Venture Capital


Finance

Ken Moelis' Investment Bank Creates Group to Focus on Blockchain Deals

The New York bank, founded in 2007, is looking at crypto deals with more intent.

(Sophie Backes, Unsplash)

Finance

Venture Capital Firm NFX Adds $62.6M in Follow-On Investments, Including Crypto Companies

The firm is doubling down on high-conviction portfolio companies like crypto’s Ramp, Radicle and Celestia.

Morgan Beller, general partner at NFX (NFX)

Opinion

Jason Calacanis Is Right About ‘Grifting’ Crypto VCs (but Confused)

The famed podcaster and angel investor draws the line at naming his friends.

Noted investor and podcaster Jason Calacanis (Duffy-Marie Arnoult/WireImage)

Finance

Decentralized Crypto Exchange Hashflow Raises $25M at $400M Valuation

The platform uses an asset pricing model that offers interoperability, lower fees and no slippage.

(Chris Rogers/Getty Images)

Finance

Crypto Exchange KuCoin Raises $10M From Susquehanna to Fund Hiring, Growth Plans

The firms will also work together to help incubate and build networks for crypto startups.

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Finance

AI-Based Startup Optic Raises $11M to Put the ‘NF’ in NFTs

Optic’s near-term plans include creating a public API for Web3 developers and new tools for NFT creators and collectors.

Optic's AI engine checks new NFTs for potential counterfeits. (Optic)

Finance

Tribe Capital Hires Republic Capital Co-Founder Revsin as Managing Partner

Boris Revsin will oversee equity and crypto funds plus Tribe’s new $25 million crypto incubator.

Boris Revsin will oversee Tribe's equity and new crypto incubator. (Tribe Capital)

Finance

Dragonfly Capital Leads $13M Round for DeFi Infrastructure Startup XLD Finance

XLD offers cross-border financial tools for customers in the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, India and Bangladesh.

Dragonfly Capital's Haseeb Qureshi at Consensus 2022 (Daniel Kuhn/CoinDesk)

Finance

Investment Firm Valkyrie Branches Into Venture Capital With Focus on Israeli Crypto Startups

Veteran venture capitalist Lluis Pedragosa is leading the new team with a $30 million target fund.

Valkyrie CEO Leah Wald (CoinDesk TV)

Videos

Crypto VC Investments Dropped 26% in First Half of 2022

Venture capital investments in crypto companies were down 26% in the first half of the year from a record $12.5 billion to $9.3 billion, but the number of deals increased, according to Crunchbase data.

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