Venture Capital
Jambo’s James Zhang talked to Empire about potential future fundraising and whether or not he considers Jambo a DePIN
Portal Ventures founders Evan Fisher and Catrina Wang discussed their newest fund with Blockworks
Midwest Blockchain Week showed the depth of talent available at US universities while focusing on how memecoins could bring back the retail investor
Plus, two M&A deals could breathe some life into the space
Plus, gauging Yano’s sentiment with the election a few weeks away
Lucid Ventures co-founder Meta said they don’t think Solana is “abnormal” in the VC world, where it’s “standard” for many projects to fail
Why bitcoin’s major run may be later than usual
Meanwhile, a16z announced its first raise for a decentralized science (DeSci) project
A series of raises were announced as 21 projects gear up to take part in a16z’s CSX
Plus, the rise and fall of Friend.tech
A fund co-founded by Alan Howard’s son and 10T veterans launched alongside a generalist fund with Notation Capital co-founder Nick Chirls as a general partner
Space and Time Labs and Edge Matrix topped this week’s funding announcements with raises of $20 million each
Diogo Mónica sits down with Blockworks to chat about the $55 million round for Chaos Labs that he led for Haun Ventures
In total, crypto firms raised nearly $3 billion over 503 deals, but the deal value was still down 11% year to date, per PitchBook data
Plus, did airdrops ruin altcoin summer before it even started?
Plus, industry experts say crypto is in its comeback era
SOL surged over the weekend, following the bullish events at the Bitcoin 2024 conference
Nirvana Labs said its revenue has increased 650% this year, and has raised $5.7 million across rounds
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