VC Funding for Crypto to go above $18 Billion in 2025: Pitchbook

Crypto Venture Capital (VC) funding may go above $18 Billion in 2025, owing to return of “generalist investors” in crypto sector, post- Trump win and Bitcoin reaching all time high in Q4 of 2024, as per analysis shared by Robert Le of Pitchbook.

While speaking to CNBC in an interview on Saturday night, Le of Pitchbook, observed that multiple favourable conditions have been set for the return of investors in crypto in 2025 that will ultimately result in a hike of over 50% in VC funding compared to 2024 that saw $11-12 billion in funding. Pitchbook is a leading database organization of VC and private equity fundings.

“The setup looks great, there is expectation that regulatory environment is going to be more favorable, macroeconomic environment looks pretty decent, and a lot of the tokens, Solana, Bitcoin, they all hit their ATHs or surpassed it. Our prediction is we’re going to see $18 billion or more in venture capital in 2025 which will amount to 50% increase compared to last year but still less than $30 Billion that was invested in 2021 and 2022. ” said Le while speaking in the CNBC TV interview.

Le also observed that 2025 may see entry of traditional finance institutions into crypto VC funding that will further enhance the credibility and legitimacy of the sector.

We’re starting to see a return of generalist investors who are the big drivers of capital. That’s where most of the venture capital dollars are. We’re speaking to some of the large firms, and they’re all interested in crypto again. So we’re going to expect to see them start investing in crypto next year as well, and that’s going to be a big driver. More traditional financial institutions will enter into the space, and that’s going to add a lot more credibility and trust in crypto, and that’s going to drive more investment dollars as well,” added Le.

During the eight minutes long interview with CNBC TV, Le also analyzed that while crypto VC funding in last two years was majorly focused on building infrastructure, the year 2025 is gonna be about strengthening application layer and how even non-crypto customers could be offered use cases within the crypto-sphere.