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Finance

‘League of Legends’ Vets Launch $90M Gaming Seed Fund

The fund will invest heavily in Web 3.0 projects and includes a16z’s Chris Dixon as a backer.

Patron founders Jason Yeh and Brian Cho (Patron)

Finance

Multicoin Capital to Raise $250M for Its Third Crypto Fund: Report

The initiative comes less than six months after the investment firm raised $100 million for its second crypto fund.

Multicoin Capital managing partner Tushar Jain (center) speaks at Consensus 2019.

Finance

VC Firms Variant Fund, Atelier Ventures Merge to Focus on the ‘Ownership Economy’

The combined firm will focus on early stage investments in sectors including consumer platforms, gaming and DeFi.

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Finance

Tribe Capital to Launch $75M Crypto Fund

The firm has invested 20% of its assets in crypto projects.

San Francisco, where Tribe Capital is based. (Shutterstock)

Finance

Coinbase Co-Founder’s Venture Firm Raising $1.5B Fund, Document Shows

An investor deck shows Paradigm is in the process of raising what would be one of the VC world’s largest crypto-focused funds.

Paradigm co-founder Fred Ehrsam speaks at Token Summit II. (Credit: Brady Dale for CoinDesk)

Technology

Airdrop Ethics: VC Firm Draws Ire Following $2.5M Ribbon Finance Exploit

The DeFi community has once again found itself embroiled in a debate concerning the nature of on-chain ethics.

The Ribbon Finance airdrop has led to DeFi drama. (Taylor Heery/Unsplash)

Finance

VC Fund NFX Launches Crypto Gaming Seed Fund

The venture capital fund recently lined up $450 million to invest in seed-stage companies.

Morgan Beller, general partner at NFX

Finance

DeFi for the Small Guy: Algorand-Based Tinyman Raises $2.5M Ahead of DEX Launch

Borderless Capital, Arrington Capital and others are looking to kickstart DeFi on the speedy Algorand blockchain.

(Stefan Cosma/Unsplash)

Finance

New Zealand Cryptocurrency Exchange Easy Crypto Raises $12M

Nuance Connected Capital led the Series A funding round, which also included investors from Indonesian and U.S. venture firms.

Auckland, New Zealand

Finance

Crypto Asset Manager Arca Launches First Fund for Startup Investments

The firm’s first VC fund was oversubscribed above its $30 million cap, said Arca’s David Nage.

Arca CEO Rayne Steinberg (CoinDesk archives)