Funding Rounds

Funding Rounds

NFT Marketplace OpenSea Raises $23M, Led by Andreessen Horowitz

Transaction volume on OpenSea has grown more than 100x over the last six months.

News  ·  18 March 2021
CoinFlash

Derivatives Trading Protocol Vega Raises $5M From Coinbase, Arrington and More

The funding will go toward Vega's mainnet launch.

News  ·  18 March 2021
Funding Rounds

Fireblocks Raises $133M to Serve More Megabanks With Crypto Custody

The Series C round was led by Coatue – with participation from BNY Mellon.

Business  ·  18 March 2021
DeFi

Syndicate, an ‘AngelList for DeFi,’ Raises $1M Seed Round Led by IDEO CoLab Ventures

Still in private beta, the project intends to create a social graph for investors, developers and founders for the creative economy.

Business  ·  17 March 2021
CoinFlash

Crypto Has Another Unicorn as Bitpanda Raises $170M at $1.2B Valuation

The investment platform's hefty valuation marks it out as Austria's first unicorn startup.

Business  ·  16 March 2021
CoinFlash

Binance Leads $2M Funding Round for Crypto Exchange Aggregator OpenOcean

Multicoin Capital, LD Capital, CMS, Kenetic and Altonomy also participated in the round.

Business  ·  9 March 2021
CoinFlash

Automata Network Launches With $1M in Funding to Help Keep Dapps Private

Genesis Block Ventures, IOSG Ventures and others co-led the seed round.

Tech  ·  8 March 2021
CoinFlash

Ethereum 2.0 Staking Protocol StakeWise Raises $2M Ahead of Mainnet Launch

The project's staking pool is nearing launch after seven months of beta testing.

Business  ·  8 March 2021
Funding Rounds

Rewards-Focused Startup Eco Raises $26M in Round Led by a16z Crypto

Newly out of alpha mode, the platform offers up to 5% rewards on both crypto asset savings and spending.

Business  ·  6 March 2021
Exchanges

Canada’s CoinSmart Crypto Exchange Raises $3.5M for European Expansion

The exchange's owner is also planning a reverse takeover with the aim of listing on TSX Ventures.

Business  ·  1 March 2021
CoinFlash

Benchmark Leads $50M Round for Digital Soccer Collectibles Platform Sorare

Accel Partners and soccer star Rio Ferdinand also joined the Series A investment round.

Business  ·  25 February 2021
DeFi

Galaxy Digital, IOSG Lead $4.3M Funding Round for ‘DeFi Bridge’ Centrifuge

The company said the capital raised will be used to further grow its business.

Business  ·  23 February 2021
DeFi

Convergence Protocol Raises $2M in Funding Round Led by Hashed

The funding will be used to further develop Convergence's testnet and mainnet.

Business  ·  23 February 2021
CoinFlash

Bottlepay, a Payments Startup That Lets You Send Bitcoin on Social Media, Raises $15M

The payments platform is built with the Lightning Network scaling solution, which enables cheaper and faster bitcoin transactions.

Business  ·  23 February 2021
Funding Rounds

Japan’s SBI Investing ‘Eight-Figure’ Sum in Swiss Crypto Bank Sygnum

SBI's digital assets subsidiary will lead a round that will have raised around $30 million for the Swiss firm over six months.

Business  ·  18 February 2021