seed funding

Mira Murati, the former chief technology officer of ChatGPT-parent OpenAI, is reportedly seeking to raise a staggering $2 billion seed round for her new AI venture, Thinking Machines Lab. What Happened: The amount is twice the amount Murati was targeting just under two months ago, when she was said...

U.S.-based crypto startup company Nocturne Labs raised $6 million in seed funding with Bain Capital Crypto and Polychain Capital co-leading the round. Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, Bankless Ventures, Hack VC and Robot Ventures are among the other participants. Nocturne Labs...

Turkish cryptocurrency exchange Metatime, which has not yet launched, has secured $11 million in seed funding from unnamed angel investors and the Turkish investment firm Yildiz Tekno GSYO. Several large businesses in Turkey, including Halkbank, Turk Telecom, and Kalyon Holding, are the firm's...

Six major crypto projects raised a total of $301.9 million in February. That's a 34% increase from the previous month's fundraising amount, according to a report. These projects hope to expand infrastructure, scale services, and hire top talent, DeFi TVL aggregator DefiLlama...

DeFi protocol Huma has raised $8.3 million in seed funding. Race Capital and Distributed Global led the effort, with participation from ParaFi Capital, Circle Ventures, Folius Ventures, and Robot Ventures. Huma, which offers income-backed lending services, plans to use the funds to develop its...

Infrastructure company Spatial Labs, which powers new technologies to redefine the consumer experience, announced on Thursday that it has raised $10 million in a seed funding round led by Blockchain Capital, a venture firm in the blockchain industry. The round also saw the participation of Jay-Z...

A leading capital markets protocol for borrowing and lending built on top of the Algorand (CRYPTO: ALGO) blockchain has announced the closing of a $3 million seed funding round.  Folks Finance says the round was led by Borderless Capital with participation from Jump Crypto, ParaFi...

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) participated in the $28 million Series A funding round of Blockdaemon — a company that provides crypto staking and blockchain node management infrastructure. What Happened: According to a Wednesday The Block report, Blockdaemon'...

Amidst a growing narrative for more energy-efficient blockchain networks, Chia Network Inc has raised $61 million in its latest round of funding from investors such as Andreessen Horowitz and Richmond Global Ventures. What Happened: According to a report from Bloomberg, the latest investment...

Blockchain startup Arweave raised $5 million over the last six months by selling its native cryptocurrency to various venture funds, the company said in a statement Tuesday. What Happened The investments are led by California-based Andreessen Horowitz. Other buyers include Texas-based...

Deserve, a Silicon Valley startup providing credit cards to those excluded from traditional lending, raised $50 million in the latest funding, CNBC reported. What Happened The Series C funding round was led by Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS). Other investors included SLM Corporation (NASDAQ:...

WorkHound, an employee feedback and retention platform, has completed a fundraising seed round of $1.5 million. The capital will be used to add to the company's technology team headcount and support its growth deeper into the logistics space and additional industries. "To date, we've been...

Dallas-based KoiReader Technologies Inc. has raised $60,000 in seed funding, Dallas Innovates reports. The money will be used to build the company's artificial intelligence-driven automation and video feed data capture suite for the transportation and logistics sector. KoiReader showcased its...

Torii CEO Uri Haramati has announced that his company, which offers a platform for software-as-a-service (SaaS) management, was able to secure $3.5 million in a successful seed round. Haramati spoke publicly for the first time about the round during his presentation at the Collision Conference in...

Healthcare drone delivery startup Zipline has raised $190 million in a new round of funding, taking its valuation to over $1 billion. The new funding will be used to further expand its reach across Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Americas. Zipline operates autonomous drones across remote...