Bitwala Raises €800k from Germany’s Largest VC Firm, Barry Silbert

Bitwala Raises €800k from Germany’s Largest VC Firm, Barry Silbert

The startup Bitwala has announced it has received €800k in seed funding for the company’s initiatives. The team says they closed its very first funding round on March 15th after already successfully bootstrapping many Bitcoin ventures by self-funding. Bitwala was founded by Jan Goslicki, Jörg von Minckwitz, and Benjamin Jones offering a way to send....


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