Venture Capital

Investments

Fund Seeks $200 Million to Help Startups Survive a Crypto Winter

David Johnston’s new Yeoman’s Growth Capital will invest exclusively in live blockchain projects.

Business  ·  11 December 2018
Exchanges

Fidelity, Bitmain and More Invest $27 Million in Crypto Trading Platform ErisX

ErisX has closed a $27.5 million Series B funding round to build a regulated crypto spot and futures market.

Business  ·  4 December 2018
Investments

$35 Million: Sequoia Backs Turing Award Winner’s Blockchain Project

Conflux, a scalable blockchain project with a Turing Award-winning co-founder, has raised $35 million from backers including Sequoia and Baidu.

Business  ·  4 December 2018
Investments

Singapore Government Agency Backs New Blockchain Accelerator

Enterprise Singapore, a government agency set up to develop the startup ecosystem, is supporting a new blockchain accelerator program.

Business  ·  4 December 2018
Investments

Ohio Accelerators to Pump Over $100 Million into Blockchain Startups

Two startup accelerators in the U.S. state of Ohio are reportedly to invest more than $100 million into blockchain firms, and more may follow.

Business  ·  3 December 2018
Ethereum

ConsenSys Backs $2.1 Million Funding Round for Ethereum Privacy Startup

ConsenSys Labs has led a $2.1 million seed round for AZTEC, a startup working to make ethereum transactions private.

Business  ·  29 November 2018
Coinbase

Coinbase, DCG Join $4.5 Million Seed Round for Crypto Evaluation Startup

Coinbase Ventures, DCG and others have provided $4.5 million in funding for an analytics startup that wants investors to think beyond market cap.

Business  ·  29 November 2018
Funding Rounds

Coinbase Backs Security Token Startup’s $12.7 Million Funding Round

Security token startup Securitize has raised $12.75 million in Series A funding backed by Coinbase Ventures and Ripple's Xpring, among others.

Business  ·  26 November 2018
Bitcoin

Bitcoin Puzzle Artist’s Crypto Gaming Startup Now Valued at $13 Million

One of the bitcoin community’s best-known artists is gearing up to launch a blockchain-powered video game with investor backing.

Business  ·  16 November 2018
Investments

Crypto Exchange KuCoin Raises $20 Million From IDG, Matrix, Neo Global

Singapore-based crypto exchange KuCoin has raised $20 million in Series A funding backed by IDG Capital, Matrix Partners and Neo Global Capital.

Business  ·  14 November 2018
Funding Rounds

Bain Capital Backs $2.25 Million Round for Bitcoin Rewards Startup Lolli

Bitcoin rewards platform Lolli has raised $2.25 million in seed funding from investors including Bain Capital Ventures.

Business  ·  14 November 2018
Funding Rounds

Crypto Mining Tech Firm Bitfury Closes $80 Million Funding Round

Bitfury Group has just closed an $80 million funding round led by venture capital firm Korelya Capital.

Business  ·  6 November 2018
Exchanges

Coinbase’s Emilie Choi: $300 Million Raise Was ‘For a Rainy Day’

Coinbase's $300 million Series E was about a "war chest" for expansion, not necessity, says Emilie Choi, its VP of corporate and business development.

Business  ·  1 November 2018
Investments

Paradigm Leads $30 Million Funding for Crypto Privacy Startup StarkWare

StarkWare, the company behind the zk-STARKS privacy tech, just raised $30 million in equity funding from a number of major firms.

Business  ·  29 October 2018
Venture Capital

Crypto Investing May Have Finally Met Its Tinder Match

Meet Jeff Morris, Jr., who's the director of product at online dating provider Tinder, but also a venture capitalist in the crypto space.

Business  ·  26 October 2018