Venture Capital


Opinion

How to Get Funded in Crypto

Azeem Khan, founder of Ethereum layer-2 Morph, shares tips about dealing with venture capitalists.

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Finance

Bitcoin Layer 2 Mezo Emerges From Stealth With $21M Raise Led by Pantera

Mezo is a permissionless Bitcoin economic layer that uses a neutral smart contract infrastructure to offer a wide range of applications.

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Finance

Crypto Venture Capital Fundraising Jumped Over 50% in March Amid Rally

Most capital went into infrastructure and decentralized finance (DeFi) projects, data by RootData shows.

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Finance

Binance Spun Off Venture Capital Arm Earlier This Year

Binance Labs says it is "an independent venture and not part of the Binance Group."

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Policy

Japan Moves Closer to Allowing Venture Capital Firms to Hold Crypto Assets

If approved in parliament, the draft bill could see VCs fund Web3 startups in exchange for crypto assets.

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Finance

Crypto Startup Velar Plans Perpetual Swaps Exchange for Bitcoin DeFi After Raising $3.5M

"Bitcoin DeFi is just too nascent right now," CEO Mithil Thakore said. But that's beginning to change.

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Opinion

Chris Dixon Talks Techno-Optimism, Permissionless Innovation and the Need for Crypto

The renowned a16z VC talks to Daniel Kuhn about his new book, “Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet.”

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Finance

Crypto VC C1 With Coinbase Lineage Eyes Acquisition in Australia: Report

Australia has taken a cautious approach to the larger crypto industry ever since the collapse of FTX.

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Finance

Sora's First Summit Brought Sam Bankman-Fried to Hong Kong. Now, Its Eyes Are on Taipei

Jason Fang and Sora Ventures have opened up shop with a marquee office in Taipei 101, and want to revolutionize science with the bitcoin blockchain.

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Tech

Venture Capital Lightspeed Faction Starts $285M Fund for Blockchain Startups

The new fund will focus mainly on early-stage crypto projects, participating in seed-stage and Series A funding rounds.

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