Crypto Stories: How an entrepreneur raised $10M for her startup during a bear...
Josipa Majic explains what she and her partners did to build a crypto company at a time when investors were fleeing the space. In the midst of the 2018 crypto price slump, a young entrepreneur invested all her funds and personal money into a prototype that combined fintech and crypto services to offer virtual debit cards and crypto payment services for subscriptions. But because it was a bear market, no one wanted to invest the capital to put the solution on the market.In the latest episode of Cointelegraph’s “Crypto Stories” series, Josipa Majic explains how she and her partners built a....
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Nestcoin, a Nigerian startup that plans to operate and invest in Web3 applications, recently announced it had raised $6.45 million in pre-seed. Leading the funding round were venture capital firms, Distributed Global and Alter Global.
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Blockchain identity startup Cambridge Blockchain has raised more than $1.7m in new funding, public records show. According to a Form D published today by the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Cambridge Blockchain has raised $1,785,000 out of a total $2m, indicating that the startup's funding efforts are ongoing. Previous SEC filings show that the startup began raising funds in March 2016. The documents show that Cambridge Blockchain had raised $635k out of a planned fundraise of $1.5m as of that month, and in a filing from last October, the startup said it had raised $1.09m out of a....
Case has raised $1m in additional seed funding. The figure adds to the $1.25m in capital the New York-based startup secured in June and brings its total amount raised to $2.25m. The seed round, now closed, was led by Future/Perfect Ventures, a New York venture firm whose portfolio includes industry startups such as Abra, Blockchain and Blockstream. One of a growing number of bitcoin hardware wallet providers, including companies like KeepKey, Ledger and Trezor, Case is distinguished by a product designed with advanced security features such as biometrics and veteran entrepreneur and CEO....
Fintech startup Flutterwave announced recently that it has raised $250 million from its Series D funding round. The funding round, which attracted international investors, saw the startup’s value rise to over $3 billion.
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The Nigerian fintech startup Flutterwave recently announced it raised $250 million in a Series D funding round. The latest capital raise, led by B Capital Group, saw the fintech firm’s valuation increase to over $3 billion.
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