{"id":84666,"date":"2023-09-18T19:52:43","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T16:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=84666"},"modified":"2025-09-12T18:44:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T15:44:51","slug":"blockchain-capital-raises-580-million-for-two-crypto-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/blockchain-capital-raises-580-million-for-two-crypto-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"Blockchain Capital raises $580 million for two crypto funds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>San Francisco-based venture firm Blockchain Capital has raised $580 million for two new investment funds.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We&#8217;re thrilled to share the closing of 2 new funds \u2013 our 6th early stage fund and 1st opportunity fund.<\/p>\n<p>Together, they total $580 million and serve to reinforce our commitment to leading the global transition to decentralized, blockchain-based systems. \u2193<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Vr2uYnGlF7\">https:\/\/t.co\/Vr2uYnGlF7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Blockchain Capital (@blockchaincap) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/blockchaincap\/status\/1703788962538815709?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The vehicles are targeted at infrastructure, consumer and social projects, gaming and DeFi protocols. Among the repeat investors is the payments giant Visa.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;Over the last 20 months we have invested more capital in the next generation of innovators than at any time in our history. The reason is simple: the current market offers unprecedented opportunities driven by the influx of highly skilled founders who are building a broad range of innovative technologies&#8221;, the statement said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In June 2021 Blockchain Capital <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/paypal-and-visa-become-limited-partners-in-blockchain-capitals-fund-v\">raised $300 million<\/a> for Fund V. The limited partners were Visa and PayPal.<\/p>\n<p>Under management, the firm has assets exceeding $2 billion. In its portfolio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blockchaincapital.com\/portfolio\">\u0432\u0445\u043e\u0434\u044f\u0442<\/a> Coinbase, Kraken, Anchorage, OpenSea, Aave, Worldcoin and others.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"622\" src=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2023-09-18-v-18.23.58-1024x622.png\" alt=\"Snimok-ekrana-2023-09-18-v-18.23.58\" class=\"wp-image-216118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2023-09-18-v-18.23.58-1024x622.png 1024w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2023-09-18-v-18.23.58-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2023-09-18-v-18.23.58-768x467.png 768w, https:\/\/u1f987.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Snimok-ekrana-2023-09-18-v-18.23.58.png 1188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Data: Blockchain Capital.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In August, the amount raised by crypto firms through investment rounds <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/report-crypto-venture-deals-rise-40-in-august\">rose by 39.8%<\/a> versus July.<\/p>\n<p>One of the notable deals of the last month of summer, alongside Ramp&#8217;s $300 million round, was the <a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/bitgo-raises-100-million-at-1-75-billion-valuation\"> crypto custodian BitGo <\/a> $100 million round, valuing it at $1.75 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Third place by amount raised went to investments in<a href=\"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/news\/zetachain-an-l1-project-raises-27-million\"> blockchain platform ZetaChain<\/a> ($27 million).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>San Francisco-based venture firm Blockchain Capital has raised $580 million for two new investment funds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84667,"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":[1946,1133],"class_list":["post-84666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-blockchain-capital","tag-venture-investments"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"12","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84666","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=84666"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84668,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84666\/revisions\/84668"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/u1f987.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}