Venture Capital

For new growth, crypto may need to shed tired norms like over-raising and the hoarding of investment resources

Court win, sports deals, and surging volumes lift prediction-market Kalshi as venture capital considers new funding

Sign’s raised over $55 million throughout three rounds

Andreessen Horowitz invested in the Solana staking protocol

The new investment lifts CoinDCX’s valuation above its 2022 funding round as Coinbase deepens its presence in Asia’s crypto markets

The New York-based firm will back early-stage projects in onchain infrastructure, payments, and decentralized apps

The deal adds Luxembourg AIFM structure as Keyrock files MiCA application in Liechtenstein

Lehman becomes Pantera’s fourth junior partner

A new breed of crypto entrepreneur is building in stablecoins, per Dragonfly’s Rob Hadick

Blockworks Research data shows that VC spending is back on the rise after a slow May

StarFun founder says VC intros shouldn’t be needed to start a crypto business — and is looking for $2.5 million in funding

Frachtis is focused on pre-seed and seed rounds in both consumer apps and AI

The funding was spread out across 61 rounds, a slight dip in both number of rounds and total funding in comparison to other months

The resale exchange has expansion plans involving fan perks

Squads CEO Stepan Simkin explained why the firm launched Altitude and how he’s thinking about stablecoins

Perpl, a perps DEX, plans to launch testnet by the end of this year

Sentora aims to create an ecosystem focused on institutional investors’ DeFi needs

35% of admitted teams are building AI apps, while 30% are using stablecoins

Unto’s Will Yoo and Liam Heeger spoke to the Empire newsletter about their raise and how they plan to build Thru

Veradittakit explains the sectors he’s interested in, how raising for Fund V is going, and what he looks for in the companies he invests in.

Arch Labs CEO told Blockworks that the team plans to launch a native token, but declined to give details

“Be prepared to do more with less,” Framework Ventures’ Michael Anderson said

Dragonfly’s Rob Hadick discussed how the firm is approaching investments in the current market

This is the largest equity investment that Framework Ventures has ever made,” Framework’s Michael Anderson exclusively told Blockworks