Twitch cofounder Kevin Lin’s Metatheory raises $24M for blockchain games
Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. Twitch cofounder Kevin Lin has created a blockchain game company Metatheory and has raised $24 million for it. San Francisco-based Metatheory will focus on making high-quality games and virtual worlds that leverage blockchain technologies such as non-fungible […]
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Blockchain analytics company Flipside Crypto raises $50 million
Flipside Crypto, which provides blockchain analytics and business intelligence to crypto companies, has raised $50 million at a $350 million valuation. The round was led by Republic Capital. Other investors included True Ventures, Galaxy, Terra, Dapper Labs, M13 and Blockchain Coinvestors. Flipside analyzes blockchain networks through a process it calls “chainwalking” to gain insight into […]
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Blockchain analytics provider Nansen raises $75M
Hear from CIOs, CTOs, and other C-level and senior execs on data and AI strategies at the Future of Work Summit this January 12, 2022. Learn more Nansen — the Singapore-based blockchain platform that analyzes on-chain data, wallet labels, and blockchain entities — announced it has raised $75 million. Nansen claims it combines on-chain data […]
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Blockchain gaming guild Avocado raises $18 million
Avocado Guild, a blockchain gaming startup similar to a16z-backed Yield Guild Games, has raised $18 million in a Series A funding round. Animoca Brands and QCP Soteria Node (QSN) co-led the round, with Solana Ventures, Three Arrows Capital, Polygon Studios, and others participating. The round brings just the six-month-old Avocado Guild’s valuation to $200 million. […]
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Blockchain firm ConsenSys raises $200 million from HSBC, Third Point
The logo and the exchange rate of Bitcoin (BTH) to Swiss franc (CHF) is seen on the display of a cryptocurrency ATM of blockchain payment service provider Bity at the House of Satoshi bitcoin and blockchain shop in Zurich, Switzerland November 4, 2021. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann Register now for FREE unlimited access to reuters.com Register LONDON, […]
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Core Loop raises $12M to develop sandbox MMO with blockchain
Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next. New game studio Core Loop has raised $12 million to develop a sandbox massively multiplayer online game using blockchain technology. The company was started last year by mobile game veterans Vincenzo Alagna and Dan Chao. They fired […]
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Blockdaemon Raises $155 Million In Series B Funding Making it the World’s Largest Blockchain Node Infrastructure Company
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Blockdaemon, the leading independent blockchain infrastructure platform, has announced that it has closed a Series B funding round of USD $155 million with a valuation of $1.255 billion, making it the world’s largest blockchain infrastructure company for node management and staking. The round was led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2*, with participation from […]
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Spiber Inc. Raises JPY 34.4 Billion in Funding to Strengthen Production and Sales Network | Business
YAMAGATA, Japan–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sep 8, 2021– Spiber (Director and Representative Executive Officer: Kazuhide Sekiyama), a biomanufacturing startup, announced that it has approved a capital increase of JPY 24.4 billion yen through an equity investment round which includes leading global investors such as Carlyle (Japan representative: Kazuhiro Yamada), as well as from existing shareholders such as Cool […]
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