Crypto Fundraising Surges in August 2025 as Story Protocol Dominates

Crypto's cash grab hits new highs—August 2025 sees a tidal wave of funding, with Story Protocol leading the charge. Who said bear markets last forever?

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One thing’s clear: When crypto fundraising spikes, the smart money follows—or pretends they saw it coming all along.

The crypto market is going through significant increase in fundraising events in August 2025. As per the data from Phoenix Group, Story Protocol, 1Kosmos, and Sui are the top among the leading funding events that have taken place recently in August. In line with the crypto data and analytics platform’s latest X post, the respective investments highlight rising institutional interest in infrastructure, gaming, and decentralized identity protocols. The funding rounds raise the chances for the further growth of these projects amid the overall bullish momentum.

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Story Protocol Dominates August’s Top Crypto Fundraising Events

Particularly, Story Protocol is the leading among the major crypto fundraising events taking place in August. In this respect, the platform has effectively raised a staggering amount of $82M in its funding round. The funding came from Heritage Distilling Co. This denotes an exclusive crossover between conventional markets and blockchain industry.

Apart from that, 1Kosmos has secured the 2nd position among August 2025’s key fundraising events. Specifically, it has secured a notable $57M in its latest fund collection from Forgepoint, Oquirrh Ventures, Gulatech Adventures, and Nextera Energy. Subsequently, sui has raised up to $20M in its funding round. The platform responsible for this investment is Mill City Ventures III, Ltd.

The next player on the list is Shrapnel, securing 4th position. Hence, it has raised $19.5M in its recent fundraising event. The list of its investors takes into account Polychain Capital, Griffin Gaming Partners, and Gala. Following that, Transak accounts for $16M in terms of fundraising, occupying the 5th rank. IDG Capital, Tether, Proteincapital, Primal Capital, 1k(x), and Fuel are the companies that have invested the above-mentioned amount by taking part in the funding round.

Mecka Comes Last on List with $8M in Funding

The list moves on to include USD.AI in the 6th position among the prominent crypto funding rounds.  Thus, it has raised $13.4 million, with Frameworkk, Dragonfly, CMT Digital, Big Brain Holdings, Hermeneutic Investments, Bullish, and Flowdesk as the investors. Coming after that, Mesh’s fundraising accounted for $9.5M. The investors of this funding round included Paradigm, PayPal Ventures, C Ventures, SBI, Uphold, Overlook, Kingsway Capital, and Modern Ventures. 

After that, Phoenix Group’s top-8 list of August’s fundraising events adds Mecka in the end. The project has raised $8.0M, with Neo, O Tangent, and Framework standing among its key investors.