Venture Capital


Finance

CoinFund Leads $8M Round for Decentralized Database Firm Tableland

The fundraise comes ahead of the network’s mainnet launch early next year.

Tableland co-founders Carson Farmer, Sander Pick, Aaron Sutula and Andrew Hill (Tableland)

Finance

Pantera Alum Joey Krug Joins Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund

Krug departed Pantera earlier this year after the Liquid Token Fund which he helped manage declined 88% in 2022.

Joey Krug (LinkedIn)

Finance

Crypto Market Maker DWF Labs’ More Than $200M in Deals Blur What ‘Investing’ Means

DWF Labs made headlines with flurry of investments in crypto projects such as CryptoGPT or Synthetix. A closer examination reveals that many of their deals aren’t typical venture capital investments. However, the firm says it’s all a misunderstanding.

Andrei Grachev of DWF Labs (LinkedIn, modified by CoinDesk)

Opinion

Ethereum’s Shanghai Upgrade Will Permanently Alter ETH Economics

Being able to unlock staked ether will not cause a mass exodus or price collapse for the cryptocurrency, Amphibian Capital CEO James Hodges says.

(Markus Winkler/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

Sei Labs Raises $30M for Trading-Focused Layer 1 Blockchain

Investors included Jump Crypto, Distributed Global and Multicoin Capital.

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Finance

A16z Highlights Web3 Strength in Its Second ‘State of Crypto’ Report

The venture capital giant sees bear markets as a time for builders, particularly blockchain infrastructure projects.

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, California (Haotian Zheng/Unsplash)

Finance

Venture Capital Bitkraft Raises $220.6M for Second 'Token' Fund: Filing

The firm didn’t comment on the new SEC filing, but did outline its crypto investment strategy.

Carlos Pereira (Bitkraft Ventures)

Finance

DeFi Hub Nibiru Chain Valued at $100M After $8.5M Seed Funding Round

The startup will launch its mainnet and stablecoin this summer.

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Finance

Crypto Protocol LayerZero Raises $120M at $3B Valuation

The valuation is triple the level of the firm's previous funding round in March 2022.

LayerZero co-founders CTO Ryan Zarick and CEO Bryan Pellegrino (Chung Chow, BIV)

Finance

Crypto Startup Li.Fi Raises $17.5M in Funding Round

CoinFund and Superscrypt led the round for the cross-chain bridge and decentralized exchange aggregator.

Li.Fi Team (Li.Fi)