Funding Rounds

Brazil

SoftBank Invests $200M in Brazil Crypto Exchange Mercado Bitcoin

The company contemplates acquisitions in Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Mexico.

News  ·  1 July 2021
Funding Rounds

Crypto Trading Firm Valkyrie Raises $10M to Drive Bitcoin ETF Hopes

Tron founder Justin Sun, Litecoin founder Charlie Lee and former Major League pitcher C.J. Wilson participated in the round.

Business  ·  30 June 2021
Funding Rounds

Blockware Raises $25M to Expand Bitcoin Mining Operations in Kentucky

The mining firm will use the funding to buy 14,000 rigs – 8,000 for itself and 6,000 to sell.

Business  ·  30 June 2021
Funding Rounds

Web3 Creators Have a New Platform for Minting Social Tokens

Coinvise raised $2.5 million in a seed funding round led by Galaxy Digital HK and IDEO CoLab Ventures.

News  ·  29 June 2021
DeFi

A16z Leads $12M Investment in DeFi-Native Crypto Tracing Firm Nansen

“We’re not basing our company on some KYC’d version of DeFi coming out in the future,” said Nansen CEO Alex Svanevik.

Business  ·  29 June 2021
Chainalysis

Crypto Sleuthing Firm Chainalysis Raises $100M, This Time at $4.2B Valuation

It’s the firm’s second $100 million raise this year.

Business  ·  24 June 2021
Funding Rounds

NFT Site Rarible to Launch Marketplace on Flow Blockchain Following $14.2M Funding Round

“Rarible is determined to pioneer the next wave,” said CEO Alexei Falin.

News  ·  23 June 2021
CoinFlash

Securitize Raises $48M in Funding Round Led by Morgan Stanley, Blockchain Capital

Securitize appointed Pedro Teixeira, the co-head of Morgan Stanley Tactical Value, to its board of directors.

News  ·  21 June 2021
Funding Rounds

Finnish Digital-Asset Lender Tesseract Raises $25M in Series A Funding

The company plans to use the money for hiring and product development.

Business  ·  21 June 2021
Funding Rounds

Amber Group Valued at $1B in $100M Funding Round

The crypto financial services firm said it plans to use the funding to expand its global operations.

Business  ·  20 June 2021
Cardano

Security Audit Firm Raises $5.3M From Funds Investing in Polkadot, Cardano Blockchains

Runtime Verification checks smart contracts for errors, perhaps most famously with Uniswap.

News  ·  18 June 2021
DeFi

Polychain, Pantera Back $14M Funding Round for DeFi Derivatives Platform SynFutures

Bybit, Wintermute, CMS, Kronos and IOSG Ventures also kicked in.

News  ·  17 June 2021
Funding Rounds

Hedge Fund Giants Druckenmiller, Loeb Back $70M Funding for Crypto Asset Manager Bitwise

The Series B round values the firm at $500 million.

Business  ·  15 June 2021
DeFi

Umee Raises $6.3M to Connect Cosmos and Ethereum With Cross-Chain DeFi

The project, led by Tendermint’s former strategy lead, secured backing from Polychain Capital, Coinbase Ventures and others.

Tech  ·  15 June 2021
Funding Rounds

UK Crypto Startup Ramp Raises $10M

Ramp brands itself as the "PayPal for crypto" service.

News  ·  15 June 2021