{"id":21046,"date":"2026-01-31T16:00:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T16:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/crypto-vc-funding-mesh-secures-75-million-talos-bags-45-million\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T16:00:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T16:00:31","slug":"crypto-vc-funding-mesh-secures-75-million-talos-bags-45-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/crypto-vc-funding-mesh-secures-75-million-talos-bags-45-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Crypto VC Funding: Mesh secures $75 million, Talos bags $45 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">The week of January 25-31, 2026, recorded $243.9 million in crypto VC funding across 14 projects, with Mesh (ex Front Finance) leading the final week of January.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_1733e8f034e667f5761e8cc22f8214e0\" 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 startups raised $243.9M across 14 deals in the final week of January.<\/li>\n<li>Mesh led funding with a $75M Series C at a $1B valuation.<\/li>\n<li>Payments, trading, cryptography, and RWA tokenization dominated deals.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a look into 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=2026-01-25&amp;end_date=2026-01-31&amp;sortby=raised&amp;sort=desc&amp;filter=closed\">Cryptofundraising<\/a> data.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mesh (ex Front Finance)<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mesh raised $75 million in a Series C round<\/li>\n<li>Fully diluted valuation of $1 billion<\/li>\n<li>Backed by Dragonfly, Paradigm, and Moderne Ventures<\/li>\n<li>The global crypto payments network has raised a total of $205 million<\/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\udf89 Mesh has closed a $75M Series C at $1B valuation. \ud83e\udd84<\/p>\n<p>This is more than a funding round\u2013it\u2019s the beginning of the end for legacy payments.<\/p>\n<p>For too long, global commerce has been stuck with systems that are slow, siloed, and expensive for both merchants and users. That era is\u2026 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/obUnVp3uYS\">pic.twitter.com\/obUnVp3uYS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mesh (@meshpay) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/meshpay\/status\/2016158045613555765?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">January 27, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Talos<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Secured $45 million in a Series B round<\/li>\n<li>Fully diluted valuation of $1.50 billion<\/li>\n<li>Investors include Robinhood, Sony Innovation Fund, and IMC Trading<\/li>\n<li>Talos has raised $190 million so far<\/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\">Talos has closed a $45M Series B extension, bringing our total Series B funding to $150M. <br \/>\u27a1\ufe0f Read more: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/g3ZHG6n5SH\">https:\/\/t.co\/g3ZHG6n5SH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The extension brings strategic partners in closer alignment with Talos as we continue building the unified, front-to-back infrastructure institutions\u2026 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n1KhOvFvkN\">pic.twitter.com\/n1KhOvFvkN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Talos (@talostrading) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/talostrading\/status\/2016875295651811810?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">January 29, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Zama<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Zama raised <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/zama\/status\/2015757062236520495\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">$44 million<\/a> through public sale<\/li>\n<li>Fully diluted valuation of $550 million<\/li>\n<li>Zama is an open-source cryptography company and raised $174 million so far<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">StreamEx<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Secured $35 million through IPO<\/li>\n<li>Fully diluted valuation of $58 million<\/li>\n<li>StreamEx is a real-world asset tokenization platform<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Flying Tulip<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Flying Tulip raised $25.50 million in a Series A round<\/li>\n<li>Fully diluted valuation of $1 billion<\/li>\n<li>Backed by Amber Group, Foresight Digital, and Paper Ventures<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Startale Labs<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Secured $13 million in a Series A round<\/li>\n<li>Backed by Sony Innovation Fund<\/li>\n<li>Startale Labs is a Web3 technology company<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Funding under $10 million<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Doppler (Whetstone Research), $9 million in a seed round<\/li>\n<li>AetheriumX, $8 million in a strategic round<\/li>\n<li>Tenbin Labs, $7.10 million in a seed round<\/li>\n<li>Xangle, $6.90 million in an unknown round<\/li>\n<li>Everything, $6.90 million in a seed round<\/li>\n<li>Bleap, $6 million in a seed round<\/li>\n<li>Euclid Protocol, $3.50 million in a seed round<\/li>\n<li>Zona, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/zona_io\/status\/2015635898025877747\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">$500,000<\/a> in a pre-seed round<\/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 January 25-31, 2026, recorded $243.9 million in crypto VC funding across 14 projects, with Mesh (ex Front Finance) leading the final week of January. 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