PayPal, Visa Lead Massive $300 Million Investment In Blockchain Capital

Visa Inc. and Paypal have invested in Blockchain Capital’s new fund. The venture capital firm focuses exclusively on the crypto ecosystem and blockchain technology. Blockchain Capital Raises $300M for Its New Fund Blockchain Capital announced Tuesday that it has raised $300 million for its 5th venture capital fund (Fund V). Paypal and Visa were among the investors. Others include pension funds, major university endowments, and family offices from around the world, the company said, adding that select investors, including Paypal and Visa, will participate in its strategic partnership....

Blockchain Capital has attracted investment from PayPal, Visa, and other investors to the tune of $300 million for its Fund V LP. PayPal and Visa are among several major investors to have participated in a $300 million funding for Blockchain Capital.In a release issued on Tuesday, Blockchain Capital announced that the close of its Blockchain Capital V LP.According to the release, Fund V, capped at $300 million was oversubscribed with numerous investors including college endowments, family offices, and pension funds participating in the capital raise.As part of the announcement, Blockchain....

American Express’ Amex Ventures, Visa, Citi Ventures, DRW Venture Capital, Jump Capital, Marshall Wace, Block (formerly Square Inc.), and Paypal Ventures are among investors in the latest funding round of crypto transaction monitoring and forensics platform TRM. Amex, Visa, Citi, Paypal Invest in TRM Platform Crypto transaction monitoring and forensics platform TRM announced Tuesday investments from major financial institutions in its Series B funding round. The company has raised $60 billion from leading financial institutions, including American....

Visa Inc. is financing a team of engineers at its Bengaluru office to research further uses for the blockchain. Visa is looking to improve its payments processes, and it seems that the blockchain technology may hold the key for the Company’s future. A few months ago, Visa hired a former Google scientist, Min Wang, to lead the research teams from its San Francisco office, and Taneja in a project where they were to work on the blockchain. The company’s decision to start researching the blockchain technology comes right after banks and other financial institutions developed a sudden interest....

After more than a decade of being part of eBay Inc. , PayPal will return to the stock market as an individual company. Shares of PayPal (PYPL.O) jumped up 11% in value as people anticipate the company’s return to NASDAQ. With that rise, and adjusting for market stabilization, PayPal is now valued at about $52 Billion. Online payments have changed considerably since 2002 when eBay acquired PayPal, and the popularity of PayPal has lead to a relationship that hinders the potential of PayPal. Processing over $235 billion in 2014, PayPal handles some massive transaction volume on a daily basis,....