Crypto funding surged to nearly $709 million during the week of June 8-14, 2025, with a massive $550 million private placement by IREN leading the charge.
Venture capital activity remained robust across the sector, particularly in infrastructure, with funding rounds spanning from pre-seed to Series B.
Startups like Hypernative, Yupp, Turnkey, and OneBalance also drew substantial investments, reflecting sustained investor confidence in crypto infrastructure and application-layer innovation despite broader market volatility.
Here’s what we tracked, using data from Cryptofundraising:
IREN (ex Iris Energy)
- Raised $550 million through private placement of convertible senior notes
- IREN has raised $863 million so far
$IREN is pleased to announce the closing of its upsized $550m convertible notes offering.
Key details of the transaction:
– Oversubscribed and upsized from $450m to $500m, plus $50m greenshoe
– Net proceeds of approximately $534.9m
– 3.50% coupon, 30% conversion premium
– No… pic.twitter.com/kb6fTQPGfM
— IREN (@IREN_Ltd) June 13, 2025
Hypernative
- Secured $40 million in a Series B round
- The investment was backed by TenEleven, Ballistic Ventures, and Stepstone
- Hypernative has raised $65 million so far
Big news! As reported by @axios: Hypernative has raised a $40M Series B round to remove the biggest blocker to Web3 mass adoption — security.
Co-led by @1011vc and Ballistic Ventures, with participation from @stepstonegroup, and existing investors @Boldstartvc and IBI Tech Fund,… pic.twitter.com/RwNdFOyHxi
— HypernativeLabs (@HypernativeLabs) June 10, 2025
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Yupp
- Yupp raised $33 million in a Seed round
- Investors include a16z crypto, Coinbase Ventures, and Kunal Shah
Turnkey
- Gathered $30 million in a Series B round
- The investment was backed by Bain Capital Crypto, Sequoia, and Lightspeed Faction
- Turnkey has raised $52.5 million so far
Big news: We’ve raised a $30M Series B led by @BainCapCrypto to power innovation in crypto! pic.twitter.com/4zwgO7gPj9
— Turnkey 🔑 (@turnkeyhq) June 9, 2025
Noah
- Noah raised $22 million in a Seed round
- Investors include LocalGlobe, Felix Capital, and FJ Labs
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OneBalance
- Secured $20 million in a Series A round
- Backed by Cyber Fund, Blockchain Capital, and Mirana Ventures
- OneBalance has raised $25 million so far
We’re excited to announce our $20m Venture Round co-led by @cyberFund_ and @blockchaincap with participation from @mirana and @l2iterative, bringing our total funding to $25m
We’re also launching the simplest and most reliable way to get your users onchain with our Toolkit! pic.twitter.com/e8PauaWkwN
— ☉neBalance (@OneBalance_io) June 11, 2025
Projects < $11 Million
- TYB (Try Your Best); $11 million in a Series A round
- OpenTrade; $7 million in an Unknown round
- NuConstruct; $6 million in a Seed round
- Soon (Solana Optimistic Network); $5 million in an unknown round
- Rise Labs; $4 million in a Strategic round
- Orange Cap Games (Vibes); $3.5 million in a Seed round
- Towns Protocol; $3.3 million in a Public sale
- Silhouette; $3 million in a Pre-seed round
- Hey Anon; $144,000 in an unknown round
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