The week of January 11-17, 2026, recorded $513.4 million in crypto funding across 15 projects, with Alpaca and LMAX Group both securing $150 million each.
Summary
Crypto funding reached $513.4M last week, with Alpaca and LMAX raising $150M each.
Infrastructure, exchanges, and payments dominated deals across 15 funded projects.
Project Eleven, ICEx, and VelaFi highlighted continued investor interest in core crypto rails.
Here’s a comprehensive breakdown of this week’s crypto funding activity as per Cryptofundraising data.
Alpaca
Raised $150 million in a Series D round
Fully diluted valuation of $1.15 billion
Backed by DRIVE, Haun Ventures, and Opera
Alpaca is an API platform that offers trading for stocks, options, and cryptocurrencies
The project has raised $288.8 million so far
LMAX Group
LMAX Group Secured $150 million in an unknown round
Investment was backed by Ripple
ICEx
Raised $70 million in an unknown round
ICEx is an Indonesia-based crypto exchange
Upexi
Upexi gathered $36 million in an unknown round
Backed by HiveMind
Upexi has raised $136 million so far
Project Eleven
Raised $20 million in a Series A round
Fully diluted valuation of $120 million
Investors include Castle Island Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, and Lattice
Project Eleven is a Bitcoin infrastructure and security platform
VelaFi
Secured $20 million in a Series B round
Categories include Finance/Banking, Infrastructure, Payment, and Stablecoin
Backed by XVC, Ikkuyo, and Annox
Gained +2 new investors
Stablecoin payment infrastructure
Projects under $15 million funding
Konnex, $15 million in a strategic round
XMAQUINA, $10 million in an unknown round
Veera, $10 million in a seed round
TBook, $10 million in an unknown round
Noise, $7.10 million in a seed round
Meld, $7 million in an unknown round
Neuramint, $5 million in a seed round
TROVE, $2.50 million in a public sale
Saturn Labs (USDsat), $800,000 in an angel round
