Fundraising


Finance

A16z, Paradigm Lead $150M Round for Ethereum Scaling Solution Optimism at $1.65B Valuation

A16z previously led Optimism’s $25 million Series A round.

Andreessen Horowitz co-founder and General Partner Marc Andreessen (Fortune Live Media via Flickr)

Finance

TravelX Raises $10M to Launch Multichain Distribution Protocol

The protocol for the travel industry tokenizes inventory for airlines and suppliers.

TravelX team (TravelX)

Finance

Pantera, Animoca Brands Co-Lead $10M Investment in Metaverse Game Studios

Solana Ventures and Everyrealm were also leaders of the financing round for the creator of blockchain game Angelic.

Angelic (Metaverse Game Studios)

Finance

DAO Creation Platform Upstream Raises $12.5M and Launches Publicly

The funding round was led by existing investor Boldstart Ventures with participation from Ibex Investors, among many others.

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Finance

WalletConnect Raises $11M to Let Crypto Wallets Talk to Each Other

Union Square Ventures and 1kx co-led the round at an undisclosed valuation.

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Finance

Espresso Systems Raises $32M to Bring Scaling and Privacy to Web 3

The funding was led by Greylock Partners and Electric Capital, with participation from Sequoia Capital.

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Opinion

Ukraine Fundraisers Bring Out the Best, and Worst, in Crypto

If you tried to make money off Ukraine’s fundraising efforts, your soul is just as broken as your brain.

"A Saint Triumphant Over the Devil," by an unknown 18th century German artist. (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Finance

Pantera Capital Leads $10M Investment in NFT Infrastructure Startup Rarify

Rarify helps companies natively integrate non-fungible tokens into their platforms.

Pantera Capital CEO Dan Morehead (CoinDesk archives)

Finance

Crypto Investment Platform Zignaly Secures Up to $50M in Financing Deal

The backing comes from Luxembourg-based GEM, a $3.4 billion alternative investment group.

Zignaly co-founders A.Rafay Gadit, David Rodriguez and Bartolome R. Bordallo (Zignaly)

Finance

Blockchain Infrastructure Startup InfStones Raises $33M in Series B Funding

InfStones is among a crop of firms aiming to become the AWS of Web 3.

InfStones founder and CEO Zhenwu Shi (InfStones)