Venture Capital


Mercados

Coinbase Ventures, Paradigm Invest $12M in Synthetix DeFi Platform

Three prominent venture capital firms bought tokens directly from the DAO's treasury.

Members of the Synthetix team

Finanças

Nic Carter's Castle Island Ventures Closes $50M Investment Fund

The early-stage VC will continue to invest around its primary thesis, that public blockchains are changing the world.

Castle Island Ventures' Nic Carter (CoinDesk archives)

Finanças

$72M Crypto Fund Backed by Paul Tudor Jones and LL Cool J Comes Out of Stealth

Led by Glenn Hutchins, the new fund has already invested in Dapper Labs and other crypto projects.

LL Cool J

Finanças

Bitcoin Startup Casa Raises $4M Led by Fidelity-Linked Avon Ventures

Coinbase Ventures also joined the round.

Casa CTO Jameson Lopp speaks at Consensus 2019.

Finanças

Lightspeed, Pantera Join $20M Raise for Crypto Market Maker Wintermute

The Series B will fund a push into Asia and the launch of a derivatives business.

The Wintermute team

Finanças

South Korea's Hashed Raises $120M Venture Fund for Crypto Deals

Hashed Ventures has raised $120 million for a fund that will be focused on a new era of distributed networks.

Simon Kim, founder and CEO of Hashed

Finanças

Paxos, Firm Powering PayPal's Crypto Service, Raises $142M

Paxos has raised $142 million to facilitate mainstream adoption. “We think that opportunity is now,” said CEO Charles Cascarilla.

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Finanças

How Israeli VCs Are Doubling Down on DeFi Startups

The three co-founders of Collider Ventures agree Israel’s vibrant crypto industry waned, yet didn’t fizzle, throughout 2020.

Collider Ventures co-founders Avishay Ovadia, Adam Benayoun and Ofer Rotem.

Finanças

Bloccelerate VC Raises $12M Fund to Bet on Enterprise Blockchain Adoption

The Seattle-based firm plans to invest in 10-15 ventures in the blockchain space over the next two to three years.

Seattle

Tecnologia

Ethereum Far Outpaces Bitcoin in Developer Activity in 2020: Electric Capital Report

The number of developers in crypto is ticking up again, and one network remains a clear winner in attracting coders.

Avichal Garg, co-founder of Electric Capital, speaking at Consensus 2019 in New York City.