Crypto VC Funding: Ripple Labs secures $500m investment, Lava raises $200m

The week of November 2-8, 2025, saw $1.015 billion in crypto funding across 21 projects, with Ripple Labs’ $500 million strategic round leading.
Summary

• Ripple raised $500M at a $40B valuation, driving weekly crypto funding to $1.01B.
• Lava followed with $200M as payments and stablecoin infrastructure dominated deals.
• Canaan, Future Holdings, and Fomo secured key rounds amid rising institutional backing.

Payment infrastructure and stablecoin solutions dominated the investment sector this week. Here’s a breakdown of this week’s crypto funding activity as per Cryptofundraising data:

Ripple Labs (XRP)

• Ripple raised $500 million in a strategic round
• The funds were raised with a fully diluted valuation of $40 billion
• Backed by Fortress Investment Group, Haun Ventures, and Pantera

Lava

• Secured $200 million in an unknown round
• Investors include Anthony Pompliano and Eric Jackson
• Lava has raised $227.5 million so far

Canaan Creative

• Raised $72 million in a strategic round
• Backed by Brevan Howard, Galaxy Digital, and Weiss Capital
• Canaan has raised $245 million so far

Future Holdings

• Future Holdings gathered $35 million in an unknown round
• Investors include Falcon Ventures, Nakamoto+, and Tobam

Commonware

• Raised $25 million in an Unknown round
• Commonware investment was backed by Tempo

Fomo

• Fomo secured $17 million in a Series A round
• Investment was backed by Benchmark

Projects Under $15 Million

• Donut, $15 million in a seed round
• KapKap, $10 million in a seed round
• Standard Money, $8 million in a strategic round
• Liquid, $7.6 millionin a seed round
• xTAO, $7.3 million in an unknown round
• Tatakai, $7 million in an angel round
• Harmonic, $6 million in a seed round
• Sprinter, $5.2 million in a seed round
• Kyo Finance, $5 million in a Series A round with $100 million fully diluted valuation
• Zynk, $5 million in a seed round
• zkPass, $2 million in a public sale
• BitDealer, $1 million in a public sale with $35 million fully diluted valuation
• 3F Labs, $750,000 in an angel round
• Aria Protocol, $600,000 in a public sale
• Monorail, $250,000 in a public sale