This year's Web3 project financing remains hot, but the financing structure has undergone significant changes. According to the latest data, the Web3 sector has completed 1,179 funding rounds, with strategic rounds and undisclosed financing transactions accounting for nearly 50%. In contrast, early-stage rounds such as angel and pre-seed funding have noticeably shrunk. This trend reflects investors' strategic adjustments—more funds are flowing into targeted strategic investments, private placements, and ecosystem transactions. In other words, the appeal of traditional early-stage venture capital is declining, and institutional and strategic investors prefer to enter at certain development stages of projects, participating through customized collaborations and ecosystem partnerships. This shift indicates a more rational and pragmatic market, as well as potentially fiercer competition for startup funding.
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MemeTokenGenius
· 4h ago
Early-stage funding is becoming more competitive, small teams without a background are really having a hard time.
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BridgeNomad
· 16h ago
tbh the shift from seed rounds to strategic deals kinda tracks with what we saw post-2022 collapse... nobody wants to touch unproven teams anymore, they're all chasing projects with existing TVL and established partnerships. it's that liquidity fragmentation problem all over again—capital following the path of least resistance instead of actual innovation
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WenMoon42
· 16h ago
Early entrepreneurs are crying. Now, without funds or fame, there's really no way out.
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SingleForYears
· 16h ago
Is it so hard to get the angel round? It seems like smaller projects have even less of a chance.
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just_another_fish
· 16h ago
Angel round funding share shrinking? Indicates that early-stage projects are becoming more difficult, and major institutions are all picking the ripe fruits.
This year's Web3 project financing remains hot, but the financing structure has undergone significant changes. According to the latest data, the Web3 sector has completed 1,179 funding rounds, with strategic rounds and undisclosed financing transactions accounting for nearly 50%. In contrast, early-stage rounds such as angel and pre-seed funding have noticeably shrunk. This trend reflects investors' strategic adjustments—more funds are flowing into targeted strategic investments, private placements, and ecosystem transactions. In other words, the appeal of traditional early-stage venture capital is declining, and institutional and strategic investors prefer to enter at certain development stages of projects, participating through customized collaborations and ecosystem partnerships. This shift indicates a more rational and pragmatic market, as well as potentially fiercer competition for startup funding.