#Venture Capital News

Goren Holm Ventures Rebrands as Tim Draper Further Invests

December 10, 2019 by Edoardo Vecchio at Blockchain

American crypto tycoon Tim Draper has invested further in Goren Holm Ventures, a fintech venture studio focused on incubating and accelerating early-stage blockchain startups. As published by PRNewswire on December 9, the company now re-branded to Draper Goren Holm. Tim Draper Joins LA-based Venture Goren Holm Ventures (GHV), a fintech and blockchain-focused venture studio founded...

Andreessen Horowitz Stands up for Pro-Cryptocurrency Regulations

September 2, 2019 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at Bitcoin

Renown venture capital and investment advisory firm, Andreessen Horowitz, held a conference on cryptocurrencies to which they invited companies and regulators who are dealing with this new industry. Marc Andreessen discussed the importance of cryptocurrencies, likening it to how the internet was viewed in its early days, as reported by...

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SeedCX Subsidiaries Secure New York BitLicense

July 16, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Regulation

Seed CX, a regulated bitcoin trading platform for professionals, has achieved a significant feat in its development, as two of its subsidiaries, Seed Digital Commodities market LLC (SCXM) and Zero Hash LLC, have obtained virtual currency licenses from the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS). Securing the BitLicense...

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Cryptocurrency Exchange Kraken Raises Millions in Share Offering

May 22, 2019 by Eddie Mitchell at Exchange, News

Major cryptocurrency exchange platform Kraken has announced that it will be offering shares of its company for as little as $1,000. This, according to an email distributed by the exchange on May 20, 2019. Raising Millions As per the email, Kraken will be offering preferred shares through investment platform, BnkToTheFuture....

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Cryptocurrency Fund Galaxy Digital Announces $272.1 million Loss in 2018

May 1, 2019 by Ashwath Balakrishnan at Business, Finance, Investment, News

In a press release to Cision, April 29, 2019, Galaxy Digital Holdings, the investment fund run by ex-Fortress fund manager Michael Novogratz, has announced a net comprehensive loss of $272.1 million for the last year. Reportedly, the majority of the decline is from the sale of digital assets at a...

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Blockchain Analytics Firm Chainalysis Raised $6 Million From MUFG And Sozo Ventures

April 17, 2019 by Alex Lielacher at Blockchain, Business, Investment, News

Leading blockchain analysis company, Chainalysis, has managed to secure $6 million in funding from Japanese financial services giant Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and venture capital firm Sozo Ventures. This according to a report by Reuters, April 16, 2019. Expansion Into Asia New York-based Chainalysis hopes that the raised funds will...

Facebook Targets $1 Billion Investment in Cryptocurrency Project

April 9, 2019 by Osato Avan-Nomayo at Altcoins, Business, Finance, Investment, News

Social media behemoth, Facebook, is looking to attract venture capital (VC) investment into its proposed cryptocurrency project, reports New York Times (NYT) contributor Nathaniel Popper. The company is reportedly looking to raise as much as $1 billion for its digital token project. Making Facebook Coin Less Centralized Popper announced the...

NEM (XEM) Venture Capital Arm Makes First Portfolio Investment

March 7, 2019 by Ogwu Osaemezu Emmanuel at Altcoins, Business, Investment, News

Vimba, a New Zealand-based platform that allows users to buy, sell or save bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) right from their bank accounts, has become the first ever portfolio investment of NEM Ventures, the venture capital and investment arm of the NEM distributed ledger technology (DLT) project, according to an...

Blockchain Security Firm Secures $15 Million in VC Funding

February 21, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Blockchain, Business, Investment, News

According to a press release published February 19, 2019, blockchain security firm CipherTrace has secured $15 million in venture capital from leading Silicon Valley and New York venture capital firms with a proven track record in the crypto asset and cybersecurity space. Strong Demand for DLT Products CipherTrace has raised...

Legacy Trust Brings Cryptocurrency to Pensioners

Pension and Endowment Adviser: Time for Institutional Investors to Consider Cryptocurrencies

February 19, 2019 by Tom Nyarunda at Adoption, Business, Investment, News

Cambridge Associates is endorsing cryptocurrency investment for institutions. The pension and endowment firm says cryptos are now stable and believes it’s time institutions learned about crypto space to make informed investment decisions. As reported by Bloomberg, February 18, 2019. A Worthwhile Investment The private and institutional investment adviser, which offers services...

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Blockchain Detective Startup Chainalysis Collects $30 Million Funding

February 14, 2019 by Tom Nyarunda at Blockchain, Business, Finance, News

Chainanalysis has gathered $30 million to open a new and research lab in London to spread its presence in the United Kingdom. Chainalysis unveiled real-time Anti-money laundering software Chainalysis KYT (Know Your Transaction) last year and is now expanding towards cryptocurrencies and Stablecoins according to a February 12, 2019 blog post....

Japan: IM Giant LINE Signs MoU with Nomura Holdings, Forms Blockchain Alliance

January 31, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at News

Japanese IM giant LINE has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Nomura Holdings to foster the use of blockchain technology at large, this according to a press release published January 30, 2019. Blockchain Solidarity The Nomura Group is a global financial services behemoth which provides services to individual, institutional,...

VC 500 Startups Invests in Stablecoin Startup Stably

Stablecoin Startup Basis Shuts Down Eight Months after Raising $133 Million

December 15, 2018 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Altcoins, Blockchain, Business, Finance, News, Platform, Regulation, Tech

According to an article published by Bloomberg, on December 13, 2018, Basis, a stablecoin startup funded by the likes of Bain Capital Ventures, and Andreessen Horowitz has decided to call it a day due to the persistent ambiguity regarding classification of digital currencies as securities. Crypto Industry in Dire Straits...

Cryptokitties Launches the First ever Blockchain Charity Event Focused on Marine Life Protection

CryptoKitties Parent Company Wants to Be the Zynga of Blockchain

November 2, 2018 by Priyeshu Garg at Altcoins, Ethereum, News, Platform, Tech

Dapper Labs, the company behind the world's first and most successful consumer blockchain product, CryptoKitties, has raised $15 million in financing led by Venrock, in an aim to bring more users to the blockchain, the company announced in a press release on November 1, 2018. Valuation Doubled in Venrock-Led Fundraising...

Binance to Launch a Crypto Exchange in Singapore After Landing Vertex Investment

October 25, 2018 by Priyeshu Garg at Altcoins, Blockchain, Finance, News, Platform, Tech

Binance, a blockchain company that runs one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, has announced an investment from Vertex Ventures to open a crypto-to-fiat exchange in Singapore, Bloomberg reported on October 23, 2018. Vertex Invests in Binance to Expand in Singapore Vertex Ventures, the venture capital arm of...

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