Tagged: fund

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

August 14, 2021 @ 6:09 pm By Priyanka Pani  |  

US-based venture capital firm Craft Ventures has announced its latest $1.12 billion funds for SaaS and Marketplace founders. The fund is divided into Craft Ventures III ($612 million) and Craft Ventures Growth I ($510 million), bringing Craft’s total assets under management at $2 billion. The… Read More

April 12, 2021 @ 12:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

Blockchain Coinvestors, a fund-of-funds and co-investment program, says their second fund (Fund II) has closed in an oversubscribed offering of $26.9 million. Demand came from institutional money, family offices as well as individual investors. Assets under management are said to now total $75 million. Matthew… Read More

April 5, 2021 @ 11:15 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

YieldStreet, an online marketplace for a diverse array of asset-backed investments, announced on Monday the launch of the Real Estate Opportunity Fund. According to YieldStreet, the Fund will provide investors exposure to opportunistic commercial real estate investments through a relationship with Harbor Group International (HGI),… Read More

April 5, 2021 @ 10:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

PeerStreet, a leading platform for investing in real estate backed loans, announced on Monday applications for its Evolving Neighborhood Uplift Fund (E.N.U.F) Mentorship program is now open. According to PeerStreet, the E.N.U.F. project was launched in February 2021 and is now accepting qualified applicants to… Read More

April 1, 2021 @ 7:32 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Clocktower Technology Ventures (CTV), the venture capital investment arm within Clocktower Group, announced on Wednesday the launch of its first venture capital fund dedicated to financial services innovation in Latin America. CTV confirmed it has already held a first closing and is targeting a $25… Read More

February 12, 2021 @ 8:03 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Kraken, a U.S.-based digital asset exchange, announced on Thursday it is backing the newly launched Kraken Ventures, an independent investment fund targeting early stage companies and protocols across the crypto and fintech ecosystem. According to Kraken, the fund will invest in the technologies powering… Read More

October 8, 2020 @ 12:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

SPiCE VC, the first tokenized venture fund to offer a digital asset, is planning to raise $100 million in a second round of funding, according to a note from the company. SPiCE VC was founded by Managing Partner Tal Elyashiv who was previously he was… Read More

July 30, 2020 @ 3:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  CoinEx, a global and professional cryptocurrency exchange service provider, announced on Thursday the launch of a $50 million Ecosystem Development Fund to back visionary companies whose products and services will facilitate the development of CoinEx’s ecosystem. CoinEx reported that in addition to financial support,… Read More

April 21, 2020 @ 11:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

RiverNorth Marketplace Lending Corporation, an established and currently operating as a closed-end interval fund dedicated to the marketplace lending asset class, announced last week it is restructuring to expand the fund’s investment mandate, the Board of Directors of the Fund (the “Board”) has approved changes… Read More

January 22, 2020 @ 3:45 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The Royal Bank of Scotland recently announced it has launched a new £7 million program to help support communities and organizations across Scotland. The banking group reported that the Royal Bank 300 Fund has been set up to mark the bank’s 300th anniversary in 2027… Read More

October 25, 2019 @ 1:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Galaxy Digital Asset Management, a division of the full service, digital assets merchant bank Galaxy Digital LP, is reportedly planning to introduce two new Bitcoin (BTC) funds in November 2019. Galaxy will be offering the crypto funds to accredited investors so that they can get… Read More

September 4, 2019 @ 7:57 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Accion Venture Lab, a seed-stage investment initiative of global nonprofit Accion, announced on Wednesday the launch of its new fund that is for inclusive fintech startups.  The organization reported that it is adding $33 million to its initial capital pool, with the launch of the… Read More

August 21, 2019 @ 2:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

London-based Fintech platform Lendable has reportedly teamed up with Credit Suisse to launch a new Luxembourg Fund. According to AltFi, the fund will initially provide up to £225 million of financing into the UK consumer market. The launch of the fund comes just one month… Read More

November 21, 2018 @ 3:32 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

United First Partners (UFP), an independent Research, Brokerage, Advisory, and Investment group, announced this week the launch of its new venture, UFP Fintech. According to UFP, UFP Fintech invests in early stage Fintech, Proptech, and Legaltech startups. It was reported: “Under the leadership of the… Read More

October 9, 2018 @ 6:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Dragonfly Capital Partners has launched a new $100 million crypto fund. The team at Dragonfly is led by Alexander Pack, formerly with Bain Capital Ventures, a partner at AngelList, and a general partner investor in Polychain Capital. Pack is joined by Bo Feng, a VC… Read More

June 25, 2018 @ 7:34 am By JD Alois  |  

Fintech Blackmoon says it has “solved” the crypto challenge by creating investment solutions that combine a simple strategy, returns superior to Bitcion and low fees. Today, Blackmoon has announced the launch of three different crypto indices accessible via asset tokens on the Blackmoon platform. Blackmoon… Read More

June 1, 2018 @ 2:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Binance, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, has announced a $1 billion blockchain fund to help finance crypto startups. The news was apparently revealed in an online conference yesterday that announced the establishment of a social impact fund of US$1 billion that will… Read More

April 17, 2018 @ 12:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

DiversyFund, a real estate crowdfunding marketplace, announced on Monday it has launched its Commercial and Multifamily Real Estate Growth Fund. The funding portal reported that investors in this fund will own shares of a variety of real estate investments, with 80% of the fund dedicated to… Read More

April 11, 2018 @ 12:07 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, California fintech Ripple announced it invested $25 million in XRP to Blockchain Capital Parallel IV, LP, a fund that accepts capital calls in digital assets and focuses entirely on the development of the blockchain space. According to Ripple, the $150 million, which is fund managed by Blockchain Capital,… Read More