Fundraising


Finance

Blockchain Interoperability Network Axelar Raises $35M at $1B Valuation

Polychain Capital and Dragonfly Capital were among the investors in the company building a network to connect users, assets and decentralized applications across multiple blockchains.

Polychain Capital founder and CEO Olaf Carlson-Wee. (Credit: CoinDesk archives)

Markets

Vietnam-Based Summoners Arena Raises $3M

The funding round for the video game developer was led by Pantera Capital.

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Finance

Apple Alum-Led Kyro Digital Raises $10M in Series A Funding

Decasonic, Drive Capital and Fenbushi Capital provided strategic investments, as did native crypto venture funds associated with the Avalanche, Polygon and Tezos chains.

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Finance

Twitter Joins $20M Funding Round for Bitcoin Payments Provider OpenNode

The round, which valued OpenNode at $220 million, also included well-known venture capitalist Tim Draper.

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Finance

Crypto Mining Data Center Provider Compute North Raises $385M

The company raised $85 million in an equity round and $300 million in debt financing.

Bitcoin miners are attractive partners to build AI data centers: Bernstein. (Shutterstock)

Finance

Infinity Ventures Crypto Closes $70M Fund

IVC wants to bridge the east and west in Web 3 without getting too big and bulky, says partner Brian Lu.

Brian Lu, partner at IVC (IVC)

Tech

AssangeDAO Raises $38M to Aid WikiLeaks Founder's Court Battle

The DAO, which is looking to help the whistleblower, has now raised more ether than ConstitutionDAO.

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Finance

SoftBank Leads $60M Funding Round for B2B Payments Platform Tribal

Tribal will use the money to continue building out its teams in Latin America, and also plans to release some crypto-related products later this year.

Signage in the window of a SoftBank Corp. store in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, Jan. 30, 2022.

Finance

Dune Analytics Raises Crypto’s Latest Meme Round: $69,420,000

One of Ethereum’s most popular analytics platforms is looking to expand cross-chain after nabbing a $1 billion valuation.

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Tech

Crypto Donations to Tor Surged 841% in 2021

Of the nearly $1 million raised by the non-profit, 58% of the donations were in cryptocurrencies.

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