Le nkampani, eyasungulwa ngu-Coinbase co-founder u-Fred Ehrsam kanye nozakwethu wangaphambili we-Sequoia u-Mat Huang, ibheke ukungena ezithakazelweni zesikhungo esikhaleni kulandela ukuwohloka kwemakethe yebhere ekutshaleni imali kwe-VC.

It would be one of the largest new crypto VC funds raised since the market downturn last year, according to an April 3 Bloomberg umbiko citing anonymous sources.

Inani eliphakeme lokuqoqwa kwezimali kwe-crypto VC lafika ngoMeyi 2022, lapho inkampani yebhizinisi i-Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) iqoqa isikhwama semali eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-4.5.

Ukubuya kwe-Crypto VC

Paradigm previously raised a record $2.5 billion crypto fund in 2021 during the bull market peak. However, the firm faced scrutiny last year for appearing to deemphasize and reduce commitment to crypto in a pivot to AI kwiwebhusayithi yayo.

Ukwengeza, itshale izigidi ezingu-278 zamaRandi ku-FTX ngaphambi kokuyimaka ifike ku-zero ngemva kokuwa kokuhwebelana, futhi iyingxenye yecala elimangalela ukuthi iboleke “ukuba semthethweni” kule nkundla exabene.

Naphezu kwalezi zingqinamba, i-Paradigm iqhubekile nokuxhasa amaphrojekthi we-crypto, okuhlanganisa nokuhola umjikelezo wokutshala imali oyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-1 kusofthiwe enika amandla inkundla yezokuxhumana ehlukaniselwe i-Farcaster.

In addition to Paradigm, UMike Novogratz's Galaxy Digital is raising $100 million for a crypto venture fund, ngokusho eBloomberg.

Previously, the firm invested its own money into various crypto, infrastructure, and DeFi startups. However, in 2023, I-Galaxy Digital started Galaxy Ventures Fund I and opened it to outside investors.

Esitatimendeni sango-Ephreli 3, inkampani yathi:

“Iminyaka eminingi, besilokhu sibeka eyethu imali ngemuva kwalaba basunguli. Manje sethula i-Galaxy Ventures Fund I LP ukuze sibambisane nabatshalizimali bangaphandle, okusivumela ukuthi siqhubeke nokubhebhezela i-ecosystem yempahla yedijithali ngokusekela izinkampani ezithembisayo ezisafufusa,”

Isizini ye-Crypto VC ibonakala ilapha, i-Hivemind Capital iphakamisa isikhwama se-NFT esingu-$ 50 million kanye ne-Hack VC, eyamemezela isikhwama se-$ 150 million ngoFebhuwari, ibheke ukukhulisa enye i-$ 100 yezigidi kwenye imoto yokutshala izimali.

Imijikelezo ephezulu ye-Crypto Fundraising eyi-10 ku-Q1 2024

Ake sibheke imizuliswano eyi-10 emikhulu yangasese yokuqongelela imali ye-crypto eqediwe ngo-Q1 2024, isekelwa abatshalizimali abakhulu be-crypto venture kubandakanya @a16zcrypto, @multicoincap, @hiFramework, @PanteraCapital, @Hack_VC, @nhlanhlamtaka... pic.twitter.com/hznuGW6dX9

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I-VC Ecosystem Outlook

There were a total of 180 publicly announced investment projects in the crypto venture capital space in March, according to Wu Blockchain’s monthly nxazonke. This figure is up 24% from February 2024.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, inani lemali eliphelele langoMashi lalingama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-1.16, likhuphuke ngo-53% ukusuka enyangeni edlule.

I-Ethereum layer-2 network Optimism Foundation yenza ukunyuswa okukhulu kwamaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-89 ngokuthengisa amathokheni e-OP ayizigidi ezingu-19.5 kubatshalizimali abazimele.