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