Tagged: binance labs

September 28, 2022 @ 2:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the venture capital arm and accelerator of Binance, led a $8.5 million seed funding round for Bitquery as part of its ongoing drive “to support innovative blockchain data solution providers.” The investment round was “co-led by dao5, with Susquehanna, DHVC, INCE Capital, and… Read More

September 18, 2022 @ 4:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the venture capital arm and accelerator of Binance, has made a strategic investment in Aptos Labs, a next-generation layer-1 blockchain “built with safety and user experience in mind.” This is “a follow-on investment that comes after the first round of funding announced in… Read More

September 4, 2022 @ 9:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the venture capital arm and accelerator of Binance, led SPACE ID’s seed round. SPACE ID is “a universal naming service network that connects people, assets, and dApps across different blockchain networks.” SPACE ID is “building decentralized, censorship-resistant, and open-sourced universal identifiers.” The naming… Read More

August 12, 2022 @ 7:19 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the venture capital arm and accelerator of Binance, has made “a strategic investment in Web3 infrastructure provider Ankr.” The funds will go toward “ramping up the work on Ankr’s remote procedure call (RPC) service and building out its Web3 developer suite.” Ankr has… Read More

August 7, 2022 @ 7:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the venture capital arm and accelerator of Binance, led the seed funding round of Lifeform, which is described as “a disruptive decentralized visual digital identity (DID) solution provider.” The fund will aim to “empower the next billion Web3 users with decentralized digital citizenship.”… Read More

August 4, 2022 @ 8:54 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, which claims to be the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem behind the largest cryptocurrency exchange, recently announced the appointment of its Co-Founder Yi He “as the new head of its venture capital (VC) arm and incubator, Binance Labs.” Binance CEO CZ (Changpeng Zhao) stated: “As… Read More

August 3, 2022 @ 12:38 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BNB Chain recently announced the 27 finalists of the Most Valuable Builder (MVB) Incubation Program, which is an accelerator program that’s co-led by Binance Labs to offer mentorship and funding “to emerging projects built on top of the BNB Chain.” The MVB Incubation Program aims… Read More

July 5, 2022 @ 6:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the VC division and accelerator of Binance, and Republic co-led the seed funding round of Magic Square, the first “community-driven” Web3 multi-chain crypto app store. Magic Square provides Web3 solutions “to make crypto more accessible for all.” Users can discover and experience various… Read More

June 1, 2022 @ 11:49 am By JD Alois  |  

Binance has raised a new venture fund targeting Web3 and other blockchain technologies. According to a statement issued by Binance Labs, the VC arm of Binance, the $500 million fund saw the participation of global institutions including DST Global Partners, Breyer Capital, as well as… Read More

March 7, 2022 @ 10:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the VC division and innovation incubator of Binance, has reportedly invested $1.1 million in AlwaysGeeky Games, which is the creator of an NFT project called Voxies and game called Voxies Tactics. Binance Labs and AlwaysGeeky Games will “maintain a long-term partnership to further… Read More

February 17, 2022 @ 5:29 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the VC and innovation incubator of Binance, made an investment in Manta Network, the Web3 privacy protocol focused on privatizing crypto-assets. Manta Network’s layer-1 network design “leverages zero-knowledge proofs to privatize crypto assets.” Built with the Substrate framework, Manta’s privacy tech interoperates with… Read More

February 13, 2022 @ 10:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the VC division and innovation incubator of Binance, is pleased to confirm its latest strategic investment in Automata Network, which is described as a decentralized service protocol that offers privacy middlewares for dApps (or decentralized applications). Automata Network addresses key pain points associated… Read More

January 31, 2022 @ 8:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the venture capital and innovation incubation division of Binance, has announced a strategic investment in StarryNift, the game Metaverse and co-creating platform that aims to bring the Metaverse space to greater heights. StarryNift is described as the first gamified “massive” co-creation Web 3.0… Read More

January 5, 2022 @ 2:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs has reportedly invested $12 million in WOO Network as the two parties focus on further expanding their long-standing relationship. As mentioned in an update from Binance Labs, the investment will aim to “support WOO Network’s rapid expansion through talent acquisition, research and development,… Read More

December 26, 2021 @ 4:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

StarSharks, a community-led gaming ecosystem dedicated to players creating, sharing and building together, is pleased to confirm the closing of a $4.8 million private round. The shark Metaverse will use the proceeds to create “exciting new games and nurture the community,” according to a release…. Read More

December 19, 2021 @ 2:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs, the venture capital and innovation incubation division of Binance, has reportedly invested in the League of Kingdoms (LoK), which claims to be the world’s first decentralized MMO NFT strategy game built on Ethereum (ETH). In LoK, players are able to build various kingdoms… Read More

October 22, 2021 @ 11:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Binance Labs, the VC and incubator of Binance, has invested in Melos Studio, a Web 3.0 music NFT platform as the NFT market expands. Binance Labs is expected to provide Melos Studio with technology, consultation, and incubation services. Melos Studio will contribute to Binance ecosystem… Read More

April 3, 2021 @ 8:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Labs recently led a $6 million “strategic” round of the Moonbeam smart contract platform along with contributions from CoinFund and ParaFi. The funds acquired from the investment round will be used to hire development resources, “build additional integrations and developer tools, perform third-party security… Read More

August 12, 2020 @ 6:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Decentralized or non-custodial crypto exchange (DEX) aggregator 1inch.exchange has reportedly secured $2.8 million in capital via an external investment round that was led by Binance Labs. FTX, Galaxy Digital, Dragonfly Capital, and several other investors also took part in the 1inch’s round. Loi Luu, the… Read More

July 29, 2018 @ 6:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

Libra Credit, an online lender in the cryptocurrency space, has received an investment from Binance Labs – the tech incubator and VC portion of Binance – one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world. According to a post on Medium, the agreement enables BNB… Read More