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Crypto trading app Fomo raised a $75M Series B led by Index at a $550M valuation, taking its total funding to ~$94M, and claims to add 3,500 new users per day

Two established investors are feeling crypto FOMO.  Index and Union Square Ventures have backed the crypto startup Fomo …

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Context & Ripple Effects

Fomo’s Series B follows a $17M Series A led by Benchmark in late 2025, when the app reported $20M–$40M in daily trading volume. The new round sharply expands the capital available to a consumer crypto product that says it is still adding users rapidly.

The financing also arrives alongside continued institutional investment in crypto infrastructure, including Cryptio’s Series B, while crypto firms and investors have sought less burdensome SEC treatment. That makes Fomo’s raise part of a broader effort to scale crypto businesses amid an unsettled oversight environment.

First-order effects

  • Fomo gains $75M of new financing and a $550M valuation, giving it substantially more capacity to fund product development, operations, and user acquisition than after its Series A.
  • Index joins Fomo’s backing, while existing investor Union Square Ventures is associated with a company now reporting roughly 3,500 new users per day.

Second-order effects

  • The round raises the competitive bar for consumer crypto trading apps: Fomo can use its larger balance sheet to pursue growth while rivals may need to show comparable trading activity or fundraising traction.
  • More capital flowing to consumer trading complements investment in adjacent crypto business tooling, such as accounting, as companies serving the sector build out around a growing user base.

Third-order effects

  • If consumer crypto apps can convert reported user growth and trading activity into durable engagement, venture funding may continue shifting toward products with direct retail distribution rather than only back-end crypto infrastructure.
  • The durability of that shift remains tied to the regulatory environment: industry efforts to limit federal oversight suggest that compliance rules could materially shape which crypto platforms can scale.

The trend: Fomo’s financing is one data point in a renewed venture push to build scaled consumer crypto platforms, alongside the infrastructure and regulatory positioning needed to support them.

Discussion

  • Julia Andre Julia Andre on linkedin
    We needed fomo to start investing onchain 👀  —  Couldn't be more excited to partner with Paul Erlanger, Se Yong Park and the entire fomo team to bring on chain trading to the masses! …
  • @chetanp Chetan Puttagunta on x
    From our initial investment when we led the Series A to today, this incredible team continues to democratize access to financial instruments by abstracting away complexity that's existed for decades. Fomo's execution is simply remarkable.
  • @fomo @fomo on x
    We have raised a $75M Series B from @IndexVentures and @usv, with continued support from @benchmark! [image]