Seed Club Ventures emerges from stealth with $25M fund focused on DAOs

Seed Club Ventures emerges from stealth with $25M fund focused on DAOs

Seed Club, a DAO-focused accelerator program, has launched its venture arm out of stealth mode with a $25 million fund, the team shared exclusively with TechCrunch. “Seed Club is a DAO for builders at the intersection of builders and culture with three areas: an accelerator, a community of members and now the venture arm,” said […]

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Deal Box’s venture arm to invest $125M in startups using web3 technology

Deal Box’s venture arm to invest $125M in startups using web3 technology

Deal Box, a capital markets advisory and token offering packaging platform, has launched its venture arm with plans to invest $125 million in startups using web3 technology, the company shared Wednesday. “We believe in the transformative power of web3, and we plan to invest in both web3 startups and companies that use web3 technology, including […]

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Venom Foundation and Iceberg Capital launch $1B venture fund to invest in web3

Venom Foundation and Iceberg Capital launch $1B venture fund to invest in web3

Venom Foundation, a layer-1 blockchain licensed and regulated by the Abu Dhabi Global Market, and investment manager Iceberg Capital have partnered to launch a $1 billion venture fund, the two firms announced on Wednesday. The $1 billion vehicle, Venom Ventures Fund (VVF), is a blockchain-agnostic fund that will invest in pre-seed to Series A rounds […]

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Razor’s Edge Ventures closes $340M fund as it looks to invest in defense startups

Razor’s Edge Ventures closes $340M fund as it looks to invest in defense startups

In a sign that national security tech is a safe bet even during troubled economic times, defense- and security-focused VC firm Razor’s Edge Ventures today announced the closing of its third startup investment fund at just under $340 million. It exceeded the initial target of $250 million, the firm notes, and will target companies developing […]

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Polygon founder raises $50M for emerging markets-focused web3 venture fund

Polygon founder raises $50M for emerging markets-focused web3 venture fund

Ethereum layer-two scaling platform Polygon raised $450 million earlier this year in its first major financing round. Now, the protocol’s cofounder Sandeep Nailwal is launching another project, he told TechCrunch exclusively — this time, in the form of Symbolic Capital, a venture capital fund built by and for web3 founders. Nailwal, alongside Cere cofounder Kenzi […]

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Playstudios launches blockchain gaming division and $10M web3-focused fund

Playstudios launches blockchain gaming division and $10M web3-focused fund

Playstudios, a publicly traded mobile gaming platform and developer, is venturing into the web3 world with a new blockchain division and investment fund. The gaming entity, which owns popular mobile apps like Tetris, is now launching a new blockchain-focused sector, which will use “rewarded play” to leverage blockchain technology and deliver more rewarding experiences to […]

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Protagonist launches $100M fund to make early-stage crypto companies the main character

Protagonist launches $100M fund to make early-stage crypto companies the main character

Protagonist, a fairly new crypto fund and incubation lab, has launched its first $100 million fund to focus on early-stage crypto companies. The firm began in the beginning of 2022 and originally was called Ship Capital, but changed its name soon after. “Protagonist is more reflective of who we are and the folks we want […]

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