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 🎉 Mesh has closed a $75M Series C at $1B valuation. 🦄This is more than a funding round–it’s the beginning of the end for legacy payments.For too long, global commerce has been stuck with systems that are slow, siloed, and expensive for both merchants and users. That era is… pic.twitter.com/obUnVp3uYS— Mesh (@meshpay) January 27, 2026 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 Talos has closed a $45M Series B extension, bringing our total Series B funding to $150M. ➡️ Read more: https://t.co/g3ZHG6n5SHThe extension brings strategic partners in closer alignment with Talos as we continue building the unified, front-to-back infrastructure institutions… pic.twitter.com/n1KhOvFvkN— Talos (@talostrading) January 29, 2026 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
