Venture Capital
Serena Williams Backs $5M Round in Bitcoin Rewards Startup Lolli
Williams leads a pack of notable investors in the e-commerce firm, including her husband, Alexis Ohanian, and a handful of prominent YouTubers.

Blockchain.com Raises $300M at $5.2B Valuation: Report
The news comes a month after the raising of $120 million in a round led by Google Ventures. In that round the company was valued at $3 billion.

Tally Raises $1.5M to Boost On-Chain Governance in Compound’s DeFi Ecosystem
Notation Capital, Castle Island Ventures, 1kx and others invested in the governance dashboard.

Republic Completes $36M Funding Round; Teases Token Sale Platform
A series of planned token sales starts with an offering from Cere Network later this month.

Argo Blockchain Takes 25% Stake in $40M Crypto VC Fund
The publicly listed bitcoin mining firm is investing $10 million in Pluto Digital Assets' new fund.

Arianee, Early Pioneer of NFTs for Luxury Provenance, Raises $9.5M
Arianee’s raise marks the first time a fund linked to the French government has bought into blockchain tokens.

Shyft Network Wraps Token Sale Ahead of FATF 'Travel Rule' Implementation
Backed by BlockTower and others, the shyft token helps a decentralized network of exchanges comply with anti-money laundering rules.

Coinbase, Naval, Framework Ventures Back $19M Raise for a Capital-Efficient Stablecoin
The soon-to-launch Fei Protocol would mint stablecoins by simply selling them directly to users.

Aave Founder Joins Variant Fund as a Venture Partner
Stani Kulechov will remain at the helm of Aave while also helping Variant source deals and work with founders.

DeFi and Staking Insurance Startup Unslashed Raises $2M
Experimental crypto zones like DeFi and staking are seeing an influx of insurance products, but not as we know it.
