Crypto VC Funding: BitGo Leads With $212.8m IPO, Superstate Bags $82.5m

The week of January 18-24, 2026, generated $381.79 million in crypto VC funding across 13 projects, with BitGo’s $212.8 million IPO leading.

Summary

  • Crypto VC funding hit $381.79M across 13 projects during Jan 18–24, 2026.
  • BitGo led the week with a $212.8M IPO, accounting for over half of funding.
  • Superstate and ZBD followed with $82.5M and $40M raises respectively.

Here’s a look into this week’s crypto funding activity as per Cryptofundraising data.

BitGo

  • BitGo raised $212.80 million through IPO
  • The project has raised $382.3 million so far
  • BitGo is a digital asset security company

Superstate

  • Secured $82.50 million in a Series B round
  • Superstate is an asset management firm
  • Backed by Bain Capital Crypto, Schonfeld Global, and Haun Ventures
  • Superstate has raised a total of $100.5 million

ZBD (Zebedee)

  • Raised $40 million in a Series C round
  • Backed by Blackstream
  • ZBD is a global Web3 payment service provider for gaming
  • The project has raised $87.3 million so far

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River (ex Satoshi Protocol)

  • Gathered $12 million in a strategic round
  • River is building a chain-abstraction stablecoin system
  • Investors include Tron, Justin Sun, and Maelstrom
  • River has raised $14 million so far

Finst

  • Raised $9.35 million in a Series A round
  • Backed by Endeit
  • Finst is a Netherlands-based cryptocurrency exchange

Cork Protocol

  • Secured $5.50 million in a seed round
  • Investors include Road Capital, CSX, and Collab

Funding under $5 million

  • Akedo, $5 million in a seed round
  • Bitway (ex Side protocol), $4.44 million in a seed round with $50 million FDV
  • Warden, $4 million in a strategic round with $200 million FDV
  • Immunefi, $2.50 million in a public sale
  • HyperLend, $1.70 million in an unknown round
  • Pan Network, $1 million in an unknown round
  • Bitway (ex Side protocol), $1 million in a public sale
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