Venture Capital


Finance

VC Fund NFX to Go Deeper Into Crypto With $450M Seed Fund

The firm, now home to Libra co-creator Morgan Beller, is looking to fund early-stage crypto companies with billion-user potential.

Morgan Beller, general partner at NFX

Finance

SBI, Sygnum, Azimut Establish $75M VC Fund for Crypto Startup Investments

The fund will invest in companies focused on building DLT, DeFi, and RegTech tools.

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Finance

Crypto Gains Ground in Latin America Amid Venture Capital Boom

Venture capital funds invested more than $6 billion in Latin America in the first half of 2021, versus $4 billion in all of 2020.

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Finance

DAOs May Be the Future of Work, but Don’t Bet on Them Being the Next Big Asset Class

The decentralized nature of DAOs and their dependence on vibrant, committed communities can be at odds with investors who are just in it for the virtual Benjamins.

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Tech

Interoperability Startup LayerZero Comes Out of Stealth With $6M in Funding

The Series A round led by Multicoin Capital and Binance Labs should help the team build better bridges.

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Finance

Franklin Templeton Seeks $20M for First Blockchain Venture Fund

The $1.5 trillion asset manager is also seeking to hire engineers for a tokenized asset department.

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Finance

DeFi Startup Domination Finance Closes $3.2M Seed Round

ParaFi Capital led the raise, which also included Dragonfly Capital, AU21 and several other venture firms active in the DeFi space.

Adrian Kolody, co-founder Domination Finance (Courtesy Domination Finance)

Finance

Jump Capital Raises $350M Venture Fund With ‘Increased Concentration’ on Crypto

The firm’s seventh venture fund is 75% larger than the preceding one from October 2019.

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Finance

Pantera Capital’s Latest Crypto Fund Has Raised $369M Since July

The crypto investments firm had $4.7 billion in assets under management in August, new filings show.

Pantera Capital founder and CEO Dan Morehead (Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunch)

Videos

Institutional NFT Interest Heats Up as Three Arrows Capital Launches ‘Starry Night’ Fund

Crypto venture capital (VC) firm Three Arrows Capital is entering the non-fungible token (NFT) space with the launch of an NFT-dedicated fund named “Starry Night Capital.” The hosts of “The Hash” discuss the latest crypto VC jumping on the NFT bandwagon amid growing interest in institutional NFTs.

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