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Crypto VC funding surged 53% in March, Optimism wins largest share

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Jesse Coghlan5 hours agoCrypto VC funding surged 53% in March, Optimism wins largest shareVenture capital funded over $1.1 billion across 180 investments last month, with the biggest being Optimism’s early-March private token sale.6227 Total views3 Total sharesListen to article 0:00NewsOwn this piece of crypto historyCollect this article as NFTJoin us on social networksVenture capital funding into crypto jumped by 52.5% month-on-month in March, with crypto projects getting $1.16 billion, mostly in infrastructure and decentralized finance projects. 


RootData figures show 180 publicly-announced investments managed to sec investment in the last month — the highest monthly figure since April 2022.


One-fifth of deals saw fundraises of between $1 million to $3 million, while just over 15% raised between $5 million to $10 million. The majority of the funded projects were based in the United States, but they still only made up less than 10% of the total deal count.


Ethereum layer-2 blockchain Optimism got the month’s largest raise when it sold $89 million worth of its tokens in a private deal. Cryptography startup Zama was runner-up with its $73 million Series A.March’s top 10 largest deals by amount raised. Source: RootData


The monthly deal number was up 25% from February and over 70% from the prior year period, while the total amount raised was also up 28% compared to March 2023.


VC firms recently hinted at their crypto-focused interests for the year ahead. Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) on April 1 earmarked $30 million for a fund focused on Web3 gaming.Crypto-related VC funding by month since March 2022 with USD amount raised (orange) and number of deals (gray line). Source: RootData


Last week, a16z co-founder Marc Andreessen and Galaxy Digital were top contributors to VC firm 1kx’s $75 million fund targeting crypto-based consumer apps and Hack VC in February raised $150 million to fund early-stage crypto and artificial intelligence startups.


Infrastructure projects were the most well-funded firms in March, making up for nearly $283 million — around a quarter of the total $1.16 billion VC funding.


Decentralized finance (DeFi) projects followed with $228.1 million in funding, making up nearly 20% of the total, with centralized finance (CeFi) projects — such as exchanges — seeing the third-most funding at $85.5 million.


No funding was raised in the DAO category.Fundraising amount per sector for March 2024. Source: RootData


Last month’s funding is the first time since November that VC funding has broken over $1 billion for the month.


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It comes after a dampened 2023 for crypto raises after FTX collapsed in late 2022 and took the crypto markets with it.


VC funding has made monthly gains year-to-date as enthusiasm for crypto has made a comeback in tandem with the markets, which PitchBook attributed to the launch of spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the U.S.


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