Weekly Funding Roundup | 7 projects secured funding, totaling $106 million (November 10-16)

According to incomplete statistics from Odaily Planet Daily, from November 10th to November 16th, 2025, a total of 7 financing events were disclosed in the global blockchain field, a slight decrease from the 10 events in the previous week. However, the total financing amount was US$106.5 million, a slight increase from US$100 million in the previous week.

The largest single funding round was $68 million for cryptocurrency trading protocol Lighter, followed by $11 million for decentralized privacy computing project Acurast.

The following are specific financing events (Note: 1. Sorted according to the amount disclosed; 2. * indicates companies in "traditional" sectors whose businesses involve blockchain):

Cryptocurrency trading protocol Lighter raises $68 million, led by Founders Fund and others.

On November 11, cryptocurrency trading protocol Lighter announced the completion of a $68 million funding round, led by Founders Fund and fintech investment firm Ribbit Capital, with participation from Haun Ventures and Robinhood. Following this round, Lighter's company valuation reached $1.5 billion.

Decentralized privacy computing project Acurast raises $11 million in funding, with participation from Gavin Wood and others.

On November 13, the decentralized privacy computing project Acurast announced the completion of an $11 million funding round. Ethereum co-founder and Polkadot founder Gavin Wood, MN Capital founder Michael Van The Poppe, and GlueNet founder Ogle were among the investors. The project plans to launch its mainnet on November 17 and is reportedly capable of tamper-proof execution and secure hardware verification on consumer-grade mobile phones.

Seismic raises $10 million, led by a16z crypto.

On November 12th, blockchain data security company Seismic announced the completion of a $10 million funding round, led by a16z crypto, with participation from Polychain, Amber Group, TrueBridge, dao5, and LayerZero. Seismic has partnered with a fintech company called Brookwell, which provides customers with stablecoin accounts. When customers transact on Brookwell, payments are processed through Seismic's private blockchain, ensuring that data is not leaked or publicly displayed.

Zero-knowledge authentication startup Self has raised $9 million in seed funding, with participation from Greenfield Capital and others.

On November 13, zero-knowledge authentication startup Self completed a $9 million seed funding round, with participation from Greenfield Capital, Startup Capital Ventures x SBI Fund, Spearhead VC, Verda Ventures, Fireweed Ventures, and angel investors including Casey Neistat, Sreeram Kannan (EigenLayer), Sandeep Nailwal (Polygon), Julien Bouteloup (Curve), Jill Carlson (Espresso), and Hart Lambur (Across Protocol).

Curvance completes $4 million strategic funding round, led by F Prime Capital and others.

On November 12, decentralized lending platform Curvance announced the completion of a $4 million strategic funding round, led by F Prime Capital and 0xPrimal, with participation from Auros, GSR, Flowdesk, Q42, v3v ventures, and others. The new funds will be used for launch, audits, team expansion, and expanding integrated assets.

Shodai Network raises $2.5 million in seed funding, with Consensys and others participating.

On November 12, Shodai Network, a cryptocurrency project funding platform, announced the completion of a $2.5 million seed round of funding. Consensys, the parent company of MetaMask, and angel investor Joe Lubin participated in the investment. The new funds will support the company in building a funding platform for the cryptocurrency community and providing resources for Web3 developers.

Sui's ecosystem DEX Bluefin raised 2 million Swiss francs, with SUI Group participating in the investment.

On November 10, Nasdaq-listed SUI Group announced an investment of 2 million Swiss francs (approximately US$2.5 million) in Bluefin, a decentralized exchange within the Sui ecosystem. The two companies will reportedly collaborate to bring hedge funds, asset management companies, and market makers to the on-chain market.