Funding Weekly Report | SBI keeps deploying capital, betting $125 million on Gauntlet; crypto capital continues to flow into trading and infrastructure
Summary
This article rounds up a week of financing activity across crypto, AI, and related infrastructure software companies. Gauntlet raised $125 million from SBI Holdings to expand its DeFi risk management and vault curation business. EDX Markets, Prime Intellect, Norm, and other software companies also secured large rounds to scale trading, AI infrastructure, legal services, and payment systems. The article also highlights acquisitions involving Nium and Korbit, showing continued consolidation in digital asset infrastructure. Overall, the piece shows capital flowing into compliance, trading, and infrastructure software for digital finance and AI.
Funding
Amount
-
Total raised
Date
July 1, 2026
Announcement date
Investors
Bessemer Venture Partners, iSeed, 7blockchain Venture Capital, Version One Ventures, United Overseas Bank, Marker, SBI Group, Bain Capital Ventures, Ledger Capital, Jump Capital, PayGo, Circle Internet Financial, Intel Capital, Signum Capital, Kholsa Ventures, UOB Venture Management, NVIDIA, Brevan Howard Asset Management
Lead investors
Company
https://www.paygo.ac/
Funded company
Classifications
industries
Fintech & Banking
applications
Data Mining
AskAI Classifications
Labels
Financial Technology
Blockchain
Digital Payments
Linked Companies
Circle
$1B+
MERCADO BITCOIN SERVIÇOS DIGITAIS LTDA.
$1M to $5M
EDX Markets
$1M to $5M
Prime Intellect
$1M to $5M
Mowito
$1M to $5M
Gradium
up to $1M
KOR Protocol
up to $1M
QIZ Security
$10M to $25M
Gauntlet
$25M to $50M