Crypto VC Funding: Mesh secures $75 million, Talos bags $45 million

The week of January 25-31, 2026, recorded $243.9 million in crypto VC funding across 14 projects, with Mesh (ex Front Finance) leading the final week of January.

Summary

• Crypto startups raised $243.9M across 14 deals in the final week of January.
• Mesh led funding with a $75M Series C at a $1B valuation.
• Payments, trading, cryptography, and RWA tokenization dominated deals.

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

Mesh (ex Front Finance)

• Mesh raised $75 million in a Series C round
• Fully diluted valuation of $1 billion
• Backed by Dragonfly, Paradigm, and Moderne Ventures
• The global crypto payments network has raised a total of $205 million

Talos

• Secured $45 million in a Series B round
• Fully diluted valuation of $1.50 billion
• Investors include Robinhood, Sony Innovation Fund, and IMC Trading
• Talos has raised $190 million so far

Zama

• Zama raised $44 million through public sale
• Fully diluted valuation of $550 million
• Zama is an open-source cryptography company and raised $174 million so far

StreamEx

• Secured $35 million through IPO
• Fully diluted valuation of $58 million
• StreamEx is a real-world asset tokenization platform

Flying Tulip

• Flying Tulip raised $25.50 million in a Series A round
• Fully diluted valuation of $1 billion
• Backed by Amber Group, Foresight Digital, and Paper Ventures

Startale Labs

• Secured $13 million in a Series A round
• Backed by Sony Innovation Fund
• Startale Labs is a Web3 technology company

Funding under $10 million

• Doppler (Whetstone Research), $9 million in a seed round
• AetheriumX, $8 million in a strategic round
• Tenbin Labs, $7.10 million in a seed round
• Xangle, $6.90 million in an unknown round
• Everything, $6.90 million in a seed round
• Bleap, $6 million in a seed round
• Euclid Protocol, $3.50 million in a seed round
• Zona, $500,000 in a pre-seed round