Venture Capital


Finance

Bain Capital Crypto Adds Redpoint Ventures Alum Lydia Hylton as Partner

Hylton will focus on “early-stage DeFi, Consumer, and DAO-focused applications and protocols” while at Bain.

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Finance

$450M Raise Values Ethereum Builder ConsenSys at $7B as MetaMask Tops 30M Users

The hefty Series D more than doubles the firm’s previous valuation from November 2021.

ConsenSys founder Joseph Lubin speaks at ETHDenver 2022 (Chet Strange/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

FinCEN Chief Digital Currency Adviser Korver Departs for A16z

Michele Korver, who spent less than nine months at FinCEN, will be head of regulatory at A16z.

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Finance

Coinbase Has ‘Hidden Value’ in Ventures Business, Oppenheimer Says

Crypto exchange Coinbase’s stock is undervalued, the investment bank said in a note to clients.

Coinbase Posts $1.9B in Q2 Transaction Revenue, Beating Estimates

Finance

Bessemer Commits $250M to Web 3, Launches DAO

The noted venture capital firm is interested in consumer DeFi, infrastructure and other enabling technologies.

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Finance

Fintech Platform Cake DeFi Creates $100M Venture Capital Arm

The Singapore-based company will invest in Web 3, NFTs and fintech projects.

Cake DeFi CEO Julian Hosp and CTO U-Zyn Chua (Cake DeFi)

Finance

NFT Platform Immutable Raises $200M at $2.5B Valuation

Singapore state investment giant Temasek led the round of funding, which will be used for global expansion.

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Finance

Griffin Gaming Partners Raises $750M Fund With Eye on Web 3

The gaming-focused venture capital firm now has more than $1 billion in assets under management.

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Markets

First Mover Asia: Singapore's Lightbulb Capital Balances the 3 Parts of ESG Investing. Will the DeFi World Care?; Bitcoin, Ether Fall

The crypto world has focused more heavily on environmental issues than the social and governance aspects of different projects; major cryptos were in the red on Sunday as the Russian invasion intensified.

Singapore (Lauryn Ishak/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

Praxis Raises $15M in Series A Funding Round

The startup is trying to build a city organized around remote work.

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