The final week of February 2025 saw Figure secure $200 million for its asset management platform.
Crypto.news collected data from Crypto Fundraising and discovered that the week’s funding reached nearly $500 million across multiple sectors. There were major investments targeting DeFi infrastructure and asset management solutions; here they are:
Figure, $200 million
- Raised $200 million in an unknown round
- Backed by Sixth Street Partners
- Figure is building asset management and banking solutions
- The project has raised $1.72 billion so far
Ethena Labs, $100 million
- Secured $100 million in private funding
- Backed by Franklin Templeton, Polychain Capital, and Pantera
- It received an additional $16 million in funding from MEXC Ventures in the same week
- Ethena Labs is creating DeFi solutions on Ethereum
- It has raised over $136.5 million to date
Bitwise, $70 million
- Bitwise raised $70 million in an unknown round
- The project is backed by Electric Capital, MassMutual Ventures, and MIT Investment Management
- Bitwise is building asset management solutions
- The project has raised $87 million so far
Raise, $63 million
- Raise secured $63 million in strategic funding
- The project is backed by HAUN, Paper, and Selini
- Raise is creating marketplace and payment solutions
Aurum, $12 million
- Aurum has secured $12 million in an unknown round with $100 million FDV
- The project is combining AI with asset management
Orochi Network, $12 million
- Raised $12 million in seed funding
- The funding was backed by Presto, Smape, and Anti Capital
- Orochi Network is building infrastructure with zero-knowledge technology
Geodnet, $8 million
- Geodnet secured $8 million in strategic funding; raised $15 million so far
- Backed by Meld.cap and DACM, the startup aims to create IoT data service infrastructure
Notable crypto VC funding rounds under $8 million
- Mavryk Network raised $5.20 million for L1 real-world assets
- Imua secured $5 million for AI security on L1
- Shaga gathered $4 million for Solana gaming
- Ligero Inc. raised $4 million with $20 million FDV for privacy security
- Finisterra Labs secured $3.75 million for data analytics
- Meebit Company, FanTV, and Byzantine Finance each raised $3 million
- Tenor Labs gathered $2.50 million for DeFi lending
- Memes Lab secured $2.30 million for TON memes
- Aegis raised $2 million for DeFi stablecoins
- Torch Finance gathered $1.50 million for TON DEX
- Endless and EthicHub each secured $1 million
- Vortex raised $893,000 for DeFi infrastructure
- Morpheus Labs secured $430,000 in Series A for AI infrastructure
