Top Bitcoin VCs Back Coinapult's $775k Funding Round
Coinapult has raised $775,000 in funding from a group of notable investors and investment firms, including Barry Silbert's Bitcoin Opportunity Corp, angel investor Roger Ver and technology-focused VC firm FirstMark Capital. The Panama-based bitcoin wallet service provider raised the capital through two rounds of funding, and aims to use the money for additional marketing and product improvements. Speaking to CoinDesk, Coinapult CFO and COO Justin Blincoe indicated that the biggest benefit for his company will be the expertise of its now-solidified investor group, which he characterized as....
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Don't let anyone convince you there aren't big things happening in the digital currency space. Adding to a numerous companies that are helping make bitcoin mainstream that have received venture capitalist funding is Coinapult. The bitcoin services company has received $775k in funding from a number of investors. Those investments comes from FirstMark Capital, the Bitcoin Opportunity Corp. (run by Barry Silbert), Roger Ver, Erik Voorhees and more. The funding was raised through two rounds, and the company is expecting to use the sum to make improvements to their product and subsequently....
Coinapult's new service, Locks, frees your bitcoins from price volatility by linking them to tangible assets, such as gold. Customers who lock $1,000 worth of bitcoins today will be able to cash out $1,000 worth of bitcoins today, tomorrow, next year, whenever they like - regardless of the price of bitcoin. Coinapult is FirstMark's only Bitcoin company so far, having already backed Pinterest, Luminosity, Shopify and Riot Games. Funds raised came from two separate rounds. In addition to FirstMark, Roger Ver, Erik Voorhees and Barry Silbert's Bitcoin Opportunity Corporation contributed to a....
Coinapult, one of the biggest companies in the Bitcoin industry. When we last talked to them it was regarding the public beta launch of Locks, the ability to “lock” in your value of Bitcoin and tie it to the value of a commodity. Today, we will be talking about the funding they just received. Our Locks launch went very well. We have been developing upgrades to the website based on the initial feedback, and have already rolled out a number of improvements in our invoicing, Locks, and account interfaces. Sure, we raised a total of $775K in two seed rounds. Both rounds involved FirstMark....
Coinapult, the service that allows users to lock in the value of their Bitcoin by storing them with it, announced today that it is going to be coming back to the US market. Coinapult will no longer be handling the fiat side of its business, instead handing over this side of its operation to Crypto Capital, Inc., a company which is licensed to do business in the United States among other places. An additional side effect of this integration will be that the present limits will be lifted for customers who are verified by Crypto Capital. Coinapult was founded by Erik Vorhees and Ira Miller in....
Bitcoin storage provider and payment processor Coinapult is back online following a hack-related outage last month. Following a series of security improvements, Coinapult users can now deposit funds and 'lock' and 'unlock' their bitcoin to fiat currencies or assets. They were previously given login access on 21st March and withdrawals were re-enabled five days later. The hot wallet attack, which occurred on 17th March, resulted in the loss of 150 BTC (approximately $42,900). Coinapult announced it was halting all operations via Twitter the same day. At the time, Coinapult COO and CFO....