Reinventure Group, a venture capital firm backed by Westpac, Australia's second-largest bank, has been revealed as one of Coinbase's Series C backers.
A startup that uses the bitcoin blockchain to digitally establish ownership of art and other creative works has raised $2m in seed funding.
Vogogo has raised $12.5m as part of a bought deal financing round led by prior investors Beacon Securities, Clarus Securities and Salmon Partners.
Brock Pierce's Blockchain Capital has raised $7 million toward a second investment fund aimed at industry startups.
Some investors have abandoned the bitcoin sector altogether, while others have chosen to buckle in for the "long road ahead".
The price of bitcoin broke out this week, spiking to a high of $257 on 17th June in what amounted to a jolt of life for the bitcoin economy.
New York-based bitcoin hardware wallet provider Case has raised $1.5m in new seed funding led by Future\Perfect Ventures.
Crypto-powered social network Reveal has announced $1.5m in funding from investors including Boost VC and Barry Silbert's Digital Currency Group.
Decentralized marketplace protocol developer OpenBazaar, has raised $1m from investors including Andreessen Horowitz and Union Square Ventures.
Mirror has raised $8.8m in Series A financing to reposition itself as a smart contract trading platform built on bitcoin's blockchain.
Peer-to-peer bitcoin lending company Bitbond has closed a €600,000 angel investment round, raising its total funding to €800,000. The company, which launched in June 2013, received funds from its seed investor, Point Nine Capital and business angels, including Christian Vollmann, an early investor in ResearchGate. Radoslav Albrecht, founder and CEO at BitBond, said: “The additional resources will help us […]
Swedish digital currency exchange Cryex has raised $10m from firms including iZettle investor Northzone Ventures.
New York bitcoin exchange itBit has raised $25m in a new Series A round from investors including RRE Ventures and Liberty City Ventures.
Bitcoin derivatives startup Hedgy has raised $1.2m in new seed funding from a group of investors that includes VC Tim Draper.
Circle has closed a $50m funding round and announced the launch of new account features that enable customers to hold, send and receive US dollars.