{"id":9337,"date":"2025-08-30T19:08:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T19:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/crypto-vc-funding-rain-raises-58m-orangex-secures-20m\/"},"modified":"2025-08-30T19:08:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T19:08:10","slug":"crypto-vc-funding-rain-raises-58m-orangex-secures-20m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/crypto-vc-funding-rain-raises-58m-orangex-secures-20m\/","title":{"rendered":"Crypto VC funding: Rain raises $58m, OrangeX secures $20m"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">This past week saw nearly $235 million in crypto VC funding with several notable funding rounds, led by Rain, which raised $58 million in Series B funding for its stablecoin interoperability platform. <\/p>\n<p>Other key investments include M^0, securing $40 million for its decentralized middleware protocol, and OrangeX, which raised $20 million for its global crypto trading platform. <\/p>\n<p>Additionally, aPriori gathered $20 million in a strategic round for its work in DeFi, liquidity, and staking. Other projects such as Hemi Labs, The Clearing Company, and Magne AI also raised significant funds, highlighting continued investor confidence across the crypto space.<\/p>\n<p>Series B funding rounds dominated the activity this week. Here\u2019s a breakdown of this week\u2019s crypto funding developments, according to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/crypto-fundraising.info\/deal-flow\/?start_date=2025-08-24&amp;end_date=2025-08-30&amp;sortby=raised&amp;sort=desc&amp;filter=closed\" target=\"_blank\">Crypto Fundraising data<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_3f6658dbb18ea7538e95a7a2f0b29688\" 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 raised $234.9m this week, led by Rain\u2019s $58m Series B round<\/li>\n<li>M^0 raised $40m Series B, while OrangeX secured $20m for expansion<\/li>\n<li>Smaller projects raised $1.5m\u2013$15m, showing strong sector diversity<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rain<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rain raised $58 million in a Series B round that included Sapphire Ventures, Dragonfly, and Galaxy Digital.<\/li>\n<li>The project is a stablecoin interoperability platform that has raised $88.5 million to date.<\/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 forecast? Heavy Rain. \u2614\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve raised $58M in Series B funding\u2014led by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SapphireVC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">@SapphireVC<\/a> with support from <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dragonfly_xyz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">@Dragonfly_xyz<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/galaxyhq?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">@galaxyhq<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamsungNext?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">@SamsungNext<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lightspeedvp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">@lightspeedvp<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NorwestVP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">@NorwestVP<\/a> &amp; Endeavor Catalyst.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to our team, partners, and investors for helping us rebuild global payments\u2026 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mspsObE4sV\">pic.twitter.com\/mspsObE4sV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rain (@raincards) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/raincards\/status\/1961037769418895457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">August 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">M^0<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>M^0, a decentralized middleware protocol, secured $40 million in a Series B round.<\/li>\n<li>Polychain Capital, Ribbit Capital, and Endeavor backed the startup, which has raised $97.5 million to date.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">OrangeX<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>OrangeX, a global crypto trading platform, collected $20 million in a Series B round<\/li>\n<li>Investors include Kryptos and SCI Ventures; OrangeX has raised $30 million to date.<\/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=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\ude80 We are thrilled to announce that \ud83c\udf4a<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OrangeX?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OrangeX<\/a> has secured $20M in our second funding round!<\/p>\n<p>Led by Kryptos with continued support from key investors, this achievement accelerates our mission to deliver world-class compliant crypto trading.<\/p>\n<p>\u2705 Over $200M platform liquidity<br \/>\ud83c\udfc6\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TXY13Gr2pF\">pic.twitter.com\/TXY13Gr2pF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; OrangeX (@OrangeXExchange) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OrangeXExchange\/status\/1961312490761171163?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 29, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">aPriori<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The project gathered $20 million in a strategic round. The startup operates in DeFi, liquidity, and staking sectors<\/li>\n<li>HashKey Capital, Pantera, and Primitive Ventures are aPriori\u2019s investors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Projects &lt; $20 million<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hemi Labs, $15 million in an unknown round<\/li>\n<li>The Clearing Company, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/tonigemayel\/status\/1960727155463348617\" target=\"_blank\">$15 million<\/a> in a Seed round<\/li>\n<li>Magne AI, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Magne_Ai\/status\/1959214655425171628\" target=\"_blank\">$10 million<\/a> in a Strategic round<\/li>\n<li>Hyperbot, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Hyperbotai\/status\/1960186462093316425\" target=\"_blank\">$6.75 million<\/a> in an unknown round<\/li>\n<li>Metafyed, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/metafyed\/status\/1960158023713980524\" target=\"_blank\">$5.5 million<\/a> in an unknown round<\/li>\n<li>Multipli, $5 million in an unknown round<\/li>\n<li>Splendor Labs, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.einpresswire.com\/article\/842463887\/splendor-labs-is-building-the-world-s-first-blockchain-native-ai-economy\" target=\"_blank\">$4.5 million<\/a> in a Seed round<\/li>\n<li>Almanak, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/almanak__\/status\/1961368786998812697\" target=\"_blank\">$2.5 million<\/a> in a Public sale<\/li>\n<li>Superfluid, $2 million in a Public sale<\/li>\n<li>Suzaku, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SuzakuNetwork\/status\/1961083900329116073\" target=\"_blank\">$1.5 million<\/a> in an unknown round<\/li>\n<li>Fly (ex Magpie Protocol), <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SonicLabs\/status\/1960749193997513021\" target=\"_blank\">$340,000<\/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>This past week saw nearly $235 million in crypto VC funding with several notable funding rounds, led by Rain, which raised $58 million in Series B funding for its stablecoin&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9337","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\/9337","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=9337"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9338,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9337\/revisions\/9338"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}