Funding Rounds
Bitcoin Rollup Citrea Aims to Make BTC a Programmable Asset With ZK Proofs, Raises $14M Series A
The goal of allowing greater utility on the Bitcoin blockchain is one of almost existential importance, according to Citrea.
By Jamie CrawleyOct 31, 2024
Privacy Blockchain Project Nillion Raises $25M to Expand 'Blind Computing'
Nillion builds its service around the concept of "blind computing," the processing of data without having to reveal its contents
By Jamie CrawleyOct 30, 2024
Solv Raises $11M to Grow the $1.3B Bitcoin Staking Protocol
Solv Protocol's SolvBTC product has more than 20,000 BTC staked ($1.24 billion) deployed across 10 major blockchain networks
By Jamie CrawleyOct 14, 2024
A New Prediction Market Raises $3M in Pre-Seed Round Led by 1confirmation
Unlike industry leader Polymarket, Limitless isn't focusing on the election. It's carving out a niche with bets that expire quickly and with user-created markets.
By Marc HochsteinSep 17, 2024
Blockchain Data Warehouse Space and Time Raises $20M Series A to Accelerate Development of AI Tools
The funding round, which brings Space and Time's total backing to $50 million, was led by Framework Ventures, Lightspeed Faction, Arrington Capital and Hivemind Capital
By Jamie CrawleyAug 27, 2024
Sahara AI, Blockchain Project Tackling Copyright and Privacy, Raises $43M
The funding round was led by Pantera Capital, Binance Labs and Polychain Capital and included participation from Samsung, Matrix Partners, Foresight Ventures and others.
By Jamie CrawleyAug 14, 2024
WiFi Provider Andrena Raises $18M to Offer Decentralized Broadband
The fundraising for the DePIN-based project – destined for launch on the Solana blockchain – was led by Dragonfly, with participation from CMT Digital, Castle Island Ventures and Wintermute Ventures
By Jamie CrawleyAug 7, 2024
Bitcoin Layer-2 Chain Bitlayer Raises $11M Led by ETF Issuer Franklin Templeton
Bitlayer's layer 2 is based on the BitVM paradigm, which was unveiled last October and laid out a path for Ethereum-style smart contracts on the original blockchain.
By Jamie CrawleyJul 23, 2024
Partior, Blockchain Payment Network Backed by JPMorgan and DBS, Raises $60M Series B
The investment was led by Peak XV Partners with contributions from Valor Capital Group and Jump Trading Group.
By Jamie CrawleyJul 12, 2024
Peter Thiel's Founders Fund Leads $85M Seed Investment Into Open-Source AI Platform Sentient
The project aims to address concerns about the proliferation of AI whereby the underlying code is concentrated in the hands of a few superpowers like Google or Meta.
By Jamie CrawleyJul 2, 2024