Venture Capital And Its Relationship With Bitcoin
Although VC funds have been rushing to support various crypto startups, much of that money has not gone to Bitcoin-focused companies.With the printing press in overdrive, there is an ever-increasing amount of fiat looking for a home. In order to avoid being debased and lose purchasing power, capital allocators are charged with finding investments that can outperform the rate of monetary inflation. Thus, more and more capital is being allocated further out on the risk curve. Enter venture capital. Venture capitalists provide financing to startups and early-stage businesses. Since 90% of....
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PRESS RELEASE. Web3 relationship aggregator KNN3 Network announced it had raised $2.4M in a seed round led by HashGlobal and Liang Xinjun, former co-founder of Fosun International. Mask Network, MetaWeb Venture, Eniac Venture, Tess Venture, Stratified Capital, Fundamental lab, Incuba Alpha, Zeuth Venture, Cogitent Venture, Atlas Capital; Impossible Finance, RSS3, ShowMe and Yan Xin & Potter Li, ETHsign’s co-founders also took part in the round. KNN3 Network will utilize the $2.4M funding for protocol development and product market-fit.
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In addition to the companies listed below, sales portal BitSimple has raised $600,000 in a bitcoin-only seed round. This article summarizes some of the new State of Bitcoin 2014 data and analysis on venture capital investment presented at last week's Coinsummit conference in San Francisco. Several significant venture capital investments in bitcoin startups have been announced in recent weeks, including Circle's $17m second round, Xapo's $20m first round, and OKCoin's $10m first round (Table 1). Table 1: Bitcoin Venture Capital Investments - 2014 YTD. Sources: CoinDesk, Dow Jones....
Cypher Capital, a United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based venture capital (VC) firm, has announced the launch of a $100 million seed fund that will primarily avail funding to decentralized finance (defi), gamefi, and metaverse projects. Mentoring of Entrepreneurs A United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based venture capital firm, Cypher Capital, recently announced it has launched a $100 million seed fund whose objective is to finance blockchain and crypto projects with genuine value propositions. As explained in a report published by Unlock Media, the VC firm is planning to be involved in the mentoring of....
The cryptocurrency firm FTX has announced the launch of a $2 billion venture capital fund called FTX Ventures. The fund’s focus will be on advancing blockchain and Web3 technology alongside investments in “social, gaming, fintech, software, and healthcare.”
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California-based venture capital fund Sequoia has begun its venture into crypto. The fund is following in the footsteps of others before it that have taken the plunge to invest in the rapidly growing space that is the crypto market. Like others, Sequoia is pitching its tent with the market in the big way to bring […]