Fundraising


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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Analyses

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)

Finance

Animoca Brands Leads $10M Funding Round for NFT Platform Ucollex

The platform, which doesn’t require buyers to own a digital wallet, focuses on art and pop culture collectibles.

Yat Siu

Finance

African Web 3 Super App Jambo Raises $7.5M in Seed Round

The all-in-one education, play-to-earn and personal finance app is backed by Coinbase, 3AC, Alameda Research and Polygon Studios, among others.

Africa holds great potential in the ongoing evolution of cryptocurrency technology. (Moussa Kalapo/Getty Images)

Finance

Crypto-Powered Wireless Network Helium Raises $200M at $1.2B Valuation: Report

Tiger Global and FTX Ventures were among the new investors in the company, Axios reported.

A Helium Hotspot, circa 2019

Finance

Blockchain Interoperability Network Axelar Raises $35M at $1B Valuation

Polychain Capital and Dragonfly Capital were among the investors in the company building a network to connect users, assets and decentralized applications across multiple blockchains.

Polychain Capital founder and CEO Olaf Carlson-Wee. (Credit: CoinDesk archives)

Marchés

Vietnam-Based Summoners Arena Raises $3M

The funding round for the video game developer was led by Pantera Capital.

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