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Crypto VC Funding: Real Finance and LI.FI each secure $29m, TenX bags $22m

By Vignesh Karunanidhi
13 Dec 2025

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.

Helios

  • Helios secured $15 million in an unknown round
  • Investment was backed by Capital
  • Helios is a modular, ETF‑native Layer‑1 blockchain

Real Finance

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:

  • 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

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

      • 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

      • 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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