PlayIconNav
BTC
$67,752.03+1.84%
ETH
$3,247.91+1.49%
BNB
$579.12+1.04%
SOL
$181.69+4.34%
XRP
$0.59554940-1.00%
DOGE
$0.13368746+4.56%
CD20
$2,282.92+2.65%
TON
$6.67+0.19%
ADA
$0.41464485+3.30%
TRX
$0.13766506+0.86%
AVAX
$28.62+4.58%
WBTC
$67,865.78+2.02%
Ad

Funding Rounds

Jenny Johnson, Franklin Templeton president and CEO, speaks at Consensus 2024. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)
Finance
Bitcoin
Bitcoin Layer-2 Chain Bitlayer Raises $11M Led by ETF Issuer Franklin Templeton
Bitlayer's layer 2 is based on the BitVM paradigm, which was unveiled last October and laid out a path for Ethereum-style smart contracts on the original blockchain.
Jenny Johnson, Franklin Templeton president and CEO, speaks at Consensus 2024. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk)
By Jamie Crawley
Jul 23, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. UTC
Jul 23, 2024
BitcoinLayer 2sFunding RoundsFranklin TempletonSeries A
A JPMorgan building. (Shutterstock)
Finance
Jpmorgan
Partior, Blockchain Payment Network Backed by JPMorgan and DBS, Raises $60M Series B
The investment was led by Peak XV Partners with contributions from Valor Capital Group and Jump Trading Group.
A JPMorgan building. (Shutterstock)
By Jamie Crawley
Jul 12, 2024 at 9:30 a.m. UTC
Jul 12, 2024
JPMorganDBSStandard Chartered BankFunding RoundsPayments Network
Rachel Sun/CoinDesk
Finance
Peter thiel
Peter Thiel's Founders Fund Leads $85M Seed Investment Into Open-Source AI Platform Sentient
The project aims to address concerns about the proliferation of AI whereby the underlying code is concentrated in the hands of a few superpowers like Google or Meta.
Rachel Sun/CoinDesk
By Jamie Crawley
Jul 2, 2024 at 1:14 p.m. UTC
Jul 2, 2024
Peter ThielFounders FundAIFunding Rounds
16:9 Security (LEEROY Agency/Pixabay)
Finance
Web 3
Web3 Cybersecurity Company GoPlus Raises $10M to Build Permissionless Security Layer
The round counts OKX Ventures, HashKey Capital and Animoca Brands among its backers
16:9 Security (LEEROY Agency/Pixabay)
By Jamie Crawley
Jun 5, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. UTC
Jun 5, 2024
Web 3CybersecurityFunding RoundsExclusive
Funding (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)
Finance
Bitcoin
Bitcoin Staking Project Babylon Raises $70M Led by Paradigm
The funding round included contributions from Polychain Capital and the venture arm of crypto exchange and CoinDesk parent company Bullish
Funding (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)
By Jamie Crawley
May 30, 2024 at 1:54 p.m. UTC
May 30, 2024
BitcoinStakingFunding Rounds
Fantom Foundation CEO Michael Kong (Fantom)
Technology
Fantom
Fantom Foundation Creates Sonic Foundation, Labs for New Sonic Chain
Alongside the new entities, Fantom raised $10 million in a funding round that will go towards Sonic’s ecosystem development.
Fantom Foundation CEO Michael Kong (Fantom)
By Margaux Nijkerk
May 23, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. UTC
May 23, 2024
FantomSonicFunding Roundstokenlayer 1EVMBridgelayer 2
Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan (Polymarket)
Finance
Prediction markets
Peter Thiel's Founders Fund, Vitalik Buterin Back $45M Investment in Polymarket
The series B funding round comes during a breakout year for the crypto-based prediction market platform, and brings its total funding well over $70 million.
Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan (Polymarket)
By Marc Hochstein
May 14, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. UTC
May 14, 2024
Prediction MarketsFunding RoundsPolymarketPeter ThielVitalik Buterin
Funding (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)
Finance
Bitcoin
Bitcoin Layer-2 Builder Botanix Labs Raises $8.5M From Polychain Capital, Others
The New York-based firm built Spiderchain to be compatible with Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) layers.
Funding (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)
By Jamie Crawley
May 7, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. UTC
May 7, 2024
BitcoinLayer 2ssmart contractsEVMFunding RoundsPolychain Capital
Funding (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)
Finance
Ethereum
EigenLayer-Powered Aligned Layer Raises $20M to Make ZK Proofs Faster, Cheaper on Ethereum
The fundraise was led by Hack VC and included contributions from DAO5, L2Iterative, NomadCapital_io, FinalityCap, Symbolic VC and Theta Capital
Funding (Gerd Altmann/Pixabay)
By Jamie Crawley
Apr 25, 2024 at 10:49 a.m. UTC
Apr 25, 2024
EthereumZero-Knowledge ProofsEigenLayerFunding Rounds