VC

Ritual co-founder Niraj Pant (Ritual)
Top Crypto VC Says Ex-General Partner Made Undisclosed Side Deal With Portfolio Company
Polychain says Niraj Pant broke the fund's policies by secretly accepting "adviser" tokens from Eclipse.
Ritual co-founder Niraj Pant (Ritual)

Julien Auchecorne, the newly appointed head of Auros Ventures (Auros)
Digital Asset Trader Auros to Invest Over $50M in Crypto Startups Through Its Newly Established VC Arm
Auros Ventures aims to make concentrated bets on crypto startups to help them scale with Auros being "power user," Auros co-founder and CIO Ben Roth said in an exclusive inter...
Julien Auchecorne, the newly appointed head of Auros Ventures (Auros)

Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino (Tether)
Tether Buys $200M Majority Stake in Brain-Computer Interface Company Blackrock Neurotech
The investment will fund the roll-out and commercialization of the company's medical devices.
Tether CEO Paolo Ardoino (Tether)

Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Galaxy Plans to Raise $100M for Crypto Venture Fund
Galaxy's prolific venture wing plans to start accepting – and investing – outside capital.
Galaxy Digital CEO Mike Novogratz (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Utila team (Utila)
Institutional Crypto Wallet Provider Utila Raises $11.5M, Aims to Facilitate Tokenization Boom
Utila's self-custodial wallet offers a simplified user interface, fast onboarding process and recently added enhanced tokenization capabilities to better serve token issuers,...
Utila team (Utila)

(Chris Dixon, modified by CoinDesk)
Chris Dixon Talks Techno-Optimism, Permissionless Innovation and the Need for Crypto
The renowned a16z VC talks to Daniel Kuhn about his new book, “Read Write Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet.”
(Chris Dixon, modified by CoinDesk)

Fernando Martinez, CEO of Nonco. (Nonco)
Digital Asset Brokerage Firm Nonco Raises $10M Seed Funding Led by Valor Capital, Hack VC
The firm says it has already seen $6 billion in volume in Americas since its debut in April.
Fernando Martinez, CEO of Nonco. (Nonco)

two fingers adding a coin to one pile of coins among many
Venture Capital Lightspeed Faction Starts $285M Fund for Blockchain Startups
The new fund will focus mainly on early-stage crypto projects, participating in seed-stage and Series A funding rounds.
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(Fileverse)
Web3-Powered File Management App Raises $1.5M to Offer Alternative to Google
Fileverse offers a decentralized file management and collaboration service, an alternative to centralized providers such as Google or Notion.
(Fileverse)

Singapore, view of Marina Bay with Gardens By The Bay manmade trees in the background (SoleneC1/Pixabay)
Sino Global, Coinbase and Libra Alums Start $60 Million Web3 Fund
Oak Grove Ventures will focus on early-stage investments in Web3, artificial intelligence and biotechnology.
Singapore, view of Marina Bay with Gardens By The Bay manmade trees in the background (SoleneC1/Pixabay)