Investors

Venture Capital

Coinalytics Raises $1.1 Million for Blockchain Data Platform

Coinalytics has raised $1.1m as part of a seed round led by Palo Alto-based incubator The Hive.

Business  ·  10 September 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
Visa

Visa, Capital One Back $30 Million Round for Blockchain Startup Chain

Blockchain technology startup Chain has raised $30 million in new funding from investors including Visa, Capital One and Fiserv.

Business  ·  9 September 2015
Insurance

AXA Eyeing Bitcoin for Remittance Market

AXA is eyeing bitcoin to help streamline the remittance market, the general partner of its VC fund has told CoinDesk.

Business  ·  7 September 2015
Europe

Paymium Raises €1 Million to Boost Bitcoin Merchant Onboarding

Bitcoin payments services startup Paymium has raised €1m in new seed funding from investors including Newfund and Kima Ventures.

Business  ·  2 September 2015
Wall Street

Overstock’s tØ Acquires Broker Firm for Wall Street Disruption

Overstock's crypto subsidiary tØ has acquired Wall Street firm SpeedRoute, a move CEO Joseph Cammarata termed a "quantum leap" for securities trading.

Business  ·  27 August 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
Venture Capital

FuturePerfect VC: Emerging Markets are Bitcoin’s Best Bet

FuturePerfect Ventures founding partner Jalak Jobanputra talks opportunities in the bitcoin and blockchain space and VC funding trends.

Business  ·  25 July 2015
Venture Capital

Blockchain Project Factom Raises $1.1 Million in Crowdsale

Factom has closed $1.1m in new funding following the debut of a release client and before an expected beta client rollout.

Business  ·  22 July 2015
Bitcoin

BitFury Investor: Leave the Blockchain to Me

Gleb Davidyuk has one simple piece of advice for fellow investors who are looking to back blockchain projects: don't.

Business  ·  20 July 2015
Ribbit Capital

10 VC Firms Betting Big on Bitcoin and the Blockchain

With more than $800m so far invested in the bitcoin industry, CoinDesk highlights some of the leading firms driving these headline-grabbing rounds.

Business  ·  19 July 2015
Venture Capital

Blockchain Identity Startup ShoCard Raises $1.5 Million

Blockchain identity startup ShoCard has raised $1.5m in funding from AME Cloud Ventures and Digital Currency Group, among other VC firms.

Business  ·  17 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
Research

Wedbush Report Projects $400 Bitcoin Price By 2016

The bitcoin payments network will power 10% of online payments and 20% of global remittances by 2025, according to a new report by Wedbush.

Markets  ·  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