17 startups raised over $423 million in investments in a week
Date: 2025-06-30 Author: Gabriel Deangelo Categories: BLOCKCHAIN
From June 21 to 28, 17 projects received significant funding for a total of $423.1 million. Digital Asset and World Liberty Financial raised the largest share of funds. The lion's share of capital investments went to the DeFi and infrastructure blockchain solutions.
Digital Asset became the leader of the week, having received $135 million. The company is developing the Canton network, which supports tokenized bonds and funds, and also plans to expand access for the traditional financial sector. DRW Venture Capital, Tradeweb Markets, BNP Paribas, Circle Ventures, Goldman Sachs, Polychain Capital and others participated in the strategic round.
The second-largest investment was from World Liberty Financial, a DeFi platform with ties to President Donald Trump’s family that raised $100 million from Middle East fund Aqua 1 in a private token sale.
Homomorphic encryption specialist Zama announced it had raised $57 million at a valuation of over $1 billion. The round was led by Pantera Capital and Blockchange Ventures.
Bitcoin-focused Nakamoto secured $51.5 million in a private placement. The funds will help the company develop Bitcoin savings projects.
DeFi platform Veda closed an $18 million round led by CoinFund. Investors include Coinbase Ventures, Animoca Ventures, and BitGo. Veda is developing a modular architecture that makes it easier to access profitable strategies.
GTE, a decentralized exchange based on MegaETH, has received $15 million in Series A from Paradigm. The developers promise high-speed order book work while maintaining decentralization.
Blueprint Finance has provided $9.5 million for the development of Concrete, a DeFi platform on the Ethereum network. Polychain Capital led the way, with Yzi Labs and VanEck among the investors.
UAE fintech company Related has received $8 million from Equivator to expand its business in the Middle East and enter Europe. The funds will be used to implement AI and blockchain solutions for loyalty programs.
Yield.xyz has raised $5 million, continuing to develop a yield aggregator for DeFi and staking. The investor was Multicoin Capital.
The Blockchain Group announced the receipt of $4.8 million in a post-IPO round with the participation of TOBAM.
Stackup raised $4.2 million from 1kx, Y Combinator, and Digital Currency Group. The company is developing a platform for managing decentralized assets.
Inference Labs raised $4 million to develop AI solutions in Web3. The round was supported by LEGION, Delphi Ventures, and others.
dKloud secured $3.15 million in support from Animoca Brands, Avalaunch, and other investors. The company is developing decentralized cloud services.
Makina secured $3 million to further develop its DeFi tool. Investors include Cozomo de Medici and Bodhi Ventures.
YieldClub, a platform for storing funds in stablecoins, raised $2.5 million for a public launch and expansion of features.
Sphinx Protocol announced $2 million in investments to launch a commodity derivatives exchange.
Twyne Raises $450,000 to Develop DeFi Credit Delegation Protocol.
Additionally, a number of major deals have been announced: Nano Labs issued $500 million in convertible bonds, while Metaplanet raised $515 million to purchase Bitcoin. Kalshi raised $185 million with the support of Paradigm and Sequoia Capital.
Several startups, including Hivemapper, Trusta.AI, CodexField, and MEET48, also closed successful rounds without disclosing the exact amounts.
The trend confirms that interest in DeFi and blockchain products remains high, and the market continues to develop thanks to fresh capital injections.
