Venture Capital
Mintbase Raises $1M Seed Round to Bring NFTs to NEAR Protocol
The new funding allows Mintbase to hire developers and designers to prepare for a testnet launch on NEAR before year's end.

Digital Asset Firm Fireblocks Raises $30M to Gird for 'Influx in Customer Demand'
Fireblocks plans to maintain its standing as “the biggest player in crypto-native markets” but also wants to go after institutional players.

Blockchain Startup Raises $12M Series A to Turn Brands Into Cellular Networks
Blockchain startup OXIO raised a $12 million Series A to make “Telecom-as-a-Service” as common as SaaS.

Balaji Srinivasan, HashKey Back $2M Round in Twitter Privacy Tool Mask Network
Mask Network, the protocol that allows users to send encrypted messages and even cryptocurrencies over Twitter, announced a funding round Tuesday.

DeFi Dashboard Zapper Snags New Funding From Delphi and Coinbase Ventures
Zapper announced Thursday an extension of its seed investment round with new backing from Delphi Digital and Coinbase.

Razor Network Raises $3.7M to Prove There’s Room for More Oracles in DeFi
Razor Network raised $3.7 million in seed funding from NGC Ventures, Alameda Research and Mariano Conti, the former oracles chief at MakerDAO.

Collider Labs Raises $1M to Invest in Blockchain Startups
The venture builder is seeking to invest in early-stage startups with a focus on transparency, privacy and "fairness."

Boardroom Raises $2.2M for Blockchain Governance Toolset
Blockchain governance suite Boardroom has announced a $2.2 million funding round led by Standard Crypto, with additional participation from Variant, CoinFund, Framework and Slow Ventures.

Indian Trade Finance Startup Raises $3.7M in Token Sale Led by Arrington XRP
Persistence has closed a $3.7 million token round led by Arrington XRP Capital and including Alameda Research, Terra and others.

Compound, Gauntlet Founders Raise $4M for New DeFi Scout Fund
Robert Leshner's Robot Ventures has secured $4 million in funding from Galaxy Digital and Paradigm to find early opportunities in DeFi.
