Venture Capital


Finance

Volt Capital Unveils $10M Fund Backed by CMT Digital, Balaji Srinivasan

Soona Amhaz’s venture firm has been quietly making equity plays across the crypto space for seven months.

Volt Capital General Partner Soona Amhaz

Markets

Overstock Completes Deal to Convert Medici Ventures Into Fund Managed by Pelion

The deal is part of Overstock’s plan to exit its blockchain-related investments.

Overstock CEO Jonathan Johnson

Finance

This VC Gave Coinbase Its First Check

Initialized Capital’s Garry Tan first came across Coinbase founder Brian Armstrong when the latter was still at his day job debugging Airbnb.

Initialized Capital co-founder Garry Tan

Videos

Rap Legend Nas Could Make $100M Windfall From Coinbase Investment

Rap icon Nas invested in Coinbase in 2013, and he could net $100 million when the crypto exchange lists on the Nasdaq Wednesday. “The Hash” panel discusses how the Coinbase listing fits into the greater venture capital ecosystem.

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Finance

Rap Icon Nas Could Net $100M When Coinbase Lists on Nasdaq

Nasir Jones’ QueensBridge Venture Partners invested in 2013. A source familiar with the matter confirmed QueensBridge is still on the Coinbase cap table.

Nas performs in Oakland, Calif., Feb. 21, 2020.

Finance

Communitas Capital's 'Infrastructure-First' Investing Approach Is Paying Off With Coinbase and Others

Ex-Reuters CEO Tom Glocer was an angel investor in Coinbase’s 2015 Series C round. Here are the other crypto VC bets his Communitas Capital is making.

Communitas Capital co-founder Tom Glocer

Finance

Crypto Trading App Atani Raises $6.25M

The funding round was led by JME Ventures, an early investor in unicorn payments provider Flywire.

Atani co-founders Paul Barroso and Haydée Barroso

Finance

Zora Gets In on NFT Funding Craze With $8M Raise, SEC Documents Show

It’s the latest NFT marketplace investors are betting on as the mainstream gateway to crypto.

The homepage of the Zora NFT marketplace on March 31, 2021.

Finance

Ember Fund Raises $5.3M to Build Out Trading App

Ember’s AI and machine-learning algos look to protect retail investors from getting rekt.

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Finance

Michael Jordan Joins $305M Investment in Firm Behind NBA Top Shot

Dapper Labs' buzzy NFT platform has generated over $500 million in sales since launch.

NBA legend Michael Jordan