VC Yearly Report: Cryptocurrency funding totaled $37.7 billion with 1,769 projects
Author: WuBlockchain According to Messari, there were 1,769 public crypto VC projects in 2022, up 30% from 2021 (1,364 projects in 2021). The industry-level classification is as follows: In 2022, the number of funds raised in various areas of the crypto market is relatively balanced, with CeFi accounting for 14%, DeFi accounting for 18%, NFT/GameFi accounting for 16%, infrastructure accounting for 17%, and the remaining Web3 projects accounting for 36%. Total financing in 2022 was $37.7 billion , up 19% from 2021 ($31.6 billion in 2021). Changes in financing amount during each month are as follows: Of all VCs investing in 2022, Coinbase made the most investments with 119; Animoca with 118; followed by SHIMA (88) Spartan (64) Dragonfly (61) Alameda (59) A16z (57). Among them, the top 20 rounds of financing amount (excluding CeFi) are as follows: Yuga Labs, the startup behind well-known NFT project Bored Ape Yacht Clubs, was founded in 2021. In early 2022, the company also announced the...