Key Month-on-Month Metrics
Total funding rose to $3,886.2M in October from $3,246.4M in September, a $639.9M month-over-month increase, against $857.2M in October 2024. The number of rounds moved to 91 from 77, and median round size to $8.1M from $7.0M. Unique investors rose to 277 from 274.
One round accounts for 51% of the month's total. Polymarket raised $2,000.0M, so the headline figure describes that deal more than it describes the market. Excluding it, October raised $1,886.2M across the remaining 90 rounds.
By sector, DeFi led with 13 (-3.9 against its 12-month baseline), Payments 10 (+5.8), Infrastructure 10 (+2.0).
One round accounts for 51% of the month's total. Polymarket raised $2,000.0M, so the headline figure describes that deal more than it describes the market. Excluding it, October raised $1,886.2M across the remaining 90 rounds.
By sector, DeFi led with 13 (-3.9 against its 12-month baseline), Payments 10 (+5.8), Infrastructure 10 (+2.0).
| Sep 25 | Oct 25 | MoM | |
|---|---|---|---|
| # of rounds | 77 | 91 | ▲18.2% |
| Med. Round size (MM) | 7.0 | 8.1 | ▲15.0% |
| Unique investors | 274 | 277 | ▲1.1% |
| Round Med. # investors | 4.0 | 5.0 | ▲25.0% |
Largest investments
Polymarket announced a round of 2,000,000,000 on 07 Oct 2025. Investors: Intercontinental Exchange. Polymarket is an information markets platform that lets you trade on the world’s most highly-debated topics (e.g. coronavirus, politics, current events, etc). On Polymarket, you build a portfolio based on your forecasts and earn a return if you are right.
Tempo announced a round of 500,000,000 on 17 Oct 2025. Investors: THRIVE Ventures, Greenoaks Capital, Sequoia Capital, Ribbit Capital, SV Angel. Tempo is a payments-focused Layer 1 blockchain designed for stablecoin-based financial transactions. Incubated by Stripe and Paradigm, it supports using stablecoins like USDC and USDT as gas, and is optimized for high throughput, low latency, stable fees, and compliance. Tempo targets use cases like payroll, remittances, and embedded payments.
Kalshi announced a round of 300,000,000 on 10 Oct 2025. Investors: Sequoia Capital, a16z crypto, Paradigm, CapitalG, Coinbase Ventures. Kalshi is a CFTC‑regulated prediction market exchange
Polymarket announced a round of 150,000,000 on 07 Oct 2025. Investors: Founders Fund, Ribbit Capital, Valor Capital Group, Point72 Ventures, SV Angel, 1789, 1Confirmation, Blockchain Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Dragonfly Capital. Polymarket is an information markets platform that lets you trade on the world’s most highly-debated topics (e.g. coronavirus, politics, current events, etc). On Polymarket, you build a portfolio based on your forecasts and earn a return if you are right.
Meanwhile announced a round of 82,000,000 on 07 Oct 2025. Investors: Haun Ventures, Bain Capital, Pantera Capital, StillMark, Apollo Global Management, Framework Ventures, Fulgur Ventures. Meanwhile is a life insurance company offering policies in Bitcoin (BTC), letting holders grow and pass on their BTC tax-efficiently. It combines guaranteed growth, liquidity, and a focus on generational wealth using digital assets
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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