Venture Capital
Dive
Threat of Uniswap Replication Triggers Rare Clash With A16Z
Venture Capital Firm Disagrees With Community Plan For Bridging
Byte
DeFi and Web3 Startups Attract $3B in Funding in Third Quarter
Fundraising is Down 24% But Decentralized Sector Holding Its Own in Harsh Year
Byte
Startup Adapts Credit Default Swap Model to Unsecured Crypto Loans
Carapace Raises $2.5M in Round Led by NFX
NFT News
A16Z's Latest Bet on NFTs: Free Licenses for Everyone
Venture Capital Giant's Move Signals Outsize Ambitions in NFT Market
Byte
Digital Wallet Maker Dynamic Raises $7.5M from a16z
Data Dashboard Enables Devs to Improve Wallet Access
Byte
Crypto May be Down But Thiel, Andreessen, and Cuban Still Love NFTs
1confirmation Venture Firm Launches $100M Fund for NFTs
Op-ed
With Crypto VC Booming It's High Time to Close the Gender Gap in Web3
It's Still Glaring How Imbalanced DeFi Remains When it Comes to Diversity
Li Gong •
Dive
Crypto Founders Scramble as 'Outlandish' Era of Easy Money Ends
VCs are Choosier About Investments in Bear Market
Byte
Wall Street’s Jane Street Borrows $25M Via DeFi Lending Platform
Traditional Institutions Are Increasingly Tapping DeFi Loans
Byte
Uniswap Joins the Hunt for Web3 Startups with New Venture Arm
UniSwap Expansion into Venture Investing Raises Eyebrows
Byte
Gumi Cryptos Launches Fund to Back 50 Web3 Startups
Latest Raise is Yet Another Bullish Sign for Web3
DeFi Podcasts
Blockchange Ventures' Ken Seiff: Betting on Crypto's Base Layer and a Multi-Chain Future
Section 1:10 Ken Seiff is the general partner of Blockchange Ventures, one of the longest standing venture funds focusing on early stage blockchain startups. One of his very first forays intor crypto was as one of the investors in Ethereum’s token sale, as I describe in my book, The Infinite Machine. He went on to…
DeFi News
ConsenSys Notches $7B Valuation Amid Flurry of Legal Challenges
The trailblazing Ethereum dev shop closed a fresh fundraising round amid swirling controversy.
DeFi News
Electric Capital Plays the Long Game with $1B for Two Funds Targeting Tokens and Equity Stakes
Electric Capital unveiled $1B for two funds that will support blockchain projects with investments in equity and tokens.
DeFi News
Web3 Could Unleash Innovation by Overturning Age Bias in Startups
Web3 has the potential to even the playing field between experienced techies and the next generation, writes James Whitley.
DeFi News
Kickstarter's Embrace of Celo Blockchain May Lead to Token for Crowdfunding Giant
Crowndfunding giant Kickstarter has embraced the Celo blockchain, sparking questions about whether it might issue a token to reward investors.
DeFi News
The Metaverse is So Hot Right Now: Here’s How Top Investors are Separating Opportunity from Hype
Top investors share how they're playing the development of the metaverse as hype explodes.
Byte
Startup Icon AngelList Embraces DeFi by Opening Site to USDC
Add AngelList to the ever-lengthening list of mainstream tech outfits going crypto. On Tuesday it started letting investors use USDC-enabled funds on its site. It’s a significant move. For the last decade, AngelList’s online bulletin board for angel investors and job-seekers has made it a valuable utility in the U.S. startup scene by playing matchmaker…
Byte
FTX Breaks Crypto Funding Round Record with $900M Series B
Bucking a bearish crypto market, FTX, the two-year-old cryptocurrency exchange, announced a $900M Series B funding round at a valuation of $18B, the company said in a statement released yesterday. The deal is a clear sign that for all the angst in the markets, well-heeled investors are only too eager to play the long game…
Byte
Venture Round Led by a16z Makes OpenSea Latest NFT Unicorn
The NFT marketplace OpenSea has reached a $1.5B valuation after a $100M Series B funding round led by a16z. This makes OpenSea the newest NFT-based unicorn, or a privately held startup company valued over $1B. A16z also led OpenSea’s $23M Series A round in March. This year, the venture giant also invested in Dapper Labs,…
DeFi Podcasts
"V3 is Winding Back a Bit of the Uniswap Revolution; It's Going to be Very Influential:" Dan Robinson
In this week’s episode we speak with Dan Robinson, a research partner at Paradigm, one of the most active VC funds in DeFi and crypto. One of the fund’s investments is Unsiwap, where Dan also had a central role in the design of v3, the latest version of DeFi’s most popular decentralized exchange. Dan talks about why…