Coinbase Joins $6M Funding Round for Licensed Middle-East Exchange Rain Finan...
The $6 million Series A round was led by Middle-Eastern VC firm MEVP Capital.
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BitOasis has secured additional funding to expand their presence beyond the United Arab Emirates. The round of financing received support from Digital Currency Group and various tech angel investors. BitOasis Funding is a Success. Most people will know BitOasis as a Bitcoin wallet and exchange service operating in the Middle East and North Africa. The....
Virtuzone joins the list of mainstream businesses in the UAE, such as JA Resorts and Hotels and Majid Al Futtaim, to officially accept cryptocurrencies following the integration of Binance Pay. Binance marked its presence among the Middle East investors by running various licensed operations in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and other regions. Targeting efforts in United Arab Emirate's (UAE) mainstream corporate sector, Binance partnered with business lender Virtuzone, allowing new entrepreneurs to repay loans using cryptocurrencies.Virtuzone joins the list of mainstream businesses in the UAE, such as....
Coinbase has raised $75m as part of a Series C funding round backed by a host of impressive first-time bitcoin investors including the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), Fortune 500 financial services group USAA, Spanish megabank BBVA and Japanese telcom giant DoCoMo. The round, which smashes the previous record for a bitcoin company, was led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) Growth Fund, of which noted bitcoin investor Tim Draper is a partner, and included long-time bitcoin-friendly investment groups Union Square Ventures, Ribbit Capital and Andreessen Horowitz. Former Citigroup CEO Vikram....
Dubai-based bitcoin startup BitOasis has announced its first round of seed funding, in a round led by venture capital firm Wamda Capital, an investor focused on startups in the MENA (Middle-East and North Africa) region. BitOasis, a bitcoin wallet and exchange service that caters to several Arab countries, has announced its first round of seed funding. Participating investors include prominent bitcoin- and blockchain-space investor Digital Currency Group (DCG), payments processor Payfort, Samih Toukan – a tech entrepreneur and other unnamed angel investors based in Dubai and New York. The....
Coinbase is rumoured to be in the midst of another funding round, attempting to raise up to $60m with a company valuation of $400m. The US-based company, which provides bitcoin wallets and merchant services, is expected to take on investment from venture capital firm DFJ and is looking to raise $40-60m, according to Re/Code. CoinDesk has contacted Coinbase, but is yet to receive a response. DFJ has declined to comment. Back in December, Coinbase raised $25m in a series B round, led by Andreessen Horowitz, bringing the total amount raised by the company to $30m. An article by TechCrunch....