Key Month-on-Month Metrics
Total funding rose to $2,532.9M in May from $1,812.6M in April, a $720.3M month-over-month increase, against $628.7M in May 2025. The number of rounds moved to 74 from 60, and median round size to $8.0M from $5.0M. Unique investors rose to 209 from 200.
By sector, Infrastructure led with 10 (+4.2 against its 12-month baseline), DeFi 10 (-4.8), AI 7 (+1.6).
By sector, Infrastructure led with 10 (+4.2 against its 12-month baseline), DeFi 10 (-4.8), AI 7 (+1.6).
| Apr 26 | May 26 | MoM | |
|---|---|---|---|
| # of rounds | 60 | 74 | ▲23.3% |
| Med. Round size (MM) | 5.0 | 8.0 | ▲60.0% |
| Unique investors | 200 | 209 | ▲4.5% |
| Round Med. # investors | 3.5 | 3.0 | ▼-14.3% |
Largest investments
Dunamu announced a round of 670,000,000 on 15 May 2026. Investors: Hana Financial Group. Dunamu is a South Korea-based fintech and blockchain company best known for operating Upbit. Founded in 2012, it also develops digital asset infrastructure, NFT marketplace services, financial data platforms, and enterprise blockchain solutions such as Luniverse through Lambda256
Arc blockchain announced a round of 222,000,000 on 11 May 2026. Investors: a16z crypto, BlackRock, Intercontinental Exchange, Apollo Global Management, SBI Holdings, General Catalyst, SC Ventures, Marshall Wace, Ark Invest, IDG Capital, Haun Ventures, Bullish. Arc is a stablecoin-native Layer 1 blockchain developed by Circle for institutional financial applications. It uses USDC-denominated gas, sub-second finality, configurable privacy, and native stablecoin infrastructure to support payments, tokenized assets, capital markets, FX settlement, and autonomous value transfer
Dunamu announced a round of 204,000,000 on 28 May 2026. Investors: Samsung Securities. Dunamu provides a wide range of innovative services with a focus on fintech and blockchain.
Kalshi announced a round of 200,000,000 on 20 May 2026. Investors: Baillie Gifford, Layer Global. Kalshi is a CFTC-regulated event derivatives exchange where users trade binary contracts (yes/no) on real-world outcomes
Elliptic announced a round of 120,000,000 on 12 May 2026. Investors: One Peak, Nasdaq Ventures, Deutsche Bank, British Business Bank. Elliptic is a blockchain analytics and crypto compliance platform that helps institutions, exchanges, regulators, and Web3 companies detect illicit activity. It provides AML monitoring, wallet screening, transaction tracing, investigations, and risk intelligence across multiple blockchains
Arc blockchain announced a round of 222,000,000 on 11 May 2026. Investors: a16z crypto, BlackRock, Intercontinental Exchange, Apollo Global Management, SBI Holdings, General Catalyst, SC Ventures, Marshall Wace, Ark Invest, IDG Capital, Haun Ventures, Bullish. Arc is a stablecoin-native Layer 1 blockchain developed by Circle for institutional financial applications. It uses USDC-denominated gas, sub-second finality, configurable privacy, and native stablecoin infrastructure to support payments, tokenized assets, capital markets, FX settlement, and autonomous value transfer
Dunamu announced a round of 204,000,000 on 28 May 2026. Investors: Samsung Securities. Dunamu provides a wide range of innovative services with a focus on fintech and blockchain.
Kalshi announced a round of 200,000,000 on 20 May 2026. Investors: Baillie Gifford, Layer Global. Kalshi is a CFTC-regulated event derivatives exchange where users trade binary contracts (yes/no) on real-world outcomes
Elliptic announced a round of 120,000,000 on 12 May 2026. Investors: One Peak, Nasdaq Ventures, Deutsche Bank, British Business Bank. Elliptic is a blockchain analytics and crypto compliance platform that helps institutions, exchanges, regulators, and Web3 companies detect illicit activity. It provides AML monitoring, wallet screening, transaction tracing, investigations, and risk intelligence across multiple blockchains
Credits and Disclaimers
Data Source: The data presented in this report is sourced from DefiLlama's funding rounds database. We acknowledge and appreciate their work in providing valuable insights into the web3 funding landscape. Issues up to and including March 2026 were compiled from Token Terminal and Crunchbase; the whole series has since been restated on a single source so that figures are comparable across months.
Methodology: The rounds included are those DefiLlama records as web3 fundraising, categorised by its own sector taxonomy. Each round is counted once, in the month it was announced. Where a round names several investors, each is counted once per round for the purposes of the investor ranking, and a round may appear under only one sector.
A note on valuation: earlier issues reported a median round valuation. Fewer than one round in ten discloses a valuation, so that median rested on a handful of observations each month and moved on sampling noise rather than on the market. It has been withdrawn rather than reported with a precision the data cannot carry. Median round size, which is disclosed for almost every round, is reported in its place.
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