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Crypto Series A funding: 17 rounds, $361M, Tether led 2

By NAUT Research · · 7 min read

$361M Crypto Series A funding across the 15 of 17 Series A rounds that disclosed an amount, since 1 July 2026. Logos: Prime Intellect, Velocity, HIFI, Latitude, Cyclops, Mural, LO:TECH, Diameter Pay, Fission Labs, Pascal, 0xPredicate, KOR Protocol, Pact Labs, Memecoin.Fun.

Crypto Series A funding since 1 July 2026 comes to $361M: NAUT tracks 17 crypto Series A rounds closed or announced from 1 July to 5 November 2026, and the 15 of them that disclosed an amount raised that sum. Tether is the one firm on NAUT's record that led 2 of them, Pact Labs in July and Mural in October, while 11 of the 17 rounds carry a lead investor and 12 firms hold those 11 leads.

Data as of 5 November 2026, from NAUT's funding records. The scope is rounds typed Series A with an announcement date from 1 July 2026 onward: 17 rounds, of which 15 disclosed an amount and 2 did not. All 17 were put to outside reports: 12 came back confirmed with the quoted line found on the page NAUT fetched, 3 came back confirmed without the quote landing on the page (KOR Protocol, Velocity and Reactor, whose figures stand on NAUT's own record), and 2 came back contradicted. 2 of the 17 companies have no live NAUT page yet, K25 and Navra, so neither name links below. K25 is also the 1 round whose recorded announcement date a check contradicted, so it is the single round left out of the tables and the chart, which leaves 16. Navra stays in with its $19M. The second contradicted check is the name of Diameter Pay's second lead, so that cell prints NAUT's record and is flagged for review. NAUT Research wrote this report; no one paid for it.

Which crypto Series A funding rounds closed, and who led each?

16 of the 17 rounds are below, in date order, with the lead investors NAUT holds on the round record and the count of other backers NAUT lists on each.

Date Company Raised Led by Backers
7 Jul $7.5M None on NAUT's record 0
8 Jul $130M None on NAUT's record 1
14 Jul $7M 1
14 Jul $38M , 6
15 Jul $20M None on NAUT's record 0
16 Jul $9M None on NAUT's record 0
24 Jul $3.5M None on NAUT's record 0
3 Sep $10M , 0
9 Sep $35M 3
24 Sep $37M 3
5 Oct Not disclosed 2
6 Oct Navra (no NAUT page yet) $19M 5
15 Oct $10M 7
20 Oct $15M 1
27 Oct $8M 3
2 Nov $12M 2

July holds 8 of the 17 rounds, September 3, October 5 and November 1 so far. NAUT's record carries no Series A announcement in August 2026.

Who runs each company, and who backed it?

Each company's NAUT page lists its team and its round history. Anyone listed can ask NAUT to remove their page at https://naut.so/legal/data-deletion.

8 of the 17 rounds come with a founder or CEO page on NAUT that this report can link. The other 9 either hold no contact row with a live page, or hold a scraped name NAUT has flagged.

How much crypto Series A funding did each startup raise?

Raised per round, the 14 disclosed rounds with a NAUT page
  1. Prime Intellect$130M
  2. Velocity$38M
  3. HIFI$37M
  4. Latitude$35M
  5. Cyclops$20M
  6. Mural$15M
  7. LO:TECH$12M
  8. Diameter Pay$10M
  9. Fission Labs$10M
  10. Pascal$9M
  11. 0xPredicate$8M
  12. KOR Protocol$7.5M
  13. Pact Labs$7M
  14. Memecoin.Fun$3.5M

The 14 rounds in the chart come to $342M of the $361M. Navra's $19M is the rest, left out of the chart because NAUT has no company page to link it to, and Reactor carries no figure. The median of the 15 disclosed amounts is $12M and the average is $24.1M, so Prime Intellect at $130M is more than 5 times the average round.

Which firms backed more than 1 of these rounds?

5 firms appear on 2 or more of the 17 rounds in NAUT's round records, ranked by how many of the 17 they appear on.

Firm Rounds Led Companies
4 1 , , Navra,
2 2 ,
2 0 ,
2 0 ,
2 0 , Navra

Faction's 4 rounds are the most of any firm here, and its lead row on Diameter Pay is the cell the outside check disagreed with. 40 distinct firms sit on the 17 rounds in total, and all 40 have a NAUT investor page.

