Fund Raising:
- Iskra announced that it secured an investment of up to $34 million USD led by Krust Universe, an investment arm of Kakao, a Korean tech giant. Along with Krust Universe, the list of investors read like who's who of the tech and gaming industry; WeMade, MetaBora, Neowiz, NHN Bigfoot, Fast Ventures, Liberty Investment, and Kakao Ventures.Iskra aims to be the Future of Play, addressing category growing pains, as well as providing exciting opportunities and new game experiences for players, game developers and investors alike.
- Samson Mow, who recently exited his position as chief strategy officer at Blockstream, has started JAN3, with $21 million in funding at a $100 million valuation. JAN3 will be focused on advancing Bitcoin and layer2 technologies like Liquid and Lightning, which are the key to mass adoption and a Bitcoin circular economy.Investors in the initial funding round included Alistair Milne, Chun Wang – co-founder of mining firm F2Pool – and El Zonte Capital, an investment company launched by Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert.
Projects Brief:
- Moonbirds is the official PFP series from PROOF Collective, a private membership of NFT collectors and artists, fund by investor Kevin Rose. PROOF, The PROOF Collective memberships now starts with a base price of 60eth. The Moonbirds NFT auction starts at 2.5ETH and will have access to the Moonbirds channel on the PROOF discord.
Crypto Insight:
- Want to start a startup? Get funded by Y Combinator.
- Hedge Funds Dive Into Crypto as Institutional Adoption Grows.
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