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1 month ago
SEC Allegations Suggest DeFi Founders Could Face Industry Bans Following Settlements, Claims Founders Fund Partner Joey Krug Coinotag 28 Feb 2025

SEC Allegations Suggest DeFi Founders Could Face Industry Bans Following Settlements, Claims Founders Fund Partner Joey Krug

SEC's tough stance may lead to industry bans for DeFi founders, says Joey Krug, sparking concerns in the crypto community.

N1 Blockchain Highlights Investor Support Ahead of Mainnet Launch TheNewsCrypto 19 Feb 2025

N1 Blockchain Highlights Investor Support Ahead of Mainnet Launch

N1, backed by the Founders Fund, secures continued investor support, including Multicoin Capital and Arthur Hayes, ahead of its mainnet launch.

3 months ago
Lava Raises $10M to Enable Bitcoin-Backed Dollar Loans Cryptonews 10 Dec 2024

Lava Raises $10M to Enable Bitcoin-Backed Dollar Loans

Lava, a Bitcoin lending platform, raised $10 million in a Series A round with backing from Khosla Ventures and Founders Fund.

Lava Announces Series A led by Founders Fund and Khosla Ventures stacker news 09 Dec 2024

Lava Announces Series A led by Founders Fund and Khosla Ventures

Lava secures Series A funding led by Founders Fund and Khosla Ventures.

Thiel-Backed Startup Launches High-Performance Layer-1 Blockchain N1 to Power Next-Gen Crypto Apps TheNewsCrypto 05 Dec 2024

Thiel-Backed Startup Launches High-Performance Layer-1 Blockchain N1 to Power Next-Gen Crypto Apps

Thiel-backed Layer N, supported by Founders Fund, debuts as N1, a high-performance Layer-1 blockchain designed for scalable and speedy crypto apps.

4 months ago
Founders Fund-backed Caldera acquires Hook to build Ethereum rollup infrastructure The Block 14 Nov 2024

Founders Fund-backed Caldera acquires Hook to build Ethereum rollup infrastructure

Caldera acquires Hook to develop Metalayer, an Ethereum rollup infrastructure platform.

5 months ago
Citrea Raises $14M to Bring Smart Contracts to Bitcoin Coinpaper 01 Nov 2024

Citrea Raises $14M to Bring Smart Contracts to Bitcoin

Citrea secured $14 million from Founders Fund to advance Bitcoin smart contracts for DeFi.

AI Startup Backed by Billionaire Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund Raises $500 Million Bitcoin.com 31 Oct 2024

AI Startup Backed by Billionaire Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund Raises $500 Million

Crusoe Energy, backed by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, secures $500 million in equity capital for AI infrastructure development.

The Daily: Founders Fund invests in Infinex’s Patron NFT sale, FTX agrees to drop its Bybit lawsuit and more The Block 28 Oct 2024

The Daily: Founders Fund invests in Infinex’s Patron NFT sale, FTX agrees to drop its Bybit lawsuit and more

Founders Fund supports Infinex's Patron NFT sale, and FTX decides to drop its lawsuit against Bybit.

Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund invests in Infinex’s Patron NFT sale as total amount raised hits $67.7 million The Block 28 Oct 2024

Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund invests in Infinex’s Patron NFT sale as total amount raised hits $67.7 million

Founders Fund has invested in Infinex's Patron NFT sale, which has raised $67.7 million. The sale involved the distribution of Patron NFTs to venture capitalists, angel investors, and the community through a "patronage" model.

8 months ago
Web3 Infrastructure Platform Caldera Raises $15M in Early-Stage Funding Bitcoin.com 25 Jul 2024

Web3 Infrastructure Platform Caldera Raises $15M in Early-Stage Funding

Web3 infrastructure platform Caldera raises $15 million in early-stage funding, led by Founders Fund with participation from Dragonfly and Sequoia Capital.

9 months ago
$207 Million Invested in AI, Crypto and Blockchain Startups in 96 Hours Bitcoin.com 04 Jul 2024

$207 Million Invested in AI, Crypto and Blockchain Startups in 96 Hours

$207 million was invested in AI, crypto, and blockchain startups in just 96 hours, with Sentient leading by securing $85 million.

Peter Thiel Questions AI Profit Concentration as Founders Fund Backs Open-Source Alternative Blockonomi 04 Jul 2024

Peter Thiel Questions AI Profit Concentration as Founders Fund Backs Open-Source Alternative

Peter Thiel questions Nvidia's AI profit dominance, as Founders Fund backs Sentient, an open-source AI platform built on Polygon.

