Crypto VC Funding: Real Finance And LI.FI Each Secure $29m, TenX Bags $22m
The week of December 7-13, 2025, recorded $191.3 million in crypto VC funding across 17 projects.
Summary
- Crypto VC funding reached $191.3M across 17 projects during the week of Dec 7–13.
- Real Finance and LI.FI led the week, each raising $29M in major funding rounds.
- Infrastructure and interoperability projects dominated crypto VC investment activity.
As per the data, Real Finance and Li.Fi both raised $29 million each during this period.
Infrastructure and interoperability solutions dominated the investment sector this week. Here’s a complete breakdown of this week’s crypto funding activity as per Cryptofundraising data:
Real Finance
- Raised $29 million in an unknown round
- The project is an institutional-grade Layer-1 blockchain
- The investment was backed by Nimbus Capital, Magnus Capital, and Frekaz
https://twitter.com/RealFinOfficial/status/1998780396775907753
LI.FI
- LI.FI secured $29 million in a Series A round
- Investors include Multichain Capital and CoinFund
- LI.FI is a cross‑chain liquidity aggregation protocol
- The project has raised $52 million so far
TenX Protocols
- Raised $22 million in an unknown round
- TNX token categories include Asset Management, DeFi, and Staking
- Backed by Borderless, DeFi, and Hive
- Gained +1 new investor
MetaComp
- MetaComp gathered $22 million in a Series A round
- Investors include Eastern Bell Capital, Sky9, and Noah
- MetaComp is a Singapore-licensed digital asset financial service platform
Surf
- Raised $15 million in an unknown round
- Backed by Pantera, Coinbase Ventures, and Digital Currency Group
- Surf is an AI-powered crypto command hub
Helios
- Helios secured $15 million in an unknown round
- Investment was backed by Capital
- Helios is a modular, ETF‑native Layer‑1 blockchain
Cascade
- Raised $15 million in an unknown round
- Cascade is a neo‑brokerage platform
- Investors include Polychain Capital, Variant, and Coinbase Ventures
Funding under $15 million
- Crown (BRL), $13.50 million in a Series A round with $90 million fully diluted valuation
- Testmachine, $6.5 million in an unknown round
- Magma Finance, $6 million in a strategic round
- AllScale, $5 million in a seed round
- Pye Finance, $5 million in a seed round
- Superform Labs, $3 million in a public sale
- Ezeebit, $2.05 million in a seed round
- Pheasant Network, $2 million in a seed round
- Goblin Finance, $1 million in a strategic round
- Space raised $250,000 in a public sale
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