Crypto VC Funding: Verb Technology Leads With $558m Raise, Satsuma Follows With $217.6m

Crypto funding in the week of Aug. 3-9 pulled in $1.46 billion across 18 projects, with institutional heavyweights pouring record sums into blockchain, AI, and payments infrastructure.

Leading the pack, TON ecosystem player Verb Technology, while Ripple’s $200 million acquisition of Rail signaled a push to expand fiat–stablecoin payment rails.

AI-blockchain hybrids like Satsuma Technology and OpenMind also drew big checks, underscoring investor appetite for convergence plays in crypto infrastructure and next-gen applications.

Here’s our analysis of this week’s numbers, courtesy of the Crypto Fundraising website:

Verb Technology (TON Strategy Co.)

• Raised $558 million in an Unknown round
• Verb Technology is a previously Ai-powered SaaS firm
• Backed by Kingsway Capital, Blockchain.com, and SuperDAO

Satsuma Technology Plc (SATS.L)

• Satsuma secured $217.6 million in an Unknown round
• The project is a UK-listed AI infrastructure company
• Investors include Haun Ventures, Pantera, and Blockchain.com
• The firm has raised over $352.6 million so far

Rail

• Raised $200 million through M&A
• Rail is a fiat-stablecoin infrastructure platform
• The investment was backed by Ripple
• Payment infrastructure acquisition

Bit2Me

• Bit2Me gathered $34.86 million in an Unknown round
• The investment was backed by Tether
• The project has raised $56.99 million so far

OpenMind

• OpenMind raised $20 million in an Unknown round
• The project focuses on AI, Identity, and Infrastructure
• Investors include Pantera, Ribbit Capital, and HSG
• Gained +11 new investors

MANTRA

• MANTRA secured $20 million in an Unknown round
• The funding was backed by Inveniam Capital
• The project has raised $31 million so far

Projects < $20 million

• SuperGaming, $15 million in a Series B round
• BOB (Build on Bitcoin), $9.5 million in a Strategic round
• Perle Labs (ex Kiva AI), $9 million in a Seed round
• Lightnet, $5 million in an Unknown round
• Euphoria, $5 million in a Seed round
• Espresso Systems, $4 million in a Public sale with $400 million fully diluted valuation
• BlindPay, $3.3 million in a Seed round
• Doppler Finance, $3 million in a Seed round
• TheoriqAI (ChainML), $3 million in a Public sale with $75 million fully diluted valuation
• AixBlock, $1.74 million in Grants funding
• Hylo, $1.5 million in a Seed round
• Kuvi AI, $700,000 in a Seed round