{"id":26807,"date":"2020-08-03T19:17:07","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T16:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=26807"},"modified":"2025-08-26T16:45:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T13:45:07","slug":"electric-capital-raises-110-million-from-institutional-investors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/electric-capital-raises-110-million-from-institutional-investors\/","title":{"rendered":"Electric Capital raises $110 million from institutional investors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Palo Alto-based venture firm Electric Capital has raised $110 million from major investors to launch its second fund.<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\">We are pleased to announce our $110M Seed and Series A Fund! <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/s9wr48k45K\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/s9wr48k45K<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Electric Capital (@ElectricCapital) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ElectricCapital\/status\/1290302660206161921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">August 3, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Palo Alto-based firm previously invested in notable DeFi projects such as the non-custodial exchange dYdX and the Maker protocol, as well as asset manager Bitwise. The firm has also invested in several popular cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and Ethereum.<\/p>\n<div id=\\\"attachment_106388\\\" style=\\\"width: 701px\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption aligncenter\\\"><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" aria-describedby=\\\"caption-attachment-106388\\\" class=\\\"size-full wp-image-106388\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EC.png\\\" alt=\\\"Electric Capital crypto fund raises $110 million from institutional investors\\\" width=\\\"691\\\" height=\\\"655\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EC.png 691w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/EC-300x284.png 300w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\\\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\\\"caption-attachment-106388\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption-text\\\">Electric Capital investment portfolio. Source: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.theblockcrypto.com\/post\/73767\/electric-capital-110-million-crypto\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noopener noreferrer\\\">The Block<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Representatives of Electric Capital noted that during the Series A round funds from institutional investors were raised, among whom there are university [simple_tooltip content=\\&#8217;endowment funds of nonprofit organizations\\&#8217;]\u044d\u043d\u0434\u0430\u0443\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0442\u044b[\/simple_tooltip].<\/p>\n<p>The firm intends to invest in promising &#8216;layer-one&#8217; protocols and DeFi projects. Electric Capital will also focus on companies aiming to &#8216;build a bridge between the fintech sector and the world of cryptocurrencies&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>As noted, Pantera Capital&#8217;s well-known crypto fund has delivered <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/pantera-capital-bitcoin-fund-posts-15140-return-over-seven-years\">over 15,000%<\/a> over seven years.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on Telegram: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.me\/forkloglive\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\\\">ForkLog FEED<\/a> \u2014 the full news feed, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/telegram.me\/forklog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\\\">ForkLog<\/a> \u2014 the most important news and polls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Palo Alto-based venture firm Electric Capital has raised $110 million from major investors to launch its second fund.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1859,1156,1133],"class_list":["post-26807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-electric-capital","tag-institutional-investors-and-whales","tag-venture-investments"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"26","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26807"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26808,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26807\/revisions\/26808"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}