Category: Andreessen Horowitz

NFT Marketplace Opensea Raises $100 Million — Firm Becomes A Blockchain Unicorn

Opensea has become the latest non-fungible token (NFT)-focused firm to raise funds this year as the company announced raising $100 million in a Series B this week. The venture capital…

Andreessen Horowitz Says Crypto Is ‘the Future Of Finance’ — Launches $2.2 Billion Crypto Venture Fund

Andreessen Horowitz, the Silicon Valley venture capital firm founded by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, has announced the launch of a $2.2 billion crypto fund. The firm is “radically optimistic…

Defi Derivatives Exchange Dydx Raises $65 Million – Project Plans To ‘Launch A Mobile Application’

The decentralized exchange (dex) Dydx announced the organization has raised $65 million in a Series C funding round led by Paradigm. The Dydx announcement notes that the additional capital will…

Andreessen Horowitz Discusses Raising Third Crypto Fund To $2 Billion, Sources Say

In May 2020, back when the crypto economy was still tumultuous from the coronavirus outbreak fears and gloomy global financial outlook, in general, the private venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz…

Bittorrent Creator Bram Cohen’s Crypto Project Chia Sparks Hard Drive And SSD Shortages

On May 3, tokens stemming from the Chia network, a smart transaction blockchain created by the Bittorrent creator Bram Cohen, will start trading and transactions will be fully enabled. Rather…