Crypto Fundraising weekly
Dates: 09 – 15, Nov 2025

This week's biggest funding round

Lighter raised $68M in a funding round from Founders fund*, Ribbit Capital*, HAUN Ventures, Robinhood.

Lighter is a zk-rollup perpetuals protocol delivering provable, non-custodial trading with cryptographic fairness guarantees. Built on Arbitrum, it combines the performance of centralized exchanges with the transparency of DeFi. Lighter features verifiable on-chain order matching, liquidation execution, and seamless integration with aggregators like 1inch, ensuring deep liquidity and reliable price discovery.

Pre-seed and Seed investment rounds

Self Protocol raised $9M in a Seed funding round from Greenfield Capital, Startup Capital Ventures x SBI Fund (SoftBank), Spearhead, Verda Ventures, Fireweed Ventures, Sreeram Kannan, Sandeep Nailwal, Julien Bouteloup, Jill Gunter, Hart Lambur, Casey Neistat.

Self is a digital identity and trust infrastructure platform that enables individuals and businesses to securely verify identity, share credentials, and manage compliance without exposing sensitive data. Using privacy-preserving technologies such as verifiable credentials and reusable KYC, Self lets users control what they share while giving companies instant, regulatory-grade verification. Its ecosystem supports onboarding, authentication, age verification, and fraud prevention—streamlining compliance across fintech, Web3, and digital services while maintaining user privacy and data ownership.

Shodai Network raised $2.5M in a Seed funding round from ConsenSys, Consensys Mesh, Joseph Lubin.

Shodai Network is a crypto project financing platform designed to help Web3 founders raise healthy, ideologically aligned capital. It provides open-source tools, governance frameworks, and advisory support to solve the widespread problem of misaligned token and fundraising structures in the industry. By connecting founders with value-aligned backers and offering structured guidance on token models, incentives, and long-term sustainability, Shodai aims to rebuild trust, reduce predatory funding practices, and create a healthier, founder-friendly Web3 ecosystem.

Takadao raised $1.5M in a Seed funding round from Istari Ventures, Adaverse, Hasan VC, Syla Invest, Wahed Ventures, IceBlue Fund.

Takadao is a Web3 platform focused on creating a more inclusive and equitable financial system using blockchain technology. It offers products and services like Takasure (halal insurance), Takatalks (a finance and Web3 podcast), and Takalabs (a platform for community memberships and governance through NFTs), with a particular emphasis on serving the Muslim population globally with shariah-compliant financial services.

Other investment rounds

Acurast raised $11M in a  funding round from CoinList, Scytale Digital, Peaq, Web3 foundation (W3F), MN Capital, Tezos Foundation, Sigma Capital, Gavin Wood.

Acurast is the first decentralized verifiable compute network powered by smartphones, enabling scalable, secure, and confidential application execution without relying on data centers. By transforming mobile devices into compute nodes through Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) and Hardware Security Modules (HSMs), Acurast delivers a privacy-focused, energy-efficient alternative to traditional cloud platforms. With over 65,000 compute units on its incentivized testnet, Acurast supports AI workloads, decentralized VPNs, and secure data processing, redefining how the world accesses and utilizes computing power.

Seismic raised $10M in a  funding round from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z crypto)*, Polychain Capital, Amber Group, TrueBridge Capital, dao5 (daofive), LayerZero.

Seismic is an encrypted blockchain platform that integrates secure hardware to provide encrypted global state, memory access, and data flow. This architecture enables developers to build decentralized applications with enhanced privacy and security, supporting use cases such as exchanges, lending platforms, auctions, stablecoins, and launchpads. By restructuring the blockchain stack around secure enclaves, Seismic offers a foundation for next-generation applications requiring confidentiality and data protection.

Kyuzo's Friends raised $11M in a  funding round from DeAgentAI, Stratified Capital, Chain Capital, KnightFury, X wave labs, LBANK Labs.

Kyuzo’s Friends is an AI-driven Web3 social game built around the beloved DNAxCAT IP, combining interactive gameplay, blockchain ownership, and social mechanics. As one of the first projects officially supported by LINE Dapp Portal, it leverages LINE’s massive user ecosystem for onboarding and growth. Players explore maps, roll dice, build and upgrade structures, and collaborate—or compete—with friends through cooperative boosts or playful sabotage. Powered by the $KO token and NFT-based assets, Kyuzo’s Friends blends casual gaming, AI-powered interactions, and decentralized ownership into a dynamic social world.

Curvance raised $4M in a Strategic  funding round from F-Prime Capital*, Primal Capital*, Auros Global, GSR Markets LTD, Flowdesk, Purple, Q42, V3V Ventures, Echo.

Curvance is a decentralized finance (DeFi) platform that facilitates stablecoin deposits, earnings, and borrowing, aiming to address fragmentation across chains and protocols. The protocol supports various Layer 2 solutions and decentralized exchanges, providing users with opportunities to optimize yield and maximize capital efficiency in the DeFi ecosystem. Curvance's adaptive rate model, flexible borrowing options, and commitment to compliance contribute to its role in shaping the future of stablecoin utilization within decentralized finance.

Grateful raised undisclosed amount in a M&A  funding round from Exodus Movement.

Grateful is a stablecoin payment platform that enables merchants to accept crypto payments seamlessly across Latin America. Through tools like wallet-to-wallet transfers, QR-based point-of-sale checkout, and API integrations, Grateful allows businesses to settle transactions instantly in stablecoins while minimizing volatility and fees. Its infrastructure bridges digital and real-world commerce, supporting a variety of digital wallets and stablecoin assets. Acquired by Exodus Movement, Grateful strengthens the ecosystem’s reach in global crypto payments.

Tria raised $1M in a Public sale  funding round from .

Tria solves crypto’s biggest gap: real-world use. Users can spend, trade, and earn from one self-custodial balance—no gas, bridges, or seed phrases. With Visa cards live in 150+ countries and support for 1,000+ tokens, Tria makes crypto instant and seamless. Trades route through its AI-driven BestPath engine, while idle assets earn yield that repays card balances. BestPath AVS, Tria’s core technology, powers 70+ protocols and AI ecosystems like Polygon, Arbitrum, Sentient, and Injective.

Bluefin (ex Firefly, dTrade) raised $4.4M in a  funding round from SUI Group Holdings (SUIG).

Bluefin is an orderbook decentralized exchange (DEX) for perpetual swaps and options powered by Substrate. Supported by Polkadot’s shared security, high-throughput and low-latency transactions, micro-gas fees, and interoperability across networks, Bluefin provides traders with a derivatives DEX that is both performant and secure.

* fund, that lead investment round