
Suzaku, $1.5 million in an unknown round
Fly (ex Magpie Protocol), $340,000 in an unknown round
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