---
title: "Blockaid secures $50m, Cygnus raises $20m"
url: https://diffcoin.com/blockaid-secures-50m-cygnus-raises-20m/
description: "The third week of February 2025 saw major investments in security and infrastructure, with Blockaid leading the way with a $50 million Series B round."
published: 2025-02-22
updated: 2025-02-22
author: "Mila"
site: "Diffcoin"
---

# Blockaid secures $50m, Cygnus raises $20m

The third week of February saw major investments in security and infrastructure, with Blockaid leading the way with a $50 million Series B round.

The week’s funding totaled over $150 million, with security, DeFi, and infrastructure projects leading the funding as per Crypto Fundraising data.

### Blockaid, $50 million

- Raised $50 million in Series B funding
- The project is backed by Ribbit Capital, Google Ventures and Variant
- Blockaid has raised a total of $83 million so far

### Kinto, $20 million

- Kinto has secured $20 million in an unknown round
- Backed by Brevan Howard
- Kinto has raised a total of $25 million

### Cygnus, $20 million

- Raised $20 million in pre-seed funding
- Cygnus is backed by Manifold, OKX Ventures, and Mirana
- The project is creating DeFi and stablecoin solutions

> Introducing Cygnus – a modular real yield layer and the first Web3 Instagram App Layer – onboarding the next billion users.
> 
> Cygnus is thrilled to announce the successful completion of a $20 million pre-seed funding round, backed by industry pioneers such as [@ManifoldTrading](https://twitter.com/ManifoldTrading?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw),… [pic.twitter.com/RmyN8pISmo](https://t.co/RmyN8pISmo)
> 
> — Cygnus (@CygnusFi) [February 19, 2025](https://twitter.com/CygnusFi/status/1892103909185028208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

### Altius, $11 million

- Altius secured $11 million in pre-seed funding
- The project is backed by Founders Fund, Pantera, and Archetype

> Altius [@AltiusLabs](https://twitter.com/AltiusLabs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) has secured $11 million in a notable funding round led by Founders Fund and Pantera.
> 
> The company is developing a parallel VM-agnostic execution framework designed for modular blockchains. Currently,
> 
> You can join their Discord community… [pic.twitter.com/qdZ5AzdHw2](https://t.co/qdZ5AzdHw2)
> 
> — Halo🥷♣️ (@0xHalo_) [February 18, 2025](https://twitter.com/0xHalo_/status/1891907893974200741?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

### Universal Protocol, $9 million

- Universal Protocol raised $9 million in an unknown round
- Backed by a16z crypto, Coinbase Ventures, and Four Cities Capital

> Introducing Universal, uAssets, and our $9M round led by [@a16zcrypto](https://twitter.com/a16zcrypto?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw).
> 
> Universal brings the tokens you want to trade (think SUI, XRP, and DOGE) to the chains you already trade on (think Base and Solana) – and uAssets have already seen $850M+ in volume since going live.
> 
> If you do… [pic.twitter.com/3u58g0ivGn](https://t.co/3u58g0ivGn)
> 
> — Universal (@universaldotxyz) [February 19, 2025](https://twitter.com/universaldotxyz/status/1892220117578133517?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

### Fluent Labs, $8 million

- Fluent Labs secured $8 million in seed funding
- Backed by Polychain Capital, Primitive, and M41 Ventures
- The project is creating L2 infrastructure

### Mansa, $7 million

- Mansa raised $7 million in an unknown round
- The project is developing DeFi payment solutions
- Mansa has raised $10 million in February

### Primus Labs, $6.50 million

- Primus Labs raised $6.50 million in seed funding
- Backed by Dispersion Capital, Symbolic Capital, and VanEck

> 🎉 Primus has successfully raised $6.5M in our Pre-seed + Seed round! 
> This round was led by [@DispersionVC](https://twitter.com/DispersionVC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), [@symbolicvc](https://twitter.com/symbolicvc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) and [@vaneck_us](https://twitter.com/vaneck_us?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), and backed by [@SamsungNext](https://twitter.com/SamsungNext?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), [@Alchemy](https://twitter.com/Alchemy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), [@MaelstromFund](https://twitter.com/MaelstromFund?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), [@welaraworld](https://twitter.com/welaraworld?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), [@theBBFund](https://twitter.com/theBBFund?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), [@Modular_Capital](https://twitter.com/Modular_Capital?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), [@Karatage_](https://twitter.com/Karatage_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), [@InitialVentures](https://twitter.com/InitialVentures?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw),… [pic.twitter.com/Rw9AbNq3Xh](https://t.co/Rw9AbNq3Xh)
> 
> — Primus Labs (prev. PADO) (@primus_labs) [February 20, 2025](https://twitter.com/primus_labs/status/1892620246701457478?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

### Notable crypto VC funding rounds < $5 million

- Yield Basis raised $5 million with $50 million FDV for AMM and yield tools
- Acre secured $4 million with $90 million FDV for Bitcoin DeFi
- WalletConnect gathered $4 million through public sale with a $200 million FDV
- Mansa raised $3 million in pre-seed funding
- Maestro secured $3 million in seed funding
- AMMO raised $2.5 million for AI infrastructure
- Infinity Ground, Fomo, and ResearchHub each gathered $2 million
- Nil Foundation and Mu Digital each secured $600,000 through public sales
- Form Network raised $306,500 with $306.5 million FDV
- Forkast secured $100,000 with $0.04 FDV
- RICH raised $50,000 for data privacy solutions

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