Andreessen Horowitz Gaming Partner James Gwertzman Exiting VC Firm
After a little more than a year as a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, one of the most prolific investors in web3 technologies, James Gwertzman announced he is stepping down at the end of the month.
Azuki Is Partnering With Bilibili International To Explore Web3 Innovations in Anime & Media Content
Azuki is partnering with Bilibili International to explore web3 innovations in anime & media content!Bilibili is the leading video community among the young generation in China.
Deal Box Launches Venture Arm To Invest $125M in Foundational Web3 Technologies
Deal Box, a capital markets advisory and secure token offering packaging platform, announces the launch of Deal Box Ventures, a venture arm that will invest $125M in startups that leverage foundational Web 3 technologies within five key fund areas.
Protico Raises Pre-Seed Investment & Launches Web3 Lobby Tool for Enterprises
Protico closed a successful pre-seed round fundraising, with multiple influential Web2/Web3 backers such as Darwin Venture, Hsuan Lee (Co-founder of Blocto, a cross-chain crypto wallet invested by Mark Cuban), David Tseng (Co-founder of Lootex, a leading Gaming-NFT marketplace invested by The Sandbox), and Allen Chen (former listing & launchpad team of Binance).
The Sandbox Forms an Exclusive Partnership With mm2 Group
The Sandbox takes great delight in announcing that it has struck an exclusive partnership with Metaviva. This organization is a Singapore-based Web3 company. It is also the affiliate of mm2 Entertainment, a regional media and entertainment company. The major purpose of this collaboration is to construct a virtual playground within the Sandbox gaming metaverse, which is located near mm2’s IP’s.
Polygon-Backed Web3 Gaming Platform Intella X Raises $12 Million Ahead of Q1 Launch
Web3 gaming platform Intella X raised $12 million ahead of an upcoming launch on Polygon.
FTX’s Failure Highlights Need for Federally Mandated Insurance, Not More Regulation
We believe that regulatorily required insurance is the kind of agile, responsive and precise market-based solution that the Web3 community will accept and needs.
Masa Finance Launches Soulbound Web3 Identity Protocol for Ethereum
Masa Finance has launched the first soulbound identity protocol for the Ethereum mainnet, according to a Jan. 17 press release shared with Cointelegraph. The protocol will allow for standardized soulbound tokens to be minted on Ethereum for Know Your Customer verification, credit scores and other use cases.
HashKey Capital Closes Fund III With US$500 Million in Commitments To Build Web3
HashKey Capital, a global asset manager specializing in crypto and blockchain, announced today the final closing of its third fund, HashKey FinTech Investment Fund III (“Fund III”), with a total commitment of US$500 million. Fund III, whose general partner is HashKey FinTech Investment (part of HashKey Capital, and together with its affiliates, the “HashKey Group”), received strong support from institutional investors including sovereign wealth funds, corporations, and family offices.
Hong-Kong Investment Fund Raises $500M To Push Mass Adoption in Web3
Despite the ongoing crypto winter, which has affected many businesses in the greater Web3 space, investments continue pouring into the space.