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Tag: Funding
Web3 Startups: An Avalanche of Funding in 2022?
The previous year saw $380 million in 93 deals go to companies that describe themselves as Web3 startups, a massive spike from just $20.5 million in 30 deals in 2020. Blockchain-based companies that u...
Jeeves Gets $180 Million in Series C Funding
Corporate card and expense management platform, Jeeves has reached a valuation of $2.1 billion after the company’s recent $180 million Series C funding round. With the latest investment, Jeeves has ra...
Laura-Marie Geissler Partners Amsterdam Berlin & Unblocked to Tap NFTs for Motorsport Funding – crypto.news
German professional racecar driver Laura-Marie Geissler has joined forces with Amsterdam Berlin and Unblocked to launch the first-ever NFT-funded car racing team called LMG GT No.1. The project aims t...
Binance Labs Is Leading $8M Seed Funding Round for Tea
Binance Labs recently announced leading an 8 million dollar seed funding round for Tea, an emerging open-source software platform on the blockchain. The innovation incubator and venture capital behind...
Joystream Raises $5.85M in Funding to Reach Total Valuation of $60M
Joystream is planning to launch a mainnet this year and currently has 3434 memberships on its testnet. Joystream, the decentralized video platform powered by blockchain announced that it has raised $5...
BAYC’s ApeCoin up 50% this week as its creator raises $450M in new funding
ApeCoin (APE) continued its rebound move Thursday as the firm behind it raised hundreds of millions of dollars in a funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz. APE’s price surged 7.5% intraday to ...
Binance Labs leads $8 million funding for Tea
Binance Labs announces that it has led an $8 million funding round for Tea, a new company building an open-source software platform based on the blockchain. Binance Labs funds Tea Binance’s venture c...
Nexo Ventures Emerges With $150M Funding for Web3.0
Digital assets lending platform Nexo has launched Nexo Ventures, its incubation fund bootstrapped with $150 million to fund a variety of Web3.0 initiatives. As announced by the platform, Nexo Ventures...
Worldcoin Raises $100 Million in Funding Round to Scan More Eyes
The project has been able to scan close to 500,000 people in the 20 countries and its new funds would be used to further push its activities. Worldcoin, an eye-scanning crypto startup, has raised $100...
Yuga Labs Marks $4 Billion In Valuation After $450M Funding Round –
BAYC creators Yuga Labs made an announcement that they have jacked up $450 million in a funding round, taking the organization’s valuation to $4 BIllion. This round was led by a16z crypto, Moonpay, FT...
Trading giant Jane Street backs NEAR-based lending protocol in new funding round
advertisement Jane Street is backing an upstart project in the decentralized finance space, representing the latest sign that the global trading firm is prioritizing crypto. The firm has made an inve...
Citi Ventures Joins $44 Million Series B Funding Round of ChargeAfter
Some of the world’s leading financial institutions including Citi Ventures (Citigroup), Banco Bradesco, and MUFG (Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group) have joined the $44 million Series B funding round of ...
5 Intriguing Crypto Startups That Raised Funding in February
The blockchain space remains steaming hot in the face of a wave of unsettling events across the globe. While the economy continues its post-pandemic recovery and war rages in Ukraine, leading to sky-h...
Indonesian E-Grocery Startup Sayurbox Raises $120 Million In Series C Funding
Sayurbox cofounders (L-R): Amanda Susanti, Rama Notowidigdido and Metha Trisnawati. Courtesy of Sayurbox Sayurbox announced Monday that it had raised $120 million in a Series C funding round led by No...
Fintech Startup Ramp Network Pulls $200M in Funding at $8.1B Valuation
Back in February, Ramp inked a partnership with Amazon Business to streamline business purchasing through its receipt-matching integration and both companies’ spend controls. Ramp, a fintech startup t...
