{"id":285876,"date":"2023-01-03T23:15:37","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T23:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=285876"},"modified":"2023-01-03T22:11:46","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T22:11:46","slug":"crypto-vc-funding-down-by-82-5-yoy-lowest-in-2-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/crypto-vc-funding-down-by-82-5-yoy-lowest-in-2-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Crypto VC funding down by 82.5% YOY, lowest in 2 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crypto startups raised $660 million in VC funding in December 2022 &#8211; down 21.5% from November (2022) and 82.5% from December 2021 ($3.76 billion), according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/wublock.substack.com\/p\/vc-monthly-reportfinancing-amount-cef?sd=pf\">report<\/a> by Wu Blockchain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The number of crypto VC public investment projects in December 2022 was 50 &#8211; a 23% decline from November 2022 (65 projects) and a 68% decline from December 2021 (154 projects). In addition, December saw the lowest number and amount of financing in the last two years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Infrastructure crypto firms received the largest share of funding in December 2022, at about 22%. While CeFi, DeFi, and NFT\/GameFi sectors accounted for about 8%, 18%, and 16%.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With $100 million, Aztec Network became the most funded crypto firm, an L2 privacy solution using ZK Rollup. After Aztec, Fleek protocol generated $25 million in funding, and Web3 startup Nillion received $20 million.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, Haun Ventures secured the highest funding of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/katie_haun\/status\/1506351165755191296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1506351165755191296%7Ctwgr%5E629d810a705fa5808d9612ee32a82594c477917b%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fcointelegraph.com%2Fnews%2Ftop-crypto-funding-stories-of-2022\">$1.5 billion<\/a> in 2022.\u00a0 Huobi Global takes second place with $1 billion in funding, and Flow ecosystem comes in third with $750 million in funding.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a result of bullish optimism and funding surges for non-fungible tokens (NFT) and decentralized finance projects, venture capital investments in blockchain startups reached a record $25.2 billion in 2021. However, following a wave of collapsed firms like hedge fund Three Arrows Capital, lender Celsius Network, and exchange giant FTX, funding slowed in 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">VC funding diminished globally.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Global venture capital funding in November 2022 was <a href=\"https:\/\/news.crunchbase.com\/venture\/global-vc-funding-monthly-recap-november-2022\/\">$22 billion<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0 down 69% from $70 billion in November 2021 and down by 19% month-over-month.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While deal-making declined and crypto had a troubled year, Web3 and DeFi still attracted investment, surpassing fintech and biotech.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There has still been <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/crypto\/2022\/10\/05\/crypto-vc-funding-down-50-from-last-quarter\/\">$18.3 billion<\/a> poured into the space until Q3 2022, outpacing the second most backed space of fintech, which has raised <a href=\"https:\/\/dealroom.co\/blog\/fintech-q3-2022-report-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel\">$13.4 million<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crypto startups raised $660 million in VC funding in December 2022 &#8211; down 21.5% from November (2022) and 82.5% from December 2021 ($3.76 billion), according to a report by Wu Blockchain. 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