The week of January 11-17, 2026 recorded $513.4 million in crypto funding across 15 projects, with Alpaca and LMAX Group securing $150 million each.
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- Last week, cryptocurrency funding reached $513.4 million, with Alpaca and LMAX raising $150 million each.
- Across the 15 funded projects, infrastructure, exchanges and payments accounted for the majority of deals.
- Project Eleven, ICEx, and VelaFi highlighted continued investor interest in core crypto rails.
Here’s a comprehensive breakdown of this week’s crypto fundraising activity, according to crypto fundraising data:
alpaca
- Raised $150 million in Series D round
- Fully diluted valuation of $1.15 billion
- Supported by DRIVE, Haun Ventures and Opera
- Alpaca is an API platform offering trading in stocks, options, and cryptocurrencies
- The project has raised $288.8 million to date
We’re thrilled to announce that Alpaca has raised $150M in Series D led by @DriveCapital, valuing us at $1.15B. 🙏
The funds will be used to strengthen Alpaca’s global investment infrastructure and continue to support our partners through expansion and enhancement of our existing company. https://t.co/Sta0BYJHNb
— Alpaca (@AlpacaHQ) January 14, 2026
LMAX group
- LMAX Group secures $150 million in unknown round
- Investment was backed by Ripple
ICEx
- Raised $70 million in unknown round
- ICEx is a cryptocurrency exchange based in Indonesia
I woke up
- Upexi raises $36 million in unknown round
- Powered by HiveMind
- Upexi has raised $136 million to date
project eleven
- Raised $20 million in Series A round
- Fully diluted valuation of $120 million
- Investors include Castle Island Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, and Lattice
- Project 11 is a Bitcoin infrastructure and security platform
Project Eleven raises $20 million to prepare
Digital asset infrastructure for the quantum era
Project Eleven, a leader in post-quantum security and digital asset transition, today announced a $20 million Series A funding round led by Castle Island Ventures with participation from… pic.twitter.com/SEcXvC3whg— Project Eleven (@qday Clock) January 14, 2026
Bellafi
- Secures $20 million in Series B round
- Categories include Finance/Banking, Infrastructure, Payments, and Stablecoins
- Supported by XVC, Ikkuyo and Annox
- Acquired +2 new investors
- stablecoin payment infrastructure
Projects with less than $15 million in funding
- Connex raises $15 million in strategic round
- XMAQUINA, $10 million in unknown round
- Veera raises $10 million in seed round
- TBook raises $10 million in unknown round
- Noise raises $7.1 million in seed round
- Meld, $7 million in unknown round
- Nouramint raises $5 million in seed round
- TROVE goes on general sale for $2.5 million
- Saturn Labs (USDsat) raises $800,000 in angel round
