{"id":15524,"date":"2025-11-08T12:41:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T12:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/crypto-vc-funding-ripple-labs-secures-500m-investment-lava-raises-200m\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T12:41:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T12:41:35","slug":"crypto-vc-funding-ripple-labs-secures-500m-investment-lava-raises-200m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/crypto-vc-funding-ripple-labs-secures-500m-investment-lava-raises-200m\/","title":{"rendered":"Crypto VC Funding: Ripple Labs secures $500m investment, Lava raises $200m"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">The week of November 2-8, 2025, saw $1.015 billion in crypto funding across 21 projects, with Ripple Labs\u2019 $500 million strategic round leading.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_3130f813c2b12c1c7f16d84f710ea89c\" 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>Ripple raised $500M at a $40B valuation, driving weekly crypto funding to $1.01B.<\/li>\n<li>Lava followed with $200M as payments and stablecoin infrastructure dominated deals.<\/li>\n<li>Canaan, Future Holdings, and Fomo secured key rounds amid rising institutional backing.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>Payment infrastructure and stablecoin solutions dominated the investment sector this week. 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=2025-11-02&amp;end_date=2025-11-08&amp;sortby=raised&amp;sort=desc&amp;filter=closed\">Cryptofundraising data<\/a>:<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ripple Labs (XRP)<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ripple raised $500 million in a strategic round<\/li>\n<li>The funds were raised with a fully diluted valuation of $40 billion<\/li>\n<li>Backed by Fortress Investment Group, Haun Ventures, and Pantera<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lava<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Secured $200 million in an unknown round<\/li>\n<li>Investors include Anthony Pompliano and Eric Jackson<\/li>\n<li>Lava has raised $227.5 million so far<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Canaan Creative<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Raised <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/investor.canaan-creative.com\/news-releases\/news-release-details\/canaan-inc-announces-strategic-investment-brevan-howard-galaxy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">$72 million<\/a> in a strategic round<\/li>\n<li>Backed by Brevan Howard, Galaxy Digital, and Weiss Capital<\/li>\n<li>Canaan has raised $245 million so far<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Future Holdings<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Future Holdings gathered $35 million in an unknown round<\/li>\n<li>Investors include Falcon Ventures, Nakamoto+, and Tobam<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/future_hodlings\/status\/1985965304929829170\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Commonware<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Raised $25 million in an Unknown round<\/li>\n<li>Commonware investment was backed by Tempo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fomo<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Fomo secured $17 million in a Series A round<\/li>\n<li>Investment was backed by Benchmark<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Projects Under $15 Million<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Donut, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DonutBrowser\/status\/1985366444268548406\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">$15 million<\/a> in a seed round<\/li>\n<li>KapKap, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Kapkap_Hub\/status\/1984985860803277103\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">$10 million<\/a> in a seed round<\/li>\n<li>Standard Money, $8 million in a strategic round<\/li>\n<li>Liquid, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/liquidtrading\/status\/1985420727906967788\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">$7.6 million <\/a>in a seed round<\/li>\n<li>xTAO, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/xtaohq\/status\/1986093564795998538\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">$7.3 million<\/a> in an unknown round<\/li>\n<li>Tatakai, $7 million in an angel round<\/li>\n<li>Harmonic, $6 million in a seed round<\/li>\n<li>Sprinter, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sprinter_ux\/status\/1986463728783794222\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">$5.2 million<\/a> in a seed round<\/li>\n<li>Kyo Finance, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/kyofinance\/status\/1986645309712474384\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">$5 million<\/a> in a Series A round with $100 million fully diluted valuation<\/li>\n<li>Zynk, $5 million in a seed round<\/li>\n<li>zkPass, $2 million in a public sale<\/li>\n<li>BitDealer, $1 million in a public sale with $35 million fully diluted valuation<\/li>\n<li>3F Labs, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/3FLabs\/status\/1986528142195101859\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">$750,000<\/a> in an angel round<\/li>\n<li>Aria Protocol, $600,000 in a public sale<\/li>\n<li>Monorail, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/monorail_xyz\/status\/1985698437162025197\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">$250,000<\/a> in a public sale<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/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 November 2-8, 2025, saw $1.015 billion in crypto funding across 21 projects, with Ripple Labs\u2019 $500 million strategic round leading. 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