NEAR announced Monday the closing of a $21.6 million token sale involving a16z, Pantera and others. It also revealed the stealth-mode launch of the NEAR mainnet on April 22.
Andressen Horowitz pointed to next-generation payments, decentralized finance, new monetization models and Web3 as use cases it would look into for its new $515 million fund.
Arweave operates on the same idea as other blockchain-based file storage services such as Filecoin or Storj, but with far larger ambitions backed by new technical developments unveiled Wednesday as Arweave 2.0.
Sources told the Financial Times that Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is raising another crypto fund, reportedly targeted at $450 million.
Mobile-friendly cryptocurrency payments startup Celo has raised millions from A16z and Polychain in a private token sale.
Andreessen Horowitz has filed to become a registered investment advisor.
CryptoKitties' latest funding round means it has raised $27 million this year. Fur real!
Oasis Labs is launching an support program for startups focused on privacy applications of blockchain, and some big investors are on board.
A16z crypto and Polychain Capital lead a $102 million funding round for decentralized cloud foundation Dfinity.
Cloud computing startup Oasis Labs has raised $45 million in a private token pre-sale to develop its blockchain platform.
Swiss blockchain project DFINITY Stiftung has raised $61 million from venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz and token hedge fund Polychain Capital.