Crypto Fundraising Recap: Q2 2026
Our research team analyzed key data from the previous quarter on the state of crypto fundraising. Key findings:
• Venture capital was the largest channel at $4.99B.
• Debt financing reached $4.36B from only 9 transactions.
• Acquisitions broadened while shrinking in value, falling to $3.33B from $4.51B a year earlier but spreading across 40 transactions instead of 6.
👇 Explore the full recap:
Tomoland $2M Funding Round⚡️
📑 About:
@tomoland_app is a mobile UGC platform where users create game worlds.
🤝 Investors:
@Sky9Capital (Lead), @wagmi_vc, and Aureus Dealers
Standard Chartered Bank has acquired Zodia Custody ⚡️
📑 About:
@ZodiaCustody is an institutional grade crypto custody solution.
🤝 Acquired by:
@StanChart Bank is an international banking group.
AnotherBall $16M Debt Financing Round⚡️
📑 About:
@anotherball_jp is a virtual entertainment platform for VTubers, avatars, and digital creator ecosystems.
🤝 Investors:
Mizuho Financial Group, MUFG, @smbc_midosuke, and Shoko Chukin Bank
LemFi Extended Series B Round⚡️
📑 About:
@UseLemfi is a global multi-currency account app for African freelancers to receive USD & GBP payments.
🤝 Investor:
@tether
Nof1 $15M Funding Round⚡️
📑 About:
@the_nof1 is an AI lab using financial markets to train next-generation foundation models.
🤝 Investors:
@Karatage_ (Lead) and @officialSUIG (Lead)
Dunamu $670M Funding Round⚡️
📑 About:
Dunamu is a South Korean fintech company that provides a wide range of services with a focus on blockchain.
🤝 Investor:
Hana Financial Group
⚡️@generaltensor has acquired Backprop Finance
📑 About:
@BackpropFinance is a dex built on top of Bittensor with crypto screener for asset analytics.
🤝 Acquired by:
Building the infrastructure for decentralized intelligence.
Fasset $51M Series B Round⚡️
📑 About:
@fasset is a digital banking and blockchain payment platform for global asset management and transfers.
🤝 Investors:
SBI Investment, @Investcorp, and Arz Portföy
🥇Crypto VC Tier List for 2026
• S: @a16zcrypto
• A: @cbventures
• B: @paradigm, @ARKInvest, @galaxyhq, @sequoia, @dragonfly_xyz
📌 The ranking is based on funds’ presence in this year’s crypto funding market: access to major rounds, deal activity, and lead participation. Overall Retail ROI is used as a secondary track record metric.
Judgment Labs $32M Funding Round⚡️
📑 About:
@JudgmentLabs enables to improve AI agents from production data.
🤝 Investors:
@lightspeedvp (Lead), @svangel, and others.
LADS (AWARP) Strategic Round⚡️
📑 About:
@LADT_co is Laos' national digital technology group and issuer of the ASEAN USD (USDA) stablecoin.
🤝 Investor:
@animocabrands
Charms AI $1.5M Pre-Seed Round⚡️
📑 About:
@charmsai is a platform for creating AI characters with on-chain economies, memory, and community ownership.
🤝 Investors:
@lattice_fund, @base, @JME_Ventures, and others.