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. Here’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. Here’
Crypto VC Funding: Alpaca and LMAX Group each raise $150 million
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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
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