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Crypto VC Funding: Hercle raises $60m, MegaETH bags $50m

Crypto.News2025/10/31 16:00

By:By Vignesh KarunanidhiEdited by Anthony Patrick

The week of October 26 to November 1, generated $169.73 million in crypto funding across 13 projects.

Summary

Hercle led weekly funding with $60M, followed by MegaETH’s $49.95M sale.
Total crypto funding hit $169.73M across 13 projects this week.
Bron, ZAR, and Standard Economics also secured multi-million dollar rounds.

As per the latest data, Hercle’s $60 million raise led this funding period. Here’s a breakdown of this week’s crypto funding activity as per Crypto Fundraising data .

Hercle

Raised $60 million in an unknown round
Hercle is an institutional-grade infrastructure platform
Backed by F-Prime Capital Partners, Falcon Ventures, and Original Capital

We've raised $60M to build the institutional-grade infrastructure powering the future of global money movement.

Hercle enables institutions to move capital across digital assets, stablecoins, and fiat — near-instantly and at scale.

This funding accelerates our mission to end… pic.twitter.com/XELRNKigwf
— Hercle (@herclegroup) October 29, 2025

MegaLabs (MegaETH)

MegaETH secured $49.95 million through public sale
Fully diluted valuation of $999 million
MegaLabs is the developer of MegaETH, an Ethereum Layer-1 blockchain platform

The $MEGA Public Sale is Closed.

Total Bidders: Over 50k
Total Committed: $1.39b
Oversubscription: 27.8x

Thanks to everyone who participated. Now we allocate. pic.twitter.com/pyCQ5jr5yy
— MegaETH (@megaeth) October 30, 2025

Bron

Raised $15 million in an unknown round
Investors include GSR, LocalGlobe, and Fasanara Capital
Bron Labs is a self-custody platform

ZAR

ZAR gathered $12.9 million in an unknown round
Backed by AI6Z, Dragonfly, and VanEck
ZAR raised $20.4 million so far’

ZAR has raised $12.9 million to bring ROCK. SOLID. DOLLARS. to the Global South 💵🌍

Led by @a16zcrypto , with @dragonfly_xyz , @vaneck_us , @cbVentures , and Endeavor Catalyst.

🧵👇 pic.twitter.com/0DKOlWMwSO
— ZAR (@zardotapp) October 28, 2025

Projects Under $10 Million

Standard Economics, $9 million in a Seed round
Accountable, $7.5 million in an Unknown round
Momentum (MSafe), $4.5 million in a Public sale
DeepSafe, $3 million in a Seed round
Pieverse, $3 million in a Seed round
Semantic Layer, $2 million in a Series A round
Marina Protocol, $1.68 million in an Unknown round with $40 million fully diluted valuation
Paystream, $750,000 in a Public sale with $1.86 million fully diluted valuation
Aria Protocol, $500,000 in an Unknown round

Disclaimer: The content of this article solely reflects the author's opinion and does not represent the platform in any capacity. This article is not intended to serve as a reference for making investment decisions.

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