Crypto VC Funding: Mesh secures $75 million, Talos bags $45 million

Crypto.News2026/01/31 15:45

By:Crypto.News

The week of January 25-31, 2026, recorded $243.9 million in crypto VC funding across 14 projects, with Mesh (ex Front Finance) leading the final week of January.

Summary

Crypto startups raised $243.9M across 14 deals in the final week of January.
Mesh led funding with a $75M Series C at a $1B valuation.
Payments, trading, cryptography, and RWA tokenization dominated deals.

Here’s a look into this week’s crypto funding activity as per data.

Mesh (ex Front Finance)

Mesh raised $75 million in a Series C round
Fully diluted valuation of $1 billion
Backed by Dragonfly, Paradigm, and Moderne Ventures
The global crypto payments network has raised a total of $205 million

🎉 Mesh has closed a $75M Series C at $1B valuation. 🦄

This is more than a funding round–it’s the beginning of the end for legacy payments.

For too long, global commerce has been stuck with systems that are slow, siloed, and expensive for both merchants and users. That era is…
— Mesh (@meshpay) January 27, 2026

Talos

Secured $45 million in a Series B round
Fully diluted valuation of $1.50 billion
Investors include Robinhood, Sony Innovation Fund, and IMC Trading
Talos has raised $190 million so far

Talos has closed a $45M Series B extension, bringing our total Series B funding to $150M.
➡️ Read more:

The extension brings strategic partners in closer alignment with Talos as we continue building the unified, front-to-back infrastructure institutions…
— Talos (@talostrading) January 29, 2026

Zama

Zama raised $44 million through public sale
Fully diluted valuation of $550 million
Zama is an open-source cryptography company and raised $174 million so far

StreamEx

Secured $35 million through IPO
Fully diluted valuation of $58 million
StreamEx is a real-world asset tokenization platform

Flying Tulip

Flying Tulip raised $25.50 million in a Series A round
Fully diluted valuation of $1 billion
Backed by Amber Group, Foresight Digital, and Paper Ventures

Startale Labs

Secured $13 million in a Series A round
Backed by Sony Innovation Fund
Startale Labs is a Web3 technology company

Funding under $10 million

Doppler (Whetstone Research), $9 million in a seed round
AetheriumX, $8 million in a strategic round
Tenbin Labs, $7.10 million in a seed round
Xangle, $6.90 million in an unknown round
Everything, $6.90 million in a seed round
Bleap, $6 million in a seed round
Euclid Protocol, $3.50 million in a seed round
Zona, $500,000 in a pre-seed round

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