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Alpha Sigma, Transform Ventures Partner on New $100M Crypto-Focused Funds

The firms are creating a holding company called Alpha Transform Holdings, Inc.

Brevan Howard Digital was among the backers for Puffer's $5.5 million round. (Pixabay)

Finance

Crypto Payroll Startup Toku Raises $20M

Blockchain Capital led the funding round.

Beldex raises $25 million with a new DWF Labs partnership (Unsplash)

Finance

Multicoin Capital’s Hedge Fund Lost 91.4% Last Year, Investor Letter Reveals

The fund’s performance was severely impacted by direct exposure to now-bankrupt crypto exchange FTX and holdings in FTT and Solana-based tokens.

Multicoin's Kyle Samani (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Hosts of Bankless Podcast Raising $35M Crypto Venture Fund: Sources

The popular crypto podcast is branching out beyond its media roots to invest in emerging Web3 startups.

Bankless co-host David Hoffman speaks at an ETHDenver 2023 side event. (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Redeem Raises $2.5M to Let Users Receive NFTs via Phone Numbers

Kenetic Capital led the round ahead of Redeem's second-quarter product launch.

Redeem CEO Toby Rush (Redeem)

Finance

Web3 Infrastructure Startup Portal Raises $5.3M

The company emerges from stealth with a roster of backers, including Katie Haun’s investment firm.

Portal co-founders (left to right) David Scrobonia, Raj Parekh, Rami Shahatit and Parsa Attari (Portal)

Finance

DWF Labs Invests $25M in Privacy Tech Startup Beldex

The funds will help promote the ecosystem of decentralized applications that protect user data.

Beldex raises $25 million with a new DWF Labs partnership (Unsplash)

Finance

A16z Leads $25M Round for Web3 Startup Building Online Towns

Here Not There also received backing from Benchmark and Framework Ventures.

Here Not There Labs is looking to duplicate town squares online. (Vladimir Jesko/Pixabay)

Finance

Pantera Invests $10M in Metaverse Game Worldwide Webb

The Web3 game allows players to use their existing NFT collections as avatars.

Worldwide Webb has raised $10 million from Pantera Capital (Worldwide Webb)

Finance

Crypto Wallet Startup Den Gets $2.8M in Seed Funding Led by IDEO CoLab Ventures

The Den co-founders, the duo behind the viral hit ConstitutionDAO, says solving coordination issues is the biggest challenge for on-chain organizations.

(DALL-E/CoinDesk)