What this tells a BD team

  • The newest budgets are the biggest: Prime Intellect at $130M, Velocity at $38M and HIFI at $37M are the 3 largest of the 17.
  • Payments and stablecoin rails dominate the named products, from Latitude and Diameter Pay to Mural and Pact Labs.
  • 8 of the 17 rounds come with a founder or CEO page on NAUT, which is where the contact channels sit.
  • 11 of the 17 rounds name a lead on NAUT's record, so a warm path through the lead exists for those 11.
How a BD team can work these 17 rounds
  1. Start with the 3 largestPrime Intellect at $130M, Velocity at $38M and HIFI at $37M.
  2. Open the founder page8 of the 17 rounds have a founder or CEO page, such as Zach Walsh at HIFI.
  3. Route through the leadTether led 2 of the 17, Pact Labs and Mural.
  4. Call the newest round firstLO:TECH closed $12M on 2 November 2026.

What this tells a founder raising a Series A

  • The median of the 15 disclosed amounts is $12M, so a $10M to $15M ask sits in the middle of this set.
  • 12 firms hold the 11 leads on NAUT's record, and Tether is the one that appears twice.
  • Velocity and Fission Labs carry 8 backers each on NAUT, the most of the 17 rounds, so a crowded round is normal at this stage.
  • 6 of the 17 rounds carry no lead on NAUT's record, which includes 5 with no backer rows at all, so a round can land without a named lead on file.
How a founder can use these Series A lead investors
  1. Price the askThe median of the 15 disclosed amounts is $12M and the average is $24.1M.
  2. Shortlist the recent leadsBlockchain Capital and MMC Ventures led the 2 most recent of the 17.
  3. Map the repeat namesFaction sits on 4 of the 17 rounds, more than any other firm.
  4. Build the syndicateVelocity and Fission Labs each carry 8 backers on NAUT.

How to reach the decision makers

Every company, fund and person linked above opens its own NAUT page, with the team, the round history and the channels NAUT holds on file. 8 of the 17 rounds have a founder or CEO page here: Vincent Weisser, Pat Duffy, David Lighton, Cyril Mathew, Zach Walsh, Mike Cagney, Jonathan Shaffer and Nikhil Raghuveera. All 40 backer firms on these rounds have an investor page, so the fund side is reachable on every one of the 17.

Related reading on NAUT: Crypto seed funding: 13 October rounds, $98.9M, median $5.0M and Crypto funding rounds: 9 deals, $891.6M, Tether led Mural.

Can you pull this data through the NAUT API?

Yes. GET https://api.naut.so/v1/investors/tether returns Tether's portfolio rows with the round type, the amount, the announcement date and the lead flag, which is how the 2 Series A rounds it led here were read, and GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects/latitude returns 1 company with its team. Each data call costs 5 credits on a paid plan, documented at naut.so/docs/api and priced at naut.so/pricing, starting at Essential $49 a month for 3,000 credits. Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn for the people on these rounds unlock on any paid NAUT plan, so start a 7-day trial to open them.

Crypto Series A funding FAQ

How much crypto Series A funding was raised since 1 July 2026?

$361M, across the 15 of 17 crypto Series A rounds that disclosed an amount between 1 July and 5 November 2026 on NAUT's record. Prime Intellect raised $130M of that total, and 2 rounds disclosed no figure.

Who led crypto Series A rounds since 1 July 2026?

11 of the 17 rounds carry a lead on NAUT's record, held by 12 firms: Tether (2 rounds), Dragonfly, FirstMark, CMT Digital, Faction, Oak HC/FT, Left Lane Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Ribbit Capital, Pantera Capital, Blockchain Capital and MMC Ventures. The other 6 rounds carry no lead on NAUT's record.

Which crypto startup raised the largest Series A since July 2026?

Prime Intellect, with $130M announced on 8 July 2026 for its decentralized AI protocol. Velocity at $38M on 14 July 2026 and HIFI at $37M on 24 September 2026 are next.

Which crypto Series A investors backed more than 1 of these rounds?

5 firms, on NAUT's round records for the 17 rounds since 1 July 2026: Faction on 4, then Tether, NVIDIA Venture Capital, Coinbase Ventures and Blockchange Ventures on 2 each.

Where can I find these Series A founders and their contact channels?

On NAUT. 8 of the 17 rounds have a founder or CEO page on naut.so, including Zach Walsh at HIFI and Cyril Mathew at Latitude, and the same records come back through GET https://api.naut.so/v1/projects/latitude with the company's team attached. Verified Telegram, email and LinkedIn unlock on any paid NAUT plan, so start a 7-day trial to open them.

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