Venture Capital


Finanza

Three Arrows, Framework Invest in DeFi Site Aave With $3M LEND Token Sale

Framework Ventures and Three Arrows Capital announced a $3 million investment in Aave, the firm behind the third-largest lending platform in DeFi.

Stani Kulechov, founder and CEO of Aave, speaks at Consensus 2019.

Tecnologie

This a16z Alum Is Launching a VC Fund Focused on Platforms You Can 'Own'

An Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) alum is launching a new venture firm focused on building a crypto-powered "ownership economy."

Prototypes (Halacious/Unsplash)

Finanza

Binance Labs Leads $1M Seed Round in Crypto Tor Alternative HOPR

Binance Labs, the seed funding arm of the world’s largest crypto exchange, has made its first investment of 2020, backing privacy startup HOPR.

HOPR's founding team: Robert Kiel, Sebastian Bürgel and Rik Krieger.

Finanza

Coinbase Ventures Joins $23M Funding Round for Crypto Custody Firm

Curv, a company that provides increased secrecy when it comes to holding crypto assets, has closed a $23 million Series A funding round.

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Finanza

This Startup Is Forking Compound to Make Hiring More Efficient

Braintrust launched out of stealth mode Wednesday, backed by a $6 million seed round featuring True Ventures, Homebrew Ventures, Uprising Ventures, Galaxy Digital, IDEO CoLab, Kindred Ventures and Vy Capital.

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Finanza

Polychain Capital, Square Crypto’s Steve Lee Invest in Bitcoin Broker’s $5.7M Seed Round

Bitcoin broker River Financial has closed a $5.7 million seed round to secure additional U.S. money transmitter licenses.

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Mercati

Crypto Long & Short: Innovation Cycles, Crypto Venture Funds and Institutional Investors

With so much attention on institutional involvement in crypto asset markets, we overlook they are already here through VC investments – less fast-paced, perhaps, but important to keep an eye on for what they reveal about cycles.

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) co-founder Marc Andreessen

Finanza

Pantera Crypto Hedge Funds Are Losing Double Digits, Bitcoin Fund Is Up 10,000% to Date

Pantera Capital’s bitcoin fund is vastly outperforming its more exotic crypto-asset fund counterparts.

Pantera Capital CEO Dan Morehead

Finanza

Ashton Kutcher and Michelle Phan Invest in Lolli’s $3M Seed Round

Lolli, the bitcoin rewards shopping app, attracted celebrity investors in a $3 million round led by the early-stage arm of Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund.

Lolli investor Michelle Phan in the offices of Em Cosmetics. (Credit: Mark Sacro for CoinDesk)

Finanza

As Pandemic Decimates Startups, Privacy Industry Holds Strong

As remote work becomes the norm, privacy-focused startups see COVID-19 as an opportunity to expand.

can privacy and security startups survive the financial upheavals of COVID-19? (Credit: Startaê Team/Unsplash)