Crypto Fundraising weekly
Dates: 06 – 12, Jan 2020

This week's biggest funding round

Npixel raised $25.9M in a Series A funding round from Altos Ventures*.

Pre-seed and Seed investment rounds

TaxBit raised $5M in a Seed funding round from Dragonfly Capital, Valar Ventures, Winklevoss Capital, Album VC, TTV Capital, Collaborative Fund, Global Founders Capital (GFC), Table Management.

TaxBit connects the consumer and enterprise cryptocurrency tax experiences.

Finoa raised $2.5M in a Seed funding round from Venture Stars*, Coparion*, Signature Ventures.

Finoa is a regulated custodian for crypto assets, servicing professional investors with custody and staking. Finoa holds a preliminary crypto-asset custody license (§64y Para. 1 KWG) and is supervised by the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin).

Other investment rounds

Braintrust raised $18M in a Strategic  funding round from Multicoin Capital, Pantera Capital, Omidyar Technology Ventures, 01ex.

Braintrust is a decentralized talent network that connects highly skilled tech freelancers with the innovative companies in need of their skills.

Wyden raised $3.3M in a Series A  funding round from Blockchain Valley Ventures, Neue Capital.

Wyden is an institutional-grade crypto trading platform that provides end-to-end solutions for managing digital assets. It supports banks, hedge funds, brokers, and asset managers by streamlining the entire trade lifecycle, including order execution, treasury management, and settlement. Wyden enables global connectivity with exchanges and custodians, ensuring best execution through advanced algorithms and automation.

Securrency raised $17.7M in a Series A  funding round from WisdomTree*, RRE Ventures, Strawberry Creek Ventures, Monex Group.

Taekion raised $224.6K in a  funding round from National Science Foundation*.

* fund, that lead investment round