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Oracles

‘Chainlink Killer’ API3 Closes $3M Funding Round With Placeholder and Pantera

Ian AllisonNov 12, 2020

API3, a firm aiming to provide an alternative to oracle service Chainlink, has raised $3 million in a private funding round led by Placeholder.

Carbon Credits

Climate Startup Nori Raises $4M to Solve Carbon Market Double-Spending

Ian AllisonSep 24, 2020

Nori has been funded to build a blockchain-based market for carbon credits that will start by paying farmers to remove CO2 from the atmosphere.

DeFi

Andreessen Horowitz Leads $4.4M Round in DeFi’s Element Finance

Danny NelsonMar 31, 2021

Element Finance, which is building a yield-maximizing marketplace for crypto interest rates, has landed some prominent backers.

Numerai

Numerai Raises $3M in Another NMR Token Sale With Union Square Ventures, Placeholder

Brady DaleJun 3, 2020

Numerai has sold an additional $3 million in NMR tokens to a slate of investors led by Union Square Ventures on the strength of its latest product, Erasure.

Decentralized Identity

‘Passwordless Login’ Startup Magic Raises $4M From Naval Ravikant, Placeholder

Leigh CuenMay 29, 2020

Ethereum startup Magic just raised $4 million from investors like Naval Ravikant, SV Angel, Placeholder and Volt Capital to make passwords less of a pain.

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Placeholder Leads $2 Million Seed Round for DeFi Services Provider Zerion

Nikhilesh De

DeFi services provider Zerion has raised $2 million from Placeholder, Blockchain and others to build out its team.

Startups

Startup Bringing Zero-Knowledge Proofs to Ethereum Raises $2 Million

Christine Kim

Matter Labs is using "mathematical magic" to speed up transactions on ethereum. Now Placeholder VC and others are investing $2 million in the project.