Crypto VC funding: Public leads with $135m fundraise

December kicked off with Public securing a $135 million Series D investment.

This week’s crypto venture capital funding is almost thrice that of last week’s $90 million raised. The week’s funding activity showed a clear trend toward infrastructure development and financial services integration. The total investment has surpassed $220 million across various blockchain sectors.

Crypto.news pooled the data from Crypto Fundraising to bring out the firms that took home the highest funds during this period.

Public, $135 million

Secured $135 million in Series D funding
The project is developing a comprehensive trading platform with NFT integration
Public has raised a total of $446 million so far

Union Labs, $12 million

Raised $12 million in Series A funding
Backed by Gumi Cryptos, LongHash Ventures, and Borderless
The project specializes in infrastructure development
Union Labs has raised $16 million so far

Spexi, $11.50 million

Secured $11.50 million in Series A funding
Supported by BlockChange, Moonboots, and Protocol Labs
Building AI-powered data service infrastructure

Notable crypto VC funding rounds under $10 million

Brighty raised $10 million in an unknown round for finance and payment solutions
Interlace secured $10 million in Series B funding
Earos gathered $10 million in pre-seed funding for AI and AR/VR infrastructure
BLIFE Protocol raised $7 million in an unknown round
Suilend secured $6 million in an unknown round
Midas and The Binary Holdings each raised $5 million
Fiamma gathered $4 million in seed funding
Sekai and Anzen each secured $3 million
SuperFi Labs raised $2.50 million in Series A
DeFi App secured $2 million in seed funding with $100 million fully diluted valuation
OpenPad raised $2 million in seed funding
Scrypted gathered $1.50 million in pre-seed funding
Ancient8 secured $1.23 million through grants
LSP Finance and Dechat each raised $1 million
Redbelly Network secured $600,000 in a public sale