Venture Capital News

This week, blockchain startups and various crypto projects collectively raised more than $100 million in VC. Here's a roundup of the funding activities between June 16 and June 22.

The total funding in the cryptocurrency ecosystem has now exceeded $100 billion, underscoring the massive investment pouring into the sector since its inception.  According to data provided by DefiLlama, crypto projects have raised a staggering $101.36 billion across 5,287 funding…

This week, VC investors kept their momentum, infusing 34 startups in the blockchain sector with $109.3 million, from series A to grants.

Paradigm, a crypto-focused venture capital firm, has announced a new $850 million fund. Matt Huang, co-founder and Managing Partner at Paradigm, said in an announcement that the VC platform’s third fund will focus on crypto projects in their earliest development…

The week of June 2 to June 8 saw an influx of funds into the blockchain space, with 21 startups raising a total of $399.7 million from venture capital firms and angel investors.

Bitcoin staking protocol Babylon has successfully raised $70 million in a funding round led by venture firm Paradigm.

This past week has been buzzing with significant VC activity in the crypto space, highlighting several startups making major strides. Here's a roundup of the top funding news.

Crypto VC comeback? Blockchain startups collectively raised over $258m over the past week, spearheaded by Farcaster’s $150m series A round.

Dragonfly Capital’s Haseeb Qureshi raised concerns about theories of recent listings on Binance, hinting at complexities behind market fluctuations. The drop in prices of tokens listed on Binance over the past six months might not be the result of venture…

Recent VC successes from the past week include Humanity Protocol, Arch Labs, Uxuy, Arcium, Zest and Zeal. But only one startup boasts a $1-billion valuation.

The blockchain gaming sector witnessed an unprecedented influx of investment capital in April, securing $988 million in funding. Although the first quarter of 2024 saw a cautious approach with a total of $288 million raised among blockchain gaming startups, the…

In a whirlwind of funding activities, several projects in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space have recently secured significant investments from venture capitalist firms.

Cryptocurrency companies closed the week with nearly $62 million in venture capital (VC) raised from various firms, including BlackRock.

Movement Labs, a San Francisco-based blockchain developer, raised $38 million in a Series A funding round led by Polychain Capital.  The funding is expected to support its mission to integrate Facebook’s Move Virtual Machine into Ethereum (ETH). This would address…

Although robust institutional interest in blockchain is undoubtedly encouraging, projects should know that it’s not their only opportunity to grow.

Venture capital (VC) investors kept busy this past week as Centrifuge, Crypto Valley Exchange and Nebra all clinched new rounds of funding.