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
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
Source: https://crypto.news/crypto-vc-funding-bitgo-leads-with-212-8m-ipo/
