Funding Rounds


Finance

Ashton Kutcher and Michelle Phan Invest in Lolli’s $3M Seed Round

Lolli, the bitcoin rewards shopping app, attracted celebrity investors in a $3 million round led by the early-stage arm of Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund.

Michelle Phan

Markets

Digital Asset Firm Taurus Group Raises €10M From Investors Including Banks, Tezos

Taurus Group is looking to expand its operations after securing Series A funding led by Arab Bank (Switzerland).

Geneva, Switzerland

Finance

Crypto Data Provider Skew Raises $5M, Launches Trade Execution Platform

The $5 million round, led by Octopus Ventures, adds to a $2 million seed round raised in September of last year.

Skew's founding team, Emmanuel Goh and Tim Noat. (Credit: Skew)

Finance

Morgan Creek Invests in Startup Bringing Bitcoin to DeFi

Anthony Pompliano's investment firm has joined a seed round for Atomic Loans, a startup looking to create bitcoin-backed lending instruments.

Anthony Pompliano. (CoinDesk)

Finance

Coinbase, Fidelity and More Back Coin Metrics in $6M Series A Funding Round

The cryptocurrency data provider will use the new funding to expand its team and improve product offerings.

Castle Island Ventures' Nic Carter (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

Polychain, Bain Capital Join $3M Series A Round for Indian Exchange CoinDCX

The funding round comes just weeks after the Supreme Court overturned the country's banking ban.

Mumbai, India.

Markets

Bakkt Raises $300M Series B From Microsoft, Pantera

Bakkt raised $300 million from its parent firm ICE, as well as Microsoft's M12, Pantera and a number of other funds.

Bakkt President Adam White

Finance

Exchange Technology Developer AlphaPoint Raises $5.6M in Latest Funding Round

A member of FINRA's board of governors has also joined AlphaPoint's board.

Trading screen

Finance

Bitmain Spin-Off Matrixport Seeks $300M Valuation in Latest Funding Round

Matrixport began pitching investors a few weeks ago with the aim of raising $40 million.

Jihan Wu

Finance

London-Based Crypto Custodian Copper Raises $8M for Expansion Overseas

Copper uses its "Walled Garden" infrastructure to allow clients to trade crypto assets more securely from custody.

City of London image via Shutterstock