Crypto VC Funding: Ripple Labs secures $500m investment, Lava raises $200m

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The week of November 2-8, 2025, saw $1.015 billion in crypto funding across 21 projects, with Ripple Labs’ $500 million strategic round leading.

Summary

Ripple raised $500M at a $40B valuation, driving weekly crypto funding to $1.01B.
Lava followed with $200M as payments and stablecoin infrastructure dominated deals.
Canaan, Future Holdings, and Fomo secured key rounds amid rising institutional backing.

Payment infrastructure and stablecoin solutions dominated the investment sector this week. Here’s a breakdown of this week’s crypto funding activity as per Cryptofundraising data:

Ripple Labs (XRP)

Ripple raised $500 million in a strategic round
The funds were raised with a fully diluted valuation of $40 billion
Backed by Fortress Investment Group, Haun Ventures, and Pantera

Lava

Secured $200 million in an unknown round
Investors include Anthony Pompliano and Eric Jackson
Lava has raised $227.5 million so far

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Canaan Creative

Raised $72 million in a strategic round
Backed by Brevan Howard, Galaxy Digital, and Weiss Capital
Canaan has raised $245 million so far

Future Holdings

Future Holdings gathered $35 million in an unknown round
Investors include Falcon Ventures, Nakamoto+, and Tobam

https://twitter.com/future_hodlings/status/1985965304929829170

Commonware

Raised $25 million in an Unknown round
Commonware investment was backed by Tempo

Fomo

Fomo secured $17 million in a Series A round
Investment was backed by Benchmark

Projects Under $15 Million

Donut, $15 million in a seed round
KapKap, $10 million in a seed round
Standard Money, $8 million in a strategic round
Liquid, $7.6 million in a seed round
xTAO, $7.3 million in an unknown round
Tatakai, $7 million in an angel round
Harmonic, $6 million in a seed round
Sprinter, $5.2 million in a seed round
Kyo Finance, $5 million in a Series A round with $100 million fully diluted valuation
Zynk, $5 million in a seed round
zkPass, $2 million in a public sale
BitDealer, $1 million in a public sale with $35 million fully diluted valuation
3F Labs, $750,000 in an angel round
Aria Protocol, $600,000 in a public sale
Monorail, $250,000 in a public sale

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