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Ninja Van Becomes Singapore’s Newest Unicorn After Raising $578 Million From Alibaba, B Capital

Lai Chang Wen started Ninja Van in 2014. SEAN LEE FOR FORBES ASIA Ninja Van raised $578 million from investors including Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, making the logistics startup Singapore’s newest unicorn. Besides Alibaba, existing investors B Capital Group—the venture capital firm set up by Facebook cofounder Eduardo Saverin and Raj Ganguly, a former… More

September 26, 2021, 9:55 pm
in AI, Asia, Billionaires, Business, Consumer Tech, Energy, Fintech, Innovation, Investing, Markets, Money, Science, Venture Capital

Blockchain’s Biggest Businesses: Forbes Blockchain 50 Call For 2022 Nominations

Over the first three years of the Forbes Blockchain 50, our list of billion-dollar companies making meaningful use of the technology popularized by bitcoin, has become a bellwether of institutional adoption. Our list shines light on how large corporations—often household names like Walmart and Novartis— are using blockchain tech to improve business processes and become… More

September 20, 2021, 3:01 am
in Cryptocurrency, DEFI, Venture Capital

DeFi Land raises $4.1M to launch decentralized finance game on Solana

Decentralized finance and gaming represent two of the biggest trends within the cryptocurrency and blockchain industries. Blockchain gamification platform DeFi Land has secured $4.1 million in investments to launch a new decentralized finance game on Solana, further highlighting the growing ecosystem surrounding SOL. The investment round had participation from over 40 investors, including some of the… More

September 9, 2021, 1:34 pm
in Cryptocurrency, DEFI, Venture Capital

Evrynet’s $7M raise highlights institutional appetite for DeFi

The market for decentralized finance continues to expand rapidly. With over $155 billion in total value locked, DeFi is becoming more attractive for institutional investors. Financial service platform Evrynet has concluded a $7 million fundraiser for its forthcoming decentralized finance app targeting institutional investors, offering further evidence that DeFi has an institutional-grade audience.The private investment… More

September 1, 2021, 11:40 am
in Cryptocurrency, Venture Capital

Mark Cuban-backed Alethea AI closes $16M private token sale

Venture funds and other strategic investors have recognized the value proposition of NFT marketplaces. Some of blockchain’s biggest investors are behind the Alethea AI token sale. Nonfungible token protocol Alethea AI has closed a $16 million private token sale to build scalable infrastructure for the NFT market, highlighting once again the growing demand for digital… More

August 24, 2021, 10:38 am
in Business, Innovation, Venture Capital

Manufacturing Software Company Tulip Raises $100 Million To Give Factory Workers Cloud-Based Tools

Tulip cofounder and CEO Natan Linder: “We are disrupting this very ancient category, and for me this is a very personal thing.” Courtesy of Tulip Natan Linder, cofounder and chairman of 3D printing unicorn Formlabs, founded Tulip seven years ago to give factory workers the same access to digital tools as office workers. In a… More

August 10, 2021, 4:30 am
in Cryptocurrency, Venture Capital

Pantera, Coinbase Ventures and Sony back NFT-focused MakersPlace in $30M Series A

“At MakersPlace, we view our work as an investment in the future of creativity,” said co-founder and CEO Dannie Chu. MakersPlace, a nonfungible token market dedicated to digital art, has secured $30 million in Series A financing, highlighting once again that venture funds are keen to back promising NFT plays.The funding round will be used… More

August 4, 2021, 9:36 am
in Business, Consumer Tech, Innovation, Money, Venture Capital

Former Sotheby’s CEO, Eminem Team Up With Bessemer For $30 Million MakersPlace Round

Dannie Chu hopes to create the world’s most trusted marketplace for premium digital art. MakersPlace In 2020, Ryoma Ito, the cofounder and CMO of MakersPlace, a startup that mints and sells non-fungible tokens (NFTs), approached Christie’s, the centuries’ old auction house, with an idea. MakersPlace would create an NFT of the digital artist Beeple’s collage-style… More

August 4, 2021, 4:50 am
in Cryptocurrency, Investments, Venture Capital

Coinbase Ventures backs Ethereum-based streaming network

Livepeer’s $20-million Series B funding round saw participation from large VCs, including Coinbase Ventures, CoinFund, Northzone, 6th Man Ventures and Animal Ventures. This year has been foundational for the success of projects running on the Ethereum blockchain. Sharing the limelight is Livepeer, an Ethereum-based video streaming network that announced it had raised $20 million in a… More

July 31, 2021, 9:36 am
in Cryptocurrency, Investments, Venture Capital

Blockchain unicorn Fireblocks raises $310M

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, Thailand’s oldest bank. Blockchain infrastructure provider and crypto custodian Fireblocks has secured another $310 million in strategic investments, bringing its total valuation to $2… More

July 27, 2021, 9:37 am
in Cryptocurrency, Venture Capital

Utility-focused NFTs: the future of blockchain art?

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

July 3, 2021, 7:39 am
in Cryptocurrency, Venture Capital

Blockchain analytics firm Nansen secures $12M in Andreessen Horowitz-led raise

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

June 29, 2021, 6:37 am
in Cryptocurrency, Investments, Venture Capital

Reports suggest BlockFi seeks to raise millions at a valuation of $5B

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

June 9, 2021, 4:36 am
in Innovation, Investing, Money, Technology, Venture Capital

Coupa Joins Corporate Venture Wave With $50 Million Startups Fund

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, there’s Okta, Zoom… More

June 3, 2021, 7:08 am
in Cryptocurrency, DEFI, Venture Capital

VCs back Balancer with $24.25M investment

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

May 28, 2021, 2:38 am

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