WEEKLY CRYPTO FUNDRAISING DIGEST — OCT 15, 2026
Total Tracked: $124.70M | Rounds: 7 | Top Sector: DeFi

RECENT INVESTMENT ROUNDS

1. Meanwhile — $37.50M
• Sector: CeFi | Geo: United States
• Investors: Apollo Global Management, Bain Capital Crypto, Pantera Capital
• Summary: October 10, 2026 Life insurance and institutional asset management company denominated in digital assets Meanwhile closes $37.5M Series A backed by Pa...
• Links: Website | X/Twitter

2. Data Network (DATA) ($DATA) — $30.00M
• Sector: AI x Web3 | Geo: United States
• Investors: Sui Foundation
• Summary: October 11, 2026 Decentralized data infrastructure and provenance layer Data Network secures $30M Strategic funding led by Sui Foundation to power ver...
• Links: Website | X/Twitter

3. Catalyst — $30.00M
• Sector: DeFi | Geo: United States
• Investors: Coinbase Ventures, Peak XV Partners, Jump Trading, Sequoia Capital
• Summary: Permissionless cross-chain liquidity protocol for modular blockchains Catalyst secures institutional backing from Sequoia Capital, Jump Trading, Peak ...
• Links: Website | X/Twitter

4. EFY Finance — $10.00M
• Sector: Payments | Geo: Global / Undisclosed
• Investors: Tether
• Summary: October 13, 2026 Institutional cross-border payments, multicurrency digital dollar accounts, and fiat-to-stablecoin merchant settlement platform EFY F...
• Links: Website | X/Twitter

5. Vest Exchange — $13.00M
• Sector: DeFi | Geo: Global / Undisclosed
• Investors: Faction, Wintermute, Portal Ventures
• Summary: October 11, 2026 Next-generation decentralized perpetuals exchange Vest Exchange secures $13M Seed round led by Portal Ventures with Wintermute, Facti...
• Links: Website | X/Twitter

6. Soda Labs — $3.00M
• Sector: Privacy | Geo: Singapore
• Investors: CMCC Global, Delphi Digital
• Summary: October 9, 2026 Garbled-circuit multiparty computation (MPC) confidentiality protocol Soda Labs raises $3M Seed funding backed by Nextblock, Delphi Di...
• Links: Website | X/Twitter

7. Orbio — $1.20M
• Sector: AI x Web3 | Geo: United States
• Investors: Alliance DAO, Robinhood Ventures
• Summary: October 8, 2026 Autonomous AI agent execution network Orbio raises $1.2M Seed funding backed by Robinhood Ventures and Alliance DAO to power micro-tra...
• Links: Website | X/Twitter

KEY MARKET TAKEAWAYS
1. Infrastructure & Payments Focus: Ongoing capital commitment to Web3 financial rails and digital dollar infrastructure.
2. Sector Allocation: DeFi recorded significant capital inflow this period.
3. Global Expansion: Deployment remains active across both mature hubs and emerging growth regions.
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