Venture Capital


Finance

Venture Capital Firm MetaWeb Raises $30M for Early Stage Crypto Startups

Having operated in stealth mode for several months, the fund has invested in more than 30 startups.

U.S. Dollars (Shutterstock)

Opinion

Why Traditional Investors May Not Love DAOs

A governance vote this summer canceling a SAFT investor agreement in a DAO sent shockwaves through investor ranks, says Tanvi Ratna.

(Ricardo Frantz/Unsplash)

Finance

Crypto Startup Slide Raises $12.3M to Connect New Users to Web3 Apps

Polychain Capital and Framework Ventures led the funding round.

Slide CEO Teymour Farman-Farmaian (right) and Chief Technology Officer Sam Hatem (Slide)

Finance

Pantera Capital’s Exodus Broader Than Previously Reported: Sources

Terence Schofield, the firm's chief technical officer, and John Jonson, head of the capital formation team, join the list of departing employees.

Pantera Capital CEO Dan Morehead (CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Investment Slowdown Will Continue Rest of 2022, KPMG Predicts

Investors will move away from NFTs and coins and toward blockchain infrastructure projects, the global audit and consulting firm said.

A new KPMG report predicts the crypto investment slowdown will continue through the rest of the year (Shutterstock)

Finance

Crypto Investment-Product Firm 21Shares' Parent Raises $25M, Pushing Valuation to $2B

The newly formed 21.co launched as the parent company of ETP issuer 21Shares and technology platform Onyx.

21.co co-founders Hany Rashwan and Ophelia Snyder (21.co)

Finance

DeFi Platform Credix Raises $11.25M to Connect Institutional Lenders With Emerging Market Fintechs

The decentralized credit marketplace will use the capital to expand beyond Brazil.

Photo of bundles of dollars

Finance

Crypto Developer Brothers Leave VC Firm After CoinDesk Exposé

Ian and Dylan Macalinao, who used a web of secret identities to juice the value of a Solana DeFi project, are “no longer affiliated with” Protagonist VC, said the firm they started.

Ian Macalinao, one of the Saber brothers (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Crypto Startup Salaries: Here’s How Much Devs and Others Get Paid

A new Framework Ventures compensation survey of 18 companies it backed sheds light on crypto salaries and token allocations.

Job hunters are lured into Web3 startups by the prospect of crypto riches. (Getty Images)

Finance

Stacked, the Web3 Version of Twitch, Raises $12.9M

Crypto-focused venture capital firm Pantera Capital led the fundraise.

Stacked founder and CEO Alex Lin (Flippy Finance)