| Date | Title | Description |
| 10.08.2026 | Funding and Acquisitions Roundup: Forward Financing Nabs $525M, Unicorns Formed | While Forward Financing saw the biggest number, several others reached unicorn status thanks to fresh capital. Forward Financing nabs $525M in new financing
The package includes a $350 million variable funding note (VFN) facility alongside ... |
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| 24.07.2026 | Augustus Reaches Unicorn Status with $180 Million Series B Funding | Augustus landed $180 million in Series B funding. This investment pushes its valuation to $1 billion, making it a fintech unicorn. The firm builds a federally regulated clearing bank. It offers global financial institutions direct US dollar... |
| 22.07.2026 | Augustus Raises $180 Million Series B At $1 Billion Valuation To Expand Global Dollar Banking Platform | Augustus has raised $180 million in a Series B financing round at a $1 billion valuation to expand its banking infrastructure for international financial institutions. The round was led by Tiger Global and brought the company’s total fundin... |
| 22.07.2026 | Augustus sammelt 180 Millionen ein | Im #DealMonitor für den 22. Juli werfen wir einen Blick auf die wichtigsten, spannendsten und interessantesten Investments und Exits des Tages in der DACH-Region. Alle Deals der Vortage gibt es im großen und übersichtlichen #DealMonitor-Arc... |
| 14.05.2026 | Turnkey Raises $12.5M in Funding | Turnkey, a NYC-based developer of secure crypto wallet infrastructure and verifiable cloud computing platforms, raised $12.5m in funding.
The round was backed by Archetype and Circle Ventures, alongside participation from existing backers i... |
| 16.02.2026 | Payments Firm Levl Closes $7M Seed | Levl, a unified platform powering fiat and stablecoin global payments, announced this week it has closed $7 million in seed funding. The round was led by Galaxy Ventures with participation from Protagonist, Deus X, Blockchain Builders Fund,... |
| 12.02.2026 | Levl: $7 Million Seed Funding Raised For Stablecoin And Fiat Payments Platform | Levl, a unified platform powering global fiat and stablecoin payments, has closed a $7 million seed round to expand its infrastructure to enable businesses to move money across borders using both traditional rails and stablecoins. The round... |
| 11.02.2026 | Levl Raises $7M in Seed Funding | Levl, a Zug, Switzerland-based provider of a platform empowering fiat and stablecoin global payments, raised $7M in Seed funding.
The round was led by Galaxy Ventures with participation from Protagonist, Deus X, Blockchain Builders Fund, Op... |
| 02.02.2026 | Doppler Secures $9 Million, Becomes Default Launch Infrastructure for Onchain Assets | Doppler, the premier onchain asset launch protocol, has secured $9 million in seed funding. Pantera Capital led the round, joined by Variant, Figment Capital, and Coinbase Ventures. This investment propels Doppler's mission. The protocol st... |
| 02.02.2026 | Tenbin Secures $7M to Revolutionize On-Chain Real-World Assets | Tenbin secured $7 million in seed funding, led by Galaxy Ventures. This investment powers a paradigm shift in real-world asset tokenization. The company is forging a robust protocol. It aims to create superior on-chain gold, FX, and commodi... |
| 01.02.2026 | Tenbin Labs’ $7M Seed Led by Galaxy Ventures | Tenbin Labs, a next-generation tokenization protocol, announced a $7 million seed round led by Galaxy Ventures, with participation from Wintermute Ventures, FalconX, GSR, Nascent, Variant, Archetype, and Bankless Ventures. Tenbin is buildin... |
| 30.01.2026 | Doppler: $9 Million Seed Funding Raised To Scale Onchain Token Launch Infrastructure | Doppler announced it raised a $9 million seed round led by Pantera Capital, with participation from Variant, Figment Capital, and Coinbase Ventures, as the company positions its protocol as a core piece of launch infrastructure for teams ra... |
| 29.01.2026 | Doppler Raises $9M Led by Pantera Capital, Becomes the Default Launch Infrastructure for Onchain Assets | New York, NY, January 29th, 2026, FinanceWire
The onchain launch protocol now powers the majority of new DEX pools on Base, with over $1.5B in value created and $1B+ in trading volume in just nine months
Doppler, the default launch protocol... |
| 28.01.2026 | Tenbin Raises $7M in Seed Funding | Tenbin, a NYC-based provider of a tokenization protocol, raised $7M in Seed funding.
