Serena Williams Looks to Have Dropped Coinbase Investment After Activism Row
Williams' venture firm no longer displays Coinbase among its portfolio firms.
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On stage at Bitcoin 2022, Serena Williams, Odell Beckham, Jr. and Aaron Rodgers explained why they invest and choose to be paid in bitcoin.
An African startup, Nestcoin, said it raised $6.45 million in a pre-seed funding round in which tennis’ star, Serena Williams’ Serena Ventures took part. The startup, which was launched in November 2021, plans to use the capital raised to educate, build and invest in web 3.0 applications.
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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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The freshly raised capital will go toward expanding Lolli’s BTC online shopping rewards internationally. Bitcoin rewards app, Lolli, has announced the close of its pre-series A fundraising round after raising $5 million.The round saw investment from a diverse array of participants, including Seven Seven Six — the venture capital firm co-founded by Reddit executive chairman Alexis Ohanian — Serena Williams’ Serena Ventures, management company Night Media, and various social media influencers. The funds will be allocated towards developing Lolli’s mobile application, scaling to support a....
Lolli, a BTC-back Bitcoin rewards program, has just completed a a $5M pre-Series A funding round, backed by a variety of popular internet celebrities and influencers. Here’s more on what names are behind the $5 million in investment, and how Lolli has grown since its inception. Internet Celebrities, Alex Ohanian and Serena Williams, Invest $5M […]
Potentially bitcoin's first killer app, tipping has been a hot topic of discussion lately. Earlier this week Bitcoin investment firm Pantera Capital announced its participation in the Series A funding round for social tipping startup, ChangeTip. And just last month Coinbase launched its bitcoin tipping button to allow anyone to accept micropayments anywhere on the web. Despite it being early days in the world of bitcoin tipping, it seems as though early adopters have their personal preference when it comes to which service they want to use to spread value across the internet. A discussion....