Venture Capital

Crypto companies and DeFi projects just closed their worst quarter since 2020, with the sector securing just over $1 billion in venture capital as the chill of crypto winter drags on. DefiLlama data suggests the amount of venture funding dried up by 77% year-over-year from September 2022, when the industry bagged $1.5 billion. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie presents "The Chart of the Day."

Oct 4, 2023

Venture capital heavyweight Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is selling a part of its investment in crypto lender MakerDAO's MKR governance tokens as the price of coins soared to a near one-year high, blockchain data shows. "The Hash" panel discusses the implications for Maker’s ecosystem.

Jul 26, 2023

Tribe Capital Managing Partner Boris Revsin discusses the outlook for venture capital (VC) funding into centralized exchanges in the wake of the FTX collapse. "We're quite bullish that we're going to get over this hump," Revsin said. "But it's painful right now."

Feb 21, 2023

A CoinDesk analysis reveals venture capital and other investments into crypto companies has plunged 91% year-over-year in January. Tribe Capital Managing Partner Boris Revsin weighs in on how the prolonged crypto winter has impacted his investment outlook.

Feb 21, 2023

Venture capital and other investments into crypto companies plunged 91% year-over-year in January, according to a CoinDesk analysis. As part of CoinDesk's BUIDL Week, Tribe Capital Managing Partner Boris Revsin discusses the state of VC funding and investing in the aftermath of last year's crypto crash, the impact of looming crypto regulation, and what projects he's watching.

Feb 21, 2023

A recent PitchBook report on crypto investment trends reveals Web3, gaming infrastructure and the metaverse have received a lot more venture capital funding. Senior Emerging Technology Research Analyst Robert Le points out "there has been a shift away from centralized crypto services."

Dec 16, 2022

I.D.E.A.S. 2022 welcomed Apollo Global Management’s Partner and Head of Digital Assets, Christine Moy, Pantera Capital's Partner Lauren Stephanian, Two Sigma Ventures' Principal Andy Kangpan and moderator, Laura Shin, Author and Host of the "Unchained" podcast to discuss the current state of digital economy from a venture capital perspective and an outlook into the future of digital assets investing.

Dec 13, 2022

By Nathaniel WhittemoreNov 4, 2022

Venture capital (VC) funding for crypto startups sank 37% in Q3 to its lowest level in over a year. Pantera Capital Partner Lauren Stephanian discusses the state of VC crypto investing and institutional adoption. Plus, the impact and "pushback effect" of recent decentralized finance (DeFi) hacks on the industry.

Oct 19, 2022

Token management platform Magna closed a $15 million seed round at a $70 million valuation led by venture capital firms Tiger Global and Tusk Venture Partners. Magna co-founder Bruno Faviero joins “First Mover” to discuss how he plans to use the funding during a crypto winter.

Sep 22, 2022