According to Foresight News, the crypto market saw 47 investment and financing events in May 2025, including 16 in tools and infrastructure, 9 in DeFi, 14 in asset management, 4 in blockchain gaming and Non-Fungible Tokens, and 4 in Web3. The total disclosed investment amount is approximately $1.431 billion.
This week's partial investment projects sorted by financing amount are as follows:
This month, there were 3 financing rounds exceeding $100 million, including Strive completing a $750 million private equity financing to enhance its Bitcoin strategy; World completing a $135 million financing with a16z and Bain Capital Crypto participating; Theta Capital completing a $175 million financing; and NewLimit, a health company by Coinbase's founder, completing a $130 million Series B financing.
(The rest of the translation follows the same approach, maintaining the structure and translating all text while preserving technical terms and proper nouns as specified in the initial instructions.)Fuze Completes $12.2 Million Series A Funding
Fuze is a Middle Eastern digital asset startup that provides "Digital Assets as a Service" (DAaaS) infrastructure, helping banks, payment processors, fintech companies, and traditional enterprises in the MENA and Turkey region offer compliant digital asset services to their customers. The company also operates an over-the-counter trading platform specifically supporting large-scale digital asset transactions.
Coinsilium Group Raises £1.25 Million for Bitcoin Financial Plan
Coinsilium Group is a UK-based listed blockchain company.
Slash Completes $41 Million Series B Funding
Slash is a fintech startup.
True Markets Raises $11 Million with Participation from PayPal Ventures
True Markets is a crypto trading application.
Catena Labs Raises $18 Million in Seed Funding
Catena Labs is an AI-native bank founded by Circle co-founder Sean Neville.
Tradoor Announces Completion of $3.2 Million Funding
K33 Secures Approximately $6.23 Million to Enhance Bitcoin Capital Strategy
K33 is a Norwegian digital asset company listed in Stockholm, providing research, brokerage, and custody services for private and institutional clients in Europe, Middle East, and Africa.
Strive Completes $750 Million Private Equity Funding to Enhance Bitcoin Strategy
Founded by Vivek Ramaswamy, Strive completed a $750 million private investment in public equity (PIPE) funding, with the option to raise an additional $750 million if warrants are exercised. The funds will be used to acquire undervalued biotech companies, buy the dips on Mt. Gox bitcoin claims, and develop discounted structured BTC credit products to build its bitcoin treasury.
Avalon Labs Completes Strategic Funding Round
Avalon Labs is a bitcoin stablecoin issuer.
Swedish Health Tech Company H100 Group Raises $2.2 Million to Purchase Bitcoin
H100 Group raised 21 million Swedish krona (approximately $2.2 million), with Adam Back investing around $1.4 million and the remaining $800,000 from other investment institutions. The raised funds will be used to purchase bitcoin.
The Blockchain Group Increases Capital by Approximately $9.75 Million to Advance Bitcoin Financial Company Strategy
The Blockchain Group (ALTBG) is a European listed company.
NFT and Blockchain Gaming
Animoca Brands Strategically Invests in Astar Network to Expand Asian Entertainment IP Adoption on-chain
This collaboration will utilize Animoca Brands' ecosystem identity and reputation infrastructure Mocaverse to enhance Astar's on-chain entertainment ecosystem.
Voya Games Raises $5 Million
Voya Games is a Web3 game developer.
Revolving Games Completes New Funding Round Led by Pantera Capital
Revolving Games is a Web3 game publisher planning to accelerate the release of 'War of Nova', 'Hatchlings' series, and a new title 'Skyborne: Phoenix Flight', which will launch PC closed beta in Q3 2025.
Web3 Game Publishing Platform Oncade Raises $4 Million
Oncade is a Web3 game publishing platform.
Web3
NewLimit Completes $130 Million Series B Funding
NewLimit is an anti-aging startup founded by Coinbase founder Brian Armstrong.
T-Rex Raises $17 Million in Seed Funding
T-Rex is a Web3 consumer rewards platform.
Donut Labs Raises $7 Million in Seed Funding
Donut is an AI-agent-driven executable crypto browser with native crypto wallet, decentralized exchange integration, decentralized network access, and on-chain execution.
Spetz Completes $7.35 Million Initial Private Placement
Spetz is a Canadian listed company
Others
Metalayer Ventures Raises $25 Million
A blockchain investment fund founded by three former Two Sigma Ventures executives, Metalayer Ventures announced the completion of $25 million funding. The fund focuses on crypto infrastructure, stablecoin applications, and RWA tokenization, planning to support around 30 startups with investments between $500,000 and $1 million each.
Theta Capital Completes $175 Million Funding
Theta Capital announced the completion of $175 million funding for its crypto fund "Theta Blockchain Ventures IV", which will focus on investing in venture capitalists in the crypto space, indirectly supporting early-stage blockchain startups.
QuantumLight, Founded by Revolut Founder, Raises $250 Million for First Fund
Since its establishment in 2023, QuantumLight has invested in 17 startups across AI, Web3, FinTech, SaaS, and HealthTech sectors.
A100x Ventures Launches $50 Million Second Fund to Support AI and Blockchain
Venture capital firm A100x Ventures announced the launch of its second fund of $50 million, with a strategic goal of supporting and nurturing early-stage startups in artificial intelligence (AI), digital assets, and blockchain.
