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White Star Capital Raises $120M Crypto Fund for Metaverse Investments

The company will deploy between $1 million and $7 million in token and equity investments into 20 to 25 companies.

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Ex-Blockstream Exec Samson Mow Raises $21M for Bitcoin Startup JAN3

Mow announced his new company during an appearance at the Bitcoin 2022 Conference in Miami.

Samson Mow, CEO de JAN3. (CoinDesk)

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Hashed Leads $6.5M Round for LOVO’s AI-Backed Voice NFTs

The company wants its synthetic speech tools to be used in chat apps or as in-game assets.

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Blockchain Security Firm CertiK Confirms $88M Raise at $2B Valuation

The valuation was double from the last funding round in December.

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Pantera Capital Eyes ‘Mature’ Crypto Companies With New $200M Fund

The Pantera Select Fund will focus on “revenue-generating companies,” the crypto VC firm said in an investor letter.

Paul Veradittakit Partner at Pantera Capital (CoinDesk)

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Southeast Asian VC Firm SeaX Ventures Closes $60M Tech Fund

The fund will invest $500,000-$5 million in technology companies, which includes blockchain and Web 3.

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Crypto VC gCC Raises $110M Early-Stage Fund

Gumi Cryptos Capital will use its second fund to invest in around 50 companies through both equity and tokens.

gCC partners Hironao Kunimitsu, Rui Zhang and Miko Matsumura (gCC)

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Jump Crypto Wants You to Know Its Name

A secretive trading giant with an army of developers is taking an increasingly active role in building key crypto infrastructure.

Jump Crypto President Kanav Kariya speaks at the 2022 Avalanche Summit in Barcelona. (Tracy Wang/CoinDesk)

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Ex-Polychain Partner Tekin Salimi Launches $125M Crypto Venture Fund

The new fund plans to convert into a decentralized autonomous organization, and involves Terra’s Do Kwon and Avalanche’s Emin Gün Sirer.

Tekin Salimi (dao5)

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A16z Alum Katie Haun Raises $1.5B for 2 New Crypto Venture Funds

The money is being split between an early-stage fund and an “acceleration” fund.

Venture capitalist Katie Haun (Fortune Brainstorm TECH via Flickr)