{"id":14960,"date":"2025-11-01T18:42:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T18:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/crypto-vc-funding-hercle-raises-60m-megaeth-bags-50m\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T18:42:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T18:42:07","slug":"crypto-vc-funding-hercle-raises-60m-megaeth-bags-50m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/crypto-vc-funding-hercle-raises-60m-megaeth-bags-50m\/","title":{"rendered":"Crypto VC Funding: Hercle raises $60m, MegaETH bags $50m"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">The week of October 26 to November 1, generated $169.73 million in crypto funding across 13 projects.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_8918a60a4f34b0b7521120e783b18ae6\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__nav tabs\">\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hercle led weekly funding with $60M, followed by MegaETH\u2019s $49.95M sale.<\/li>\n<li>Total crypto funding hit $169.73M across 13 projects this week.<\/li>\n<li>Bron, ZAR, and Standard Economics also secured multi-million dollar rounds.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>As per the latest data, Hercle\u2019s $60 million raise led this funding period. Here\u2019s a breakdown of this week\u2019s crypto funding activity as per <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/crypto-fundraising.info\/deal-flow\/?start_date=2025-10-26&amp;end_date=2025-11-01&amp;sortby=raised&amp;sort=desc&amp;filter=closed\">Crypto Fundraising data<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hercle<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Raised $60 million in an unknown round<\/li>\n<li>Hercle is an institutional-grade infrastructure platform<\/li>\n<li>Backed by F-Prime Capital Partners, Falcon Ventures, and Original Capital<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We&#8217;ve raised $60M to build the institutional-grade infrastructure powering the future of global money movement.<\/p>\n<p>Hercle enables institutions to move capital across digital assets, stablecoins, and fiat \u2014 near-instantly and at scale.<\/p>\n<p>This funding accelerates our mission to end\u2026 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XELRNKigwf\">pic.twitter.com\/XELRNKigwf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hercle (@herclegroup) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/herclegroup\/status\/1983512365908820335?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 29, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MegaLabs (MegaETH)<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>MegaETH secured $49.95 million through public sale<\/li>\n<li>Fully diluted valuation of $999 million<\/li>\n<li>MegaLabs is the developer of MegaETH, an Ethereum Layer-1 blockchain platform<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24MEGA&amp;src=ctag&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">$MEGA<\/a> Public Sale is Closed.<\/p>\n<p>Total Bidders: Over 50k<br \/>Total Committed: $1.39b<br \/>Oversubscription: 27.8x<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to everyone who participated. Now we allocate. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pyCQ5jr5yy\">pic.twitter.com\/pyCQ5jr5yy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MegaETH (@megaeth) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/megaeth\/status\/1983884014554640880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 30, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bron<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Raised $15 million in an unknown round<\/li>\n<li>Investors include GSR, LocalGlobe, and Fasanara Capital<\/li>\n<li>Bron Labs is a self-custody platform<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ZAR<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>ZAR gathered $12.9 million in an unknown round<\/li>\n<li>Backed by AI6Z, Dragonfly, and VanEck<\/li>\n<li>ZAR raised $20.4 million so far\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ZAR has raised $12.9 million to bring ROCK. SOLID. DOLLARS. to the Global South \ud83d\udcb5\ud83c\udf0d<\/p>\n<p>Led by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/a16zcrypto?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">@a16zcrypto<\/a>, with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dragonfly_xyz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">@dragonfly_xyz<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vaneck_us?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">@vaneck_us<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cbventures?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">@cbVentures<\/a>, and Endeavor Catalyst.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\uddf5\ud83d\udc47 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0DKOlWMwSO\">pic.twitter.com\/0DKOlWMwSO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ZAR (@zardotapp) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zardotapp\/status\/1983140063832625398?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Projects Under $10 Million<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Standard Economics, $9 million in a Seed round<\/li>\n<li>Accountable, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AccountableData\/status\/1983523899376644573\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">$7.5 million<\/a> in an Unknown round<\/li>\n<li>Momentum (MSafe), $4.5 million in a Public sale<\/li>\n<li>DeepSafe, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DeepSafe_AI\/status\/1983811101482725479\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">$3 million<\/a> in a Seed round<\/li>\n<li>Pieverse, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/pieverse_io\/status\/1983458859696963979\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">$3 million<\/a> in a Seed round<\/li>\n<li>Semantic Layer, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SemanticLayer\/status\/1984153910068834638\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">$2 million<\/a> in a Series A round<\/li>\n<li>Marina Protocol, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MARINA_PROTOCOL\/status\/1983188142447620216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">$1.68 million<\/a> in an Unknown round with $40 million fully diluted valuation<\/li>\n<li>Paystream, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/metadaoproject\/status\/1982862362052096241?s=46&amp;t=3PLDKu_ceEMXIlupxNsn4A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">$750,000 in a Public sale<\/a> with $1.86 million fully diluted valuation<\/li>\n<li>Aria Protocol, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Aria_Protocol\/status\/1983536654272115087\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">$500,000<\/a> in an Unknown round<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The week of October 26 to November 1, generated $169.73 million in crypto funding across 13 projects. Summary Hercle led weekly funding with $60M, followed by MegaETH\u2019s $49.95M sale. Total&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cryptocurrency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14960"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14961,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14960\/revisions\/14961"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}