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Venture Capital Firm a16z Unloads $7M of MKR Tokens as Price Soars

Venture capital heavyweight Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is selling a part of its investment in crypto lender MakerDAO's MKR governance tokens as the price of coins soared to a near one-year high, blockchain data shows. "The Hash" panel discusses the implications for Maker’s ecosystem.

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Finance

Crypto Startups Raised $201.4M in Venture Funding Last Week, Led by Infrastructure

The largest fundraises for the week belonged to metaverse startup Futureverse and RISC Zero, which creates developer tools for zero-knowledge proofs.

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Web3

Web3 VC Shima Capital Didn’t Slow Strategy for Crypto Winter

The investor in early-stage crypto companies has remained one of the most active investors in the space despite a bear market and the collapses of FTX and three banks.

Shima Capital founder and managing partner Yida Gao (Shima Capital)

Consensus Magazine

Silicon Valley: The Mecca for Venture Capital May Be Cooling on Crypto

The storied birthplace of the U.S. tech industry is dripping with talent and money. But crypto founders who live in the No. 8 spot on CoinDesk’s Crypto Hubs 2023 list say that Web3 is losing ground to artificial intelligence in the race to capture the Valley's wallets and minds.

Andreessen Horowitz's Chris Dixon during TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco 2019. (Steve Jennings/Getty Images for TechCrunch)

Finance

DeFi Credit Protocol Concordia Raises $4M in Round Led by Tribe, Kraken Ventures

Concordia, now live in public testnet on Aptos, offers a multi-chain risk and collateral management platform for digital assets.

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Finance

Salesforce Leads $6M Round for AI-Backed Web3 Data Platform Mnemonic

The startup provides actionable non-fungible token (NFT) data for enterprises and developers.

Mnemonic co-founders Andrii Yasinetsky and Elena Ikonomovska (Mnemonic)

Finance

StepStone VC Raises $97M for Two Blockchain Funds

SEC filings show pooled investment figures for the two private equity funds.

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Finance

PayPal Ventures Leads $52M Round for Crypto Firm Magic

The startup offers non-custodial wallet infrastructure for an enterprise client list that includes Macy’s and Mattel.

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Finance

Crypto Infrastructure Firm Anoma Foundation Raises $25M

The Swiss non-profit oversees the Anoma blockchain architecture and the layer 1 blockchain Namada.

Brevan Howard Digital was among the backers for Puffer's $5.5 million round. (Pixabay)

Finance

Venture Capital Firm Tribe Capital Targets $100M for Latest Crypto Fund: Sources

Tribe plans to make early-stage investments of $500,000-$3 million in layer 1 and 2 ecosystems, DeFi projects and infrastructure plays to bring real-world assets on chain.

Boris Revsin, Managing Partner of Tribe Capital and manager of the fund (Tribe Capital)