Venture Capital


Finance

Crypto Funding Plunged in 2022, but VC Head Sees Areas of Opportunity for 2023

CoinFund’s David Pakman talks FTX, DeFi and the way forward.

CoinFund Managing Partner David Pakman (CoinDesk TV screenshot)

Finance

FTX’s Bankman-Fried Gave Ex-Jane Street Traders Who Formed Modulo Capital $400M

Founded in early 2022, Modulo operated out of the same luxury Bahamian condominium community where Sam Bankman-Fried and other FTX employees lived.

Sam Bankman-Fried speaks at Consensus C22 (CoinDesk)

Finance

Polychain Leads $7M Funding for Hardware Wallet Developer Foundation Devices

The Bitcoin-focused startup offers the Passport hardware wallet and Envoy mobile app.

Game7 presenta un programa de ayuda de US$100 millones para juegos basados en blockchain. (Pixabay)

Videos

Investments in Centralized Crypto Services Fell 85% in Q3: PitchBook

A recent PitchBook report on crypto investment trends reveals Web3, gaming infrastructure and the metaverse have received a lot more venture capital funding. Senior Emerging Technology Research Analyst Robert Le points out "there has been a shift away from centralized crypto services."

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Finance

Gaming Platform Forte Partners With Venture Studio SuperLayer to Expand Beyond Web3 Gaming

The blockchain platform also invested $5 million in the venture studio, which will go towards backing incubated companies.

The SuperLayer team (SuperLayer)

Videos

The Venture Capital Perspective on the Digital Economy

I.D.E.A.S. 2022 welcomed Apollo Global Management’s Partner and Head of Digital Assets, Christine Moy, Pantera Capital's Partner Lauren Stephanian, Two Sigma Ventures' Principal Andy Kangpan and moderator, Laura Shin, Author and Host of the "Unchained" podcast to discuss the current state of digital economy from a venture capital perspective and an outlook into the future of digital assets investing.

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Finance

Crypto Insurance Firm Evertas Bucks Bear Market With $14M Raise

The Series A round was led by Polychain Capital and also included SinoGlobal Capital, Morgan Creek and Balaji Srinivasan.

Inside the Lloyd's of London insurance market. (Lloyd's of London)

Finance

DeFi Protocol Perennial Launches, Announces $12M in Funding

Polychain Capital and Variant co-led a seed round for the decentralized derivatives protocol.

DeFi protocol Perennial makes public a $12 million fundraise. (Unsplash)

Consensus Magazine

Keeping the Crypto Industry Bankrolled

A16z partner Chris Dixon spent the first half of the year boldly amassing a $4.5 billion fund. But when the crypto industry went upside down, he pivoted to quietly support promising ventures. That’s why he is one of CoinDesk’s Most Influential 2022.

Chris Dixon (Will Ess for Pixelmind.ai/CoinDesk)

Finance

Former FTX US President Is Seeking Funds for Crypto Startup: Report

Brett Harrison is trying to raise $6 million at a $60 million company valuation, The Information reported.

Brett Harrison, exdirector de FTX.US. (Danny Nelson)