Investment

Venture Capital

Rootstock Raises $1 Million to Bring Smart Contracts to Bitcoin

RSK Labs has raised $1m in funding to support the development of a smart contracts platform that would be built on the bitcoin blockchain.

Business  ·  21 March 2016
New York

Family Offices See Legitimacy in Securitized Bitcoin Investments

Investors with over $1t in assets have gathered to judge if bitcoin is ready to be recognized as a mainstream asset class.

Markets  ·  17 March 2016
Mining

New Fund Aims to Bring Bitcoin Mining Profits to High Net Worth Investors

High net worth investors can now gain exposure to speculative bitcoin mining through what’s being billed as a "bitcoin mining fund".

Markets  ·  2 March 2016
Funds

Blockchain Capital Raises $13 Million for Second Startup Fund

Venture capital firm Blockchain Capital has raised $13m for its second investment fund for bitcoin and blockchain technology ventures.

Markets  ·  27 January 2016
Banking

What Banks Should Be Doing With Blockchain in 2016

Virtual Capital Ventures general partner William Mougayar offers eight predictions for the bitcoin and blockchain industry in 2016.

Markets  ·  30 December 2015
Exchanges

Chain Issues Investor Shares on Nasdaq Blockchain Platform

Blockchain startup Chain has issued shares to an investor using Nasdaq’s private markets blockchain solution, Linq.

Markets  ·  30 December 2015
Venture Capital

Blockchain Project Factom Raises $400k at $11 Million Valuation

Factom Inc, the for-profit business entity overseeing the blockchain recordkeeping project Factom, has raised $400,000 in new seed funding.

Business  ·  14 October 2015
Venture Capital

Funding Raised by Bitcoin Hardware Wallet ‘Case’ Reaches $2.25 Million

Case has raised an additional $1m in funding, bringing its total amount raised to $2.25m.

Business  ·  10 September 2015
Regulation

Bitcoin Group Makes Third Attempt to IPO in Australia

Bitcoin Group is to make its third attempt to IPO this November, following two stop orders from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.

Policy & regulation  ·  8 September 2015
Venture Capital

Filament Nets $5 Million for Blockchain-Based Internet of Things Hardware

Filament, a blockchain-based tech provider for the Internet of Things, has raised $5m from Samsung Ventures and Verizon Ventures, among others.

Business  ·  18 August 2015
Startups

6 Things You Missed from the State of Bitcoin

We've put together a few hidden gems from the State of Bitcoin Q2 2015 report you might have missed.

Business  ·  23 July 2015
Investment

Redpoint VC: Bitcoin is Fastest-Growing Area of Funding

Bitcoin is the fastest growing area of startup investment since mid-2012, a venture capitalist at Redpoint has claimed. In his recent analysis of Mattermark data, Tomasz Tunguz noted that investment in bitcoin companies – closely followed by photo sharing and physical storage startups –  has grown by 151% in the last three years. However, Tunguz pointed out […]

Markets  ·  20 July 2015
Wallets

VC Firm Block26 Makes First Bitcoin Bet on Airbitz Wallet

Bitcoin wallet provider Airbitz has raised $450,000 from new industry-focused VC firm Block26.

Business  ·  10 July 2015
Venture Capital

Kleiner Perkins: Blockchain Tech Will Spawn Amazon-Sized Successes

KPCB Edge partner Anjney Midha explains why his new $4m seed-stage investment firm is bullish on the bitcoin blockchain.

Business  ·  3 July 2015
Venture Capital

Blockchain Capital Raises $7 Million for Startup Fund

Brock Pierce's Blockchain Capital has raised $7 million toward a second investment fund aimed at industry startups.

Business  ·  23 June 2015