Zircuit Raises Mainnet Funding Round From Binance Labs, Mirana Ventures, And Others
Zircuit, a fully EVM-compatible ZK rollup with AI-enabled sequencer level security, today announced it raised a Mainnet funding round with participation from Binance Labs, Mirana Ventures, Amber Group, Selini, Robot Ventures, Nomad Capital, Borderless Capital, and prominent angel investors including the founders of Renzo, Etherfi, Pendle, Parallel, LayerZero, Axelar, F2Pool, Nonce, KelpDAO, ETHGlobal, Maelstrom, and more. With this new funding, Zircuit will be able to supercharge ecosystem growth and activity on its network, building upon a strong technical foundation and over $2.1 billion in staked assets.
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Kevin Hartz is a Co-Founder and General Partner at A*, an early-stage venture capital firm. Prior to founding A*, Kevin co-founded Eventbrite, a publicly traded company, and served as the CEO for the first 11 years of the company. Before Eventbrite, Kevin co-founded Xoom, a money remittance company that was acquired by PayPal in 2015 for over $1BN. Kevin is also a prolific angel investor having backed companies such as PayPal, Airbnb, Pinterest, Ramp, Trulia, and Anduril at the seed stage, and was an early investor in Uber, Palantir, SpaceX, Square, Gusto and many others.
Essentialist Announces $10M In Series A Funding Led By Iris Ventures
The investment fuels the next phase of growth for the leading digital luxury travel agency. MALLORCA, Spain, July 16, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Essentialist, a leading premium digital travel service, has just closed a Series A growth round of c. USD 10M. The international growth equity...
Crossing Borders: Key Considerations For International Vc Investments | Mintz - Venture Capital & Emerging Companies Viewpoints
You’re a foreign angel investor or venture fund looking to invest in start-ups located in the United States and are wondering: What are the differences in terms that I can expect? What other considerations should I know about? Well, we are here to outline some of the key considerations for international venture capital investors investing in the US....By: Mintz - Venture Capital & Emerging Companies.
17 Travel Startups Raise $317M Over Three Weeks
There was a lot of variety in this group of startups: flying taxis, skiing tours, renewable jet fuel, loyalty, pest control, luggage, and a new travel media brand. -Justin Dawes.
Etched Raises $120M In Challenge To Nvidia In Ai With Transformer Chips
Etched announced that it has raised $120 million in a challenge to Nvidia in designing AI chips. :
This is interesting, considering one of its rivals is Nvidia, which just beat out Microsoft as the world’s most valuable company last week as it hit a valuation of $3.3 trillion. Etched believes its team of 35 people can beat Nvidia, and this is why folks like Peter Thiel are backing Etched. Primary Venture Partners and Positive Sum Ventures led the round, with support from institutional investors including Hummingbird, Fundomo, Fontinalis, Lightscape, Earthshot, Two Sigma (strategic), and Skybox Data Centers (strategic).
Submix.io Raises $1M In Pre-seed Funding Round To Improve Workflow For Audio Professionals And Easily Enable Remote Music Collaboration
Submix Holdings Inc (dba. Submix), a trailblazing audio technology company, is excited to announce the closing of a $1 million pre-seed funding round. The investment helps accelerate Submix's mission to streamline remote collaboration for musicians, producers, and audio pros worldwide,...
Pointfive Raises $16M In Seed Funding To Enable Continuous Cloud Cost Optimization With Deeper Detection And Collaborative Remediation
The company, which helps customers map out saving opportunities of 15-30% of their total cloud spend, has launched its platform in early 2024 TEL-AVIV, June 19, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- PointFive, a cloud cost optimization platform for enterprise companies specializing in uncovering...
Strategies For Effective Portfolio Diversification In Venture Capital
Venture Capital (VC) has become a captivating force in the financial world. The fuel ignites groundbreaking startups, reshaping industries like…
Bem Raises $3.7M To Automate Unstructured Data Conversion
Bem is an AI data interface company that provides an API for developers to convert unstructured data into structured data formats. It raised $3.7M from Uncork Capital.