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Moonshot startups are inherently about venturing into uncharted territory, giving us new superpowers and creating new markets.
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What does it all mean for startups entering 2024? It means they have to prove their worth more than ever.
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After a couple years of dabbling in angel investments, crypto advisory firm Reverie is now bringing a bigger checkbook to bear. The firm is launching a flagship $20 million fund to invest in pre-seed and seed-stage crypto companies, its co-founder Larr…
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There is an increasing number of funds saying they are dedicated toward backing diverse founders.
There’s a growing desire in the UK for more Black specialty venture funds by Dominic-Madori Davis originally published on TechCrunch
Crypto funding declined last quarter, but investors behind the largest funds deploying capital in the space are sticking to their guns.
As crypto startup valuations come back to Earth, big investors are bargain hunting by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch
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Level up with our partners at TC Early Stage by Lauren Simonds originally published on TechCrunch
Crypto-focused venture capital investors remain confident in the market as total capital raised dropped in the first quarter.
Investors unfazed by Q1 crypto funding decline by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch
Tim Flannery, Alex Laplante and Ben Doran were working together at Carta’s investor services team when they realized that onboarding funds to invest in startups was a taxing (no pun intended) process. It required manually creating subscription agreements — agreements that investors fill out to invest in a fund — by piecing together unstructured data […]
Passthrough raises $10M to simplify the process of investor onboarding by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
Crypto investors are trying to put 2022’s chaotic market behind them and look forward to the future, even as market sentiment remains sour.
Crypto in for a ‘choppy year’ of slow capital deployment, investors say by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch
Venture capitalists are still bullish on crypto and continuing to look at decentralized finance (DeFi) as a promising opportunity.
DeFi startups need to experiment with new use cases and build solutions, investors say by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch
The “International Founders Open Office Hours” program aims to help immigrant founders boost their social networks by meeting VCs in the U.K.
For immigrant founders in the UK, office hours with VCs are rocket fuel by Ram Iyer originally published on TechCrunch
Investors are paying more attention to founder and startup behavior and many won’t invest in startups that could compromise their ethics.
6 investors share where they draw the line when it comes to ethical issues by Rebecca Szkutak originally published on TechCrunch
Venture capital deal flow into cryptocurrency startups is going in the same direction as the cryptocurrency market cap: down.
Crypto VC deals continue drop as activity follows bearish market prices by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch
To get a better picture of where the BNPL market is at right now, we spoke with four active investors about their expectations for the space, upcoming regulation, scalability, default risk and more.
Fidelity, the largest retirement plan provider in the United States, announced plans to offer bitcoin in 401(k) retirement accounts to its accountholders later this year. The company is set to allow investors to allocate up to 20% of their 401(k) accounts to bitcoin, though employers will have the ability to lower that cap, Dave Gray, head […]
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