The investment round was co-led by Sequoia Capital, Stripes, Spark Capital, Coatue, DRW VC and SCB 10X. Launched in 2020, SCB 10X is the venture capital arm of Siam Commercial Bank, Thailandâs oldest bank. Blockchain infrastructure provider and crypto custodian Fireblocks has secured another $310 million in strategic investments, bringing its total valuation to $2… More
To stand out in a saturated market, NFT startups should focus on real use cases, according to COO at NFTY Labs, Titan Inc. Transitioning from static digital collectibles to tokens with real utility will lead to a new generation of NFTs according to Tytan Inc the COO of NFTY labs, a platform focused on building… More
The investment round will allow Nansen to continue building its analytics suite while also expanding its services to emerging networks like Polygon and Binance Smart Chain. Several venture capital firms including Andreessen Horowitz have thrown their weight behind Nansen, an up-and-coming blockchain analytics platform for the DeFi sector. The $12 million Series A funding round included… More
Financiers from New York and London are said to be leading the private investment round, according to reports. Cryptocurrency lending platform BlockFi is reportedly looking to raise hundreds of millions of dollars in new funding at a valuation of nearly $5 billion, offering further insights into the growth of crypto-focused companies.The company, which was founded… More
Coupa CEO Rob Bernshteyn sees a venture arm as an efficient way to expand his software’s platform. Coupa The newest rite of passage for cloud companies: start your own venture arm. Salesforce did it; so did Slack, the company it has yet to officially buy. Further back, Workday tried it. More recently, thereâs Okta, Zoom… More
Investors are backing the Balancer protocol with greater conviction. Could this be a sign that market hype surrounding DeFi is ramping up again? The capital raise was led by Blockchain Capital, Fintech Collective, LongHash Ventures, Fenbushi Capital, Continue Capital and Kain Warwick, the founder of DeFi protocol Synthetix. The funds will be used to strengthen… More
Ali Tamaseb’s research found that tinkerers of any age or background are most likely to start a … [+] “unicorn.” ©Ben Krantz Studio Venture capitalist Ali Tamaseb is working to do away with some classic tech founder tropes. The college dropout. The classic sales-minded and technical co-founder tandem. The visionary who creates a new market… More
The new investment wing will focus on NFTs and NFT infrastructure. Delphi Digital â a multiservice cryptocurrency investment, consulting and research firm â announced on Friday the launch of “Delphi InfinNFT,” a new investment wing focused on nonfungible tokens and the NFT ecosystem.Per a post on Twitter, the fund will invest upward of $5 million… More
Lili cofounders Lilac Bar David (right) and Liran Zelkha (left) are what Group 11 Founding Partner … [+] Dovi Frances calls “the OGs of the digital banking industry.â Lili In deciding whether or not to bet on the founders of Lili, a digital banking app that caters towards Americaâs freelancers, Group 11 founding partner Dovi… More
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