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Crypto seed funding: 13 October rounds, $98.9M, median $5.0M

By NAUT Research · · 7 min read

$98.9M Crypto seed funding disclosed by 12 of the 13 crypto seed rounds NAUT holds for October 2026. Logos: Noah, Vest Exchange, Dataline, Multiliquid, PERPTools, HoneyB, Walapay, Soda Labs, Imperial, Anyflo, EFY Finance.

Crypto seed funding in October 2026 came to $98.9M: NAUT holds 13 crypto seed rounds announced between 1 and 21 October, and the 12 that named an amount raised that sum, at a median of $5.0M. Sequoia Capital, Portal Ventures, Polychain Capital, Lattice and 5 other firms led or co-led the 8 rounds that named a lead, 38 investors appear across the 13 cap tables, and only 4 of them appear twice.

Data as of 28 October 2026, from NAUT's funding records. The scope is seed-stage venture rounds into crypto and Web3 companies announced in October 2026: 12 rounds marked Seed and 1 Extended Seed. Each round is checked against outside reports, listed under Sources, except the PERPTools and HoneyB rounds, where this check found no report it could confirm line by line, so both are reported from NAUT's records alone. The reports found on the HoneyB round describe Portal Ventures as the sole lead with PEER VC participating, while NAUT's record lists both as leads; this piece follows NAUT's record. 2 of the 13 companies have no NAUT page yet, Catalyst (catalyst.app) and Orbio.so, so neither is linked below. The $30M Catalyst is a trading-agent company, a different business from the DeSci project of the same name already on NAUT. 4 of the 13 rounds carry sector tags in the database (DEX, Stablecoins, Infrastructure, DeFi) and 9 carry none, so the sector groupings here are read off each company's own description. EFY Finance disclosed no amount. NAUT Research wrote this report; no one paid for it.

Which crypto seed funding rounds closed, and who led each?

Date Company Round Raised Led by
1 Oct Seed $5M None named
2 Oct Seed $4.6M
6 Oct Seed $1.5M
7 Oct Extended Seed $16M None named
7 Oct Seed $13M
8 Oct Seed $1M None named
8 Oct Seed $3M
8 Oct Catalyst (catalyst.app) Seed $30M
10 Oct Orbio.so Seed $1.2M None named
13 Oct Seed Not disclosed None named
15 Oct Seed $8M
20 Oct Seed $5M and
21 Oct Seed $10.6M and

9 firms led or co-led those 8 rounds, and Portal Ventures is the only name on 2 of them. 5 rounds named no lead at all.

Who runs each company, and who backed it?

How much crypto seed funding did each startup raise?

Raised per round, the 10 disclosed rounds with a NAUT page
  1. Noah$16M
  2. Vest Exchange$13M
  3. Dataline$10.6M
  4. Multiliquid$8M
  5. PERPTools$5M
  6. HoneyB$5M
  7. Walapay$4.6M
  8. Soda Labs$3M
  9. Imperial$1.5M
  10. Anyflo$1M

These 10 rounds raised $67.7M of the $98.9M. The other 2 disclosed rounds, Catalyst at $30M and Orbio.so at $1.2M, stay out of the chart because neither company has a NAUT page to link to, and EFY Finance named no amount.

What this tells a BD team

How a BD team can work this list
  1. Pick the lane you sell toPerps took 3 rounds, PERPTools, Imperial and Vest Exchange; stablecoins and payments took 3, Walapay, Noah and EFY Finance.
  2. Sort by what they can spendNoah at $16M, Vest Exchange at $13M and Dataline at $10.6M lead the 10 charted rounds, which raised $67.7M between them.
  3. Open the company page and take the name8 of the 13 companies name a person on NAUT, such as CEO Justin Ma at Vest Exchange.
  4. Reach out while the round is still newsEvery round above was announced between 1 and 21 October 2026.

What this tells a founder raising a seed round

How a founder can use this list
  1. Check your number against the middleThe median of the 12 disclosed rounds was $5.0M, with $1M at Anyflo the floor and $30M at Catalyst the ceiling.
  2. Shortlist the funds that repeatPortal Ventures, Generative Ventures, Coinbase Ventures and Big Brain Holdings each backed 2 of these 13 rounds.
  3. Match the lead to your stageFoundation Capital led a $1.5M round, Polychain Capital an $8M one and Sequoia Capital a $30M one, all inside 3 weeks.
  4. Open the investor page and take the partnerAll 38 investors across these rounds have a NAUT page with their team on it.

How to reach the decision makers

Every company, investor and person named above links to its NAUT page, which carries the team, the backers and the people to contact. All 38 crypto seed backers from these 13 rounds have a page on NAUT, and 8 of the 13 companies name at least 1 person on theirs. The 2 companies with no page yet, Catalyst (catalyst.app) and Orbio.so, are in NAUT's funding records but not yet published, so start from their lead investors instead.

Crypto seed funding FAQ

How much crypto seed funding was raised in October 2026?

$98.9M across the 12 of 13 crypto seed rounds that disclosed an amount, announced between 1 and 21 October 2026, at a median of $5.0M. EFY Finance named no amount for its round.

Who invested in crypto seed rounds in October 2026?

38 investors appear across the 13 rounds. 9 firms led or co-led the 8 rounds that named a lead: Sequoia Capital, Portal Ventures, Polychain Capital, Generative Ventures, Foundation Capital, NextBlock, PEER VC, Lattice and Dispersion Capital. Coinbase Ventures, Jump Trading, Lux Capital, Circle Ventures, Tether and Polygon joined without leading.

Which crypto seed round was the largest in October 2026?

Catalyst (catalyst.app) took $30M on 8 October 2026, led by Sequoia Capital. The largest round with a NAUT page is Noah's $16M extended seed on 7 October 2026.

Which investors backed more than 1 crypto seed round in October 2026?

4 firms backed 2 of the 13 rounds each, and none backed 3: Portal Ventures, Generative Ventures, Coinbase Ventures and Big Brain Holdings.

Which crypto sectors raised seed money in October 2026?

Perpetuals and derivatives took 3 of the 13 October 2026 rounds, PERPTools, Imperial and Vest Exchange, and stablecoins and payments took 3, Walapay, Noah and EFY Finance. The rest sit in Bitcoin yield (HoneyB), tokenised asset liquidity (Multiliquid), agent data (Dataline), privacy tooling (Soda Labs) and payment orchestration (Anyflo).

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