February 4: Top 10 venture rounds in crypto & blockchain
February 4: Top 10 venture rounds in crypto & blockchain
FTX Exchange, a cryptocurrency exchange, raised $900M in venture capital funding.
Source: Blockdata
Published: November 2021
Top 10 venture rounds in crypto & blockchain
With the surge in crypto & blockchain venture capital funding, here are the 10 largest funding rounds in 2021.
Company name: FTX Exchange
Location: Hong Kong & San Francisco
Description: Cryptocurrency exchange
Amount raised: $900M
Company name: Celsius Network
Location: London
Description: Allows consumers to earn interest on crypto assets
Amount raised: $750M
Company name: Forte Labs
Location: San Francisco
Description: Platform building economic technology for games
Amount raised: $725M
Company name: Sorare
Location: Créteil, France
Description: NFT based football game
Amount raised: $680M
Company name: Moonpay
Location: Miami
Description: Financial technology company building payments infrastructure for crypto
Amount raised: $555M
Company name: Circle
Location: Boston
Description: Global financial technology company enabling business to use digital currencies
Amount raised: $440M
Company name: Genesis Digital Assets
Location: Texas
Description: Industry scale bitcoin mining company
Amount raised: $431M
Company name: Gemini
Location: New York
Description: Cryptocurrency exchange
Amount raised: $400M
Company name: Ledger
Location: Paris
Description: Security solutions for cryptocurrencies & blockchains
Amount raised: $380M
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