The round was led by Galaxy Ventures, with participation from Wintermute Ventures, FalconX, GSR, Nascent, Variant, Archetype, Bankless Ventures and more.
T... |
| 28.01.2026 | Tenbin: $7 Million Seed Funding Raised To Build Tokenized Gold, FX, And Commodities Infrastructure | Tenbin Labs said it has raised a $7 million seed round led by Galaxy Ventures, with participation from Wintermute Ventures, FalconX, GSR, Nascent, Variant, Archetype, Bankless Ventures and others, as it builds a tokenization protocol aimed ... |
| 15.01.2026 | Project Eleven raises $20M to prepare cryptoasset blockchains for the quantum era
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Castle Island Ventures led the r... |
| 15.01.2026 | Project Eleven Raises $20M in Series A Funding | Project Eleven, a NYC-based company which specializes in post-quantum security and migration for digital assets, raised $20M Series A funding.
The round was led by Castle Island Ventures with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Fin Capita... |
| 14.01.2026 | Project Eleven: $20 Million Series A Raised To Build Post-Quantum Migration Tools For Digital Assets | Project Eleven, a company focused on post-quantum security and migration for digital assets, has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round led by Castle Island Ventures, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Fin Capital, Variant, ... |
| 10.09.2025 | Variant seeks $250m for fourth flagship fund | - |
| 08.08.2025 | Subzero Labs: $20 Million Raised For Building Decentralized Programmable Network | Subzero Labs announces its emergence from stealth with a $20 million initial financing round led by Pantera Capital, with participation from other top-tier investors including Variant, Coinbase Ventures, Hashed, Susquehanna Crypto, Mysten L... |
| 07.08.2025 | Subzero Labs Raises $20M in Initial Funding | Subzero Labs, a NYC-based provider of decentralized programmable networks, raised $20M in initial funding.
The round was led by Pantera Capital, with participation from other investors including Variant, Coinbase Ventures, Hashed, Susquehan... |
| 30.01.2025 | Phantom: Multichain Wallet Company Raises $150 Million (Series C) At $3 Billion Valuation | Phantom – a simple multichain wallet that announced to make crypto safer and easier to use – announced it raised $150 million in Series C funding at a $3 billion valuation. This funding round was co-led by Sequoia Capital and Paradigm, with... |
| 17.01.2025 | Phantom cryptocurrency wallet raises $150M at $3B valuation
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One click below supports our mission to provide free, deep, a... | Cryptocurrency wallet provider Phantom Technologies Inc. has raised $150 million in a new funding at a $3 billion valuation.
The Series C round was led by Sequoia Capital and Paradigm. Andreessen Horowitz’s a16z crypto venture capital arm a... |
| 03.12.2024 | Perennial Unveils a Novel Intent Layer for Perpetuals – Solving DeFi’s Fragmented Liquidity Problem | New York, United States, December 3rd, 2024, Chainwire
Perennial announced the launch of Perennial Intents, a unique intents layer for perpetual futures, designed to unify DeFi’s fragmented liquidity landscape and deliver a centralized exch... |
| 28.08.2024 | OpenSea Gets SEC 'Wells Notice' – Industry Reaction | This morning, OpenSea said it had received a Wells Notice from the Securities Exchange Commission warning the agency was about to sue the leading NFT platform for violation of securities laws. The threatened action is the latest in a long l... |
| 01.08.2024 | Crypto Lending Firm Morpho Bags $50M in Funding Round Led by Ribbit Capital | Morpho did not disclose a valuation based on the funding, which was raised by a private token sale.
Morpho previously raised $18 million in 2022, when the DeFi firm’s CEO, Paul Frambot, was still in his third year at college.
Morpho, a dece... |
| 24.05.2024 | Farcaster Secures $150M Funding to Revolutionize Decentralized Social Networking | Farcaster, a pioneering decentralized social network protocol startup, has recently announced a significant milestone by raising $150 million in new funding. This substantial investment will not only fuel the expansion of Farcaster's featur... |
| 21.05.2024 | Farcaster secures $150M to expand decentralized social networking features
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One click below supports our mission to provid... | Decentralized social network protocol startup Farcaster said today it has raised $150 million in new funding on a $1 billion valuation to further grow its user base and add new in-protocol features such as channels and direct messaging.
