Hack VC raises $200M fund to back early-stage crypto startups

The investors behind virtual hack.summit(), the world’s largest blockchain programmer event, have launched a $200 million crypto seed fund under the Hack VC umbrella, fund partner Alex Pack told TechCrunch in an interview. Ed Roman, formerly a solo GP, invested

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With new $20B fund, Insight Partners has a stunning $90B in assets under management

The New York-based, 27-year-old, global software investment firm Insight Partners has closed its twelfth flagship fund with a stunning-even-by-today’s-standards $20 billion in capital commitments. The fund marks the firm’s largest fundraise to date and very notably, its 350 employees, including

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Europe’s Revent hits $68M hard cap on its climate, health & impact-focused fund

Last year I covered the launch of Berlin-HQ’d Revent — a new European early-stage with an “impact” focus — it was aimed to launch a €50 million ($60 million) fund to focus on climate tech, health, and well-being, and economic

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SME lender Funding Societies raises $144M led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, plus $150M in debt lines

Small businesses are the backbone of Southeast Asia’s economy, but many struggle to secure working capital loans because they don’t have traditional credit records or collateral, say the founders of Funding Societies. The fintech, which claims to be the region’s

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Envisioning Partners closes on $64M fund for climate tech startups

Most companies today recognize the importance of global warming. As such, they are redefining their goals in an effort to address the climate change issue. Envisioning Partners, a Seoul-based venture capital firm, has secured its latest impact fund, the oversubscribed

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Artisanal Ventures closes $62M fund, takes ‘connected capital’ approach to investment

Cloud is the big buzzword these days, with people talking about why it’s a smart move for companies, and lots of venture-backed startups developing easy ways for companies to make the shift. Artisanal Ventures, a Bay Area venture capital firm

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Exclusive: New Fund Launched In Singapore by MICE Industry Leaders

Landscape of Singapore city skyline at night. Image: Arena MICE Equity Fund Arena MICE Equity Fund is a unique thematic investment opportunity for global investors in the Meetings, Incentives, Conferences & Exhibitions (MICE) industry. We recently had the opportunity to

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Meet Patrick Tan, a Pilot and Lawyer-turned Crypto Hedge Fund Manager

Patrick Tan is the CEO & General Counsel of Novum Alpha, a quantitative digital asset trading firm that has launched one of Singapore’s first fully-licensed and regulated digital asset hedge funds, the Novum Alpha Global Opportunity Digital Asset Fund, managed

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First COVID fund charge for man who faked suicide sentenced

A Massachusetts man who attempted to scam the government out of more than half a million dollars in coronavirus relief funds intended to help small businesses stay afloat, then faked his own suicide, was sentenced to 56 months in prison, federal

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