Venture Capital
Crypto Trading App Atani Raises $6.25M
The funding round was led by JME Ventures, an early investor in unicorn payments provider Flywire.

Zora Gets In on NFT Funding Craze With $8M Raise, SEC Documents Show
It’s the latest NFT marketplace investors are betting on as the mainstream gateway to crypto.

Ember Fund Raises $5.3M to Build Out Trading App
Ember’s AI and machine-learning algos look to protect retail investors from getting rekt.

Michael Jordan Joins $305M Investment in Firm Behind NBA Top Shot
Dapper Labs' buzzy NFT platform has generated over $500 million in sales since launch.

Cuban, Palihapitiya Back NFT Marketplace SuperRare's $9M Series A
The NFT marketplace plans to build out its social features and experiment with presenting works in virtual reality.

PureStake Raises $6M From Binance Labs, Coinbase Ventures
PureStake's Moonbeam parachain launched its testnet in September as part of the Polkadot ecosystem.

Chainalysis Raises $100M, Underscoring Surging Demand for Blockchain Surveillance
The compliance-minded crypto data firm, is now valued at $2 billion after a Series D raise from Paradigm, Ribbit and others.

Caitlin Long’s Avanti Raises $37M Ahead of Crypto Bank Launch
The digital bank will put the extra cash toward meeting Wyoming regulators’ pre-launch capital requirements.

Serena Williams Backs $5M Round in Bitcoin Rewards Startup Lolli
Williams leads a pack of notable investors in the e-commerce firm, including her husband, Alexis Ohanian, and a handful of prominent YouTubers.

Blockchain.com Raises $300M at $5.2B Valuation: Report
The news comes a month after the raising of $120 million in a round led by Google Ventures. In that round the company was valued at $3 billion.

