Venture Capital

Morgan Creek Digital to raise up to $500M for new Web3 venture capital fund. (Jason Leung/Unsplash)
Morgan Creek Digital to Raise up to $500M for New Web3 Venture Capital Fund
The new fund will target early stage opportunities in AI, blockchain technology, chips and data.
Morgan Creek Digital to raise up to $500M for new Web3 venture capital fund. (Jason Leung/Unsplash)

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The Protocol: Side-Dealing Accusations Put Crypto VC Funding in Spotlight
In this week's blockchain tech newsletter, we're highlighting the firm Polychain's accusation against a former general partner over an alleged ethics breach, along with Ethere...
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Ritual co-founder Niraj Pant (Ritual)
Top Crypto VC Says Ex-General Partner Made Undisclosed Side Deal With Portfolio Company
Polychain says Niraj Pant broke the fund's policies by secretly accepting "adviser" tokens from Eclipse.
Ritual co-founder Niraj Pant (Ritual)

Julien Auchecorne, the newly appointed head of Auros Ventures (Auros)
Digital Asset Trader Auros to Invest Over $50M in Crypto Startups Through Its Newly Established VC Arm
Auros Ventures aims to make concentrated bets on crypto startups to help them scale with Auros being "power user," Auros co-founder and CIO Ben Roth said in an exclusive inter...
Julien Auchecorne, the newly appointed head of Auros Ventures (Auros)

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Crypto Venture Capital Market Rebound Extends Into Second Quarter: Galaxy
The median pre-money deal valuation jumped to highs of $37 million, suggesting that despite a lack of available investment capital a resurgent crypto market has led to increas...
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Bain Capital Crypto Raising Second Fund: Filing
Bain Capital has been an active investor in crypto since its initial fund launch, participating in a $115 million round for Sam Altman's Worldcoin.
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El Dorado co-founders Guillermo Goncalvez and Juan Carlos Andreu (El Dorado)
Multicoin, Coinbase Ventures Invest in Latin American Stablecoin-Powered SuperApp El Dorado
Stablecoin adoption is soaring in the region as many people turn to the crypto tokens as a shield against currency devaluation and cheap remittances.
El Dorado co-founders Guillermo Goncalvez and Juan Carlos Andreu (El Dorado)

Gabriel Shapiro (Gabriel Shapiro)
Crypto Governance Advisory MetaLeX Raises $2.75M
Gabriel Shapiro wants to "BORGify" crypto governance.
Gabriel Shapiro (Gabriel Shapiro)

Joshua Lim on CoinDesk TV at Consensus 2022 (CoinDesk, modified)
Crypto Principal Trader Arbelos Markets Raises $28M Led by Dragonfly Capital
The trading firm aims to fill the gap left after crypto's credit meltdown two years ago and improve trust by offering a real-time overview of its risk exposure to clients, co-...
Joshua Lim on CoinDesk TV at Consensus 2022 (CoinDesk, modified)

bitcoin, money, virtual. (Leamsii/Pixabay)
Bitcoin-Linked Stablecoin Firm OpenDelta Raises $2.5M
The startup is one of the first to build tokenized tech for Bitcoin's Runes era.
bitcoin, money, virtual. (Leamsii/Pixabay)