FTX Ventures


Finance

Former FTX Ventures Head Amy Wu Joins Menlo Ventures

The 47-year-old firm has $5 billion in assets and has backed the likes of Uber and Roku.

Amy Wu, the head of of FTX Ventures (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Mysten Labs to Buy Back Equity, Token Warrants From FTX Bankruptcy Estate for $96M

FTX Ventures invested $101 million in Mysten Labs just months before Sam Bankman-Fried’s empire collapsed. Now, Mysten is buying back the stake (and sui token warrants) for $96 million through bankruptcy court.

FTX CEO John J. Ray III (Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

Finance

FTX Firms Had $6.8B Hole in Balance Sheet at Time of Bankruptcy

The group of companies had debts of about $11.6 billion against $4.8 billion in assets, according to a presentation filed by its advisers.

FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried in March of 2023. He could be returning to jail early if a court decides he has violated conditions of his bail. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Finance

FTX Ventures Was a Disorganized Mess With Missing Financials, Bankruptcy Documents Say

The latest documents claim that the venture capital arm’s funds were barely tracked.

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Finance

Scaramucci Says Investment Firm SkyBridge Is Exploring Buying Back Equity From FTX

FTX Ventures had a 30% stake in Anthony Scaramucci’s SkyBridge Capital.

Anthony Scaramucci at the SALT Conference (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

FTX-Backed Crypto Unicorn LayerZero Bought Out Stake

The interoperability protocol sent a memo to investors outlining its buyout strategy.

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried in the Bahamas (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Stablecoin Heavyweights Circle and Tether Distance Themselves From FTX, Alameda

FTX was one of the investors in Circle's financing round of $440 million last year.

Director de Estrategia de Circle, Dante Disparte (izquierda), y director ejecutivo, Jeremy Allaire. (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Finance

Yuga Labs, Circle, SkyBridge Among Investments FTX Ventures Made Prior to Liquidity Issues

FTX Ventures invested in some of the biggest names in crypto. Meanwhile, TradFi giants such as Tiger Global participated in FTX's funding rounds.

Former CEO of FTX Sam Bankman-Fried (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Finance

Celestia Labs Raises $55M to Build Modular Blockchain Network

The combined Series A and B round was led by Bain Capital Crypto and Polychain Capital.

Celestia Labs is betting on a modular blockchain future. (Shutterstock)

Videos

FTX Ventures, Jump Crypto Lead Funding Round in Executable NFT Wallet Startup

Solana-based developer Coral has raised $20 million in a strategic funding round co-led by the venture capital arm of FTX and Jump Crypto. The capital will go toward building out the first flagship product, Backpack, a wallet for executable non-fungible tokens or xNFTs. “The Hash” panel discusses what this means for NFT developments.

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