I have received some good news for you: Venture Capital Funding is jumping back after a slow May.
As Blockworks research Data, around 2.8 billion dollars were raised last month.
Source: Blockworks research
If you remember that last time we took a look at this data, the VC funding was at the top of $ 594 million in May. A dip from April, and significantly fall from March (in which funding was seen $ 2.9 billion).
As you can see in the chart above, even the impressive numbers of the previous month are not in the top march, but they came very close.
Last month the largest round came from Kalshi (raising $ 185 million in a series C), Digital Assets ($ 135 million), and Zama ($ 57 million). If you want to incorporate private tokens sales, the World Liberty gets included in the list after purchasing UAE. $ 100 million Bought tokens of Eigenlayer worth $ 70 million of WLFI and A16Z.
According to tie terminal data, 21 projects were raised about $ 116 million last month with focus on artificial intelligence.
Source: Tie Terminal
But while it was the most deal, it was not the largest category by the amount raised by the amount … not by a long shot. Instead, the award goes to Prime Services, which is a fancy way to cover firms originally offering different types of financial services.
Source: Tie Terminal
Five Prime Services Projects raised a collective of $ 1.15 billion in funding last month. So while AI is a hot story, and we are seeing that people put their money, where they have their mouths, clearly the wholesale of money is still going towards projects that offer financial services.
Blockworks research data also Still getting for infrastructure A proper part of funding. Infra projects increased by $ 881 million last month.
But the most interesting data – at least for me – actually comes from the breakdown of funding. Not according to the category, but in a way.
Given the blockworks research data, the funding of the latter phase is increasing. Pre-seed and seed rounds increased by about $ 121 million, but Series B raised $ 127 million. And even later the rounds, which go from Series C to F, gathered $ 185 million.
Rokes from May, per tie terminal data
On average, in May, the largest type of time came from the era of seeds, so there was a clear change. Although this is notable, especially the crypto circle’s IPO continues to digest, it is very early to read very quickly. However, this is a data point that I plan to keep a close watch on the next month.
Overall, however, it was exactly what I was watching after examining the data of May last month. This shows that some categories still have a lot of strength, while things like AI are watching more pickups when VC pays attention.
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