Venture capital funding for crypto startups fell by 68% in a year
1891 trades raised $10,7 billion
26.12.2023 - 11:46
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What’s new? The volume of venture capital funding for cryptocurrency startups in 2023 amounted to $10,7 billion, down by 68% compared to the 2022 total of $33,3 billion. The number of trades also fell by 32% to 1891. Meanwhile, 1299 of them came in initial funding rounds of up to $1 million.
What else is known? Despite the drop in the indicator, the annual total is still ahead of previous bear markets. For example, crypto startups received only $6,4 billion in 2019-2020.
In terms of areas, the most popular, as last year, were NFTs and gaming, infrastructure, Web 3.0, DeFi, and cryptocurrency financial services. To a lesser extent, venture investors were interested in data analytics and trading projects. Most investor activity occurred in the first half of the year, followed by a decline.
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Since launching in 2014, the company has invested in 150 blockchain projects including Dfinity, Cosmos, Solana, LazyLedger (Celestia), EigenLayer, and Lido DAO
At the same time, November saw a significant surge in venture capital funding, with a 179% month-over-month increase to $1,2 billion raised in 92 rounds. The growth of the indicator coincided with the general recovery of the crypto market: its capitalization for the same period rose from $1 to $1,5 trillion. At the time of writing, it reached $1,73 trillion.
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