The final week of January saw a strong focus on AI and infrastructure development, with Cipher Mining securing $50 million from SoftBank. The week’s funding reached over $200 million, with investments spread across various sectors, from mining operations to identity solutions and gaming platforms. Let’s look into the key deals that were completed, according to the data from Crypto Fundraising . Cipher Mining, $50 million SoftBank-backed Cipher Mining raised $50 million through a PIPE (private investment in public equity) deal. We are thrilled to announce a $50M PIPE investment from @SoftBank_Group . This investment will support $CIFR 's HPC data center development business and establish SoftBank as a significant primary investor in Cipher. Full release can be found here: https://t.co/RFHp5qDwCl $CIFR … — Cipher Mining (@CipherInc) January 30, 2025 D3 Global, $25 million D3 Global secured $25 million in an unknown round The project, backed by Paradigm and Coinbase Ventures, has raised a total of $30 million 1/ We are proud to announce our $25M Series A led by @Paradigm , with participation from @cbventures and other strategic angels. This highlights the support from Web2 & Web3 leaders for DomainFi, a decentralized finance layer to accelerate the growth of domains as a $340B+… pic.twitter.com/CFhDDS2Aj9 — D3 (@D3inc) January 29, 2025 Irreducible, $24 million Irreducible raised $24 million in Series A funding The investment was supported by Paradigm, Rain Capital Crypto, and Fenbushi Capital The project has raised a total of $39 million https://twitter.com/IrreducibleHW/status/1885007516670578872 Humanity Protocol, $20 million Secured $20 million in an unknown round with $1.10 billion FDV Backed by Pantera and Jump Humanity Protocol has raised a total of $50 million You might also like: Charts of the week: Litecoin and Mantra could climb higher next week VitalVEDA, $20 million VitalVEDA raised $20 million in an unknown round The investment was backed by Rothman Management The project is creating an AI-powered fitness platform Focusing on sports and dApp development Elastos, $20 million Elastos raised $20 million in an unknown round Backed by Rothman Management Elastos is building identity and L1 infrastructure https://twitter.com/ElastosInfo/status/1884970459919274298 Sign, $16 million YZILabs-backed Sign raised $16 million in an unknown round The on-chain infrastructure, used for token distribution and credential verification, has raised a total of $28.65 million https://t.co/8hEBp502dB — YZi Labs (@BinanceLabs) January 28, 2025 Cryptio, $15 million Cryptio secured $15 million in Series A funding Backed by Alven, 1kx, and other investors Cryptio raised a total of $26.2 million Thrilled to announce that Cryptio has raised a $15m extension, bringing our total Series A funding to $25m, led by @alvencap . I’m excited to welcome new investors in this round with @1kxnetwork , @Ledger @Cathayinnov , @BitGo Ventures, and Charlie Songhurst, alongside continued… pic.twitter.com/XETvLpsXUh — Cryptio (@cryptio_co) January 29, 2025 Pixion Games, $12.4 million Pixion Games raised $12.4 million in an unknown round The project is backed by Delphi Digital, SkyMavis, and L1D Pixion Games is building P2E gaming on Avalanche ( AVAX ) The project has raised $17.9 million so far We're excited to announce that Pixion Games has raised $12.4M, led by @Delphi_Digital and joined by @SkyMavisHQ , @L1D_xyz @SpartanGroup @animocabrands , @YieldGuild , and @Arete_xyz Gaming will onboard masses to crypto, mobile will lead and Fableborne will be the catalyst. pic.twitter.com/KcVLCDjlwT — Fableborne (@fableborne) January 27, 2025 World Liberty Financial, $10 million World Liberty Financial secured $10 million in an unknown round The investment was backed by Web3PORT The project has raised a total of $340 million We’re excited to announce a $10 million investment in World Liberty Financial @worldlibertyfi and are actively working on plans for additional purchases. Both sides are committed to building a “long-term partnership” and exploring opportunities in investment, ecosystem… — Web3Port (@Web3Port_Labs) January 27, 2025 Pod Network, $10 million Pod Network raised $10 million in seed funding The investment was backed by CSX, 1kx, and Blockchain Builders Fund We are thrilled to announce we raised $10 million in seed round funding! Huge thanks to our backers @a16zcrypto CSX, @1kxnetwork @theBBFund @stanfordSBA and @ProtagonistXYZ 1/2 pic.twitter.com/FBm0YIWmY0 — pod.network (@poddotnetwork) January 28, 2025 You might also like: Uniswap Labs officially releases v4 Notable crypto VC funding rounds under $10 million Cedar Money raised $9.90 million for stablecoin development Analog secured $5 million for multichain infrastructure with $300 million in FDV Pell Network raised $3.50 million for Bitcoin ( BTC ) ecosystem Maalexi gathered $3 million for marketplace development Mevvy secured $2.80 million for cross-chain trading Canopy raised $1.20 million for DeFi portfolio management McQueen Labs secured $1.16 million for Solana ( SOL ) ecosystem Based gathered $420k for Solana trading Clipper funding amount TBD for DeFi solutions Read more: Dogwifhat is in the red after Las Vega Sphere campaign looks dubious
