From May 1 to May 10, 2025, 19 projects announced the attraction of investments, of which 14 disclosed funding details totaling $131.15 million. Venture investors primarily focused on the blockchain services and blockchain infrastructure sectors.
This is reported by Business • Media
Leaders in Funding
Among the projects that received funding, the largest amount was attracted by the studio Doppel, which secured $35 million in a Series B round. The company’s valuation is $205 million, with investors including Bessemer Venture Partners and a16z. This platform specializes in protection against social engineering, utilizing modern threat analysis methods, including artificial intelligence.
In second place by funding volume is the project Sentora, which raised $25 million. It is the result of a merger between IntoTheBlock and Trident Digital and plans to offer investors a regulated DeFi platform.
The following projects received funding:
- T-Rex – $17 million;
- Dinari – $12.7 million;
- Fuze – $12.2 million;
- Sonic Labs – $10 million;
- DogeOS – $6.9 million;
- GoQuant – $4 million;
- XWeave – $3 million;
- Alt DRX – $2.7 million;
- aZen Protocol – $1.2 million;
- Litheum – $750,000;
- LynqSwap Labs – $500,000;
- Xpfinance – $200,000.
Additional Investments and Deals
Furthermore, on May 1, 2025, Alliance DAO announced the participants of its accelerator, including 8020, Zabio, Lemonade Payments, and others. That same week, Coinbase completed a deal to acquire the cryptocurrency derivatives exchange Deribit for $2.9 million, marking the largest acquisition in this sector.
It is worth noting that the new platform for launching meme coins Boop.Fun from Jupiter on the Solana network also disclosed information about supporting business angels. However, the details of the partnership remain unknown.
In summary, it should be noted that during the specified period, projects from various segments, such as DeFi, CeFi, and others, attracted funding.