Venture Capital

Venture Capital

Markets

Angermayer Firm Eyeing $100M Investment in Crypto Funds

Cryptology Asset Group will look globally for promising blockchain and crypto-related businesses.

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Finance

AU21 Capital Opens $21M Polygon Ecosystem Fund

Fund manager Alexi Nedeltchev said he expects at least a 10-fold return.

The Polygon team

Markets

Master Ventures Launches $30M Polkadot Fund

This first-of-its-kind fund will invest in projects bidding for parachain slots on Polkadot and canary network Kusama.

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Finance

A16z to Boost Size of Its Third Crypto Fund: Report

The fund could lead to $50 million in annual fees, sources told blogger Eric Newcomer.

Arianna Simpson, now a partner on the a16z crypto investment team, speaks a CoinDesk's Consensus: Invest 2017.

Finance

USDC Builder Circle Raises $440M

Announced Friday, Circle has raised $440 million from a roster of major backers.

Circle founder and CEO Jeremy Allaire

Finance

Crypto VC 1confirmation Raises $125M for Third Fund

The $800 million asset manager intends to keep investing in early-stage crypto projects with disruptive potential.

1confirmation founder Nick Tomaino

Markets

Blockchain Platform Chia Raises $61M From a16z, Others at $500M Valuation: Report

Founder Bram Cohen intends to take his payments company public.

Chia founder Bram Cohen

Finance

Solidus Labs Raises $20M From VCs, Ex-Regulators to Fight Crypto Market Manipulation

Solidus won angel support from former U.S. regulators Chris Giancarlo, Troy Paredes and Daniel Gorfine.

Solidus Labs CTO Praveen Kumar (left), COO Chen Arad (top) and CEO Asaf Meir (right).

Finance

Flux Protocol Raises $10.3M Seed Round to Build DeFi Infrastructure on NEAR

Distributed Global, Coinbase Ventures and others are betting the data protocol can help lending applications attract users to NEAR.

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Finance

Diddy, Haddish, Durant Revealed as Investors in Crypto-Powered Banking App Eco

The finance app’s $26 million March round scored investments from athletes, A-listers and entertainers.

Sean "Diddy" Combs attends the Million Dollar Bowl at The Dome Miami, Feb. 3, 2020.