Michael Jordan, Will Smith join $305M funding round for NBA Top Shot maker Da...
Basketball legend Michael Jordan and Hollywood icon Will Smith are among a group of investors in Dapper Lab’s latest funding round. NBA Top Shot maker Dapper Labs has secured about $305 million in new funding round from investors.According to a report by Business Insider on Tuesday, past and present NBA stars like Michael Jordan, Alex Caruso, and Kevin Durant participated in the funding round. Other investors included The Chernin Group and Will Smith’s venture capital outfit Dreamers VC.With this latest funding round, Dapper Labs now reportedly holds a $2.6 billion valuation. As previously....
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Three companies in the crypto and blockchain industry have already raised $1.1 billion this year. Cryptocurrency and blockchain-related companies have already received more funding this year than in all of 2020, according to a new report.In the first quarter of 2021, 129 startups focusing on crypto and blockchain technology have received a total of $2.6 billion in funding, Bloomberg reports, citing data from business analytics firm CB Insights. Over the course of 2020, crypto and blockchain firms attracted a total of $2.3 billion in 341 deals.According to the data, 2018 is the record year....
The legendary former professional basketball player Michael Jordan and his son Jeffrey Jordan have revealed they are getting into blockchain and Web 3.0 technology, according to an announcement published on December 15. The father and son duo’s first tech venture is called Heir Inc., a platform that aims to connect loyal fans with popular athletes. Furthermore, Jordan’s tech platform aims to launch a token called “heir” built on the Solana blockchain.
Jordan Duo to Launch Heir Platform in 2022, Heir Token to be Built on Solana
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Digital Asset Holdings (DAH), the New York firm developing blockchain solutions for the financial services industry has announced two new investors joining its funding round. IBM and Goldman Sachs join 13 other investors with the funding round now scaling beyond $60 million. Digital Asset has announced that Goldman Sachs and IBM are now among the investors in its funding round, with the financing now going beyond $60 million. The newest investors come after in the days following a the announcement recent blockchain trial with its lead investor – JPMogran Chase. Prior to its new investors,....
Diverse investors including Solana Ventures, Alameda Research and NBA legends Michael Jordan and Allen Iverson participated in the round. Nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace Metaplex has concluded a $46 million investment round to support its strategic pivot into metaverse applications — offering further evidence that existing blockchain networks were looking to capitalize on advances in Web3 technology. The investment round was co-led by venture firms Multicoin Capital and Jump Crypto, with additional participation from Solana Ventures, Alameda Research and Animoca Brands. Over 90....
Virgin founder and entrepreneur Richard Branson has publicly voiced praise for wallet provider Blockchain. In a blog post Monday, Branson, who invested in the startup’s recent Series B funding round, also complimented co-founders Peter Smith and Nicolas Cary. “What we like is that the Blockchain team, run by co-founders Peter Smith and Nic Cary, have built a platform that will allow them to be the custodian of any digital assets should alternate use cases of Blockchain technology reach critical mass,” he wrote. Blockchain’s latest funding was a considerable success and marked the largest....