Venture Capital


Finance

Ex-a16z Engineering and Security Heavyweights to Start Crypto Custody Firm: Source

A16z’s former CTO, Riyaz Faizullabhoy, and former CISO Nassim Eddequiouaq have the blessing and seed backing of the venture-capital giant, a person familiar with the plans said.

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, California (Haotian Zheng/Unsplash)

Finance

Cata Labs Raises $4.2M to Develop 'Bridging' Software

The round was led by Spartan Group and included participation from Robot Ventures, Maven 11, Alchemy Ventures, HashKey Capital, Circle Ventures and Superscrypt.

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Finance

Alchemy’s Venture Arm Wants to Align With 'Web3 Missionaries, Not Mercenaries’

The investment arm of the Web3 infrastructure giant, last valued at $10 billion, continues to find new ways to back early-stage founders.

Paul Almasi, head of Alchemy Ventures (Alchemy Ventures)

Finance

DeFi Protocol Thetanuts Finance Raises $17M for Expansion, New Partnerships

The startup offers multi-chain structured financial products with plans for a buy-side altcoin options market.

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Finance

CoinFund Leads $8M Round for Decentralized Database Firm Tableland

The fundraise comes ahead of the network’s mainnet launch early next year.

Tableland co-founders Carson Farmer, Sander Pick, Aaron Sutula and Andrew Hill (Tableland)

Finance

Pantera Alum Joey Krug Joins Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund

Krug departed Pantera earlier this year after the Liquid Token Fund which he helped manage declined 88% in 2022.

Joey Krug (LinkedIn)

Finance

Crypto Market Maker DWF Labs’ More Than $200M in Deals Blur What ‘Investing’ Means

DWF Labs made headlines with flurry of investments in crypto projects such as CryptoGPT or Synthetix. A closer examination reveals that many of their deals aren’t typical venture capital investments. However, the firm says it’s all a misunderstanding.

Andrei Grachev of DWF Labs (LinkedIn, modified by CoinDesk)

Opinion

Ethereum’s Shanghai Upgrade Will Permanently Alter ETH Economics

Being able to unlock staked ether will not cause a mass exodus or price collapse for the cryptocurrency, Amphibian Capital CEO James Hodges says.

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Finance

Sei Labs Raises $30M for Trading-Focused Layer 1 Blockchain

Investors included Jump Crypto, Distributed Global and Multicoin Capital.

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Finance

A16z Highlights Web3 Strength in Its Second ‘State of Crypto’ Report

The venture capital giant sees bear markets as a time for builders, particularly blockchain infrastructure projects.

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, California (Haotian Zheng/Unsplash)