‘Every Company Will Be a Crypto Company’; A Venture Funding Outlook for 2022

Startups raised $1.5 billion and funds raised $2 billion in just the last week.

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In today’s “Weekly Recap,” NLW looks at a slew of funding rounds announced this week, including:

Near Protocol, $150 million
ZeroHash, $105 million
Checkout.com, $1 billion
SEBA, $119 million
DeFi Alliance (now Alliance DAO), $50 million
FTX Ventures, $2 billion

“The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with editing by Rob Mitchell, research by Scott Hill and additional production support by Eleanor Pahl. Adam B. Levine is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. The music you heard today behind our sponsor is “Time” by OBOY. Image credit: Overearth/iStock/Getty Images Plus, modified by CoinDesk. Join the discussion at discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8.

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Nathaniel Whittemore

NLW is an independent strategy and communications consultant for leading crypto companies as well as host of The Breakdown – the fastest-growing podcast in crypto. Whittemore has been a VC with Learn Capital, was on the founding team of Change.org, and founded a program design center at his alma mater Northwestern University that helped inspire the largest donation in the school’s history.