Brandy Betz

Brandy Betz

Brandy covered crypto-related venture capital deals for CoinDesk. She previously served as the Technology News Editor at Seeking Alpha and covered healthcare stocks for The Motley Fool. She doesn't currently own any substantial amount of crypto.

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Canonical Crypto founder Anand Iyer (Canonical Crypto)
Canonical Crypto Launches $20M Inaugural Fund Backed by Marc Andreessen, Chris Dixon
The early-stage fund will invest in infrastructure projects for blockchain developers.
Canonical Crypto founder Anand Iyer (Canonical Crypto)
Dework raises a seed funding round. (sukanya sitthikongsak/Getty images)
Paradigm Backs $5M Round in DAO Management Platform Dework
Pace Capital co-led the seed funding for the startup, which combines Trello and LinkedIn-like features for Web 3.
Dework raises a seed funding round. (sukanya sitthikongsak/Getty images)
InfStones founder and CEO Zhenwu Shi (InfStones)
SoftBank, GGV Lead $66M Round for Web 3 Infrastructure Firm InfStones
The provider of an Amazon Web Services-like platform last raised $33 million in February.
InfStones founder and CEO Zhenwu Shi (InfStones)
The Pacific as seen from Aptos, Calif. (Cristina Glebova/Unsplash)
Aptos Revealed as PayPal Ventures’ First Layer 1 Investment
Aptos Labs announced a $200 million funding round in March and has now revealed that the venture arm of the payments giant was among the backers.
The Pacific as seen from Aptos, Calif. (Cristina Glebova/Unsplash)
The staff of StarkWare. (Natalie Schor)
StarkWare Reaches $8B Valuation Following Latest $100M Funding Round
The blockchain scaling solution last raised funds in November at a $2 billion valuation.
The staff of StarkWare. (Natalie Schor)
Soona Amhaz at Permissionless conference. (Mike Lawrence/Permissionless)
Soona Amhaz’s Volt Debuts $50M Crypto Fund Backed by Marc Andreessen, Chris Dixon
The VC firm will continue to focus on infrastructure, DeFi, NFTs and DAOs.
Soona Amhaz at Permissionless conference. (Mike Lawrence/Permissionless)
A scene from MetaKings' Blocklords (CoinDesk screenshot)
MetaKing Studios Raises $15M to Launch Web 3 Strategy Game Blocklords
The medieval strategy-based massively multiplayer online (MMO) game is expected to debut next year.
A scene from MetaKings' Blocklords (CoinDesk screenshot)
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DeFi Protocol iZUMi Finance Raises $30M, Launches Exchange
The funds were raised through the sale of bond vouchers and claims to back the new iZiSwap decentralized exchange.
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SingularityNET and SingularityDAO have received $25 million to drive AI adoption in DeFi. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
SingularityNET, SingularityDAO Receive $25M to Accelerate AI-Backed DeFi
Global investment group LDA Capital committed the funds and will provide strategic support.
SingularityNET and SingularityDAO have received $25 million to drive AI adoption in DeFi. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
Azra Games CEO and co-founder Mark Otero (Azra Games)
A16z Leads $15M Round for P2E Studio Azra Games
The blockchain gaming company is preparing to launch a fantasy collectibles and mass combat role-playing game.
Azra Games CEO and co-founder Mark Otero (Azra Games)