LifeForce Games closes $5M seed funding to grow its blockchain-based gaming platform » CryptoNinjas
LifeForce Games, a blockchain video game development studio, today announced the successful completion of its $5 million seed round. The round was led by Lemniscap with participation from CMT Digital,...
Crypto data firm The TIE raises $9 million in Series A funding round
The TIE, a crypto information services provider, has raised $9 million in a Series A funding round. The funding round was led by Blizzard, with participation from executives at Golden Tree Asset Manag...
Crypto Investment Platform NeoFi Secures $2.1 Million of Strategic Funding
March 21, 2022 – Bangalore, India NeoFi, a platform that helps retail investors build a diversified long-term portfolio of digital assets in a single click and leverage DeFi to earn hassle-free passiv...
Ramp Secures $750 Million in Funding, Hits $8.1 Billion Valuation
Financial technology firm, Ramp became the latest fintech to hit the valuation of $8 billion after the company secured $750 million in funding. The raise includes $200 million in equity and $550 milli...
Struct Finance completes $3.9M seed funding round
Struct Finance completed a $3.9 million seed funding round to improve the ecosystem’s ability to create, customize, and invest in DeFi products, Invezz learned from a press release. Among the 24 elite...
$20 Million in Bitcoin (BTC) Long Liquidation Over the Last Hour, Funding Rates Turn Euphoric
After last week’s strong bounce back, the world’s largest cryptocurrency Bitcoin (BTC) is witnessing some selling pressure. As of press time, Bitcoin (BTC) is trading 2.4% down under $41,000 levels. T...
China’s driverless delivery startup Whale Dynamic targets US market with $2.5M funding
A nascent Nuro challenger from China has its sight set on the delivery market in the US and has just raised some seed funding to advance its ambitions. Whale Dynamic, a Shenzhen-based autonomous deliv...
Ethereum L2 Solution Optimism Raises $150 Million In Funding Led by A16z And Paradigm
Optimism, an Ethereum L2 (Layer 2) rollup solution, has raised $150 million in a Series B fundraising round led by notable names in the venture capital (VC) world. A16z and Paradigm led the investment...
Jack Dorsey’s Block Participates In Funding For Kyash, A Japanese Fintech Firm: Raises $41 Million
As per a report by Nikkei, in a Series D financing round, a Tokyo-based financial technology company Kyash has raised $41.2 million. Kyash now stands at $107.7 million (12.8 billion JPY) in total fund...
CoinRoutes Secures $16 Million in Series B Funding
CoinRoutes, an algorithmic trading platform for cryptocurrency assets, became the latest firm in the digital asset ecosystem to raise funds for its expansion. The company has received $16 million in i...
Optimism Raises $150 Million in Series B Funding Round Led by Paradigm and A16z – Bitcoin News
Optimism, an L2 (Layer 2) rollup solution for Ethereum, has raised $150 million in its Series B funding round coming from big companies in the venture capital (VC) scene. The funding round was led by ...
EV Maker VinFast Mulls Up to $1 Billion Funding Round
(Bloomberg) — VinFast, a Vietnamese electric vehicle maker, is exploring a funding round to raise $500 million to $1 billion ahead of a potential U.S. listing, according to people with knowledge...
Japanese Fintech Firm Kyash Raises $41 Million, Jack Dorsey’s Block Participates in Funding – Fintech Bitcoin News
A Tokyo-based financial technology company called Kyash has raised $41.2 million in a Series D funding round which saw participation from the Block (formerly known as Square). The investment into the ...
Top Asian Film Markets Wrap Up Project Funding And Sales
The Hong Kong – Asia Film Financing Forum handed out 14 prizes to new film projects. Courtesy of HAF The Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF) wrapped up its 20th edition this week, alongsid...
Ethereum Layer 2 Optimism Raises $150 Million in Series B Funding
Ethereum scaling solution, Optimism has raised $150 million in Series B funding, co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and Paradigm. In the latest blog post, the blockchain startup revealed that it is current...