{"id":78991,"date":"2024-05-18T13:23:38","date_gmt":"2024-05-18T17:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/?p=78991"},"modified":"2024-05-18T13:24:23","modified_gmt":"2024-05-18T17:24:23","slug":"report-q1-2024-crypto-funding-peaks-to-2-4b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/report-q1-2024-crypto-funding-peaks-to-2-4b\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Q1 2024 Crypto Funding Peaks to $2.4B"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In Q1 2024, the crypto market <\/a>saw a funding increase of over 40% compared to the previous quarter, with a $2.4 billion investment from 518 deals over the past three months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Q1 2024 saw a surge in cryptocurrency market fundraising to $2.4 billion, as a change in market sentiment accompanied by fresh inflows. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new PitchBook report\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/g>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/clipPath>\r\n <\/defs><\/svg><\/span><\/a> reveals a significant quarterly increase in cryptocurrency market investments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the first quarter of the year, the sector received an inflow of $2.3 billion from 518 transactions, according to the report. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This number indicates that investments increased by 40.3% compared to the prior quarter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The observed surge in on-chain activity during the fourth quarter of 2023 signifies the magnitude of this advancement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The number of transactions or deal volume increased by 44.7% in the previous quarter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year, market valuations increased due to the upward trend in asset prices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Analysts at PitchBook anticipate a consistent increase in investment volume over the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“for the pre-seed\/seed stage was $21.8 million; the early stage, $72.0 million; and the late stage, $51.1 million, representing YoY increases of 85.5%, 148.3%, and 7.6%, respectively.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

EigenLayer Leads The Pack<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

According to the report, EigenLayer, an infrastructure startup, received the largest Series B funding of $100 million. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zama, a cryptocurrency company specializing in the development of fully homomorphic encryption (FHE), received $73 million in funding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the quarter's largest transaction was a $106 million investment in Together AI, which increased its valuation to $1.1 billion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deals entailed increased valuations for several firms due to institutional investment in cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“with median figures registering at $2.7 million for the pre-seed\/seed stage, $5.0 million for the early stage, and $5.8 million for the late stage, representing an increase of 24.9%, an increase of 25.0%, and a decrease of 9.7%, respectively, from full-year 2023,” the report added. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Crypto Markets Sees Upticks on Institutional Flows <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The primary driver of the increase in investment was the bull market in the first quarter, which caused cryptocurrency prices to reach all-time highs after months. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The United States Securities<\/a> and Exchange Commission's (SEC) approval of spot Bitcoin ETFs sparked a fresh surge in capital inflows from institutional investors participating in the cryptocurrency market.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A surge in Bitcoin's value beyond $72,000 enticed investors to enter the market via the authorized window. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additionally, VC fund activity increased during this bull run.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In Q1 2024, the crypto market saw a funding increase of over 40% compared to the previous quarter, with a $2.4 billion investment from 518 deals over the past three months. Q1 2024 saw a surge in cryptocurrency market fundraising to $2.4 billion, as a change in market sentiment accompanied by fresh inflows.  A new […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":78993,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[132,8802,19614,18341],"class_list":["post-78991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-crypto-funding","tag-crypto-vc-fund","tag-eigenlayer"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Q1-2024-Crypto-Funding-Peaks-to-2.4B-Report.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}