{"id":42405,"date":"2021-05-13T12:15:46","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T09:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=42405"},"modified":"2025-08-30T23:04:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T20:04:23","slug":"huobi-launches-investment-arm-with-100-million-in-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/huobi-launches-investment-arm-with-100-million-in-capital\/","title":{"rendered":"Huobi launches investment arm with $100 million in capital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The operator of the cryptocurrency exchange Huobi is investing $100 million in DeFi projects and M&amp;A deals through a newly created venture arm. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/huobi-groups-investment-arm-dedicates-100m-to-defi-mergers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CoinDesk<\/a>, citing the company\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n<p>Huobi Ventures is a wholly owned subsidiary of Huobi Group. It is intended to consolidate the exchange&#8217;s venture business. Its portfolio will include Huobi Eco Fund, Huobi Capital and Huobi DeFi Labs.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cWe had several teams focused on different investment strategies. By bringing them all under one roof, we will be able to create a more coherent strategy and continue supporting projects that shape the blockchain and DeFi industry,\u201d explained Lili Zhang, the chief financial officer of Huobi Group.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to the press release, the unit will target young blockchain projects that can be integrated into the exchange&#8217;s ecosystem. Through the subsidiary, Huobi also plans to make several strategic acquisitions to broaden its product range.<\/p>\n<p>Huobi Ventures will create a separate $10 million fund to invest in NFT projects and related marketplaces.<\/p>\n<p>According to Huobi Group, it has already invested more than $69 million in blockchain projects and industry media.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in April, via its Huobi Asset Management <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/huobi-raises-50-million-for-four-crypto-funds\">attracted $50 million across four cryptocurrency funds<\/a>. By the third quarter of 2021, the company planned to double the value of assets under management.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The operator of the cryptocurrency exchange Huobi is investing $100 million in DeFi projects and M&amp;A deals through a newly created venture arm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42406,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[230,1133],"class_list":["post-42405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-huobi","tag-venture-investments"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"18","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42405","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=42405"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42407,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42405\/revisions\/42407"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}