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CoinShares Secures Strategic Option to Acquire Valkyrie Funds
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CoinShares Secures Strategic Option to Acquire Valkyrie Funds

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This option to acquire is the latest step in CoinShares’ U.S. expansion, following the launch of Hedge Fund Solutions in September 2023. CoinShares has also entered into a brand licensing agreement for Valkyrie’s products notably its pending Bitcoin spot ETF. Valkyrie will continue to operate as an independent entity until CoinShares decides to exercise......
Lightspeed Faction Launches _285 Million Venture Fund for Blockchain Startups
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Lightspeed Faction Launches $285 Million Venture Fund for Blockchain Startups

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Fund will focus primarily on early-stage projects primed to advance the crypto industry Lightspeed Faction, a leading blockchain-focused venture capital firm, announced the launch of its inaugural $285 million venture fund. Faction will primarily invest in early stage blockchain projects and serve as a long-term capital partner as these projects scale. In addition......
VC Funding in Turbulent Times: Attracting Investors with Outsourcing
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VC Funding in Turbulent Times: Attracting Investors with Outsourcing

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The era in which founders could traditionally enter a boardroom and emerge with a guaranteed favourable term sheet has come to an end. With Silicon Valley turning to economic austerity earlier this year, startups that could not showcase financial prudence have struggled to secure funding from increasingly frugal investors. Global......
Flashpoint Announces New Joint Venture Fund Targeting $150 Million to Invest in Direct Secondaries
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Flashpoint Announces New Joint Venture Fund Targeting $150 Million to Invest in Direct Secondaries

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Flashpoint announces its partnership with renowned growth investor, Roman Ivaniuk through the establishment of a joint venture fund to invest in direct secondary opportunities in growth stage companies in Europe. Flashpoint is an international tech investment manager with over $400 million AUM focused on tech companies originating from Europe and......
Agrology Receives Phase IIB Funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF)
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Agrology Receives Phase IIB Funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF)

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Leading AgTech startup receives its third NSF award based on the fact that the company’s technology demonstrates a clear path to commercial and societal benefits Agrology today announced that the company received $500,000 in Phase IIB Funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to further develop Agrology’s real-time soil carbon and......
SparkLabs DeepTech Fund I Launches to Discover Disruptive Technologies in South Korea
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SparkLabs DeepTech Fund I Launches to Discover Disruptive Technologies in South Korea

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SparkLabs Korea, Asia’s leading startup accelerator and early-stage investor in South Korea, has launched a new venture capital fund, SparkLabs DeepTech. The first close of the fund was $15 million that will focus on seed and series A stage companies in South Korea. SparkLabs Korea defines “deeptech” to include artificial intelligence, biotech, spacetech, smart cities, AR/VR,......
SkyDrive Selected for Innovation Grant Worth up to 12.4 Billion Yen by Japanese Government
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Forge Announces $11 Million in Seed Funding Led By Makers Fund, BITKRAFT Ventures, Animoca Brands to Launch the First Video Game Platform that Connects and Rewards Gamers for their Achievements

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Founded by Gaming Pioneer Dennis “Thresh” Fong, Crunchyroll Founder Kun Gao, and Cyence Founder George Ng, Forge Launches Into Beta Today Allowing Gamers to Automatically Earn Rewards Based on Their Gaming Profiles Forge, the first video game platform that connects and rewards gamers for their gaming achievements and ongoing play,......
Grand Ventures Raises $50 Million Fund to Invest in Early-Stage Startups
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Grand Ventures Raises $50 Million Fund to Invest in Early-Stage Startups

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The venture capital firm has raised over $80 million targeting Fintech, Supply Chain and DevOps companies Grand Ventures announced the closing of a $50 million second fund to invest in early-stage companies. This Fund II received significant support from its existing investor base while adding new limited partners, including family......
CrossFund Raises Additional $1.5 Million in Funding at a $47 Million Valuation, Establishes Itself as Leading Investment Gateway
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CrossFund Raises Additional $1.5 Million in Funding at a $47 Million Valuation, Establishes Itself as Leading Investment Gateway

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Fintech startup, CrossFund, has raised its fourth funding round in two years from family offices in MENA and Asia, BlockBase Ventures, UI Investments, Australian Gulf Capital, BXB Capital, and strategic angels. Founded in 2021 by Ben Cardarelli and Davide Cali, the company has quickly become the equity financing tool of choice for startups in SEA and EMEA with over $40M raised across 80......
Swoop and Sage Unveil Global Partnership to Revolutionize Business Funding and Cost-Savings Solutions
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Swoop and Sage Unveil Global Partnership to Revolutionize Business Funding and Cost-Savings Solutions

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Access to finance is one of the main barriers to growth for small to medium sized businesses globally as highlighted by The Sage Foundation. This partnership aims to overcome this barrier and provide access to funding for businesses globally Swoop, a fintech company specializing in funding solutions and Sage, the leader......
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