Archetype Raise $100M Fund III to Back Early-Stage DeFi and Onchain Innovation

Crypto venture capital firm wey dem dey call Archetype don close over $100 million commitment for dia third flagship fund, Archetype Fund III. Dis fund attract different kain institutional investors like pensions, endowments, sovereign wealth funds plus family offices. Archetype Fund III go support early-stage projects for onchain infrastructure, DeFi, stablecoins, payment solutions, DePIN, social networks, mobile crypto apps plus AI-driven blockchain. Dis fundraise come as crypto venture space dey more selective, deal numbers fall but total investment jump reach $10.03 billion for Q2 2025—the highest since Q1 2022. Investors dey shift from pre-seed and meme tokens go mature business models wey get steady revenue. Bitcoin DeFi projects raise $175 million first half of 2025, while tokenized stablecoin infrastructure get big rounds like Stable’s $28 million USDt payment platform and Spiko’s $22 million tokenized money market fund. Archetype portfolio get Monad, Privy, Farcaster, Relay and Ritual. Archetype Fund III position the firm to support next wave of blockchain innovation and real-world asset models.