Venture Capital

Venture Capital

Finance

VC Firm FinTech Collective Raises $250M to Support New DeFi Strategy

The funding round brings the firm’s total assets under management to over $500 million.

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Finance

Crypto Exchange Bitpanda Raises $263M at $4.1B Valuation

Crowned Austria’s first tech unicorn in March, the firm is now worth even more.

Los cofundadores de Bitpanda, de izquierda a derecha: Christian Trummer, Paul Klanschek y Eric Demuth.

Markets

Tioga Capital Fund Approaches $50M Ahead of Final Close

The European fund has seen its AUM triple after an initial €14 million ($16 million) inflow.

Belgian sovereign-wealth funds invested in venture capitalist Tioga.

Markets

Blockchain, Crypto Investment in H1 Topped 2018-20 Full-Year Totals: KPMG

Investment activity in blockchain and crypto reached $8.7 billion as of June 30, more than each of the preceding three years.

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Finance

A16z Leads $111M Token Sale for Helium's HNT

The token-powered decentralized telecommunications project is bringing on fresh capital.

Helium team, left to right: Pierre Defebvre, Andrew Allen, Rahul Garg, Brian Bussiere.

Finance

Ex-Poker Pros Raise $130M Fund for DeFi Bets

Ascensive Assets’ investors are mainly high-net-worth individuals in Asia connected to the gambling industry.

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Finance

EU-Backed Investment Fund Puts $30M Into Crypto VC Firm's New $130M Vehicle

The backing of Fabric Ventures marks the first time a fund affiliated with the European Commission has invested in digital assets.

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Finance

BlockFi Is Pursuing Plans to Go Public – Even as Regulators Close In

The crypto lender is days away from closing a $500 million Series E, sources say. A timetable for a public listing is circulating among investors.

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Finance

VCs Pumped $4B Into Crypto Firms in Q2: CB Insights

It was a record sum for the sector, headlined by Circle, Ledger, Paxos and more.

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Finance

Crypto Venture Studio Thesis Raises $21M to Keep Building

ParaFi and Polychain are among the investors funding the firm behind the Fold app, the Keep protocol and an upcoming MetaMask competitor.

Members of the Fold team.