FxWirePro- Key Crypto Updates

Major Fundraising Rounds

Rain - $58M Raised

Project Type: Global Card Issuing Platform
Description: Rain is the global card issuing platform powered by stablecoins.

Key Investors:

• Sapphire
• Dragonfly
• Galaxy
• Lightning
• Nest

Portal - $50M Raised

Project Type: Bitcoin Cross-Chain Protocol
Description: Portal to Bitcoin is a non-custodial Bitcoin cross-chain protocol.

Key Investors:

• Coinbase Ventures
• Paloma
• Arrington Capital
• Loom
• Republic

M0 - $40M Raised

Project Type: Stablecoin Infrastructure
Description: M0 powers builders of application-specific stablecoins.

Key Investors:

• Ribbit Capital
• Pantera
• Bain Capital Crypto

aPriori - $20M Raised

Project Type: Liquid Staking Platform
Description: aPriori is a liquid staking platform building on the Monad Blockchain.

Key Investors:

• Hashkey
• Pantera

Smaller Funding Rounds

Hemi - $15M Raised

Project Type: Dual-Chain Protocol
Description: Hemi is a dual-chain layer-two (Dual-L2) DeFi supernetwork.

Key Investors:

• YZiLabs
• Republic
• Quantstamp
• Storms

The Clearing Company - $15M Raised

Project Type: On-Chain Forecasting
Description: The Clearing Company creates on-chain forecasting market.

Key Investors:

• Coinbase Ventures
• Variant
• HAUN

MAGNE AI - $10M Raised

Project Type: Mobile Infrastructure
Description: Magne AI creates mobile infra for the decentralized internet.

Key Investors:

• Cestium Ventures
• DuckDAO

USD.AI - TBA

Project Type: Synthetic Dollar Protocol
Description: USD.AI is a synthetic dollar protocol funding AI infrastructure.

Key Investors:

• YZiLabs

Fundraising Summary

Total Funding Tracked: $228M+ (excluding TBA amounts)

Top Investment Categories:

1. Stablecoin & Payment Infrastructure
2. Cross-Chain & Layer 2 Solutions
3. DeFi & Liquid Staking
4. AI & Infrastructure

Most Active Investors:

• Coinbase Ventures (2 deals)
• Pantera (2 deals)
• YZiLabs (2 deals)
• Republic (2 deals)