Fou... |
| 03.01.2024 | NFTs Have Evolved, NFTs Endure | USV started playing with NFTs in 2017. First when Rare Pepes were starting to gain some niche popularity and then again when cryptokitties launched. Shortly after that exploration, we invested in the team behind cryptokitties and wrote:
We ... |
| 21.12.2023 | Web3 Compensation and Hiring | This post was co-written with Tom Dils and Calder Zwerling. A version of the post also appears on the Variant website
Earlier this year, Variant and USV conducted an extensive web3 compensation survey of our portfolio companies. Our goals w... |
| 27.02.2023 | Top VCs to meet at ETHDenver 2023 | As the world of blockchain and cryptocurrency continues to grow and evolve, it is important for entrepreneurs and developers to stay on top of the latest trends and opportunities in the industry. EthDenver 2023 is bringing together some of ... |
| 29.07.2022 | Crypto fund Variant raises $450M to invest in DeFi and Web3 projects
Show your support for our mission by joining our Cube Club and Cube Event Community of experts. Join the community that includes A... | The crypto markets are down dampening the industry, but that’s not stopping venture firm Variant, which announced Thursday that it has raised $450 million across two funds targeting Web3 and decentralized finance startups.
Variant is an ear... |
| 09.02.2022 | Экономика собственности 2022 - ключевой элемент WEB3 | Учебник по состоянию web3
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| 15.01.2022 | Crypto Influencer Cooper Turley Removed From FWB Over 2013 Bigoted Tweets | Cooper Turley, an investor and influencer at the heart of crypto’s burgeoning DAO scene, has been kicked out of Friends With Benefits (FWB), the exclusive online social club he helped build over the past year.
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| 19.10.2021 | Instacart’s largest acquisition yet is a $350 million bet on cashierless, in-store shopping | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
One factor that will help keep this current fervid pace of dealmaking, even as lock-down orders f... |
| 19.10.2021 | Variant debuts a new $110M fund for crypto startups, announces Li Jin has joined as a general partner | While investors continue to question whether crypto will swallow up more traditional VC opportunities down the road, it certainly appears that today the blockchain space is eating up the attention of Silicon Valley’s buzziest early investor... |
| 30.03.2021 | London-based Gro grows a $7.1 million seed to make decentralised finance more accessible | London-based Gro has closed a $7.1 million seed round with the aim of making decentralised finance more accessible.
The round was led by decentralised finance VCs Galaxy Digital and Framework Ventures, and saw participation from Variant, Na... |
| 04.02.2021 | DeFi Bursts onto the Finance Scene – What is it and why does it matter? | DeFi was around in 2017 and was niche with a few people experimenting in 2019. Some had heard of it, but few people even understood what it was and its ramifications. The second half of 2020 was marked by a DeFi boom, and the total value lo... |
| 18.09.2020 | Blockchain Will Make Financial Services More Available, Secure, And Fair | One of the hallmarks of 2020 is that global economies are seeing lots of instability, and this is true at every level of society. For individuals, there may be more options available, but this hasn’t necessarily translated into more people ... |
| 14.07.2020 | This a16z Alum Is Launching a VC Fund Focused on Platforms You Can 'Own' | An Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) alum is launching a new venture firm focused on building a crypto-powered "ownership economy."
Jesse Walden, who focused on blockchain investments at a16z, announced his Variant Fund in a blog post pu... |
| - | Morpho sees $18 million eclosion in a16z and Variant-led round | Paris-based on-chain peer-to-peer layer that rides atop of lending pools maker Morpho Labs has raised $18 million in a funding round led by a16z crypto and Variant. The capital will be used to further pursue the ambitions of the recently fo... |
| - | Andreessen Horowitz alumni have found success at VC firm Variant. Here's why that could lead to more rising fund managers chasing crypto's untold riches. | Jesse Walden and Li Jin are partners at the crypto-focused venture firm Variant. Variant This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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