{"id":44924,"date":"2025-08-30T18:16:43","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T18:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=44924"},"modified":"2025-08-30T18:16:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T18:16:43","slug":"web3-funding-hit-9-6b-in-q2-despite-fewer-deals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=44924","title":{"rendered":"Web3 Funding Hit $9.6B in Q2 Despite Fewer Deals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Web3 startups raised $9.6 billion in venture funding during the second quarter of 2025, making it the second-largest quarter on record, even as the number of deals fell to multi-year lows, <a href=\"https:\/\/outlierventures.io\/article\/web3-fundraising-trends-in-2q25-strategic-selective\/?utm_campaign=12937472-Market%20Insights%20and%20Deal%20Flow%20%7C%20Outlier%20Ventures&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9GYgssBk3RTLYAm3ZudcfVX98NMKkTNbHKsm6w2vrjoSWZI3yJvc-XQkrpe-SUIjZmVCZnvJM7r0YZI8a4ZeowkDUvtg&amp;_hsmi=378014537&amp;utm_content=378014537&amp;utm_source=hs_email\">according to a new report by Outlier Ventures<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The research by the London-based venture capital firm could present a maturing market in which investors are putting more money into fewer projects. <\/p>\n<p>The findings suggest that Web3 fundraising is evolving from hype-driven activity toward targeted, durability-focused investment, with investors favoring foundational infrastructure and proven teams over volume.<\/p>\n<p>Only 306 deals were disclosed in the quarter, the lowest since mid-2023, but the median deal size rose across every stage. Outlier said this reflects a shift from broad, speculative investing to strategic, high-conviction allocations.<\/p>\n<p>Series A funding, which had slowed sharply during the bear market, staged a comeback. The median Series A round grew to $17.6 million, with 27 deals totaling $420 million, the largest since 2022. Seed funding also picked up, with a median size of $6.6 million.<\/p>\n<p>Token fundraising painted a split picture. Private token sales raised $410 million across just 15 deals\u2014their strongest showing since 2021, while public token sales slumped 83% to $134 million, underscoring waning appetite for retail-focused offerings.<\/p>\n<p>Sectors such as cryptocurrency infrastructure, mining and validation, and compute networks saw the largest rounds, with medians ranging between $70 million and $112 million. Consumer-facing sectors, such as marketplaces, trailed significantly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCapital is consolidating around the projects that can provide the rails for the next phase of adoption,\u201d Outlier wrote, adding that infrastructure-first bets are viewed as \u201cindispensable\u201d to Web3\u2019s long-term growth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Web3 startups raised $9.6 billion in venture funding during the second quarter of 2025, making it the second-largest quarter on record, even as the number of deals fell to multi-year lows, according to a new report by Outlier Ventures. The research by the London-based venture capital firm could present a maturing market in which investors [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-44924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44924\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}