 Sentient closes $85M seed round for open-source AI Cointelegraph 02 Jul 2024

Sentient closes $85M seed round for open-source AI

Sentient secures $85M seed round for its open-source AI development, led by Founders Fund and backed by Pantera Capital and Framework Ventures.

Sentient Raises $85 Million Led by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund to Accelerate Open AI Development. Coinotag 02 Jul 2024

Sentient Raises $85 Million Led by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund to Accelerate Open AI Development.

Sentient raises $85 million in Series B funding, led by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, to advance open AI development.

Sentient Raises $85 Million Co-Led by Peter Thiel's Founders Fund to Accelerate Open AI Development Decrypt 02 Jul 2024

Sentient Raises $85 Million Co-Led by Peter Thiel's Founders Fund to Accelerate Open AI Development

Sentient raises $85 million co-led by Peter Thiel's Founders Fund to boost open AI development.

10 months ago
Ethereum Network Avail Raises $43M in Series A Funding Crypto Fundraising 04 Jun 2024

Ethereum Network Avail Raises $43M in Series A Funding

Ethereum data network Avail raised $43M in a Series A funding round led by prominent investors including Founders Fund and Dragonfly Capital.

Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund co-leads $43 million Series A for modular blockchain Avail The Block 04 Jun 2024

Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund co-leads $43 million Series A for modular blockchain Avail

Avail, a modular blockchain from Polygon, has raised $43 million in a Series A round co-led by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund.

Billionaire Peter Thiel’s Venture Capital Firm Leads Polymarket’s $45 Million Series B Funding Round Bitcoin.com 15 May 2024

Billionaire Peter Thiel’s Venture Capital Firm Leads Polymarket’s $45 Million Series B Funding Round

Peter Thiel's Founders Fund led Polymarket's $45 million Series B round, aimed at the crypto prediction platform. Valuation fell below the $1 billion target following a CFTC proposal to ban event betting contracts.

Ethereum Creator and Billionaire Backs Crypto Project: Spotlight on ETH Coinotag 14 May 2024

Ethereum Creator and Billionaire Backs Crypto Project: Spotlight on ETH

Polymarket, a crypto prediction market platform, secures $45 million in Series B funding, with contributions from Ethereum's founder, Vitalik Buterin.

Polymarket obtains the contribution of big names: the financial support of Founders Fund and Vitalik Buterin Cryptonomist 14 May 2024

Polymarket obtains the contribution of big names: the financial support of Founders Fund and Vitalik Buterin

Polymarket, a prediction market platform, has received significant investments from high-profile entities like Founders Fund and Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, indicating a surge of growth before the US presidential elections.

 Peter Thiel's Founders Fund invests $70M in election betting platform Cointelegraph 14 May 2024

Peter Thiel's Founders Fund invests $70M in election betting platform

Amid growing U.S. regulatory scrutiny, crypto betting platform Polymarket has obtained $70 million from Peter Thiel's Founders Fund to bolster its global expansion.

Peter Thiel's Founders Fund, Vitalik Buterin Back $45M Investment in Polymarket Coindesk 14 May 2024

Peter Thiel's Founders Fund, Vitalik Buterin Back $45M Investment in Polymarket

Peter Thiel's Founders Fund and Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin participated in a $45M Series B funding for the crypto prediction platform Polymarket.

Polymarket raises $45 million from Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, Vitalik Buterin and others The Block 14 May 2024

Polymarket raises $45 million from Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, Vitalik Buterin and others

Polymarket secures a $45 million investment from influential figures including Peter Thiel's Founders Fund and Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, following a $25 million Series A round led by General Catalyst.

Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund leads $13.2 million seed round in cryptography startup Lagrange Labs The Block 08 May 2024

Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund leads $13.2 million seed round in cryptography startup Lagrange Labs

Lagrange Labs, specializing in scaling big data for cross-chain interoperability with its ZK Coprocessor, has secured a $13.2 million seed round led by Peter Thiel's Founders Fund.

11 months ago
Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund takes a stake in crypto accelerator Alliance The Block 24 Apr 2024

Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund takes a stake in crypto accelerator Alliance

Founders Fund, Peter Thiel's venture capital firm, has invested in a crypto accelerator named Alliance, aiming for a strategic long-term partnership.