Venture Capital

35% of admitted teams are building AI apps, while 30% are using stablecoins

Unto’s Will Yoo and Liam Heeger spoke to the Empire newsletter about their raise and how they plan to build Thru

Veradittakit explains the sectors he’s interested in, how raising for Fund V is going, and what he looks for in the companies he invests in.

Arch Labs CEO told Blockworks that the team plans to launch a native token, but declined to give details

“Be prepared to do more with less,” Framework Ventures’ Michael Anderson said

Dragonfly’s Rob Hadick discussed how the firm is approaching investments in the current market

This is the largest equity investment that Framework Ventures has ever made,” Framework’s Michael Anderson exclusively told Blockworks

While overall VC spending is on the rise, web3 gaming’s being left in the dust

Anticipating an economic downturn, venture firms may be less likely to invest

PitchBook’s Robert Le said crypto projects focused on institutional use cases are the focus

DAS panelists shared strong venture capital takeaways, from how big a raise should be to the role VCs play in the industry

CEO Bam Azizi said he’ll only be seeking stablecoin-exclusive funding rounds from now on

Strobe will finish deploying its initial $150M by end of year while raising a second fund

Anthony Pompliano looks for folks who are running away from something rather than towards it

VC activity was slightly down month over month, according to TIE data

Moonrock Capital’s Simon Dedic thinks that we have to treat infra and consumer apps like the internet: build them side by side

The fourth quarter saw deal values jump 13.6% but total number of deals declined

Pantera junior partner Mason Nystrom details why projects need to raise capital

Jambo’s James Zhang talked to Empire about potential future fundraising and whether or not he considers Jambo a DePIN

Solana founders anonymously weigh in on other teams, VCs, and the alleged cabal

Venture capital is poised for a breakout next year

Portal Ventures founders Evan Fisher and Catrina Wang discussed their newest fund with Blockworks

Midwest Blockchain Week showed the depth of talent available at US universities while focusing on how memecoins could bring back the retail investor

Stablecoins might be the killer non-bitcoin use case for crypto