Ripple Labs secures $500m investment, Lava raises $200m

The week of November 2-8, 2025, saw $1.015 billion in crypto funding across 21 projects, with Ripple Labs’ $500 million strategic round leading.

Summary

  • Ripple raised $500M at a $40B valuation, driving weekly crypto funding to $1.01B.
  • Lava followed with $200M as payments and stablecoin infrastructure dominated deals.
  • Canaan, Future Holdings, and Fomo secured key rounds amid rising institutional backing.

Payment infrastructure and stablecoin solutions dominated the investment sector this week. Here’s a breakdown of this week’s crypto funding activity as per Cryptofundraising data:

Ripple Labs (XRP)

  • Ripple raised $500 million in a strategic round
  • The funds were raised with a fully diluted valuation of $40 billion
  • Backed by Fortress Investment Group, Haun Ventures, and Pantera

Lava

  • Secured $200 million in an unknown round
  • Investors include Anthony Pompliano and Eric Jackson
  • Lava has raised $227.5 million so far

Canaan Creative

  • Raised $72 million in a strategic round
  • Backed by Brevan Howard, Galaxy Digital, and Weiss Capital
  • Canaan has raised $245 million so far

Future Holdings

  • Future Holdings gathered $35 million in an unknown round
  • Investors include Falcon Ventures, Nakamoto+, and Tobam

https://twitter.com/future_hodlings/status/1985965304929829170

Commonware

  • Raised $25 million in an Unknown round
  • Commonware investment was backed by Tempo

Fomo

  • Fomo secured $17 million in a Series A round
  • Investment was backed by Benchmark

Projects Under $15 Million

  • Donut, $15 million in a seed round
  • KapKap, $10 million in a seed round
  • Standard Money, $8 million in a strategic round
  • Liquid, $7.6 million in a seed round
  • xTAO, $7.3 million in an unknown round
  • Tatakai, $7 million in an angel round
  • Harmonic, $6 million in a seed round
  • Sprinter, $5.2 million in a seed round
  • Kyo Finance, $5 million in a Series A round with $100 million fully diluted valuation
  • Zynk, $5 million in a seed round
  • zkPass, $2 million in a public sale
  • BitDealer, $1 million in a public sale with $35 million fully diluted valuation
  • 3F Labs, $750,000 in an angel round
  • Aria Protocol, $600,000 in a public sale
  • Monorail, $250,000 in a public sale

Source: https://crypto.news/crypto-vc-funding-ripple-labs-secures-500m-investment-lava-raises-200m/