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Hardware Wallet Startup Ledger Closes €1.3 Million Seed Round

Bitcoin hardware wallet startup Ledger has raised €1.3m in an investment round led by French VC fund, XAnge Private Equity.

By Sandrine AyralFeb 19, 2015

Lighthouse, the bitcoin-powered crowdfunding application, raised its target of 3.5 BTC for Medic Mobile during its first 24 hours.

Kenya-based bitcoin services provider BitPesa has raised $1.1m in funding led by Pantera Capital and including Bitcoin Opportunity Corp.

By Pete RizzoFeb 9, 2015

HashRabbit, which supplies enterprise-focused software to facilitate the management and security of bitcoin miners, has raised $500,000.

By Daniel CawreyFeb 4, 2015

Micropayments startup NeuCoin has raised $2.25m in angel funding from investors including King co-founder Patrik Stymne and Uber SVP Emil Michael.

By Pete RizzoFeb 3, 2015

Bitcoin services firm bitFlyer has secured a $1.1m funding round to expand overseas, bringing its total to $2.93m.

By Jon SouthurstJan 28, 2015

Anycoin Direct has raised €500,000 as part of its seed funding round to expand its bitcoin brokerage service.

By Pete RizzoJan 27, 2015

Colored coins startup Colu has raised $2.5m from former Twitter and Tumblr investor Spark Capital, VC firm Aleph and more.

By Pete RizzoJan 27, 2015

CoinDesk speaks to USV principal Fred Wilson about his firm's recent investment in Coinbase and larger investment philosophy for the industry.

By Pete RizzoJan 24, 2015

Following Coinbase's record $75m round yesterday, CoinDesk looks back at the previous largest investments in the bitcoin space.