The second week of 2025 started with the sale of $32.70 million of FTX EU to Backpack. Total known investments amounted to approximately $189.96 million in various blockchain sectors.
The activity shows a steady flow of capital in the first days of the new year. The funding numbers of the second week are almost $100 million more than that of the the first week $88 million.
The week’s activity focused on centralized exchanges, AI integration and infrastructure development, with projects at various stages raising capital. Let’s look at the key events for Crypto Fundraising Data.
VOOX, $50 million
- Raised $50 million in an unknown round
- The investment was backed by Pinnacle Venture
- VOOX is building an AI-powered trading platform
FTX EU, $32.7 million
- FTX EU has signed an M&A deal worth $32.7 million
- The project was acquired by Backpack
- FTX EU is the European arm of the crypto exchange
OG Labs, $32.24 million
- Raised $32.24 million through public sale
- Combining AI with L1 infrastructure
- OG Labs develops blockchain infrastructure tools
- The project has raised over $107.24 million so far
Eventflo, $20 million
- Eventflo secured $20 million in an undisclosed round
- The project is supported by Rothman Management
- Eventflo works in payment solutions, marketing and event operations
SoSoValue, $15 million
- Railed $15 million in Series A with $200 million FDV
- SoSoValue is supported by HongShan, Mirana and SafePal
- The project is to build an analytics platform and has raised $19.15 million so far.
https://twitter.com/SoSoValueCrypto/status/1876997896803078208
Notable crypto VC funding rounds under $10 million
- Nakamoto Games raised $10 million for P2E games at Polygon (MATIC)
- Alpen Labs has secured $8.5 million in strategic funding
- Privasea raised $5.25 million Series A with $180 million FDV
- Superseed raised $4.47 million through the public sale
- ZKcandy has secured $4 million in seed funding
- Rena Labs has raised $3.3 million in pre-seed funding
- Starpower secured $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
- The Enclave and the Aligned Layer earned $1 million
- Yiedl secured $735,000 in an undisclosed round
- Xterio raised $300,000 through public sale with $0.04 FDV
- Primex Finance raised $50,000 through the public sale
- Wise Monkey funding amount TBD
