Cryptocurrency venture capital firm Archetype has announced that it has completed over $100 million in capital commitments for its third fund, Archetype III.
The company stated in a press release on Tuesday that the new fund has received support from institutional investors, including pension funds, academic endowments, fund-of-funds, sovereign wealth funds, and family offices.
Archetype's fund has invested in crypto companies such as Monad, Privy, Farcaster, Relay, and Ritual. The firm focuses on early-stage startups building on-chain infrastructure, decentralized finance (DeFi), and emerging blockchain applications.
The capital will be deployed in projects engaged in stablecoins, payment solutions, on-chain social networks, decentralized physical infrastructure networks (DePIN), mobile applications built on crypto rails, and crypto AI.
"Blockchain is becoming the commercial rails of the world, and the ChatGPT moment for cryptocurrency will emerge on uniquely high-performance on-chain infrastructure and powerful next-generation creator tools," said Archetype founder and general partner Ash Egan in the press release.
Venture capital's entry into the cryptocurrency space has produced mixed results. In May, crypto VC activity fell to the lowest number of deals in over four years, completing only 62 rounds of financing, although these financings totaled over $909 million.
This selectivity has extended to the broader market, with companies shifting from pre-seed bets and meme coin frenzy of the 2021 bull market to projects with mature business models and predictable revenue.
As Cointelegraph reported in July, interest in Bitcoin-related projects has increased, with the emerging Bitcoin DeFi space raising $175 million through 32 deals in the first half of 2025.
Meanwhile, venture funds are directing capital toward tokenization and stablecoin infrastructure. Deals include $28 million for Stable (a blockchain focused on Tether for scaling USDt payments) and $22 million for French fintech company Spiko (which offers tokenized money market funds).
Decentralized data infrastructure provider Inveniam Capital also invested $20 million in the Layer 1 blockchain Mantra to support the introduction of institutional real-world assets (RWA) to the network.
In the second quarter of 2025, the total amount of venture capital investment in the cryptocurrency space reached $10.03 billion, the highest level since $16.64 billion in the first quarter of 2022.
Related: BitMine announces $365 million in new funding, holding over 2% of Ethereum (ETH) supply
Original article: “Crypto VC firm Archetype raises over $100 million for its third fund”
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