Venture Capital

Governance

Boardroom Raises $2.2M for Blockchain Governance Toolset

Brady DaleOct 13, 2020

Blockchain governance suite Boardroom has announced a $2.2 million funding round led by Standard Crypto, with additional participation from Variant, CoinFund, Framework and Slow Ventures.

Venture Capital

Indian Trade Finance Startup Raises $3.7M in Token Sale Led by Arrington XRP

Brady DaleOct 13, 2020

Persistence has closed a $3.7 million token round led by Arrington XRP Capital and including Alameda Research, Terra and others.

Venture Capital

Collider Labs Raises $1M to Invest in Blockchain Startups

Sebastian SinclairOct 22, 2020

The venture builder is seeking to invest in early-stage startups with a focus on transparency, privacy and "fairness."

DeFi

Compound, Gauntlet Founders Raise $4M for New DeFi Scout Fund

Brady DaleSep 30, 2020

Robert Leshner's Robot Ventures has secured $4 million in funding from Galaxy Digital and Paradigm to find early opportunities in DeFi.

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.

Venture Capital

Crypto Funds

Ex-Pantera Partner’s New Crypto Fund Is ‘Not for the Faint of Heart’

Danny Nelson

Paul Brodsky is helming a new crypto investment firm called PostModern Partners that bets on volatile digital assets, not bitcoin.

Libra

Facebook’s Libra Co-Founder Morgan Beller Departs to Return to VC

Danny Nelson

Beller, 27, will become a general partner at NFX. She'd worked at a16z before joining Facebook.

Venture Capital

Chamath Palihapitiya’s Social Capital Holds Bitcoin From 2013, Mulls Public Listing

Ada Hui

Social Capital, the Silicon Valley venture capital and private equity investment firm started by an early Facebook vice president, has held bitcoin since 2013.

DeFi

DeFi Studio Framework Labs Leaves Stealth Mode With $8M in Seed Funding

Sebastian Sinclair

Framework Labs says it's already playing a key role in projects including Uniswap and Chainlink.

DeFi

Polkadot-Based Acala Raises $7M as DeFi Grabs Land on Another Blockchain

Brady Dale

Acala, a DeFi startup building on the Polkadot blockchain, has closed a $7 million simple agreement for future tokens (SAFT) led by Pantera Capital.

Venture Capital

VC-Backed Crypto Exchange Mexo Launches in Latin America

Sandali Handagama

Mexo, a cryptocurrency exchange designed for the Latin American user, launched on Thursday.

Crypto Lending

BlockFi Raises $50M From Universities, NBA Star, Others as Crypto Lending Soars

Nathan DiCamillo

BlockFi, a major player in the crypto-lending sector, has now raised nearly $100 million in the past 12 months.

Venture Capital

Electric Capital’s New $110M VC Fund Is 90% Institutions

Zack Seward

Crypto VC firm Electric Capital has closed its second fund at $110 million. Of the money raised, 90% of it is institutional capital.

DeFi

Three Arrows, Framework Invest in DeFi Site Aave With $3M LEND Token Sale

Brady Dale

Framework Ventures and Three Arrows Capital announced a $3 million investment in Aave, the firm behind the third-largest lending platform in DeFi.

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