Funding


Finance

Web3 Infrastructure Startup Portal Raises $5.3M

The company emerges from stealth with a roster of backers, including Katie Haun’s investment firm.

Portal co-founders (left to right) David Scrobonia, Raj Parekh, Rami Shahatit and Parsa Attari (Portal)

Consensus Magazine

Bitcoin’s Future Hinges on Donations, and That’s Got People Worried

It costs up to $200 million a year to keep Bitcoin’s code maintained and functioning. Can developers find the resources they need in a plunging market? Frederick Munawa checks in.

(Rachel Sun/ CoinDesk)

Finance

DWF Labs Invests $25M in Privacy Tech Startup Beldex

The funds will help promote the ecosystem of decentralized applications that protect user data.

Beldex raises $25 million with a new DWF Labs partnership (Unsplash)

Finance

Superchain Network Raises $4M to Build Decentralized Data Indexing Protocol

The $4 million combined seed and pre-seed round included participation from Blockchain Capital, Maven 11 and other investors.

(Getty Images)

Opinion

Web3 Builders Need Better Funding Programs, Not Just Funds

Many funding models follow a “just throw money at it” logic. What Web3 developers need is funding models that offer proper coaching and support.

Web3 developers need to be nurtured, not just funded, in order to succeed. (Yagi Studio/Getty Images)

Finance

Abu Dhabi Starts $2B Initiative to Back Web3 Startups

The Hub71 + Digital Assets ecosystem will also back companies focusing on blockchain technologies.

The Abu Dhabi skyline (Nick Fewings/Unsplash)

Finance

Blockchain Security Firm Ironblocks Raises $7M From Collider Ventures, Disruptive AI and Others

The fundraise follows a record year of crypto losses to hackers.

Ironblocks co-founders CEO Or Dadosh (left) and CTO Assaf Eli (Ironblocks)

Finance

Crypto Winter Led to 91% Plunge in VC and Other Investments for January

A CoinDesk analysis shows crypto startups only raised $548 million last month. The FTX failure’s full impact on industry fundraising likely remains to be seen.

Las inversiones CeFi cayeron en enero. (CoinDesk)

Tech

Decentralized Social Media Project Nostr's Damus Gets Listed on Apple App Store

Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has donated to Nostr and promoted the open protocol that aspires to create a censorship-resistant global social network.

Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Finance

DeFi Liquidity Protocol Squid Raises $3.5M Round Led by North Island Ventures

The Axelar-based protocol connects users with cross-chain assets for borrowing and lending.

Game7 presenta un programa de ayuda de US$100 millones para juegos basados en blockchain. (Pixabay)