Ripple leads $666m funding bonanza as crypto startups double amounts raised in 2025 – DL News
- Raises include Ripple Labs’ biggest round since 2019.
- This week saw raises for stablecoins and infrastructure.
- Industry on pace to $25 billion this year.
Venture capital investors are ploughing billions into crypto startups and not even October’s $500 billion market wipeout is scaring them off. In fact, they’re likely to accelerate their backing of the industry in 2026.
That’s according to Eva Oberholzer, chief investment officer at VC firm Ajna Capital, who told DL News that investors are now shopping for “real revenue, unit economics, and risk controls across treasury, counterparty, and leverage.”
The October flush forced many venture investors into diligence mode, Oberholzer said, but good teams will still be funded,…
