{"id":17911,"date":"2025-12-13T13:04:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T13:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/crypto-vc-funding-real-finance-and-li-fi-each-secure-29m-tenx-bags-22m\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T13:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T13:04:09","slug":"crypto-vc-funding-real-finance-and-li-fi-each-secure-29m-tenx-bags-22m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/crypto-vc-funding-real-finance-and-li-fi-each-secure-29m-tenx-bags-22m\/","title":{"rendered":"Crypto VC Funding: Real Finance and LI.FI each secure $29m, TenX bags $22m"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">The week of December 7-13, 2025, recorded $191.3 million in crypto VC funding across 17 projects.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_58f135e96a082a7735f4d2d8b762d633\" 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>Crypto VC funding reached $191.3M across 17 projects during the week of Dec 7\u201313.<\/li>\n<li>Real Finance and LI.FI led the week, each raising $29M in major funding rounds.<\/li>\n<li>Infrastructure and interoperability projects dominated crypto VC investment activity.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>As per the data, Real Finance and Li.Fi both raised $29 million each during this period.<\/p>\n<p>Infrastructure and interoperability solutions dominated the investment sector this week. Here\u2019s a complete breakdown of this week\u2019s crypto funding activity as per <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/crypto-fundraising.info\/deal-flow\/?start_date=2025-12-07&amp;end_date=2025-12-13&amp;sortby=raised&amp;sort=desc&amp;filter=closed\">Cryptofundraising data<\/a>:<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Real Finance<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Raised $29 million in an unknown round<\/li>\n<li>The project is an institutional-grade Layer-1 blockchain<\/li>\n<li>The investment was backed by Nimbus Capital, Magnus Capital, and Frekaz<\/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\">\ud83c\udf87 BREAKING: Real Finance secures $29M to build the institutional rails for the future of finance.<\/p>\n<p>Massive thanks to our lead investor <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nimbus_Capital_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">@Nimbus_Capital_<\/a>   and partners <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Magnus_Fund?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">@Magnus_Fund<\/a> &amp; <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Frekaz_Group?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">@Frekaz_Group<\/a> . This is a vote of confidence in our mission to onboard institutions to tokenized\u2026 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y42U4iBbMk\">pic.twitter.com\/y42U4iBbMk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Real (@RealFinOfficial) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealFinOfficial\/status\/1998780396775907753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">December 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">LI.FI<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>LI.FI <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lifiprotocol\/status\/1999142494462742877\" target=\"_blank\">secured<\/a> $29 million in a Series A round<\/li>\n<li>Investors include Multichain Capital and CoinFund<\/li>\n<li>LI.FI is a cross\u2011chain liquidity aggregation protocol<\/li>\n<li>The project has raised $52 million so far<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">TenX Protocols<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Raised $22 million in an unknown round<\/li>\n<li>TNX token categories include Asset Management, DeFi, and Staking<\/li>\n<li>Backed by Borderless, DeFi, and Hive<\/li>\n<li>Gained +1 new investor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MetaComp<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>MetaComp gathered $22 million in a Series A round<\/li>\n<li>Investors include Eastern Bell Capital, Sky9, and Noah<\/li>\n<li>MetaComp is a Singapore-licensed digital asset financial service 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\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MetaCompHQ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">@MetaCompHQ<\/a> raises US$22M Pre-A \u2014 one of Singapore\u2019s largest stablecoin payments rounds this year, backed by Eastern Bell Capital, Noah, Sky9 Capital, Freshwave Fund &amp; Beingboom Capital (100Summit Partners as FA).  <\/p>\n<p>Funding will scale the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StableX?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">#StableX<\/a> Network, our Web2.5\u2026 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hSATRBcNu6\">pic.twitter.com\/hSATRBcNu6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MetaComp (@MetaCompHQ) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MetaCompHQ\/status\/1998222406717165917?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">December 9, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Surf<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SurfAI\/status\/1998784949307191686\" target=\"_blank\">Raised<\/a> $15 million in an unknown round<\/li>\n<li>Backed by Pantera, Coinbase Ventures, and Digital Currency Group<\/li>\n<li>Surf is an AI-powered crypto command hub<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Helios<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Helios secured $15 million in an unknown round<\/li>\n<li>Investment was backed by Capital<\/li>\n<li>Helios is a modular, ETF\u2011native Layer\u20111 blockchain<\/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 are excited to announce a $15M investment commitment from Bolts Capital \u2013 allowing us to expand the Helios ecosystem and bring onchain ETFs to everyone \u2600\ufe0f<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F2f2c3AtTy\">https:\/\/t.co\/F2f2c3AtTy<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TvxBPznwTZ\">pic.twitter.com\/TvxBPznwTZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Helios | The ETF-Native Layer 1 (@helios_layer1) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/helios_layer1\/status\/1998824168750723244?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">December 10, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cascade<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Raised $15 million in an unknown round<\/li>\n<li>Cascade is a neo\u2011brokerage platform<\/li>\n<li>Investors include Polychain Capital, Variant, and Coinbase Ventures<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Funding under $15 million<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Crown (BRL), $13.50 million in a Series A round with $90 million fully diluted valuation<\/li>\n<li>Testmachine, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/testmachine_ai\/status\/1999153216827670872\" target=\"_blank\">$6.5 million<\/a> in an unknown round<\/li>\n<li>Magma Finance, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Magma_Finance\/status\/1998029859029913835\" target=\"_blank\">$6 million<\/a> in a strategic round<\/li>\n<li>AllScale, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/allscaleio\/status\/1997963982515437994\" target=\"_blank\">$5 million<\/a> in a seed round<\/li>\n<li>Pye Finance, $5 million in a seed round<\/li>\n<li>Superform Labs, $3 million in a public sale<\/li>\n<li>Ezeebit, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ezeebit\/status\/1998716942648000514\" target=\"_blank\">$2.05 million<\/a> in a seed round<\/li>\n<li>Pheasant Network, $2 million in a seed round<\/li>\n<li>Goblin Finance, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/the_goblin_fi\/status\/1998591213495267584\" target=\"_blank\">$1 million<\/a> in a strategic round<\/li>\n<li>Space raised $250,000 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 December 7-13, 2025, recorded $191.3 million in crypto VC funding across 17 projects. 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