Circle Ventures
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Circle Ventures supports founders & teams building on #USDC & #EURC to help fuel global economic prosperity. Venture arm of @circle.
We’ve raised 17 million led by @PanteraCapital, with participation from @Sequoia and others. Fin enables users and businesses to move millions of dollars instantly - whether to other Fin users, directly into bank accounts, or across crypto rails. If banks and payment products could be rebuilt from the ground up today, they would look like Fin.
Blackbird wants to scale the "regular" experience across multiple restaurants, and make restaurants more profitable in the process. It's a crypto app that doesn't feel like a crypto app. It feels like a restaurant app. Onchain AmEx. This week's Deep Dive is on @blackbird.
Centrifuge has raised $15M to scale the adoption of institutional DeFi. With this round of Series A funding secured, we're excited to share our key focuses for Centrifuge's development, innovation, and adoption across the worlds of traditional and decentralized finance: ↓ 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁: We're building the most efficient and user-friendly fund management platform onchain. Managers can launch funds, tokenize assets, and offer investment opportunities — all through Centrifuge. 𝗢𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗨𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆: We're continuing to build more integrations for lending, borrowing, and investing in real-world assets, taking advantage of the entire DeFi ecosystem's composability and utility. 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵: Through being a founding member of the Tokenized Asset Coalition as well as hosting the global Real-World Asset Summit, we're fostering an industry where a rising tide lifts all boats. 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁: Key hires to our core team will accelerate Centrifuge's development and adoption. "The Centrifuge team is a leader in real-world asset tokenization, taking a deeply thoughtful approach to design decisions around legal, regulatory, and smart contract architecture. We believe we're reaching an inflection point in institutional adoption and are excited to double down with the Centrifuge team." - Ben Forman, @paraficapital. "We firmly believe that Centrifuge is poised to claim significant portions of this market. Having pioneered their category, the team demonstrates unwavering resilience through many years of commitment across several market cycles. Their expertise in navigating the intricacies of integrating real-world assets into decentralized finance is unparalleled." - @felix_macht, @greenfield_cap. We're grateful for Centrifuge's supporters who share our vision of a better financial system onchain. As we move forward, we're more enthusiastic than ever about creating a more efficient, fair, and inclusive financial system. 🌀
[1 /3] 📢Today, we're thrilled to introduce the Superstate Industry Council (SIC), a group of leading traditional/digital asset institutions dedicated to shaping our product roadmap & driving the adoption of tokenization in traditional financial services & capital markets.
We have closed a $5.1M round led by @fabric_vc, together with @multicoin @IOSGVC @circle_ventures @safe @wagmi_vc @eternacapital @verisventures @skylandvc @hyperithm @TheLAOOfficial @kartiktalwar @seikatsu @taavet @stablesbernie @avsa
