Financial Research
Crypto Funding Fridays
- Crypto Funding Fridays
Key Takeaways Venture capital firms took a shotgun approach to investing this week, raising just over $1 billion in total for investments across the crypto space, focusing heavily on NFTs, Infrastructure, and Centralized Finance (CeFi) projects. NFT projects raised $240 million, infrastructure saw $239 million,...
- Crypto Funding Fridays
This Is Not Biden’s Infrastructure Bill
Key Takeaways This week’s venture capital was heavily weighted towards infrastructure projects, with some dabbling into NFTs, Gaming, DAOs, and DeFi. Crypto infrastructure projects raised over $1.3 billion, with interoperability and usability as the biggest attractions in the space. Token sales were effective fundraising instruments this week, raising $85 million...
- Crypto Funding Fridays
New Year, Same Themes (DeFi and NFTs)
Key Takeaways Venture capital funds kicked off 2022 with $359 million invested in NFT projects that are focused on continuing to grow the NFT ecosystem through creator and project incubation. DeFi investment was also highly active, raising $396 million this week, mostly for expanding existing protocols’ product and service offerings....
- Crypto Funding Fridays
Infrastructure Deals Take the Spotlight in Funding
Infrastructure companies building derivatives, lending, analytics, institutional services, telecommunications, and digital payments raised an aggregate $1.63 billion this week. New Venture Capital funds raised $150 million this week with a Web 3.0 and blockchain gaming focus. A metaverse dedicated hackathon will give away $50 million in prizes and seed funding...
- Crypto Funding Fridays
Metaverse and Cybersecurity Lead the Way
Key Takeaways New Venture Capital funds raised an aggregate $1.9 billion this week with a metaverse and decentralized finance (DeFi) focus. Metaverse projects raised $213 million in capital, while cybersecurity firm Certik raised $80 million and Coinbase acquired cybersecurity firm Unbound for an undisclosed amount. Active investors this week include...
- Crypto Funding Fridays
Record new VC funds, more SPACs, and IPOs
Key Takeaways New Venture Capital funds raised an aggregate $2.76 billion this week. Gaming projects raised $13.5 million in capital, while Ethereum-based building companies raised $250 million this week. Bitcoin mining company Bitdeer will go public via a SPAC valued at around $4 billion. Iris Energy is a Bitcoin mining...
- Crypto Funding Fridays
Gaming and Compliance Attract Investors
Key Takeaways Gaming projects raised $825 million in capital this week, compliance projects raised over $25 million in aggregate funds, decentralized protocols brough in $37.2 million this week. Deal of the Week: Forte. io has raised a $725 million Series B funding round. The Company had raised a $185 million...
- Crypto Funding Fridays
Metaverse Funding and Acquisitions Takeoff
Key Takeaways Metaverse projects raised an aggregate $287 million in capital this week, payments and investment platforms raised $153 million, new venture capital funds created brought in $240 million and M&A activity reached $970 million this week. Deal of the Week: Digital Currency Group sells shares worth $700 million to...
- Crypto Funding Fridays
Infrastructure, DEXes and NFTs Lure in Capital
Key Takeaways Decentralized Exchanges (DEXes) raised $83.3 million this week; infrastructure deals had another great week with cumulative investments of $330 million and NFT projects raised $21.2 million this week Deal of the Week: Alchemy raises $250 million in Series C, valuing the Company at $3.5 billion Active investors this...
- Crypto Funding Fridays
NFTs, Payments and VCs Lead Funding Craze
Key Takeaways NFT projects raised $185 million while payments companies raised over $600 million and new venture capital aggregate funds were $1.285 billion this week Deal of the Week: Crypto exchange FTX raises $420 million at a $25 billion valuation Active investors this week include Galaxy Digital, CMS, Polychain and...
- Crypto Funding Fridays
Payments, Infrastructure, and New VC Funds
Key Takeaways Payments companies raised $145 million, infrastructure companies raised $433 million, and new venture capital funds raised over $2.0 billion this week Most active investors this week include DCG, Fenbushi, Dragonfly Capital, and Borderless Capital Deal of the Week: MoonPay a payments company raises $400 million at $.34 billion...