Crypto hedge fund Pantera Capital files for massive $134 million raise
The monster raise might be an indication that Pantera’s ambitions are inflating in lock-step with Bitcoin’s rising price. In a filing with the SEC yesterday, Bitcoin hedge fund giant Pantera Capital announced an equity offering of up to $134 million — among the largest capital fundraising efforts in the seven year history of the firm. Formed in 2013 as the first-ever Bitcoin fund in the United States, Pantera initially raised a comparatively measly $13 million, and later $25 million, according to reporting from Cointelegraph. But in 2018, the fund directed its efforts towards a larger....
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“We want to provide liquidity for people that are kind of giving up because we’re still very bullish for the next 10 or 20 years,” said CEO Dan Morehead. Dan Morehead, founder and CEO of Pantera Capital, reportedly said the hedge fund was planning to raise $1.25 billion for a second blockchain fund.According to a Sept. 28 Bloomberg report, Morehead said Pantera aimed to close the blockchain fund by May. The fund will reportedly invest in digital tokens and equity in an effort to appeal to institutional investors.“We want to provide liquidity for people that are kind of giving up because....
Pantera Capital CEO Dan Morehead expects the $1.3 billion blockchain fund to close over the next “three or four weeks” once the due diligence from large institutions has been wrapped up. Crypto hedge fund giant Pantera Capital is set to close a blockchain fund next month that is backed by around $1.3 billion worth of capital. The Pantera Blockchain Fund was announced in May last year, with plans to raise $600 million to invest in early-stage tokens, venture equity, Web3 firms and tokens with strong liquidity. It has since surpassed that target significantly, with the firm revealing last....
Investment firms Fortress Investment Group (FIG), Benchmark Capital and Ribbit Capital have teamed up with Pantera Capital to launch a bitcoin investment fund. The new fund will be known as Pantera Bitcoin Partners LLC and, as the name implies, it will be controlled by Pantera. Fortress, Ribbit Capital and Benchmark Capital will be minority equity partners. Fortress became the first Wall Street investment firm to enter the bitcoin space. Last year it was rumoured to be acquiring bitcoins and a regulatory filing published in February revealed it had set aside $20m for bitcoin investments in....
Bitcoin exchange Bitstamp received $10m in hedge fund investment last year, according to a new Bloomberg report. The money came from Pantera Capital Management LP, "the hedge fund that manages money for Fortress Investment Group LLC (FIG) executives", Bloomberg said. If true, it would be one of the largest single investments in a bitcoin-related business to date. Bitstamp has been a huge beneficiary of the collapse of Mt. Gox, multiplying its share of dollar trades by up to 50% since February. It now has at least 35% of the total bitcoin trade market share, according to bitcoincharts.....
Pantera Capital’s new $25 million USD fund will invest in Brave Browser and Abra, two innovative Bitcoin-based apps. Pantera Capital’s New $25 Fund. Dan Morehead, founder and CEO of Pantera Capital, recently revealed details regarding their new investment fund in an interview with TechCrunch. While Bitcoin was the main focus of the interview, Morehead disclosed information regarding two of the companies that will receive new funding from Pantera Capital. Following the closure of the first fund, which amassed over $100 million USD in capital and invested in Bitcoin-based startups Xapo and....