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